HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking Scenarios Cookbook

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Figure 45: Physical view
HP 4Gb VC-FC Module
UID
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HP 4Gb VC-FC Module
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DP1-A DP1-B1 2 DP1-A DP1-B1 2
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Mgmt
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BL460c
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HP StorageWorks
4/32B SAN Switch
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BL460c
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Note: Static Login Distribution has been removed since VC firmware 3.00 but is the only method available in VC
firmware 1.24 and earlier. Dynamic Login Balancing capabilities are included in VC firmware 1.3x and later.
Benefits
This configuration can guarantee non-blocking throughput for a particular application or set of blades by creating a
separate VC SAN Fabric for that important traffic, and ensuring that the total aggregate uplink throughput for that
particular fabric is greater than or equal to the throughput for the HBAs used.
In other words, this is a way to adjust the server-to-uplink ratio, to control more granularly which server blades use
which VC uplink port, and also to enable the distribution of servers according to their I/O workloads.