Note

The FC mode of Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect is End Host, each FC Zone is defined on a SAN Switch.

How to do it…

Follow these steps to create HP 3PAR Storage connectivity of the Cisco UCS B-Series Server:

1. First, go to note WWPN of vHBAs on the Storage tab of this service profile, as shown in the

following screenshot. The WWPN of vHBA-FIA is 20:00:00:25:B5:0A:00:00 and vHBA-

FIB is 20:00:00:25:B5:0B:00:01:
2. Log in to the HP 3PAR Management Console and go to Systems and choose Host of Ports; you

can note the WWN of each port on each Controller. 0:1:1 is port1 and 0:1:2 port2 on Controller1

and 1:1:1 is port1 and 1:1:2 port2 on Controller2. The WWN of Controller1-P1

is 20110002AC008E5B and of Controller1-P2 is 20120002AC008E5B. The WWN of Controller2-P1

is 21110002AC008E5B and of Controller2-P2 is 21120002AC008E5B:

Note
3PAR Management Console is a management tool that is used to manage HP 3PAR
Storage.

3. Log in to SAN Switch-A by SSH and verify that the WWPN of each 3PAR Controller's FC port and

WWN of each vHBA can successfully log on to the SAN Switch. According to the following

screenshot, you can see that port 1 and 5 are the WWPN of Controller1-P1 and Controller2-P1 by

executing the switchshow  command. Port 6 and 7 is FIA's FC uplinks:

4. As ports 6 and 7 are NPIV, you need to perform the portloginshow <port number>  command

to verify that the WWN of each vHBA can successfully log on to the SAN Switch. You can see the

WWN of vHBA-FIA can login to port 7, as shown in the following screenshot:

5. Finally, you can see all the WWN login to SAN Switch-A successfully, the details are given in the

following table:

SAN Switch Port Number WWPN/WWN Devices

SAN Switch-A 1 20:11:00:02:AC:00:8E:5B Controller1 Port1

5 21:11:00:02:AC:00:8E:5B Controller2 Port1

7 20:00:00:25:B5:0A:00:00 vHBA-FIA

6. Repeat the procedure in Step 3 to verify all the WWPN/WWN on SAN Switch-B. You can see that

all the WWN can log in to SAN Switch-B successfully, as shown in the following screenshot:
 7. The following table has the listed summary of all the WWPN/WWNs on SAN Switch-B:

SAN Switch Port Number WWPN/WWN Devices

SAN Switch-B 1 21:12:00:02:AC:00:8E:5B Controller2 Port2

5 20:12:00:02:AC:00:8E:5B Controller1 Port2

7 20:00:00:25:B5:0B:00:01 vHBA-FIB

8. Finally, create two zones on each SAN Switch. The following table lists the summary of each FC

zone:

SAN Switch Zone Name Zone Member1 Zone Member2

SAN Switch-B vHBA-FIA_Controll1-P1 vHBA-FIA Controller1 Port1

vHBA-FIA_Controll1-P2 vHBA-FIA Controller2 Port1

SAN Switch-B vHBA-FIB_Controll1-P2 vHBA-FIB Controller1 Port2

vHBA-FIB_Controll1-P2 vHBA-FIB Controller2 Port2

Note
According to the best practices of FC Zoning, single initiator zoning is recommended (one initiator to one
target).

How it works…

In this recipe, we will learn how to create a new host group in the HP 3PAR Management Console and

assign Cisco UCS's vHBA into this host group. You can then assign 3PAR's SAN disk into this host group.

Validation
1. After the FC Zoning is created on both the SAN Switches, log in to HP 3PAR Management

Console and go to Hosts and click on Create Host... to create a host group, as shown:

2. Input the name for this host group and select the Host OS as Windows 2008/2008 R2, as shown in

the following screen:

 3. Assign all the Available WWNs, which are related to vHBA-FIA and vHBA-FIB that

is, 20000025B50A0000 and 20000025B50B0001, to Assigned WWNs as shown in the following

screenshot:

Note
There are two zones for each vHBA on each SAN Switch; so, it there are four WWNs
available in the preceding screenshot.

4. After creating the host group, right-click on the host group and select Export Volume... to assign

the volume to this host Group on the volume menu, as shown in the following screenshot:

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