Firmware WB.15.18.0007 resolves the issue, see below
A colleague of mine found an issue with the latest HP 2920 switch firmware.
If you create VLANs using the CLI Menu, the switch reboots and the configuration is not saved.
We have reported this to HP, but is currently being treated as a non critical issue as when creating a VLAN via the web interface or native CLI, the issue doesn’t happen.
We have also noticed on this firmware the switch seems to be less responsive. Luckily we had a few units in stock that we could replicate this issue on, and can confirm downgrading to the previous firmware version removes the issue.
A quick cheers to my colleague Marco for finding and researching this issue.
The issue
Switch: HP 2920-48G-POE+
Primary Image : 12852982 08/12/15 WB.15.18.0006
Software revision : WB.15.18.0006
Go to the Main Menu
Select (2) Switch Configuration…
Select (8) VLAN Menu…
Select (3) VLAN Port Assignment
Select Edit
Modify the tagging mode for a port
Select Save
Switch reboots and doesn’t save configuration
Hopefully HP will release a fix for this firmware soon, as mentioned we have recreated this issue in production and test.
Only a quick post, but after my last bashing of HP virtual connect. I’ve had to endevour another upgrade for a different customer. This time with two HP chassis that are connected together.
For this customer they are on version 3.30 and need to upgrade to the latest version 4.41.
After speaking with HP support, the suggested upgrade path is;
Note: that if you use the vcsu.exe tool and have mutliple flex-10 modules connected together in a domain, the firmware will update all the modules at once, you cannot upgrade just 2 modules of 4, for example.
How to update the Virtual Connect Manager
Note: Please plan downtime for this, as in my case it took everything offline whilst updating both modules.
So to update the Virtual Connect Manager, leave the web interface, as you don’t do it there, you need to download the “Virtual Connect Support Utility”, you can find the latest version here.
To do this, you open up the command interface,
As you can see this launches a command prompt in the install area of the utility.
1. Type vcsu.exe and enter
2. Type update and enter
3. Enter the IP address of the Onboard Administrator, username and password.
4. Drag your firmware file from its location into the CMD prompt window and this will automatically out the file location in for you.
4. Click through the options until it says “Initializing, please wait… [Step 1 of 2]”
5. When prompted it will tell you its discovered the Virtual Connect domain, enter the username and password for the Virtual Connect Manager
6. Enter yes after confirming the version you are on and version you are going to.
7. Once done it will tell you its completed and where the log files are loaded.
Here is a full screenshot of the process, with the steps highlighted in yellow with green marks for easy identification.
Things to know about the Virtual Connect Support Utility
it saves everything in your temp location, so where it tells you it’s saved the log, copy the location and open it up
So it doesn’t just output a file which is the copy of your update session, which in this case is called “vcsu-15044.log”
It saves a copy of your Virtual Connect Manager settings before the upgrade, of which mine was called “vcConfig-8895406-BLE01_vc_domain-201408130822”
And finally there is the Support Info output which can be used by HP support to determine the status of your hardware before and after the firmware update “vcSupportInfo-8895406-BLE01_vc_domain-201408130823”
If you run the “collect” command, then it produces an output to the temp location for the following files
My most recent customer engagement, was to re-use some older hardware as vSphere disaster recovery. The kit includes a EMC Clariion SAN, and two Cisco MDS 9124 switches.
The customer didn’t setup these FC switches, and required a password reset. Which I was happy to do for him, until I realised the Cisco article online is slightly wrong. So below are the steps I took to get the job done.
Password Reset/Recovery Steps
First off stick your console cable into the switch,
1. Power Cycle the Switch and keep pressing Ctrl + C until you see;
loader>
2. You then need to find the boot filename, using the “dir” command
Here I am going through how to setup LACP port trunking for a Synology NAS device using HP Switching.
1. First off get your MAC Addresses of your Synology NAS interfaces you want to configure, these can be found in the DSM web login under Control Panel > Info Center > Network
VMware released a free course around Network Virtualization Fundamentals, which maps to the first steps on the ladder for all things NSX. It is also recommended by VMware to take the course before taking on the VCA-NV.
I urge anyone looking into NSX to take this course, you can’t argue with the price after all!!! Secondly, although there are many NSX posts online name, Brad Hedlund has some of the best posts in my opinion.
