Fc (Fibre Channel) - Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series User Manual

Packet Filtering function changes the filtering mode of Inter-LPAR.
Packet
Filtering
Enable
Disable
(Default)
Disable
(ALL)
Enables packet filtering of Inter-LPAR communication
Disables inter-LPAR communication in the same segment.
Used for improving independence and security of LPARs when each LPAR has
a respective owner.
Disables packet filtering of Inter-LPAR communication
Permits inter-LPAR communication in the same segment.
Used for inter-LPAR communication only inside LPAR manager.
Disable (ALL) packet filtering of Inter-LPAR communication
Permits inter-LPAR communication in the same segment.
Used for inter-LPAR communication using network redundancy configuration
such as Intel(R) PROSet connection monitoring with Windows and bonding
with Linux.

FC (Fibre Channel)

FC (Fibre Channel) has 2 modes below.
Dedicated FC
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Table 1-47 Packet Filtering Mode
Description
Forwards packets to external
network.
Forwards packets to target LPAR
directly.
Forwards packets to target LPAR
and external network when target
is LPAR.
Table 1-48 Mode of Fibre Channel
Mode
1 LPAR dedicates 1 FC adapter.
LPAR manager Functions
Target Behavior
LPAR Forwards packets to
external network.
Not LPAR Forwards packets to
external network.
LPAR Forwards packets to
target LPAR.
Not LPAR Forwards packets to
external network.
LPAR Forwards packets to
target LPAR and
external network.
Not LPAR Forwards packets to
external network.
Description