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Leveraging a Flex System environment: NPIV to FC SAN
Figure 8 shows an example of how a client can use the G8264CS for convergence in a Flex System environment.
This approach can help a client significantly reduces costs inside the chassis with a single adapter in the compute
node using CNA functionality, with a 10Gb Ethernet module, such as the SI4093/EN4093/EN4093R, in the chassis
(no FC adapter or switches necessary). The client can then use the G8264CS at the top of the rack or somewhere
else in the data center, breaking out the FC connections and connecting to the existing Brocade or Cisco SAN
switches, and then in to the storage devices.
Figure 8. Leveraging G8264CS in a Flex System environment
Table 9 summarizes the supported components.
Table 9. Components
Adapter NIC mode
LOM & pNIC, vNIC1,
CN4054 4- vNIC2, or UFP
port adapter
(BE3)
CN4058 -8- pNIC
port adapter
RackSwitch G8264CS
Transit FCoE SAN
switch switch
SI4093 G8264CS Brocade
EN4093 NPIV or Cisco
EN4093R mode SAN
Storage target OS levels
Storwize V3700 Win2008, WS2012, W@ 2012
Storwize V7000 HyperV + NPIV, ESX 4/5/5.1/5.5,
SVC VMware ESX 5.1/5.5 + NPIV
DS3K/5K
DS8K
RHEL 5/6/7, SLES 10/11
XIV
RHEL 5/6/7, SLES 11/12, AIX6/7,
Tape
VIOS 221/222, IBM I6/7 VIOS
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