User's Manual
Virtual Connect server profiles 191
With the extension of the support for FCoE to Flex-10/10D modules, 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 an 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 an FC SAN Fabric or an FCoE Network created on a Shared Uplink Set originating
on this module.
All profiles created prior to the upgrade remain unchanged and continue to operate similar to pre-4.01
behavior.
Example:
A configuration with HP VC Flex-10/10D modules in I/O Bays 1 and 2 and HP VC FlexFabric modules in
I/O Bays 3 and 4 in a pre-4.01 environment would only allow mapping of FCoE connections to the VC
FlexFabric modules in I/O Bays 3 and 4. A server profile in this environment would have the following
mapping for the Ethernet and FCoE connections.
Ethernet connections are shown in the following table.
Ethernet profile connection Map to bay Map to server port
1
1 LOM1:1A
2
2 LOM1:2A
3
3 Mezz1:1A
4
4 Mezz1:2A
5
1 LOM1:1B
6
2 LOM1:2B
7
3 Mezz1:1C
8
4 Mezz1:2C
9
1 LOM1:1C
10
2 LOM1:2C
11
3 Mezz1:1D
12
4 Mezz1:2D
13
1 LOM1:1D
14
2 LOM1:2D
FCoE connections are shown in the following table.
FCoE profile connection Map to bay Map to server port
1
3 Mezz1:1B
2
4 Mezz1:2B
Starting with VC v4.01, all newly created profiles map FCoE connections to I/O Bays 1 and 2 corresponding
to Flex-10/10D modules and allow up to two additional FCoE connections to be mapped to I/O Bays 3 and
4. This reduces the number of viable Ethernet connections in the server profile.
Ethernet connections for new profiles have changed to the connections shown in the following table.
Ethernet profile connection Map to bay Map to server port
1
1
LOM1:1A
2
2 LOM1:2A (same)