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- Page 1 FC680i Mezz Network Adapter User Guide New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. https://www.h3c.com/en/ Document version: 6W100-20230205...
- Page 2 The information in this document is subject to change without notice. All contents in this document, including statements, information, and recommendations, are believed to be accurate, but they are presented without warranty of any kind, express or implied. H3C shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
- Page 3 Preface This user guide describes the specifications, supported features, and configuration methods for FC680i Mezz network adapters. This preface includes the following topics about the documentation: • Audience. • Conventions. • Documentation feedback. Audience This documentation is intended for: •...
- Page 4 Symbols Convention Description An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed WARNING! can result in personal injury. An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed CAUTION: can result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software. An alert that calls attention to essential information.
- Page 5 Documentation feedback You can e-mail your comments about product documentation to info@h3c.com. We appreciate your comments.
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
Contents Safety information ·························································································· 1 General operating safety ···································································································································· 1 Electrical safety ·················································································································································· 1 ESD prevention ·················································································································································· 1 Specifications and features ············································································ 0 Network adapter overview·································································································································· 0 Network adapter view········································································································································· 0 Specifications ····················································································································································· 0 Product specifications ································································································································ 0 Technical specifications ····························································································································· 1 Features ·····························································································································································... -
Page 7: Safety Information
To avoid bodily injury or damage to the device, follow these guidelines when you operate the network adapter: • Only H3C authorized or professional engineers are allowed to install or replace the network adapter. • Before installing or replacing the network adapter, stop all services, power off the blade server, and then remove the blade server. -
Page 8: Specifications And Features
Specifications and features NOTE: Figures in this section are for illustration only. Network adapter overview The FC680i (product model: NIC-FC680i-Mb-2*16G) is an FC network adapter that provides two 16G FC ports. It can be applied to blade servers in the B16000 chassis to provide network interfaces connecting blade servers to ICMs. -
Page 9: Technical Specifications
Item Specifications Network adapter type Chip model Qlogic ISP2722 Max power consumption 5.34 W Input voltage 12 VDC Bus type PCIe 3.0 x8 Network properties Connectors 2 × 16G Data rate 16 Gbps Duplex mode Full duplex Standards FC-PI5, FC-TAPE, FCP-2, SCSI-FCP, FC-GS-2, FC-GS-3 Technical specifications Table 2 FC680i network adapter technical specifications Category... -
Page 10: Feature Description
Feature description FC SAN The H3C FC680i network adapter supports FC SAN. FC SAN is a remote, high-speed storage technology that is typically composed of RAID-connected FCs. It uses a scalable network topology. By direct connection of high-speed optical channels, it provides multiple selectable data switches between any nodes within the SAN, and centralizes data storage management within a relatively independent storage area network. -
Page 11: Hardware And Software Compatibility
Hardware and software compatibility Supported operating systems For compatibility between the network adapter and operating systems, use the OS compatibility query tool at http://iconfig-chl.h3c.com/iconfig/OSIndex. Compatible blade servers Table 4 Compatible blade servers Network adapter Blade server model Blade server type... -
Page 12: Compatible Icms
Figure 3 Network adapter installation positions on a 2-processor full-width blade server Figure 4 Network adapter installation positions on a 4-processor full-width blade server Compatible ICMs Network adapters and ICM compatibility The network adapter supports the following ICMs:... -
Page 13: Network Adapter And Icm Interconnection
• H3C UniServer BX608FE Network adapter and ICM interconnection Network adapters connect to ICMs through the mid plane. The mapping relations between a network adapter and ICMs depend on the blade server on which the network adapter resides. For installation... - Page 14 Figure 6 Network adapter and ICM mapping relations (4-processor full-width blade server) LOM P1 LOM P2 Embedded Mezz1 Mid-plane Mezz2 Mezz3 Mezz4 Mezz5 Mezz6 Blade Figure 7 ICM slots...
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Page 15: Networking Applications
Networking applications As shown in Figure 9, the network adapters are connected to the ICMs. Each internal port of the ICMs support 16G FC service applications, and the external ports are connected to the FC SAN to provide storage network access for the blade server on which the network adapter resides. Figure 8 Mezzanine network adapter and ICM interconnection Blade Internet... -
Page 16: Configuring The Network Adapter
Configuring the network adapter NOTE: • The figures in this section are for illustration only. • The FC feature requires a remote network storage device. The configuration methods for network storage devices vary by device. This document describes only configuration on the local server. -
Page 17: Windows Operating System
Windows operating system Click the Start icon to enter the menu. Select Control Panel > Hardware > Device Manager to open the Device Manager. Examine if Qlogic Fibre Channel Adapter exists in the Storage controllers list. If yes, it indicates that the FC680i network adapter has been identified. If Qlogic Fibre Channel Adapter does not exist, install the most recent driver and then try again. - Page 18 Figure 12 Viewing the driver version Installing the driver • If the driver file is an .rpm file, run the executable file and install the driver directly. a. Copy the RPM driver file (for example, qla2xxx-8-07.00.56.07.0-1.e17.x86_64.rpm) to the system. b. Execute the command to install the driver.
