Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for PowerEdge Servers

Ambika Tirupathi Enterprise Software Validation

Sanjay Krishna Enterprise Firmware

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for

Dell PowerEdge Servers

This Dell technical brief gives an overview of Fibre Channel host bus adapters and how to implement them on Dell PowerEdge servers

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for Dell PowerEdge Servers

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Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Fibre Channel device design for PowerEdge servers ..................................................................................... 3

Fibre Channel software architecture for PowerEdge servers........................................................................ 4 Data Manager ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Remote Enablement ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Real-Time Configuration Enablement Management.................................................................................. 5 RACADM.............................................................................................................................................................. 5

iDRAC7 web interface ....................................................................................................................................... 5

Supported Fibre Channel cards .......................................................................................................................... 6 Fibre Channel card use case scenarios ............................................................................................................. 6

Use case: Fibre Channel card not installed .................................................................................................. 6 Use case: Fibre Channel card installed without drivers .............................................................................. 7 Use case: Fibre Channel card installed but not connected to Fibre Channel switch ......................... 10

Use case: Fibre Channel card with correct drivers connected to Fibre Channel switch ................... 13 Use case: Multiple Fibre Channel ports on a single installed card ......................................................... 16 Use case: Multiple Fibre Channel cards with correct drivers installed .................................................. 18

Summary ............................................................................................................................................................... 21

Figures

Figure 1. Fibre Channel device design for PowerEdge servers .................................................................... 3

Figure 2. Fibre Channel software architecture for PowerEdge servers ...................................................... 4

Figure 3. Fibre Channel card not installed ....................................................................................................... 6

Figure 4. Fibre Channel card installed without drivers .................................................................................. 7

Figure 5. Fibre Channel card installed but not connected to Fibre Channel switch ............................. 10

Figure 6. Fibre Channel card with correct drivers connected to Fibre Channel switch ....................... 13

Figure 7. Fibre Channel card with multiple Fibre Channel ports ............................................................... 16

Figure 8. Multiple Fibre Channel cards with correct drivers installed ....................................................... 18

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Introduction Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology commonly used for storage networking. The network

interface cards (NICs) used on Dell™ PowerEdge™ 12th

generation servers support Fibre Channel over

Ethernet (FCoE) on Gigabit Ethernet/Ethernet NIC ports. Dell PowerEdge 12th

generation servers also

support Fibre Channel cards that carry Fibre Channel native traffic. This technical brief focuses on Fibre

Channel cards and their attributes. After installing a Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) in the same slot as

a NIC on a host server, you can use a web or command-line interface to access the configuration

parameters for each Fibre Channel port.

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) web interface

Remote Access Controller Admin (RACADM) command-line interface (CLI)

Web Services for Management (WSMan) CLI

The parameters of a Fibre Channel card can help you with Fibre Channel setup, Fibre Channel debug, and

Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) integration on a host server.

Fibre Channel device design for PowerEdge servers Fibre Channel cards are connected to the same slots on the host server as the NICs. Figure 1 illustrates the

interaction between the Fibre Channel cards, the iDRAC7, the host operating system, and the BIOS. The

iDRAC7 accesses the Fibre Channel cards through the host operating system. The Fibre Channel port

contains a number of parameters that describe the Fibre Channel connection, such as the speed of the

connection and the port type. The iDRAC7 provides configuration information about each individual port,

and receives real-time information from the card such as the number of packets/frames received or the

error packets. See the Fibre Channel card use case s section for a list of configuration parameters.

Fibre Channel device design for PowerEdge servers Figure 1.

iDRACHII runs in partition

HOST Operating System and BIOS

FC HBA 1 FC HBA 2 FC HBA 3

Real-time information

and inventory

static information

to iDRAC

Provisioning information

and configuration

of Fibre Channel cards

from iDRAC


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Fibre Channel software architecture for PowerEdge servers The flow of information for a Fiber Channel card on a PowerEdge server is as follows.

1) Software modules called Hardware Inventory and Information (HII), Remote Enablement (RE), and

Real-Time Configuration Enablement Management (CEM-RT) collect Fibre Channel inventory,

capability, and statistics information from the host server and populate the Data Manager repository.

