HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking Scenarios Cookbook

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Benefits 78
Considerations 78
Physical view of a Direct-Attach
configuration 79
Requirements 79
Installation and configuration 79
Configuration of the 3PAR controller
ports 83
Verification of the 3PAR connection 85
Blade Server configuration 85
OS Configuration 87
Summary 87
Scenario 7: Mixed Fabric-Attach and
Flat SAN connectivity with HP Virtual
Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port
modules and HP 3PAR Storage
Systems 88
Overview 88
Considerations 89
Physical view of a mix Flat SAN and
Fabric-Attach configuration 90
Requirements 90
Installation and configuration 90
Configuration of the 3PAR controller
ports 97
Verification of the 3PAR connection 99
Server Profile configuration 99
OS Configuration 101
Summary 101
Scenario 8: Adding VC fabric uplink
ports with Dynamic Login Balancing
to an existing VC Fabric-Attach SAN
fabric 102
Overview 102
Benefits 102
Initial configuration 102
Adding an additional uplink port 105
Login Redistribution 107
Verification 109
Summary 110
Scenario 9: Cisco MDS Dynamic Port
VSAN Membership 111
Overview 111
Benefits 111
Requirements 111
Installation and configuration 111