A HP FlexFabric 5900CP system architecture considerations
Remarks
Parameter value
Parameter name/type
E-port utilizes one Login, reduce the
number by one for each e-port
255
Fabric logins per FCF
connected switch. FSPF for hop by hop
routing, static route support, up to 255
routes. The maximum number of static
routes allowed in a VSAN is 256.
Virtual SANs with overlapping address
space up to 16. The maximum number
16
VSAN's per switch
of VSANs, including the default VSAN,
allowed on a switch is 16.
Virtual FC interfaces up to 512 per
switch.
512
VFC and FC interfaces per switch
Each soft zone can have as many
members as necessary; recommend
4000
Number of zones per SAN
utilization of I-T zones. You can
configure a maximum of 4000 zones
for all VSANs on a switch.
Limited by port entry rules, assuming I-T
members per zone.
255
Number of Hard Zones per VSAN
You can configure a maximum of 4000
zone aliases for all VSANs on a switch.
4000
Zone Alias names
You can configure a maximum of 128
zone sets for all VSANs on a switch.
128
Zonesets per switch
You can configure a maximum of 4000
zone member alias names
4000
Zone member Alias names
NPIV support with up to 127 VN_Ports
per VF_port.
127
Number of NPIV WWNs per NP port
NPIV support with up to 127 VN_Ports
per VF_port.
127
Number of MAC addresses bound to
VFCs per VF_port
Default value set during link
initialization.
15
Number of FC port Transmit BB credits
Similar to an FC switch, each FCF
switch is assigned a domain ID. Each
239
Domain IDs or maximum number of
switches per SAN
FC SAN supports a maximum number
of 239 domain IDs, so an FC SAN
cannot have more than 239 switches.
Ethernet only configuration.
9
IRF members
The IRF fabric might run other protocols
, for example, CFD, VRRP, FCoE, and
INTEGER <0-10000>
Specify the time interval in ms for the
link layer to report a link-down event.
irf link-delay interval
OSPF, that have a shorter protocol
packet lifetime than the delay interval.
For stable protocol running, make sure
the delay interval is shorter than the
maximum lifetime of these protocol
packets. You can adjust either the IRF
link down report delay or the maximum
lifetime of the protocol packets.
Storage configuration recommends one
VSAN per member switch and no
8
Non-overlapping VSANs per IRF
domain member switch
common VSANs for member switches
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