HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking Scenarios Cookbook

59
Scenario 4: Multiple VC Fabric-Attach SAN fabrics with
Dynamic Login Balancing connected to several redundant
SAN fabric with different priority tiers
Overview
This scenario covers the setup and configuration of four VC Fabric-Attach SAN fabrics with Dynamic Login Balancing
Distribution that are all connected to the different redundant SAN fabric.
Figure 46 : Multiple VC SAN Fabrics with different priority tiers connected to different SAN Fabrics
Server 1
HBA1
HBA2
Server 2
HBA1
HBA2
Server 3
HBA1
HBA2
Server 4
HBA1
HBA2
Server 15
HBA1
HBA2
Server 16
HBA1
HBA2
Fabric-A-1
Fabric-B-2Fabric-B-1
Fabric-A-2
Fabric 2A
Fabric 2B
…
…
VC Domain
VC-FC 8Gb
20-port Module
5:1
server-to-uplink ratio
on a fully populated enclosure with 16 servers
1:1
server-to-uplink ratio
on a fully populated enclosure with 16 servers
Fabric 1A
Fabric 1B