HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking Scenarios Cookbook
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Requirements
This configuration requires:
At least two Fabric-Attach SAN fabrics with one or more switches that support NPIV
At least one VC-FC module
A minimum of two VC fabric uplinks connected to each of the SAN fabrics.
For more information about configuring FC switches for NPIV, see "Appendix C: Brocade SAN switch NPIV
configuration" or "Appendix D: Cisco MDS SAN switch NPIV configuration" or "Appendix E: Cisco NEXUS SAN switch
NPIV configuration" depending on your switch model.
Additional information, such as over subscription rates and server I/O statistics, is important to help with server
workload distribution across VC-FC ports.
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 some uplink ports as follows:
On the first VC-FC module to switch port in SAN Fabric 1A
On the first VC-FC module to switch port in SAN Fabric 2A
On the second VC-FC module to switch port in SAN Fabric 1B
On the second VC-FC module to switch port in SAN Fabric 2B
Defining a new VC SAN Fabric via 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.