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Page 19: Windows Operating System
Figure 14 Compiling the file and installing the driver d. After the installation finishes, restart the system or execute the rmmod qla2xxx commands to have the driver take effect. modprobe qla2xxx e. Execute the command again to view the driver version and verify that modinfo qla2xxx the new driver has taken effect. - Page 20 Select Control Panel > Hardware > Device Manager. Figure 16 Opening Device Manager Right click the fibre channel adapter port for the FC680i network adapter, and then select Properties > Driver. Figure 17 Device Manager...
- Page 21 Figure 18 Viewing the driver version Installing the driver You must first obtain the driver from the H3C official website. To install the driver: • If the driver file is an .exe file: a. Double click the executable file and then click Next.
- Page 22 Figure 19 Installing the driver • If the driver file is a compressed file, for example, q23wx64…<version>_WHQL.zip: a. Decompress the driver. b. Open Device Manager, and right click the fibre channel adapter port for the FC680i network adapter. Select Update Driver Software…. Figure 20 Updating the driver in Device Manager...
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Page 23: Configuring Fc San
c. Select Browse my computer for driver software and click Browse to locate the previously decompressed driver folder. Figure 21 Selecting the driver d. Click Next until the installation is complete. e. After the installation finishes, restart the system to have the driver take effect. Uninstalling the driver. -
Page 24: Windows Operating System
information about configuring FC on the switching fabric module, see the relevant configuration guide and command reference. Execute the command to verify that the network adapter driver has lsmod | grep qla2xxx been loaded. Figure 23 Verifying the loading status of the network adapter driver Execute the command to check whether ports of the FC680i ls /sys/class/fc_host... - Page 25 Figure 26 Scanning FCoE network storage devices Right click the Start icon at the lower left corner of the system and open Disk Management. Verify that a disk in Unknown state is displayed. Figure 27 Disk Management Right click the disk name and select Online.
- Page 26 Figure 28 Bringing the disk online Right click the disk name again and select Initialize Disk. Figure 29 Initializing the disk Right click the Unallocated area and create a new volume as instructed.
- Page 27 Figure 30 Configuring volumes After volume creation, verify that the disk status has changed. Figure 31 Volume configuration completed Access This PC and view the new volume. FC SAN configuration is completed.
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Page 28: Configuring Fc Boot
Figure 32 Verifying the new volume Configuring FC Boot Configure the FC feature on the FC storage device and the switching fabric module to ensure that the FC link is available and the relevant port WWPN can be registered correctly. For information about configuring FC on the switching fabric module, see the relevant configuration guide and command reference. - Page 29 Select Boot Settings, and press Enter. Then, enable Adapter Driver and Fabric Assigned Boot LUN. Figure 34 Enabling Adapter Driver Press F4 to save the configuration and mount the system image to start installing the operating system. This section installs Windows Server 2012 R2 as an example. In the dialog box that opens, select Custom to install a new operating system.
- Page 30 If the operating system comes with a driver for the FC680i network adapter (such as Windows Server 2016), the SAN disk allocated by the storage server is displayed in the disk list, as shown in Figure 37. Select the target disk and then click Next to continue the installation. Figure 36 Selecting a disk If the operating system does not come with a driver for the FC680i network adapter, the system cannot identify the SAN disk allocated by the storage server.
- Page 31 Figure 37 Loading the driver c. Select the identified driver file and click Next to install the driver. Figure 38 Installing the driver When the driver is installed, the SAN disk can be identified. Continue to install the operating system.
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Page 32: Configuring Npiv
Configuring NPIV Installing the QCC tool Download QConvergeConsoleCLI (QCC) from the official website of Qlogic at https://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/. As a best practice, log in to the website through HTTPS. Copy the QCC tool to the operating system and install the tool. Linux operating system: ... -
Page 33: Configuring Npiv
Figure 40 QCC tool (Windows) Configuring NPIV The configuration procedures are similar for Linux and Windows operating systems. This section uses a Windows operating system as an example. To configure NPIV: Select 1: Adapter Information > 1: FC Adapter Information, view the network adapter information, and verify that the network adapter is identified. - Page 34 Figure 41 Verifying the identification status of FC680i Enter 98 to return to the main menu. Select 2. Adapter Configuration > 6. Virtual Ports (NPIV), and select the port to be configured to enter the NPIV configuration screen. Figure 42 NPIV configuration screen Select 2.
- Page 35 To specify the number of vPorts to be created, select 1. Options. To change the port WWPN, select 2. Generate and select the port number. To submit the configuration, select 2. Generate > 2. Commit. Figure 43 Creating vPorts Enter 98 to return to the main menu. Then, enter 1 to refresh the configuration. The NPIV configuration finishes.
- Page 36 Figure 45 Viewing WWPNs...
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Page 37: Acronyms
Acronyms Acronym Full name Fiber Channel FCoE Fiber Channel Over Ethernet NPIV N_Port_ID Virtualization Operating system PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives Storage Area Network...
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