2) Data Manager Information is organized by keys or fully qualified device descriptors (FQDDs). An

FQDD, as it pertains to Fibre Channel devices, refers to the port on a Fibre Channel card. For each

FQDD in the Data Manager, information is broken down into Fibre Channel inventory

(FC_STANDARD_OBJ), Fibre Channel capabilities (FC_CAP_OBJ), and Fibre Channel statistics

(FC_STAT_OBJ).

3) The inventory and capabilities information, as shown through the RACADM CLI or the iDRAC7 web

interface, represent the data that can only be read and not manipulated. In other words, only “get”

operations are used and “set” operations are not supported.

4) The statistics information refers to real-time information from RT-CEM and is updated continually.

Note: On the Fibre Channel Devices page on the iDRAC7 web interface, information is retrieved on

a per port basis when you refresh the page or remain on the page for more than 1500ms.

Fibre Channel software architecture for PowerEdge servers Figure 2.

Data Manager

RACADM

WSMan

HII

RT-CEM

Statistics andCapabilities

Fibre Channel card with ports and vendor firmware

Inventory

RE

Inventory andCapabilities

iDRAC web interface


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Data Manager

Data Manager is the central repository for all the software modules on the iDRAC7. Data Manager contains a

config library that is saved in non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) for all the configuration

attributes pertaining to the server. Data Manager saves all the inventory and statistical information for Fibre

Channel devices at a secured non-volatile memory location. The iDRAC7 web interface and the CLIs can

access this information.

Remote Enablement

RE is a software module that runs on the iDRAC7 to collect information from various devices, such as a Fibre

Channel HBA or NIC on a server. RE communicates with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) on

the PCI bus to get information about these devices, and then populates the HII populator that writes data to

the Data Manager.

The RE module uses memory partitions on the iDRAC7 to save and store information before passing it on to

the Data Manager.

Real-Time Configuration Enablement Management

RT-CEM is a software module that handles individual parameters and real-time notifications from a device,

such as a Fibre Channel HBA or NIC. RT-CEM runs on the iDRAC7 and uses an i2C bus to communicate

with the device, and then directly writes to the HII populator that writes data to the Data Manager.

RACADM

RACADM is a command-line utility used to communicate with the iDRAC7. The three types of RACADM are

remote, local, and firmware.

Remote RACADM

Remote RACADM uses a simple executable and a dynamically linked library and communicates with the

HTTP protocol to the appweb server on the iDRAC7. Remote RACADM enables you to access information

from the iDRAC from any laptop, as long as you have the correct IP address of the iDRAC7 and the user

name and password.

Local RACADM

Local RACADM is a simple executable that comes with the Dell OpenManage™ module on the host

operating system connected to the iDRAC7. Local RACADM uses the Keyboard Controller Style

(KCS)/Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) to communicate from the host operating system to

the iDRAC7.

Firmware RACADM

If you have shell access (SSH or Telnet) to the iDRAC7 IP address, you can use this option.

Note: For Fibre Channel devices, RACADM gets all its information from the Data Manager.

iDRAC7 web interface

The iDRAC7 web interface allows you to monitor the health and view inventory for Fibre Channel HBA

devices. The iDRAC7 web interface uses HTTP to communicate with the appweb server on the iDRAC7, and

gets information from the Data Manager.


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Supported Fibre Channel cards The Dell PowerEdge 12

th generation servers support QLogic and Emulex Fibre Channel cards. QLogic

supports both FC8 and FC16, and Emulex supports only FC16. For more information about supported Fibre

Channel cards, go to Dell.com/PowerEdge and Dell.com/Networking.

Fibre Channel card use case scenarios

This section presents possible use case scenarios involving Fibre Channel HBAs on PowerEdge servers. The

use cases are helpful in setting up Fibre Channel devices and in debugging server setup. The scenarios can

also help when integrating a Dell server into the Fibre Channel SAN. For each use case scenario, details on

how to access Fibre Channel parameters for the system under test (SUT) and the resulting information are

shown for each of the three interface options you can use: iDRAC7, RACADM, and WSMan.

Use case: Fibre Channel card not installed

This scenario shows the output when no Fibre Channel card is installed on the SUT.


As shown in Figure 3, Fibre Channel Devices is not listed under Hardware indicating that no Fibre Channel

card is installed.

