Iscsi and fcoe port assignments – HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem User Manual
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The iSCSI offload takes place even if the boot is enabled. Offload is pre-requisite to configuring boot. To
enable iSCSI offload without iSCSI boot, select Disabled in the Boot Setting column of the iSCSI HBA
Connections section.
iSCSI and FCoE port assignments
The following figure shows the port configuration for the Ethernet adapter on a server blade.
To see how VC displays this mapping, see "Server Bay Status screen (on page
)". In the FlexNIC column,
Port 1 of the Ethernet adapter shows four line items:
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LOM:1-a
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LOM:1-b
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LOM:1-c
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LOM:1-d
Port 3 of the Ethernet adapter lists Port 1 of Mezzanine 1 as follows:
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MZ1:1-a
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MZ1:1-b
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MZ1:1-c
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MZ1:1-d
Observe the following configuration guidelines:
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The corresponding physical functions for each port on the same adapter must have the same
personality. For example, if MZ1:1-b is iSCSI, MZ1:2-b must also be iSCSI; it cannot be Ethernet.
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PXE and iSCSI can be enabled at the same time on a single port (PXE on a, iSCSI on b).
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PXE and FCoE can be enabled at the same time on a single port (PXE on a, FCoE on b)
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FCoE and iSCSI cannot be enabled at the same time on a single port, since they use the same PF.
After the iSCSI connections are created in the profile, VCM inventories the LOMs and mezzanines to
determine each of the physical function capabilities, and assigns a personality (Ethernet, iSCSI, FCoE) to
each PF based on connections in the profile and on the PF's capability. VCM sets the boot controller order on
the server. The server boots from the primary iSCSI boot target. If the PF personality has changed, an
automatic reboot is initiated by the adapter. After the server boots, you can configure additional iSCSI
targets from the iSCSI BIOS utility or by using OS tools.