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Considerations ........................................................................................................................................... 44 Requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 44 Installation and configuration ...................................................................................................................... 44 Switch configuration ......................................................................................................................... 44 VC CLI commands ............................................................................................................................ 44 Configuring the VC module ............................................................................................................... 44 Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via GUI ............................................................................................. 45 Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via CLI .............................................................................................. 49 Blade Server configuration .......................................................................................................................... 50 Verification ................................................................................................................................................ 50 Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 52 Scenario 4: Multiple VC SAN fabrics with Dynamic Login Balancing connected to several redundant SAN fabric with different priority tiers ................................................................................................... 53 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 53 Benefits ..................................................................................................................................................... 54 Considerations ........................................................................................................................................... 55 Requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 55 Installation and configuration ...................................................................................................................... 55 Switch configuration ......................................................................................................................... 55 VC CLI commands ............................................................................................................................ 55 Configuring the VC module ............................................................................................................... 55 Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via GUI ............................................................................................. 56 Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via CLI .............................................................................................. 60 Blade Server configuration .......................................................................................................................... 61 Verification ................................................................................................................................................ 61 Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 63 Scenario 5: SAN connectivity with HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port module ................... 64 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 64 Virtual connect FlexFabric Uplink Port Mappings ........................................................................................... 66 Requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 68 Installation and configuration ...................................................................................................................... 68 Switch configuration ......................................................................................................................... 68 VC CLI commands ............................................................................................................................ 68 Configuring the VC FlexFabric module ............................................................................................... 68 Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via GUI ............................................................................................. 69 Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via CLI .............................................................................................. 75 Blade Server configuration .......................................................................................................................... 76 Verification ................................................................................................................................................ 76 Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 76 Scenario 6: Adding VC Fabric uplink ports with Dynamic Login Balancing to an existing VC SAN fabric ................................................................................................................................................ 77 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 77 Benefits ..................................................................................................................................................... 77 Initial configuration..................................................................................................................................... 77 Adding an additional uplink port ................................................................................................................. 82 Via the GUI ..................................................................................................................................... 82 Via the CLI....................................................................................................................................... 83 Login Redistribution .................................................................................................................................... 84 Manual Login Redistribution via the GUI ............................................................................................. 86 Manual Login Redistribution via the CLI .............................................................................................. 87 Verification ................................................................................................................................................ 88 Contents 4
Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 89 Scenario 6: Cisco MDS Dynamic Port VSAN Membership ............................................................... 90 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 90 Benefits ..................................................................................................................................................... 90 Requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 90 Installation and configuration ...................................................................................................................... 90 Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 94 Appendix A: Blade Server configuration with Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Modules ........................ 95 Defining a Server Profile with FC Connections, via GUI .................................................................................. 95 Defining a Server Profile with FC Connections, via CLI ................................................................................... 99 Defining a Boot from SAN Server Profile via GUI .......................................................................................... 99 Defining a Boot from SAN Server Profile via CLI .......................................................................................... 102 Appendix B: Blade Server configuration with Virtual Connect FlexFabric Modules ............................ 103 Defining a Server Profile with FCoE Connections, via GUI ............................................................................ 103 Defining a Server Profile with FCoE Connections, via CLI ............................................................................. 107 Defining a Boot from SAN Server Profile via GUI ........................................................................................ 107 Defining a Boot from SAN Server Profile via CLI .......................................................................................... 110 Appendix C: Brocade SAN switch NPIV configuration .................................................................. 