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H3C NIC-FC730i-Mb-2-32G, Manual

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Figure 5-32 Installing the Driver

(5) After driver installation is complete, the SAN storage disk will be identified. Continue to install

the OS.

5.5 Configuring NPIV

5.5.1 Installing the elxocm Tool

(1) Obtain the elxocm tool from the H3C website.

(2) Copy the elxocm tool to the OS and install it.

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Linux Operating Systems

a. Copy the elxocm toolkit to the installation directory and run the

tar -zxvf

elxocm-rhel7-<version>.x86_64.tgz

command to decompress it.

b. Go to the tool directory and run the

./install.sh

command to install the tool. Select default

installation.

Figure 5-33 Installing the elxocm tool under Linux

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Summary of Contents for NIC-FC730i-Mb-2-32G

Page 1: ...rvers Supported by the NIC 4 1 4 3 ICMs Supported by NIC 4 3 4 3 1 Compatibility between the NIC and ICM 4 3 4 3 2 Connection Between the NIC and ICM 4 4 4 4 Network Application Logic Diagram 4 6 5 Co...

Page 2: ...ii 5 5 Configuring NPIV 5 18 5 5 1 Installing the elxocm Tool 5 18 5 5 2 NPIV Configuration Steps 5 20 6 Acronyms and Abbreviations 6 1...

Page 3: ...stable workbench or floor for servicing To avoid being burnt allow the blade server and its internal modules to cool before touching them 1 2 Electrical safety Clear the work area of possible electri...

Page 4: ...grounding methods that you can use to prevent electrostatic discharge Wear an ESD wrist strap and make sure it makes good skin contact and is reliably grounded Take adequate personal grounding measur...

Page 5: ...enclosure FC730i exchanges data with blade servers via x8 bandwidth PCIe lanes and connects to the ICM through two 32G FC ports via the mid backplane It supports applications such as FC SAN FC Boot a...

Page 6: ...3 SSC 4 FC PH FC PH 2 FC PH 3 FC PI FC PI 2 FC PI 3 FC FS FC GS 2 3 4 5 FCP 2 3 FC HBA FC TAPE FC MI SPC 3 SBC 2 SSC 2 SSC 3 2 3 2 Specifications Table 2 2 Specifications Category Item Description Ph...

Page 7: ...hat integrates storage devices connection devices and interfaces in a high speed network It undertakes data storage tasks and isolates them from LAN services Storage data streams do not occupy the ser...

Page 8: ...ltiple interface N_Port IDs on one physical port N of the FC NIC and to associate any F_Port on the FC switch to these multiple N_Port IDs In this way systems in different partitions on the virtualiza...

Page 9: ...Slots Installation Position Diagram H3C UniServer B5700 G3 2 way half width blade server 3 Mezz 1 Mezz 2 and Mezz 3 NIC installation position on a 2 way half width blade server H3C UniServer B5800 G3...

Page 10: ...4 2 Figure 4 1 NIC installation position on a 2 way half width blade server Figure 4 2 NIC installation position on a 2 way full width blade server...

Page 11: ...0i NIC needs to connect to the 16G port of the BT716F straight through module ensure that the following software has been upgraded to the corresponding version and later so that the link can be reacha...

Page 12: ...ICMs in slots 1 and 4 The NIC in Mezz 2 position is connected to the ICMs in slots 2 and 5 The NIC in Mezz 3 position is connected to the ICMs in slots 3 and 6 Figure 4 4 Logical diagram of the conne...

Page 13: ...Logical diagram of the connection relationship between the Mezz NIC slots and ICMs for 4 way full width blade servers Mezz1 Mezz2 Mezz3 Mezz4 Mezz5 Mezz6 1 4 2 3 5 6 1 2 LOM P1 LOM P2 Blade ICM Mid pl...

Page 14: ...connected to the internal ports of the ICM and each port provides 32G FC service applications The external port of the ICM connects to the FC SAN enabling blade servers with Mezz NICs to communicate...

Page 15: ...with Networking query tool 5 2 Identifying NIC Ports under OS This section describes how to confirm the port of FC730i is identified under OS CentOS 7 4 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are used as example...

Page 16: ...nager 3 Check if Emulex LightPulse HBA Storport Miniport Driver is available in Storage controllers as shown in Figure 5 4 If it is available then it means that the FC730i NIC is identified correctly...

