VC Simulator 3.70 Release Notes 704883 002

HP Virtual Connect Simulator Version 3.70

Release Notes

Abstract

These release notes provide information for the release of the Virtual Connect Simulator based on Virtual Connect 3.70. This document is for Channel Partners and HP internal employees. The VC Simulator should never be left at a customer site. You can let a customer use it, but only on your laptop

under your supervision. Never leave a copy behind. The VC Simulator contains the actual VC Manager software, which is considered the intellectual property of HP.

Part Number: 704883-002

October 2012

Edition: 2

© Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

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Contents 3

Contents

Update recommendation ............................................................................................................... 4

Supercede information .................................................................................................................. 4

Product ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Devices supported......................................................................................................................... 5

Operating Systems ...................................................................................................................... 10

Languages ................................................................................................................................. 10

Enhancements ............................................................................................................................ 10

Fixes ......................................................................................................................................... 11

Deprecated or obsolete features ................................................................................................... 11

Issues and workarounds .............................................................................................................. 11

Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................... 11

Installation instructions ................................................................................................................. 12

Operations................................................................................................................................. 13 Using the Virtual Machine ........................................................................................................................... 13 Importing enclosures ................................................................................................................................... 15 Shutting down the VC Simulator ................................................................................................................... 16

Related information ..................................................................................................................... 17 Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................................. 17

Update recommendation 4

Update recommendation

Update Recommendation: Recommended

Supercede information

Supercedes: 3.60

Product

The VC Simulator is based on an ISO file. You can use the ISO file to boot any x86 virtual machine, such as

VMware. The ISO image can also be burned to a CD you can use to boot any x86 physical machine to run

the VC Simulator. The VC Simulator runs on a Windows desktop and includes a VM image to boot and run

the VC Simulator.

Differences between the VC Simulator and VC Manager

The VC Simulator does not support backup and restore. You cannot backup from the VC Simulator, and

then restore to a VC Simulator. You cannot backup from a real enclosure, and then restore to the VC

Simulator.

OA IP addresses are simulated. Any well-formed IP address can be used to import an enclosure. The

following IP addresses are coded in to the simulated enclosures:

o Local Enclosure

o Remote Enclosure 1—192.168.6.1



Login credentials for the GUI are required but are not actually authenticated.

The VC Simulator does not implement certificate operations.

The VC Simulator uses local accounts and does not communicate with LDAP, RADIUS or TACACS+

servers.

When associating a network to a profile assigned to an uplink port, the associated downlink port speed

always changes to 10GB. Because there is no physical connection, the speed is not polled in real time.

There is limited support for saving the configuration state. For more information, see “Shutting down the

VC Simulator (on page 16).”

Devices supported 5

The VCM CLI requires a login. The username is Administrator and the password is

Administrator.

The VC Simulator supports a remote connection to the interactive VCM CLI. You can achieve an SSH

login using the vcmcli user. However, rather than getting a shell prompt, the prompt is dropped in to

the VCM CLI and requires a username of Administrator and a password of Administrator.

The VC Simulator does not support VCM CLI scripting. For example, the following is not supported:

->plink [email protected] -m myscript.txt

For more information, see the HP Virtual Connect Manager Command Line Interface for c-Class

BladeSystem User Guide on the HP website).

Although the VC Simulator allows you to configure LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+ authentication and

authorization parameters, it does not attempt to authenticate with the corresponding servers.

Although the VC Simulator allows you to enable SNMP and configure traps, it does not respond to

SNMP queries or send SNMP traps.

Although the VC Simulator allows you to enable remote logging, it does not log events to the remote

syslog server.

The VC Simulator does not interoperate with any other simulators, such as the P4000 Simulator, EVA

Simulator, Comware Simulator, and so on.

A VC simulated domain cannot be imported into VCEM.

Although you can enable the display of the historical throughput data, it is statically preconfigured.

The VC Simulator does not support importing or exporting of the SSL certificates or SSH keys

The VC Simulator cannot be customized and comes preconfigured with certain server and adapter

models.

