Configuring Fibre Channel host bus adapters

Learn the requirements for configuring Fibre Channel host bus adapters.

Apply these Storwize V7000 configuration details to Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs):

The Storwize V7000 system must be configured to export volumes only to host Fibre Channel ports that are on the list of supported HBAs. Operation with other HBAs is not supported.
The Storwize V7000 system supports configurations that use N-port virtualization in the host bus adapter or SAN switch.

Table 1. Node configuration details
Item	Details
Host bus adapters and nodes	Storwize V7000 type 100 node canisters contain four ports for Fibre Channel connection and two ports for 1 Gb per second Ethernet connection.
Volumes	Each node presents a volume to the SAN through four ports. Each volume is accessible from the two nodes in an I/O group. Each HBA port can recognize up to eight paths to each logical unit (LU) that is presented by the clustered system. The hosts must run a multi-pathing device driver before the multiple paths can resolve to a single device. You can use fabric zoning to reduce the number of paths to a volume that are visible by the host.
Port speed	The Fibre Channel ports on canister nodes can operate at 2 Gb per second, 4 Gb per second, or 8 Gb per second. For the Lenovo Converged System, 8 Gb per second speeds are used.