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I have A problem with 2 smart array controller

December 4, 2018, 5:31 am
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Hello Friends,

i have a hpe server DL 380 Gen 10 and i have a problem with hard disks the server has 6 hard disks 2 hard disk SSD M.2 in PCI Card and 4 hard disk in Expander card and i have 2 smart array controller S100i SR that Embadded in Mother Board and p408i-a SR External i Create Raid 1 in SSD M.2 in Smart S100i SR And Create 2 Hard Disk 4 tera Raid 1 in P408i-a SR  and other 2 300 G Raid 1 in P408i-a SR

the problem is i install windows in SSD M.2 But When i See the other hard disk 4 Tera an 300 G is offline From Disk Managment i Create online Manualy i need to Make that Disks Online Automaticaly when i fininsh the windows what should i do

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HP Virtual connect

December 17, 2018, 8:10 am
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Hi

 

We have 2 x HP VC-Flex-10 Enet Mdules in our C7000 chassis running in active /standby mode.

Currently we have Bay 1 X3 and X4 and Bay 2 X3 and X4 linked to a shared uplink set.

I am trying to setup a new network to present to the blades (BL360 gen8) so i have

  1. created a new network set
  2. Mapped it to an existing shared uplink set
  3. Given it a VLAN ID (not native), and assigned it to the only Network access group. we use.

However, under Ethernet networks > External Connections, the In-Use colum still shows No. and under under Ethernet networks > Server connections, the new network is not listed there. 

Could someone let me know if i am missing a step here?

 

Thanks

 

 

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How to disable TLSv1.0 on c7000 Onboard Administrator?

December 20, 2018, 8:16 am
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Hello,

I am trying to mitigate the SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1.0, POODLE vulnerability on a c7000 chassis in both the Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect Interconnects but am having some difficulty.  I have 5 c7000 boxes to address configured in 2 system configurations:
    System1    OA3.60 / VCM4.50
    System2    OA4.30 / VCM4.50

According this HP Support Communication, (https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_n
a-c05157667), it is possible to address the Onboard Administrator provided OA v4.3 or later is installed.  

According to the HPE Virtual Connect Manager Command line interface for c-class bladesystem version 4.40/4.41 Documentation (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjD4cbJ2a7fAhUBjq0KHZ1dBlgQFjAAegQICRAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.hpe.com%2Fhpsc%2Fdoc%2Fpublic%2Fdisplay%3FdocId%3Demr_na-c04562191%26docLocale%3Den_US&usg=AOvVaw3ls1msGT26gnwCtHCGRApv), it is possible to disable TLSv1.0 (p124) on the VCMs.

In my scenarios, I am unable to update the OA on System1 to 4.3+.  I tried to update with several SPP packages thinking I may have to step through the udpates:  SPP2015.04, SPP2016.10, SPP2017.104, SPP_G7.1, and SPP_Gen8.1.  All attempts to update the OA fail with "(Error -3)".

On System2, the OA "Edit Advanced Security Settings" option is not in any of my systems.  

In both System configurations, I am unable to disable TLSv1.0.  It is not in the GUI or the CLI menus.  I have even SSH'd into the VCM, and used CLI command "show ssl" and no TLS option is shown.

Q1:    How do you recommend updating the OAs?
Q2:    What am I missing to disable the TLSv1.0/POODLE in the VCMs?

Many thanks,
Bobby

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How to auto-failback NPIV in manual mode with VC-FC ？

December 25, 2018, 6:28 am
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Anyone could tell me how to auto-failback NPIV in manual login redistribution mode after the fault SAN link is recovered，especially for none SAN Fabric configuration？

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C 7000 - HPE FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter with Hyper-V Network

December 27, 2018, 2:44 pm
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Hi Team,

Have plan to setup C7000 with Bl 460 C G10 ,  New to HP Blade Server for me 

For Scenario - HPE Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module for c-Class BladeSystem

How many Management Ports required -

e.g - (1) ILO - How many Network IP Needed, - If Half Blade - 16 usually 

 ( 2) How many Network IP Needed - Virtual Connect - 2 Pair of Virtual Connect- ?

(3)  How Many Network IP Needed - OA - On board Administrator- ?

(4) Please tell me other than any IP required for apart from those 3 items ?

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The work mechanism of NPIV without port-uplink SAN configuration in VC-FC

December 27, 2018, 11:46 pm
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We have some BL890c i4 with QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class, and its NPIV can work fine without any Fabric configuration！
Anyone could explain such phenomenon？

Mezzanine 1: QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class
                     Port 1: 50:01:43:80:26:65:96:8c
                     Port 2: 50:01:43:80:26:65:96:8e


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->show fabric
No FC SAN fabrics exist

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->show fc-connection
ERROR: No FC-connections exist

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How to remove 1 port in Virtual Connect Synergy 1

January 3, 2019, 12:15 am
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Hello Everyone,

Current we have 4 port (2 port 1 BAY) & configuration is active-active , LACP on core switch.

