Fc San Connectivity - HP BL685c - ProLiant - 4 GB RAM Connectivity Manual

FC SAN connectivity

Figure 8 shows FC port connectivity in the c7000 enclosure for full-height and half-height server
blades connecting to a SAN through FC interconnect modules.
Figure 8. Server blade-to-SAN connectivity for the HP c7000 Enclosure, dimensional view
FC interconnect module
in even-numbered bay
FC HBA
mezzanine card
(1x card)
Full-height
server blade
Port 1 routing
Port 2 routing
Each FC interconnect module (pass-thru, virtual connect, or switch) provides connections for up to 16
server blades. To ensure high availability, each FC HBA mezzanine card is dual-ported, and each
port is routed to a separate interconnect bay. For example, as indicated in Figure 6 and in Table 1,
the ports on an HBA mezzanine card in slot 1 are routed to bays 3 and 4. Interconnect modules must
be installed in pairs if redundancy is required.
Table 1. c-Class server blade mezzanine slot-to-interconnect bay port routing for FC HBA (1x port
type) mezzanine cards
Server blade
mezzanine slot Interconnect bay
Slot 1:
Port 1
Port 2
Slot 2:
Port 1
Port 2
Slot 3:
Port 1
Port 2
C7000 C3000
Interconnect bay
3 2
4 2
5 3
6 4
7 3
8 4
SAN
FC interconnect
module in
odd-numbered-bay
c7000
enclosure
Half-height
midplane
server blade
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