There are differences between the simulator and real hardware in the power model. In real hardware,

if a server has a mezz or LOM card that is an incompatible type with the I/O module port mapping, the

enclosure is imported but the server does not power on. The simulator does allow the server to power on

in this situation. When there are incompatible types, both the simulator and real hardware do not make

those connections available for use in profiles.

Devices supported

Predefined enclosures supplied with the VC Simulator can be imported. Profiles are created and edited using

either the VCM CLI commands or the VCM GUI.

C7000 FRONT VIEW—Enclosures 1, 3, and 4 are the same

Bay1 Bay2 Bay3 Bay4

Server BL420c Gen8 BL460c Gen8 BL490c G7 BL465c Gen8

LOM — — FlexFabric 10Gb

Converged Network

Adapter

—

Flexible

LOM

HP Flex-10 2-port FLB

Adapter


Adapter

— HP FlexFabric 10Gb

2-port FLB Adapter

http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation

Devices supported 6

Bay1 Bay2 Bay3 Bay4

Mezz1 (2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

(2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

(2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

(2 port) Flex-10 Ethernet

Mezz2 FC Mezzanine card FC Mezzanine card FC Mezzanine card FC Mezzanine card

Mezz3 — — — —

Mezz4 — — — —

Mezz5 — — — —

Mezz6 — — — —

Mezz7 — — — —

Amezz1 (2 port) Flex-10 Ethernet (2 port) Flex-10

Ethernet

— (2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

Bay5 Bay6 Bay7 Bay8

Server BL685c G7 BL620c G7 Covered BL680c G7

LOM FlexFabric 10Gb

Converged Network

Adapter

FlexFabric 10Gb

Converged Network

Adapter

— Flex10 Embedded

Ethernet

Flexible

LOM

— — — —


Converged Network

Adapter

(2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

— (2 port) Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet

Mezz2 (2 port) FC Mezzanine

card

(2 port) FC Mezzanine

card

— (2 port) FC Mezzanine

card

Mezz3 — — — —

Mezz4 — — — —

Mezz5 — — — (2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

Mezz6 — — — —

Mezz7 — — — —

Amezz1 — — — —

Bay9 Bay10 Bay11 Bay12

Server BL420c Gen8 BL460c Gen8 BL490c G7 BL465c Gen8

LOM — — FlexFabric 10Gb

Converged Network

Adapter

—

Flexible

LOM


Adapter


Adapter

— HP FlexFabric 10Gb

2-port FLB Adapter

Mezz1 — — — —


card


card


card


card

Mezz3 — — — —

Amezz1 (2 port) Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet

(2 port) Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet (2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

Devices supported 7


Server Covered Covered Covered Covered

Mezz1 — — — —

Mezz2 — — — —

Mezz3 — — — —

Amezz1 — — — —

C7000 REAR VIEW—Enclosures 1, 3, and 4 are the same

Bay Module Bay Module

Bay1 HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module Bay2 HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module

Bay3 HP VC Flex10/10D Module Bay4 HP VC Flex10/10D Module

Bay5 HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module Bay6 HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module