Page 17: ...e source package in tar gz format If the obtained driver is a source code zip package you need to compile and install it Follow the steps below 1 Run the tar zxvf elx lpfc dd rhel7 ver tar gz command...

Page 18: ...ctory of the source package again and then run the extra build sh remove command to uninstall the driver 5 3 2 Windows Operating Systems 1 Checking the Current NIC Driver 1 Click the Windows button to...

Page 19: ...hecking the driver version 2 Installing the Driver 1 Obtain the relevant driver from H3C website 2 Double click to run the driver in exe format Follow the prompts to execute the next step to start ins...

Page 20: ...alling the Driver 1 Click the Windows button to enter the Start menu 2 Choose Control Panel Hardware Device Manager to access Device Manager 3 Right click the NIC from which you want to uninstall the...

Page 21: ...r 3 Run the ls sys class fc_host command to check if the port of FC730i NIC has been initialized correctly Run the cat sys class fc_host host port_state command to check if the port status is Link Up...

Page 22: ...e related configuration command manual 1 Choose Control Panel Hardware Device Manager right click the FC adapter under Storage controllers and select Scan for hardware changes as shown in Figure 5 15...

Page 23: ...k online Figure 5 17 Bringing the disk online 4 As shown in Figure 5 18 right click the disk name again and select Initialize Disk to initialize the disk Figure 5 18 Initializing the disk 5 As shown i...

Page 24: ...sk 6 When volume splitting is complete the disk status is as shown Figure 5 20 Figure 5 20 Volume splitting is completed 7 As shown in Figure 5 21 open My Computer and you can see the new partition FC...

Page 25: ...can be registered correctly Only FC function configuration on the NIC is described here For the method of configuring FC on the ICM see the related configuration command manual During the server boot...

Page 26: ...and Boot Parameters and press Enter to display the parameter configuration page as shown in Figure 5 23 Select the Boot Target Scan Method column and select Boot Path Discovered Targets as shown in F...

Page 27: ...ot Target Scan Method 11 After reboot go to the BIOS page again and select Scan for Fibre Devices Check if the storage device has been scanned If not scanned check if the links are available Figure 5...

Page 28: ...ter The device will be automatically added after 30 seconds Figure 5 27 Adding the scanned storage device 13 Press F4 to save the settings and reboot the system 5 4 3 Installing a Linux OS Mount the L...

Page 29: ...system Select the SAN disk and continue to complete the system installation Figure 5 28 Installing a Linux OS 2 Installing a Windows OS 3 Mount the system image to install the OS for example Windows...

Page 30: ...with the FC730i NIC driver such as Windows Server 2016 then the SAN disk assigned by the storage server will be displayed in the disk list as shown in Figure 5 30 Select the disk and click Next to con...

Page 31: ...steps below to load the driver a Mount the NIC driver file to the host b Click Load driver on the page shown in Figure 5 30 Click Browse and select the folder where the NIC driver is located as shown...

Page 32: ...tain the elxocm tool from the H3C website 2 Copy the elxocm tool to the OS and install it Linux Operating Systems a Copy the elxocm toolkit to the installation directory and run the tar zxvf elxocm rh...

Page 33: ...ion c After installation run the usr sbin ocmanager ocmanager command to start the tool Figure 5 35 Starting the elxocm tool 2 Windows Operating Systems a Double click the exe program to install the e...

Page 34: ...startup tool as shown in Figure 5 37 Figure 5 37 Starting the OneCommandManager startup tool 5 5 2 NPIV Configuration Steps Note After the elxocm tool is started the configuration steps under the Lin...

Page 35: ...hown in Figure 5 39 is displayed You can create a virtual port in the right pane and choose to set wwpn automatically or manually Click Create Virtual Port to create a virtual port Figure 5 39 Creatin...

Page 36: ...5 22 Figure 5 40 Created virtual port 4 To delete a virtual port select it in the left pane and then click Remove Virtual Port in the right pane Figure 5 41 Deleting a virtual port...

Page 37: ...ns Acronyms and Abbreviations Explanation F FC Fiber Channel FCoE Fiber Channel Over Ethernet N NPIV N_Port_ID Virtualization OS Operating System P PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express R RAI...

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