HP Virtual Connect Manager Command Line
Interface for c-Class BladeSystem Version 3.00
User Guide
for HP Integrity BL8x0c i2 Series Server Blades
Part Number 592319-002
June 2010 (Second Edition)
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 5
What's New ................................................................................................................................................ 5
Virtual Connect overview .............................................................................................................................. 5
Using multiple enclosures .................................................................................................................... 6
Command line overview ............................................................................................................................... 6
Command line syntax ................................................................................................................................... 7
Parameters ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Options ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Properties .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Command batching ............................................................................................................................ 8
Supporting comments and blank lines in CLI scripts ................................................................................ 9
Unassigning multiple profiles ............................................................................................................. 10
CLI command execution modes .................................................................................................................... 10
Remote access to the Virtual Connect Manager ............................................................................................. 11
Command output filtering ............................................................................................................................ 12
Command line ............................................................................................................................ 13
Subcommands ........................................................................................................................................... 13
Managed elements ..................................................................................................................................... 13
all ................................................................................................................................................... 15
devicebay ....................................................................................................................................... 15
domain ........................................................................................................................................... 16
enclosure ......................................................................................................................................... 18
enet-connection ................................................................................................................................ 20
enet-vlan ......................................................................................................................................... 23
external-manager ............................................................................................................................. 24
fabric .............................................................................................................................................. 26
fc-connection ................................................................................................................................... 29
firmware ......................................................................................................................................... 31
igmp ............................................................................................................................................... 32
interconnect ..................................................................................................................................... 32
ldap ................................................................................................................................................ 33
ldap-certificate ................................................................................................................................. 35
ldap-group ...................................................................................................................................... 36
log-target ......................................................................................................................................... 37
mac-cache ....................................................................................................................................... 40
network ........................................................................................................................................... 40
port-monitor ..................................................................................................................................... 44
profile ............................................................................................................................................. 46
server .............................................................................................................................................. 49
serverid ................................................................
server-port ....................................................................................................................................... 53
server-port-map ................................................................................................................................ 54
snmp............................................................................................................................................... 56
snmp-trap ........................................................................................................................................ 57
ssh .................................................................................................................................................. 60
ssl ................................................................................................................................................... 61
........................................................................... 52
ssl-certificate .................................................................................................................................... 61
ssl-csr .............................................................................................................................................. 62
stackinglink ..................................................................................................................................... 63
statistics .......................................................................................................................................... 63
status .............................................................................................................................................. 64
supportinfo ...................................................................................................................................... 64
systemlog ........................................................................................................................................ 64
uplinkport ........................................................................................................................................ 65
uplinkset .......................................................................................................................................... 68
user ................................................................................................................................................ 69
user-security ..................................................................................................................................... 71
vcm ................................................................................................................................................ 72
version ............................................................................................................................................ 73
Help subsystem .......................................................................................................................................... 73
Output format ............................................................................................................................................ 74
Interactive user output format ............................................................................................................. 74
Scriptable output format .................................................................................................................... 76
Statistics descriptions .................................................................................................................................. 78
Ethernet modules .............................................................................................................................. 78
Fibre channel ports ........................................................................................................................... 94
Configuring the Virtual Connect domain using the CLI ..................................................................... 98
Basic configuration ..................................................................................................................................... 98
Logging in to the CLI ......................................................................................................................... 98
Domain setup .................................................................................................................................. 99
Network setup ............................................................................................................................... 101
Server VLAN Tagging Support ......................................................................................................... 104
Fibre Channel setup ....................................................................................................................... 105
Serial number (logical) settings ........................................................................................................ 106
Server Profile setup ......................................................................................................................... 106
Server profile overview ................................................................................................................... 107
Logging out of the CLI ..................................................................................................................... 110
Common management operations .............................................................................................................. 111
Resetting the Virtual Connect Manager ....................................................................................................... 111
Technical support ...................................................................................................................... 113
Before you contact HP .............................................................................................................................. 113
HP contact information .............................................................................................................................. 113
Acronyms and abbreviations ...................................................................................................... 114
Index ....................................................................................................................................... 116
Introduction
What's New
This version of the command line interface user guide contains the following changes:
• Support for the HP Integrity BL8x0c i2 Series Servers
This server is a multi-blade server, which has one bay identified as the monarch bay. All operations
on the multi-blade server are done on the monarch bay, although the operation, such as power on or
assigning a profile, affects the entire multi-blade server.
• Removed the update firmware command.
To update firmware, use the HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Utility. For more
information on installing the firmware, see the HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Utility
documentation on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation
).
• New managed element: statistics
Virtual Connect overview
Virtual Connect is a set of interconnect modules and embedded software for HP BladeSystem c-Class
enclosures that simplifies the setup and administration of server connections. HP Virtual Connect includes
the following components:
• HP 1/10Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem
• HP 1/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet Module for the c-Class BladeSystem
• HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module for BladeSystem c-Class
• HP 4Gb Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem
• HP Virtual Connect 4Gb Fibre Channel Module for BladeSystem c-Class (enhanced NPIV)
• HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port Fibre Channel Module for BladeSystem c-Class
• HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-Port Fibre Channel Module for BladeSystem c-Class
• HP Virtual Connect Manager
Virtual Connect implements server edge virtualization so that server administrators can upgrade, replace,
or move server blades within their enclosures without changes being visible to the external LAN and SAN
environments.
The Virtual Connect Manager is embedded on the Virtual Connect Ethernet module. Users access VCM
through a web-based GUI or CLI. The Onboard Administrator provides a web link to the GUI. Use an
SSH session to establish a console connection to the CLI.
The Virtual Connect Ethernet modules and the Virtual Connect FC modules support the HP BladeSystem
c7000 Enclosure, the HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure, and all the server blades and networks
contained within the enclosure.
The Virtual Connect Ethernet modules enable connection to all brands of data center Ethernet switches.
Introduction 5
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