Fibre Channel Installation And Configuration; Fibre Channel Connection; Storeonce Catalyst Over Fibre Channel; Fibre Channel Settings Tab - HP StoreOnce 2700 Installation And Configuration Manual

9 Fibre Channel installation and configuration

VTL library emulation and StoreOnce Catalyst are supported on Ethernet and Fibre Channel. NAS
is not supported on Fibre Channel. The StoreOnce Management Console and some of the other
StoreOnce features, such as replication, always require an Ethernet connection. When using FC
to back up hosts, you should still connect to an Ethernet port.
Fibre Channel is available with HP StoreOnce 4500 and 4700 Backup systems.

Fibre Channel connection

The HP StoreOnce Backup system is supplied with the correct FC cards pre-installed, if your product
supports FC connection. It does not include FC cables.
1. Connect to the appropriate SAN port, as described in the Cabling instructions earlier in this
guide..
2. Use a FC Multimode 50/125 (preferred) or 62.5/125 cable to connect the port(s) on the FC
card in the HP StoreOnce Backup system to the Fibre Channel Switch.
3. The switch must have a multi-mode transceiver that supports speeds of 8Gbs (preferred), 4Gbs
or 2Gbs.
4. Use the StoreOnce Management GUI, as described below to configure for use with VTL library
devices and StoreOnce Catalyst, respectively.
5. Use the StoreOnce Management GUI to find out the WW port and node names for use in
zoning. The WW names for VTL devices are on the VTL-Libraries-Interface Information tab.
The WW names for FC devices are on the StoreOnce Catalyst-Fibre Channel Settings tab

StoreOnce Catalyst over Fibre Channel

All configuration is from the StoreOnce Catalyst-Fibre Channel Settings tab.

Fibre Channel Settings tab

If StoreOnce Catalyst over Fibre Channel is enabled, the Fibre Channel Settings tab is available.
StoreOnce Catalyst over Fibre Channel functions in the same way as standard StoreOnce Catalyst
(over Ethernet). The backup application will not perceive a difference. However, some configuration
is required to set up the backup and restore connections between the ports on the HP StoreOnce
Backup system and the ports on the client servers. This is done using the Fibre Channel Settings
tab.
NOTE: This tab is only available if your HP StoreOnce Backup system supports Fibre Channel.
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