HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem - Manual (Page 186)

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Creating FCoE HBA connections for a BL890c i4
Additional steps are necessary when a BL890c i4 is installed, and the enclosure has FCoE modules in bays
1 and 2. The figure below shows the first four connections created by default, plus four additional
connections that were added manually. The FCoE entries for I/O bays 1 and 2 (highlighted below) get
mapped to LOMs 1 and 2 on blades 1 and 2. The next pair of entries for I/O bays 1 and 2 would get
mapped to LOMs 1 and 2 on the third blade, and the fourth set of entries for I/O bays 1 and 2 would get
mapped to LOMs 1 and 2 on the fourth blade.
To have FCoE entries mapped to LOMs 3 and 4 on each blade in the server, you must add three extra sets
of FCoE entries, and then add the additional entries for I/O bays 1 and 2. See ports 17-24 in the figure
below.
Creating FCoE HBA connections for a BL870c i4
Referencing the previous figures, entries 1-8 would be mapped as shown. Entries 9 and 10 would then be
mapped to LOMs 3 and 4 on the first blade in the BL870c i4, entries 11-12 would be as in this example
except that they would be UNMAPPED, and entries 13-14 would be mapped to LOMs 3 and 4 on the second
blade. The remaining entries would not be needed.
Limited Ethernet connections when using HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D modules
Introduction of the dual-hop FCoE support in VCM v4.01 enabled the ability to map newly created FCoE
connections to the HP VC Flex-10/10D module.
With the extension of the support for FCoE to Flex-10/10D modules, the algorithm for mapping of the
Ethernet and FCoE connections to the FlexNIC and FlexHBA ports on the FlexFabric adapters changed. In the
newly created profiles, if a FlexFabric adapter was found in a LOM or Flexible LOM location while being
connected to a Flex-10/10D module, the first FCoE connection was assigned to that adapter. In the previous
releases only Ethernet connections could be assigned to a FlexFabric adapter that was connected to a
Flex-10/10D module. Only FCoE network created on a Shared Uplink Set originating on a Flex-10/10D
module can be assigned to the corresponding FCoE connection. FCoE connections that map to the FlexFabric
modules can be assigned to either FC SAN Fabric or FCoE Network created on a Shared Uplink Set
originating on this module.