Bay7 — Bay8 —

C7000 FRONT VIEW—Second enclosure contains Integrity blades

Bay1 Bay2 Bay3 Bay4

Server BL890c AUX AUX AUX

LOM 4 port Flex-10 Embedded

Ethernet

4 port Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet

4 port Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet

4 port Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet

Mezz1 (2 port) Ethernet (2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

(2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

(2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter


card


card


card

( 2 port) FC Mezzanine

card

Mezz3 — — — —

Mezz4 — — — —

Mezz5 — — — —

Mezz6 — — — —

Mezz7 — — — —

Amezz1 — (2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

— —

Bay5 Bay6 Bay7 Bay8

Server BL860c BL860c BL870c AUX

LOM 4 port Flex-10 Embedded

Ethernet

4 port Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet

4 port Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet

4 port Flex-10

Embedded Ethernet


Converged Network

Adapter

(2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter

(2 port) Ethernet

Converged Network

Adapter


card


card


card


card


card

Mezz3 — — — —

Devices supported 8

Bay5 Bay6 Bay7 Bay8

Mezz4 — — — —

Mezz5 — — — —

Mezz6 — — — —

Mezz7 — — — —

Amezz1 — — — —



Mezz1 — — — —

Mezz2 — — — —

Mezz3 — — — —

Mezz4 — — — —

Mezz5 — — — —

Mezz6 — — — —

Mezz7 — — — —

Amezz1 — — — —



LOM* — — — —

Mezz1 — — — —

Mezz2 — — — —

Mezz3 — — — —

Mezz4 — — — —

Mezz5 — — — —

Mezz6 — — — —

Mezz7 — — — —

Amezz1 — — — —

C7000 REAR VIEW—Second enclosure





Bay7 — Bay8 —

C7000 Double Dense FRONT VIEW—All four enclosures are the same

Bay1-1a Bay1-1b Bay2-2a Bay2-2b

Server BL220c G7 BL220c G7 BL220c G7 BL220c G7

LOM* Embedded Ethernet Embedded Ethernet Embedded Ethernet Embedded Ethernet

Mezz* HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

Devices supported 9

* LOM is two ports. MEZZ is one port.





IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter






IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter






IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter






IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter






IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter






IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter


Operating Systems 10





IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P

4xQDR IB/10Gb

Flex-10 Adapter

HP NC543i 1P 4xQDR

IB/10Gb Flex-10

Adapter


C7000 Double Dense REAR VIEW—All four enclosures are the same


Bay1 HP VC Flex-10 Enet Module Bay2 HP VC Flex-10 Enet Module




NOTE: The simulated configuration loads a working HA configuration of stacking links for the

Ethernet modules in the simulated enclosure.

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows Vista

Languages

Languages supported for this release: English

Enhancements

Version 3.70 of the VC simulator contains support for the HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 and HP ProLiant BL465c

Gen8 server blades.

Fixes 11

Fixes

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is not supported, therefore VC-simulator vmc has been removed from the simulator

zip file.

Deprecated or obsolete features

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is not supported in this release.

Microsoft Windows XP is not supported in this release.

Issues and workarounds

Remote VCM CLI scripting is not supported by the VC Simulator.

Server and module hardware cannot be changed.

The VC Simulator does not support storage and other non-server blades.

In enclosure 2, the AUX server bay 8 has an incorrect mezz card in slot1. The config file specifies "(2

port) FC Mezzanine card" but it should be "(2 port) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter." This will be

changed to a CNA card in the next simulator release.

VC Simulator displays a separate LAG_ID for each stacking link within a VC module. On physical

hardware, the stacking links between the same modules form a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) and

share the same LAG_ID.

VC Simulator shows uplinks X5 and X6 as stacking links on each VC module. Only one of those ports

is being used for stacking in a single enclosure domain. This issue will be fixed in the next release.

Prerequisites

The VC Simulator runs on the desktop and requires 512 MB of RAM. Adobe Flash Player 10.x or higher is

required to log in to the GUI. HP recommends updating to Adobe Flash Player 10.2 or higher.

Installation instructions 12

Installation instructions

Download the VC Simulator software

The VC Simulator package is available in the current directory.

Extract the contents of the VC Simulator zip file to the desired directory. The VC Simulator zip file includes:

Simulator-3.70.iso—An ISO file that the Simulator uses to boot

VC-simulator-3.70.vmx—A VMX file describing a virtual machine for use with VMware Player

Ancillary.pdf—Ancillary software license information

TSG_EULA_International.pdf—The TSG EULA International file

Download a Virtual Machine player

To set up your system to use the VC Simulator 3.70:

1. Download and install VMware Player 3.1.4 from the VMware website).

IMPORTANT: You must use VMware version 3.1.4, even if a later version is available. Windows

7 clients using newer versions of VMware Player only work with a Bridged Network. The VCM

HTTP browser may not work on these clients with NAT or host only addressing.

