Quick Start: Migrate from an active/standby to an active/active network configuration

This quick start describes the process of migrating from an existing active/standby configuration to an active/active configuration for an enclosure.

Prerequisites

Minimum required session ID privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Network administrator to add the network.
Minimum required session ID privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Server administrator to change the server profile configurations.
Two or more fully supported Virtual Connect interconnect modules as listed in the HPE OneView Support Matrix.
The enclosures and server blades are already added to the appliance.
Follow recommended naming conventions described in Requirements for an active/active configuration.

Migrating from an active/standby to an active/active configuration

For an enclosure group with a single logical interconnect group, when migrating from an active/standby configuration to an active/active configuration, make configuration changes to the following resources:

Resource	Task	Description
Logical Interconnect Groups	Find the uplink set or sets that you want to convert to active/active. Record all networks in the uplink sets.	For more information, see Logical Interconnect Groups.
Networks	Rename the networks by adding `<side>` to the network name, as described in Requirements for an active/active configuration (for example, `Dev_100_A`). Create Ethernet networks using the same external VLAN ID for each network renamed in step 3 (for example, `Dev_100_B`).	For the `vlanId` attribute, enter the same ID as those in the original uplink set. Set the `smartLink` attribute to true. For more information, see Networks or Network Sets.
Network Sets	(Optional) Add network sets for the networks created in step 4.	Adding a network to a network set does not require that you take resources offline. You do not need to update server profiles that have connections to the network set. Duplicate VLAN IDs are not allowed in a network set. For more information, see Network Sets.
Logical Interconnect Groups and Logical Interconnects	Determine if all logical interconnects have active and standby uplink ports on the same modules. If the standby uplinks are on the same module, go to step 7. If the standby uplinks are on different modules, force a failover so that all standby uplinks are on the same module. Go to step 7. Edit the active/standby uplink set and delete the standby uplinks. Create a second uplink set for the standby uplinks removed in step 7. Add the networks created in step 4 to the new uplink set. For example, `UplinkSet_B` contains all `Dev_B` networks. Update the logical interconnect.	To determine the port status (active or standby), perform a `GET /rest/interconnects/{id}/ports` operation on the interconnect and review the `portStatus` of each uplink port (`portType:Uplink`). Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends deleting the standby uplinks from the original uplink set, and then adding them to the new uplink set. This method prevents connectivity loss. For more information, see the online help for Logical Interconnects.
Server Profiles and Server Hardware	Power off the server before you edit the server profile. Edit the server profile to add a connection for the new networks or network sets. Power on the server.	Change every server profile connection associated with the port servicing the original standby uplinks. Assign the new networks or network sets created in steps 4 or 5 to the port. For more information, see Server Profiles.
Logical Interconnect Groups and Logical Interconnects	Edit the logical interconnect group and rename the original uplink set by adding `<side>` to the name, as described in Requirements for an active/active configuration (for example, `UplinkSet_A`). Do not make any changes other than the uplink set name.	For more information, see the online help for Logical Interconnects.

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