HP ProLiant BL25p Manual de usuario

HP ProLiant BL p-Class SAN storage connectivity technology brief, 2nd edition Abstract...

GbE2 Interconnect Kit The GbE2 Interconnect Kit provides the ability to pass thru BL20p G3, BL25p, BL30p, BL35p, and BL45p Fibre Channel signals usin

Figure 8. GbE2 Interconnect Switch with optional GbE2 Storage Connectivity Kit Each ProLiant server blade has two Fiber Channel ports. The Fibre C

Figure 10. Fibre Channel signal routing with two interconnect switches and the BL30p or BL35p server blade With the GbE2 Storage Connectivity Kit i

To work properly with dual path software, the adapters must be configured to request a specific Loop ID (address). To configure the HBAs for a specifi

Figure 13. SAN Surfer screen showing where to select the Hard Fibre Channel Loop ID for Qlogic HBAs RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 Kit Another option to co

Figure 14. RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 Kit Figure 15. Fibre Channel signal routing using the RJ-45 Patch Panel 2

Software for SAN connectivity The Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem and the McData 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem include e

For more information For additional information, refer to the resources listed below. Resource description Web address ProLiant BL p-Class Networkin

Abstract This paper describes the hardware and software required to connect HP ProLiant BL p--Class server blades to Fibre Channel Storage Area Networ

servers. The enclosure backplane routes both Ethernet and Fibre Channel signals from the server blades to the interconnect bays. The ProLiant BL40p se

ProLiant BL20p G3 and BL25p server blades The ProLiant BL20p G3 supports up to two Intel Xeon processors, up to 8 GB of PC 3200 DDR2 memory, four embe

and SAN devices, HP recommends using StorageWorks Fibre Channel HBAs. If desired, the HBAs can be configured for redundancy when they are connected to

Note To determine the speed at which the existing equipment is running: For Qlogic, run SAN surfer FC HBA MANAGER on the server. Then click on the Inf

ProLiant BL p-Class interconnects This section describes interconnect options for Fibre Channel SAN connectivity: the RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 Kit and GbE2

Table 1. Interconnect decision matrix Need Network Cable Reduction Need all three NIC speeds 10/100/ 1000 from server blades Need non switched up to

Figure 5. Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch (left) and McDATA 4-Gb SAN Switch (right) Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module The Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch