HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking Scenarios Cookbook

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redundant SAN fabric with different
priority tiers 50
Overview 50
Benefits 51
Considerations 52
Requirements 52
Installation and configuration 52
Verification of the SAN Fabrics
configuration 57
Blade Server configuration 58
Verification 58
Summary 58
Scenario 4: Multiple VC Fabric-Attach
SAN fabrics with Dynamic Login
Balancing connected to several
redundant SAN fabric with different
priority tiers 59
Overview 59
Benefits 60
Considerations 60
Requirements 61
Installation and configuration 61
Verification of the SAN Fabrics
configuration 65
Blade Server configuration 66
Verification 66
Summary 66
Scenario 5: Fabric-Attach SAN fabrics
connectivity with HP Virtual Connect
FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port module 67
Overview 67
Benefits 67
Considerations 68
Virtual Connect FlexFabric Uplink
Port Mappings 69
Requirements 70
Installation and configuration 70
Verification of the SAN Fabrics
configuration 76
Blade Server configuration 76
Summary 76
Scenario 6: Flat SAN connectivity
with HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric
10Gb/24-Port modules and HP 3PAR
Storage Systems 77
Overview 77