HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem - Manual (Page 150)

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o Add, edit, or delete a fabric
o Redistribute logins on a SAN fabric
• SAN Fabrics (Server Connections) screen (on page 159 )
o View a list of SAN fabrics with server connection information
o Delete a fabric
o Redistribute logins on a SAN fabric
o Define a SAN fabric
• Edit SAN Fabric screen (on page 155 )
o Modify a fabric name
o Set the uplink port speed
o Change the login re-distribution
o Add or delete an uplink port
• Fibre Channel Settings (Misc.) screen (on page 160 )
o Set the time interval to wait after a link becomes unstable before automatic redistribution occurs
within the fabric
Define SAN Fabric screen
To define a SAN fabric, select the Define SAN Fabric link on the home page, click Define SAN Fabric on the
SAN Fabrics (Server Connections) screen (on page
159 ), click Add on the SAN Fabrics (External
Connections) screen (on page 157 ), or select SAN Fabric from the Define pull-down menu.
In FabricAttach mode, only connect HP VC 4Gb FC module, HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC module, HP VC 8Gb
20-Port FC module, or FlexFabric FC uplinks to Fibre Channel switch ports that are NPIV-enabled.
NOTE: 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.