2. To test the VC Simulator 3.70, open the VMX file with VMware Player.

3. The virtual machine boots from the ISO file and displays the IP address of the virtual machine on the

login screen.

In some cases, firewall software on the host machine might cause connectivity problems for VMware guest

machines. A possible workaround for this problem is to put the firewall into "learn mode" and restart the

application to allow VMware to function properly.

http://www.vmware.com/download/player

Operations 13

Operations

Using the Virtual Machine The IP address of the VM displays on the login banner as shown in the following figure. Record this IP

address. Use the IP address to launch:

A remote SSH connection to the VCM CLI.

The VCM GUI from a web browser.

Running the VCM CLI

The VCM CLI is running on the VM console. At the VCM User Name prompt, enter Administrator for the

user name and Administrator for the password.

Operations 14

Establishing a remote SSH connection to the VCM CLI

Establish a remote SSH connection as the vcmcli user (no password) using the recorded IP address. This

SSH connection places you directly in the VCM CLI. At the VCM User Name prompt, enter Administrator

for the user name and Administrator for the password.

Launching the VCM GUI

Launch the VCM GUI by browsing to the recorded IP address with Microsoft Internet Explorer. When the

login screen appears, enter Administrator for the user name and Administrator for the password.

Operations 15

Resetting the VM

To reset the VM using VMware Player:

1. Select Power from the VM pull-down menu.

2. Select Reset.

Importing enclosures The capability to simulate multi-enclosure stacking is built in to the VC Simulator. A combination of double

dense and single dense blades is not supported.

To import enclosures using the GUI:

1. Use the Domain Setup Wizard to import local enclosures.

2. (optional) To simulate double dense server enclosures, select the Enable double dense server support

(Restricts single dense server support) checkbox on the Import/Recovery screen.

3. Click Configuration.

4. Click the Enclosures tab.

5. Click Add.

6. Enter an IP address for the remote OA, and then enter Administrator for the user name and

Administrator for the password.

7. Import additional enclosures using the Domain Settings (Enclosures) screen after finishing the Domain

Setup Wizard.

To import enclosures using the CLI:

1. Import a single dense base enclosure using the following command:

import enclosure username=Administrator password=Administrator

Import a double dense base enclosure using the following command:

import enclosure username=Administrator password=Administrator

doubledense=true

2. Import a second enclosure by its IP address, in this example 192.168.6.1, using the following

command:

import enclosure 192.168.6.1 username=Administrator

password=Administrator

Operations 16

3. Import additional enclosures using the same syntax used in step 2.

Shutting down the VC Simulator A graceful shut down of the VM is not required. You can simply power it off. If the VM is powered off or

rebooted, all changes made are lost. To save any configuration changes made within the VC Simulator, be

sure to save the state of the VM by suspending it, rather than powering it off.

Related information 17

Closing VMware Player automatically saves the state of the VM. If you prefer to power the VM off, select

Power from the VM menu, and then select Power off.

Related information

For VC Simulator related questions, do not call HP Support. All inquiries should be directed based on your

location:

HP Internal/Employees—Contact the Blade System Readiness Team.

HP Channel Partners—Contact your HP Channel Pre-Sales Business Development Manager (BDM) or

the local HP Distributor who provided you the VC Simulator.

The purpose of the VC Simulator is to demonstrate the main features and the value of Virtual Connect. All

change requests are prioritized based on this intended usage model.

For more information, see the HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem User Guide on the Installing tab of

the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources website). Additional Virtual Connect documentation is available in

the current directory.

Documentation feedback HP is committed to providing documentation that meets your needs. To help us improve the documentation,

send any errors, suggestions, or comments to Documentation Feedback). Include the document title and part

number, version number, or the URL when submitting your feedback.

http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation

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