111 Enabling NPIV using the GUI ..................................................................................................................... 111 Enabling NPIV using the CLI ...................................................................................................................... 112 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................... 114 Appendix D: Cisco MDS SAN switch NPIV configuration .............................................................. 115 Enabling NPIV using the GUI ..................................................................................................................... 115 Enabling NPIV using the CLI ...................................................................................................................... 118 Appendix E: Cisco Nexus Switch NPIV configuration .................................................................... 120 Enabling NPIV using the GUI ..................................................................................................................... 120 Enabling NPIV using the CLI ...................................................................................................................... 123 Appendix F: Static Login Distribution Scenario with VC Firmware 1.24 and earlier .......................... 127 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 127 Benefits ................................................................................................................................................... 127 Requirements ........................................................................................................................................... 127 Installation and configuration .................................................................................................................... 128 Verification .............................................................................................................................................. 130 Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 131 Appendix G: Connectivity verification and testing ........................................................................ 132 Connectivity verification on the VC module ................................................................................................. 132 Connectivity verification on the upstream SAN switch .................................................................................. 136 Testing the loss of uplink ports ................................................................................................................... 139 Appendix H: Boot from SAN troubleshooting ............................................................................... 144 Verification during POST ........................................................................................................................... 144 Boot from SAN not activated ........................................................................................................... 144 Boot from SAN activated ................................................................................................................ 146 Boot from SAN misconfigured ......................................................................................................... 148 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................................... 148 Acronyms and abbreviations ...................................................................................................... 149 Reference ................................................................................................................................. 151 Contents 5
Page 1 and 2: HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Ne
Page 3: Contents About this document ......
Page 7 and 8: Considerations and concepts Key tak
Page 9 and 10: Virtual Connect Fibre Channel suppo
Page 11 and 12: Supported VC SAN Fabric configurati
Page 13 and 14: 10/100Base-TX 6 15 16 13 14 11 12 9
Page 15 and 16: Multiple-fabric Support Support for
Page 17 and 18: 12Vdc HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Swi
Page 19 and 20: Port Group Beginning with version 1
Page 21 and 22: Uplink port path failover: The modu
Page 23 and 24: Link stability This interval define
Page 25 and 26: Scenario 1: Simplest scenario with
Page 27 and 28: For more information about configur
Page 29 and 30: 4. Create a new VC Fabric named Fab
Page 31 and 32: Blade Server configuration Server p
Page 33 and 34: NOTE: Static Login Distribution has
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Page 45 and 46: Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via GU
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Considerations Each Virtual Connect
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first VC-FC module (Bay 5). 3. On t
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6. Then identically, create two VC
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2. Enter the following commands to
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The VC module uplink ports are phys
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12Vdc HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Swi
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Figure 18: FlexFabric Module port c
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Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via GU
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4. Select either Manual or Automati
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7. Two VC fabrics have been created
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Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via CL
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Scenario 6: Adding VC Fabric uplink
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a. For a Brocade SAN switch: Portsh
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3. The upstream SAN switch shows th
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2. Click Add Port, select the port
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Figure 26: Hot adding one uplink po
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2. Click on the Server connections
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Summary This scenario demonstrates
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2. Click the DPVM Setup icon. The D
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7. Select all VC-FC fabric devices
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Appendix A: Blade Server configurat
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Defining a Server Profile with FC C
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7. Assign the profile to a server b
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Appendix B: Blade Server configurat
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Defining a Server Profile with FCoE
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8. The server can now be powered on
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Appendix C: Brocade SAN switch NPIV
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3. To be sure that the port is enab
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Appendix D: Cisco MDS SAN switch NP
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6. Click the FLOGI tab. In the Port
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NPIV is enabled globally on the swi
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2. Click npiv. 3. In the Action col
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7. Click the FLOGI tab. In the Port
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7. To verify that NPIV is properly
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Appendix F: Static Login Distributi
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4. Select Static Login Distribution
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12. Click Name Server on the left s
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Or on the first FlexFabric module (
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2. In the same Interconnect Bay scr
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2. Click Name Server on the left si
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Testing the loss of uplink ports In
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2. VC Uplink port X1 port status be
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On the server side, the Boot from S
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Figure 29: Emulex showing Boot from
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Figure 32: Emulex showing Boot from
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Acronyms and abbreviations Term BIO
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Reference NPIV and Fibre Channel in
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