HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Setup and Installation Guide

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HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Setup Wizard
This wizard configures external Fibre Channel connectivity for the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure using
HP Virtual Connect. A user account with storage privileges is required to perform these operations. Use this
wizard to do the following:
• Identify WWNs to be used on the server blades deployed within this Virtual Connect domain.
• Define fabrics.
To initiate this wizard, click the Fibre Channel Wizard link on the homepage, or select Fibre Channel Setup
Wizard from the Tools pull-down menu. You must have storage privileges to access the Fibre Channel Setup
Wizard.
WWN settings
At this point in the wizard, you are asked to select the type of FC WWNs to be used on the server blades
within the enclosure. You can choose to use the server factory default WWNs provided with the FC HBA
mezzanine card or to use FC WWNs assigned by Virtual Connect. Be sure to fully understand the following
information before making this selection.
Each server blade FC HBA mezzanine card ships with factory default port and node WWNs for each FC
HBA port. Each WWN is a 64-bit number that uniquely identifies the FC HBA port/node to other devices on
the network. While the hardware ships with default WWNs, Virtual Connect has the ability to assign WWNs
that override the factory default WWNs while the server remains in that Virtual Connect enclosure. When
configured to assign WWNs, Virtual Connect securely manages the WWNs by accessing the physical FC
HBA through the enclosure Onboard Administrator and the iLO interfaces on the individual server blades.
When assigning WWNs to FC HBA ports, Virtual Connect assigns both a port WWN and a node WWN.
Because the port WWN is typically used for configuring fabric zoning, it is the WWN displayed throughout
the Virtual Connect user interface. The assigned node WWN is always the same as the port WWN
incremented by one.