Hitachi Compute Blade 2000, User Manual

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How to use the shared FC function (II)
with connection directly to storage
With 8 Gbps fibre channel adapter, an LPAR can be connected directly to storage. To use
this connection, set Loop connection as a connection type with the EFI driver on the
LPAR.
(1) Set FC to Dedicated on LPAR manager Screen
Set the scheduling mode of FC adapter to Dedicated on the PCI Device Assignment
screen of LPAR manager screens. See Assign PCI devices to LPARs for details.
On the PCI Device Assignment screen, set the FC adapter’s scheduling mode to
the dedicated.
(2) Set Loop Connection with EFI Driver
Set loop connection with the EFI driver on an LPAR. See HITACHI Gigabit Fibre
Channel Adapter User’s Guide (BIOS/EFI Edition) . Connection types cannot be
changed unless the scheduling mode of FC adapter is in dedicated mode.
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With the EFI driver, set the connection type to Loop only.
(3) Set Shared Mode on LPAR manager Screen
Set FC adapters in shared mode on the PCI Device Assignment screen and Shared
FC Assignment screen of LPAR manager. See Assign PCI devices to LPARs and
Assign shared FCs to LPARs for details.
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Set the scheduling mode of FC adapters in shared mode on the PCI Device
Assignment screen.
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Set the followings on the Shared FC Assignment screen.
Shared FC ports to be assigned to user LPARs
WWN identifier to be assigned to shared FC (vfcID)
(4) Set storage and FC Switch to Share FC
Set the SAN security with which the virtual WWPN/WWNN, hereinafter referred to
as vfcWWPN/vfcWWNN, can access the FC. LPAR manager creates
vfcWWPN/vfcWWNN using vfcID configured on the Shared FC Assignment screen.
Those created vfcWWPN/vfcWWNN can be found on the Shared FC Assignment
screen and Allocated FC Information screen of LPAR manager.
(5) Set FC Adapter Performance Parameter
Set each performance parameter of FC adapters with the EFI driver on LPARs. See
HITACHI Gigabit Fibre Channel Adapter User’s Guide (BIOS/EFI Edition) .
hfccfg.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX> set
Base Settings:
:
:
** Connection Type = Auto Detection
change? (y/[n]) --> y
0 - Auto Detection -[default]
1 - Point to Point Only
2 - Loop Only
c - cancel
please select --> 2
** Data Rate = Auto Detection
:
:
hfccfg.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>