DFCM 10.x on dedicated server?

[IvanForceville]

We need to install DCFM in order to manage our SAN switches after the planned upgrade towards 6.3.0b.

I was checking the releasenotes of DCFM and ran into the following statement:

"The HP DCFM Enterprise and Professional+ must be installed on a dedicated server that meets the minimum requirements specified in the DCFM User Manual"

We were planning to put in onto our management server which has already Vcenter2.5 and CV-EVA9.1 on it.

Any chance we will be running into troubles?

[Uwe Zessin · Accepted solution]

Both, vCenter server and DCFM run web servers (DCFM does even run a FTP server, if I remember correctly) so there is a high chance for some collisions.

[IvanForceville]

The cu's SAN environment consists out of 4 SAN switches. So buying a dedicated server just for DCFM is pretty much overkill.

We don't need the integrated FTP since we won't use the FW repository. So ruling out FTP, what would conflict?

[Niels Vejrup Pedersen]

Hello,

Usually i just run the DCFM on a virtual machine.

That could be a solutions if possible.

Regards

[DogBytes]

I've run DCFM on a couple SAN management servers without issue. Just make sure you have enough memory!

Hope that helps.

[Uwe Zessin]

Ivan,
you will have at least another conflict with port 80 being used by vCenter+DCFM, 443 if DCFM uses SSL, too and maybe more.

[IvanForceville]

OK,

I've setup a new dedicated virtual machine running Win2008R2x64 with DCFM.

I can access both our Fabrics.

I've added firmwares v6.2.2 and v6.3.0b to the firmware repository in DCFM.

FTP is running since I can "ftp x.x.x.x" with correct login/password.

In "Firmware management" in DCFM I can select both switches and the correct firmware and proceed. But after 30 seconds the FW update fails with screen in attachment

When I http directly to the switches and try the update through "switchadmin", same error. Always, IP address, hostname, password or FW path...

Any suggestions?

[IvanForceville]

Issue with the FTP not accessible was because of the Windows 2008 Firewall.

Currently running DCFM on a dedicated virtual server without any problems

Thx all