Now we have need remove 1 port on 1 bay interconnect VC on Synergy system.

How impact with this action ? If we remove physical , what need we do it on config virtual connect ? 

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Tranceiver P/N 455885-001 support HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module ?

January 9, 2019, 9:41 pm
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Hi everybody,

I had C7000 enclosure system, with 2 HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module (not module ethernet 10Gbs )

Now i need 2 module tranceivers 10GBs, so I buy 2 HP tranceivers P/N 455885-001

But i insert them to bay 1 X3, and bay 2 X3 of HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module , configure SUS, Network vlan....

but SUS not active, stil standby.

I try show traffic on 2 port X3, it is not show tx traffic, eq =0, but link is linked

And show traffic on Cisco Switch (connect to this port X3)

Are 2 Tranceiver P/N 455885-001 not support HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module ?

Anybody have same this case ?

 

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Connection to Aruba 2920 Stacking Switches

January 20, 2019, 7:27 am
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We have 2 HPE Flex 10/10D Module in C7000 and Bay 1 X1 is connected to Stack SW1, Bay X2 is connected to Stack SW2.

We have 2 uplink sets using these exit ports and I enabled smart link.

In switch side, there is trunk lacp defined for these two ports connected to two flex modules.

My problem is that when I reboot the swtich connected to Active Flex module, I lost connection for more than 30 seconds. When switch is up but not 100% ready, Virtual Connect see that port as Linked and making it Linked Active again, it failed.

How should be the configuration? (is there a way to configure VC not to take over Active as soon as link is up) Could you please help?

Thanks a lot in advance

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Virtual Connect Simulator for Channel Partners

January 21, 2019, 2:30 am
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Hi,

    I located what appears to be a recent version of HPE Virtual connect simulator on the HPE partner portal. Sadly the credentials provided in the article refer to an old URL un ftp.hp.com address which i am guessing is long defunct. Can anyone advise where I can find a recent version of the tool?

thanks.

Ad.

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Virtual connect simulator

January 21, 2019, 8:09 am
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Hi, I have been trying to find, on the Hpe Partner portal, the VC simulator, but only found a document talking about an ftp server which is not accessible any more. Does anybody can help me ?

Cheers

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Virtual connect simulator

January 21, 2019, 8:10 am
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Hi, I have been trying to find, on the Hpe Partner portal, the VC simulator, but only found a document talking about an ftp server which is not accessible any more. Does anybody can help me ?

Cheers

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upgrade firmware c7000 g3 to version 4.62 and firmware nic

September 13, 2018, 2:35 am
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I have a bl460c g9 chassis with virtual connect two module: c7000 g3 with firmware 4.41

My goal is to upgrade to 4.62

If upgrade virtual connect to 4.62 i can have 536flb cards with xxx old firmware.?

My questions:

1) i can upgrade virtual connect to 4.62 and to mantain 563flb with old firmware for compatibility with OS?

2) for total upgrade chassis the correct sequence is? upgrade virtual connet and next step upgrade nic? or

upgrade total nic and next step upgrade virtual connect? ( i not find document for which answers these questions.

thanks for support

 

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Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10/24 Port issues

September 21, 2018, 8:30 am
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Hello Everyone! I am currently experienceing some weird issues with a VC 10/24 port FlexFabric interconnect. 

Quick Spec's

OA FW= 4.85

571956-B21-VC FW= 4.62, Bay1&2

BL460c G7= Bios-l27 5/5/2011, PMC 1.6, iLO-3 1.90. Emulex NC553i Flex NIC in LOM1-a & LOM2-a

ESXi version 6.5 (Updated)

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Current configuration:

Server Profile: Ethernet network bound, no special configs

Eth Network: Tunnel Vlan checked

UPlink: X1 using Cisco DAC to upstream switch 10gb port. Configured as Trunk with all vlans allowed

ESXi Host has Vlan tagging on management vmkernel port

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I can see on the VC that all the upstream switch MAC addresses are being learned on the VC itself. So layer 2 seems to be up and running just fine. 

When I assign the ESX host to use the 10GB FlexFabric NIC @ VMnic0, TCP/IP traffic does not pass through the VC domain. 

I also tried Disabling all vlan tagging and tunnelling, Configured a single access port in a single vlan and still no traffic goes through. 

Verified NC553i is compatible with VC listed above. 

I just cant figure out why traffic will not pass from ESX -> VC -> upstream switch. I think the issue is between Blade and VC.  I have also tried Shared Uplinks and ensured vlans were tagged on both sides of the equation. 

I have also tried installing the latest Emulex NIC drivers from VMware with no luck. 

 

Thoughts?

 

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Virtual Connect Flexfabric 10/24 not passing VLANs

January 23, 2019, 5:03 am
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Morning,  I have a C7000 chassis with a VC 10/24 flexfabric module(this module allow FC and SAN connections) that is not passing all of the VLANs to a BL460c / G9 with ESXi installed.

