HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking Scenarios Cookbook

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Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Uplink Port Mappings

It is important to note how the external uplink ports on the FlexFabric-20/40 F8 module are configured. The graphic

below outlines the type and speed each port can be configured as:

 Flexible Ports X1 – X8: Can be configured as 1/10 Gb Ethernet or Fibre Channel

FC speeds supported = 2Gb, 4Gb or 8Gb using 4Gb or 8Gb FC SFP modules, refer to the FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Quick

Spec for a list of supported SFP+ transceivers and DAC

 Ports Q1 – Q4: Can be configured as only 10Gb or 40Gb Ethernet (each port can do 1x40, 1x10 or 4x10)

 Ports X5/X6 and X7/X8: Are paired and can only be configured to carry same traffic types (either FC or Ethernet)

Note: Even though the Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 module supports Stacking, stacking only applies to

Ethernet traffic. FC uplinks cannot be consolidated, as it is not possible to stack the FC ports.

Figure 62: FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module port configuration, speeds and types

Ports that can be enabled

for SAN connection

16 connections to

FlexFabric CNA’s

Individually Configurable

10Gb Ethernet or Flex-10/FCoE or Flex-10/iSCSI

20Gb Ethernet or Flex-20/FCoE or Flex-20/iSCSI

SAN

LAN LAN

Eight Flexible Uplink Ports (X1-X8)

 Individually configurable as FC/FCoE/Ethernet

 Ethernet 1/10Gb: SR/LR/LRM SFP+ Transceivers, Copper/AOC DAC

 Fibre Channel: 2/4/8Gb: Short/Long Wave FC Transceivers

 FC uplinks: N_Ports, just like legacy VC-FC module uplinks

 Flat SAN support with 3PAR

Four 40Gb QSFP+ Uplink Ports (Q1-Q4)

 Ethernet (only): 1x40, 1x10 or 4x10 (FCoE future upgrade)

 QSFP+ transceivers: SR4 100m/SR4 300m/LR4/Quad-to-SFP+

 QSFP+ cables: Copper/AOC QSFP+ DAC, QSFP+ to 4x10G SFP+

X2 X3 X4

X6 X7 X8

PAIRED

Note: Since VC 4.01, the Virtual Connect FlexFabric SAN uplinks can be connected to an upstream DCB port with

Dual-hop FCoE support. For more information about FCoE support, see Dual-Hop FCoE with HP Virtual Connect

modules Cookbook in the Related Documentation section.