Example Of System Configuration (Connected To Storage Via Fc Switch) - Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual

Example of system configuration
(connected to storage via FC switch)
An example of connection to storage via FCSW with 4-Gbps Fibre-channel adapter is as
follows:
This example is described in terms of storage.
Four partitions (LPARs) are configured in LPAR manager, each of which is allocated a
system path and data path. They are implemented redundancy with redundancy software
such as HiCommand Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM) and Hitachi Fibre Channel – Path
Control Manager (HFC-PCM).
The four ports share each HBA port using the FC sharing function.
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Make sure to connect the storage via FCSW to use the FC sharing function with 4
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Gbps fiber channel adapter. Enable the N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)function of
FCSW for using the NPIV function of FCSW.
Multiple LPARs can share a single HBA port. To share a port, allocate the port to
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LPARs on the LPAR manager screen using the WWN identifier (vfcID). The
following is an example for allocation with vfcID (1 to 8) in this configuration.
vfc ID
Port 0
1 LPAR1 allocated
2 LPAR2 allocated
3 LPAR3 allocated
4 LPAR4 allocated
5 Unused
6 Unused
7 Unused
8 Unused
HBAO
Port 1 Port 0
LPAR1 allocated LPAR1 allocated
LPAR2 allocated LPAR2 allocated
LPAR3 allocated LPAR3 allocated
LPAR4 allocated LPAR4 allocated
Unused Unused
Unused Unused
Unused Unused
Unused Unused
1431
HBA1
Port 1
LPAR1 allocated
LPAR2 allocated
LPAR3 allocated
LPAR4 allocated
Unused
Unused
Unused
Unused