I am using a cisco 7k switch and the ports are trunked.  Not errors.

Has anyone seen this issue before?

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Virtual Connect Latency to EMC SAN

January 23, 2019, 5:26 pm
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We've been having high disk latency between C7000 Blade enclosures hosting BL460c to EMC SAN using hardware iSCSI within Virtual Connect on VMware ESXi.  This appears to be an issue on 6.0, 6.5, and 6.7 so we've eliminated VMware as the problem.  Latency goes away between DL360 and EMC, seems isolated to CClass using Virtual Connect.  Wondering if anyone has seen this or has ideas how to fix it?

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OA and VC Communication Issue

January 24, 2019, 11:32 pm
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We have been running c7000 with different version of VC with single OA for 10+ years. Access to OA and other hardware components thru it has not seen so time critical that we would start using double OA configuration. Also with one OA we have not had any configuration sync problems you might have with two OAs. Having only one OA has not seen any big problem from HPE side on discussions we have had.

 

We have quite big installation base and therefore we do have spare parts in our premises for almost every component we run. Replacing broken OA has never been problem. It´s easily done from internal spare parts before getting new one from HPE support. Then we have restored OA configuration and re-created OA and VC connectivity.

 

During last six month we have started facing strange behavior when OA is broken and replaced. After restoring OA configuration VC will ask normally credentials to re-create OA-VC connection. Everything looks normal on VCM side. On OA there is exclamation mark on top on each blade telling that server is not configured for Virtual Connect.

 

At the first time we had this issue we thought that OA and VC connectivity is not working well and we did reset for OA which did not change situation at all. Then we did reset for VCM. It did go to normal tree of red icons when you do reset of VCM but this time it did not recover in ~15 minutes it usually does. It did not recover at all!

 

At this stage we open up support case to HPE. After going thru logs they answered that we do have only one OA and therefore connection was lost between components. Only way to recover from this situation would be Power off all blades & interconnect modules (FF) and then remove OA and it´s sleeve. Then place everything back and start again. We did this and problem was solved.

 

This would be fine if it would be one time problem needed to solved like this. But now it seems that every time we have broken OA we end up on same situation. As said we have run our environment for 10+ years and replaced OA module quite many time without this kind of problems. Firmware version in these problematic cases has been OA 4.40-4.60 and VC 4.45-4.50.

 

Is there some bug we and support are not aware?

Or has something changed in way components communicate?

 

Answers we get from HPE support is that this is normal behavior with one OA and you need reseat all components in enclosure after replacing OA. I haven´t seen any document stating that this is way it should work.

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virtual connect flex10 replacement

February 4, 2019, 12:57 am
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we have a HP c7000 enclosure, wich has 2 flex10 modules.

One of the modules has problems with a port and we want to replace this module for a new flex 10 module.

Can we make a backup of the virtual domain in the webinterface of the virtual connect, swap the flex10 module and restore this previous made backup.

 

all the reply is very welcome,..thanks in advance

Sjef

 

 

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Replacement of 8GB/24Port VC-FC modules with 16GB/24Port modules

February 4, 2019, 5:33 am
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Hello All,

we have an Production setup based on - OneView, Virtual Connect Modules and a MIX of HP ProLiant BL460c G9 and HP ProLiant BL460c G10 Blade-Servers.

Right now the environment is based on VC-FC 8GB/24Port fibre-Channel modules.

Due to throughput, increade of servers and workload and workload we need to upgrade to VC-FC 16GB/24Port Fibre-Channel modules.

As the environemtn is holding the production - ORACLE-RAC - Farm we we are looing for an upgrade path where we can achieve that on the fly, or at least with a minimum of downtime.

Our setup is as follows:

VersionKindUsageOA-FirmwareVC-Ethernet-FirmwareVC-Fibrechannel-Firmware

G3C7000 - Platinum EnclosureMBB-RAC4.804.623.09

G3C7000 - Platinum EnclosureMBB-RAC4.804.623.09

G3C7000 - Platinum EnclosureMBB-RAC4.804.623.09

G3C7000 - Platinum EnclosureMBB-RAC4.804.623.09

 

ProLiant BL460c Gen10HP LPe1605 16Gb FC HBAI41 v1.40 (06/15/2018)1.35 Aug 14 2018

ProLiant BL460c Gen9HP LPe1605 16Gb FC HBAI36 v2.60 (05/21/2018)2.60 May 23 2018     

 

HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module

 

 

 

 

 

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Export uplink infomation of all VC domains.

February 8, 2019, 1:24 pm
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I inherited the management of some 16 c7000 enclosures administered by VCEM and need to configure half a dozen VLANs on them for an upcoming project.

Is there any way to export what each uplink port  on an enclosure is connected to which switch port? I looked up the vcemcli user guide but that threw up nothing.

All enclosures are installed with redundant flexfabric modules.

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