HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking Scenarios Cookbook

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Installation and configuration
Switch configuration
Appendices B, C and D provide the steps required to configure NPIV on the upstream SAN switch in a Brocade, Cisco
MDS or Cisco Nexus Fibre Channel infrastructure.
VC CLI commands
In addition to the GUI, you can complete many of the configuration settings within VC using a CLI command set. In
order to connect to VC using a CLI, open an SSH connection to the IP address of the active VCM. Once logged in, VC
provides a CLI with help menus. The Virtual Connect CLI guide also provides many useful examples. The following
scenario provides the CLI commands needed to configure each setting of the VC.
Configuring the VC module
 Physically connect the uplink ports on the first VC-FC module to switch port in SAN Fabric 1
 Physically connect the uplink ports on the second VC-FC module to switch port in SAN Fabric 2
Defining a new VC SAN Fabric using the GUI
Configure the VC-FC modules from the HP Virtual Connect Manager home screen.
1. From the HP Virtual Connect Manager GUI, select Define SAN Fabric from the HP Virtual Connect Home page.