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

HP Virtual Connect Manager 88

Define SAN Fabric

To define the SAN fabric:

1. Name the fabric. Do not use spaces.

2. Select the uplink ports to be used. Only uplinks on the same bay can be in the same SAN fabric.

3. If the uplink ports selected are FlexFabric module ports, select the fabric type. Supported fabric types

are FabricAttach and DirectAttach.

o Select FabricAttach if the FlexFabric module is connected using traditional SAN switches. For this

fabric type, the advanced settings appear, allowing you to change the login re-distribution and set

the preferred and maximum connection speed.

o Select DirectAttach if the FlexFabric module is directly connected to a supported storage target.

available for the preferred and maximum FCoE connection speed.

After a fabric is defined, its type cannot be changed. The default fabric type is FabricAttach.

4. If you are linking to an HP VC FlexFabric module and the fabric type is FabricAttach, click Advanced to

set the login re-distribution. For more information, see "Advanced SAN Fabric Settings (on page 89)."

5. Change the configuration speed, if preferred.

6. Click Apply.

In FabricAttach mode, connect only HP VC 4Gb FC Module, HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module, HP VC 8Gb

20-Port FC Module, HP VC FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module, or HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module

uplinks to Fibre Channel switch ports that are NPIV-enabled. If using a Brocade FC switch, verify that NPIV

is enabled properly by using the portshow command. If NPIV is not enabled properly, you might need to

downgrade the Brocade switch firmware, and then upgrade the firmware again.

For VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Modules, if uplink port 8 is present in the VC SAN fabric definition, this port is treated

as the lowest-numbered port and receives server logins before any other uplink ports.

In DirectAttach mode, connect the FC-capable uplink ports of the HP VC FlexFabric module to target ports on

the 3PAR array controller node.