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

HP Virtual Connect Manager 89

Advanced SAN Fabric Settings

When creating or editing a SAN fabric using HP VC FlexFabric Modules in a FabricAttach fabric, select the

Show Advanced Settings checkbox to select the login re-distribution:

• Manual Login Re-Distribution—Default for all FC modules. You must initiate a Login Re-Distribution

request through the VC GUI or CLI interfaces. You might re-distribute logins if an uplink that was

previously down is now available, if you added an uplink to a fabric, or if the number of logins through

each available uplink has become unbalanced for any reason.

• Automatic Login Re-Distribution—When selected, the VC FlexFabric module initiates Login

Re-Distribution automatically when the specified time interval expires. For more information about

setting the time interval, see "Fibre Channel Settings (Misc.) screen" in the user guide.

The automatic option is only available on FlexFabric modules in a FabricAttach fabric and enables you to

specify an interval, in seconds, for the length of time the previously offline links must be stable before the

module can re-distribute logins. Login re-distribution is not supported for DirectAttach fabrics.

FCoE Connection Speed

To change these settings, click the selection box, and then select a setting (100Mb to 8Gb):

• Set a custom value for the Preferred FCoE Connection Speed. This value is the default speed for server

profile connections mapped to this fabric. The server administrator can override this setting on an

individual profile connection.

Set a custom value for the Maximum FCoE Connection Speed. This value is the maximum speed for server

profile connections mapped to this fabric.

To see how logins are currently distributed on the VC-FC module, navigate to the Interconnect Bays Status

and Summary screen and select the desired VC-FC module. A new Uplink Port column is added to the Server

Ports section of the screen.

To see how logins are currently distributed on the VC FlexFabric module, navigate to the Interconnect Bays

Status and Summary screen and select the desired VC FlexFabric module. A new SAN Uplink Port column is

added to the Server Ports tab.

You can also see how logins are currently distributed on the VC-FC or FlexFabric modules by logging in to the

upstream FC SAN fabric switch.