Fibre Channel card not installed Figure 3.

http://www.dell.com/PowerEdge

http://www.dell.com/us/enterprise/p/networking-products?~ck=anav


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RACADM

Use the following racadm command to determine if a Fibre Channel card is installed.

racadm -r <idrac ipaddr> -u <idrac username> -p <idrac PWD> hwinventory fc

The output indicates that no Fibre Channel card is installed.

No FC Objects Found

WSMan

Use the following WSMan command to determine if a Fibre Channel card is installed.

winrm e http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-chema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_FCEnumeration -

u:root -p:calvin -r:https://<IPAddress>/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -encoding:utf-8 -

a:basic

The output indicates that no Fibre Channel card is installed.

<Empty>

Use case: Fibre Channel card installed without drivers

This scenario shows the output when a Fibre Channel card is installed on the SUT, but has incorrect or

missing drivers.


Fibre Channel Devices is listed under Hardware, indicating a card is installed. Select Fibre Channel Devices

to review the Fibre Channel information. As shown in Figure 4, under Fibre Channel Ports no OS Driver

State is listed, indicating no drivers are installed for the installed Fibre Channel device.

Fibre Channel card installed without drivers Figure 4.


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RACADM

Use the following racadm command to see if a Fibre Channel card and driver are installed.

racadm -r <idrac ipaddr> -u <idrac username> -p <idrac PWD> hwinventory <Instance ID>

In this output, OS Driver Version returns Unavailable indicating that a Fibre Channel card is installed

without a driver.

PCI Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Sub Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Device ID: 2532 PCI Sub Device ID: 015d PCI Bus: 12 PCI Device: 0 PCI Function: 0 Vendor Name: Unavailable Device Name: QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3C WWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C WWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C Chip Type: ISP2532 Family Version: 02.57.14 EFI Version: 2.34 OS Driver Version: Unavailable First FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 First FC Target LUN: 0 Second FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 Second FC Target LUN: 0 Hard Zone Address: 0 Hard Zone Enable: Disabled FC Tape Enable: Disabled Loop reset Delay: 5 Frame Payload Size: 2048 Fabric Login Retry Count: 0 Fabric Login Timeout: 0 Port Login Retry Count: 8 Port Login Timeout: 3000 Port Down Retry Count: 45 Port Down Timeout: 0 Link Down Timeout: 45000 Port Number: 1 Port Speed: 0 No capabilities found for FQDD "FC.Slot.1-1"


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WSMan

Use the following WSMan command to see if a Fibre Channel card and driver are installed.

winrm e http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_FCView -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://<IPAddress>/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

This output shows that a Fibre Channel card is installed without a driver.

Bus = 12 ChipType = ISP2532 Device = 0 DeviceName = QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3C EFIVersion = 2.34 FCTapeEnable = 3 FQDD = FC.Slot.1-1 FabricLoginRetryCount = 0 FabricLoginTimeout = 0 FamilyVersion = 02.57.14 FirstFCTargetLUN = 0 FirstFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 FramePayloadSize = 2048 Function = 0 HardZoneAddress = 0 HardZoneEnable = 3 InstanceID = FC.Slot.1-1 LinkDownTimeout = 45000 LinkStatus = 0 LoopResetDelay = 5 PCIDeviceID = 2532 PortDownRetryCount = 45 PortDownTimeout = 0 PortLoginRetryCount = 8 PortLoginTimeout = 3000 PortNumber = 1 PortSpeed = 2 SecondFCTargetLUN = 0 SecondFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 VendorName = null VirtualWWN = 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtualWWPN = 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C WWN = 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C WWPN = 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C


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Use case: Fibre Channel card installed but not connected to Fibre Channel switch

This scenario shows the output when there is a Fibre Channel card with the correct drivers installed on the

SUT, but the card is not connected to the Fibre Channel switch.


Figure 5 shows nothing listed for the Link Status or Link Speed indicating that although a Fibre Channel

card is installed, it is not connected to the Fibre Channel switch.

Fibre Channel card installed but not connected to Fibre Channel switch Figure 5.


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RACADM

Use the following racadm command to determine if a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the

Fibre Channel switch.


The output indicates that a Fibre Channel card is installed, but is not connected to the Fibre Channel switch.

PCI Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Sub Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Device ID: 2532 PCI Sub Device ID: 015d PCI Bus: 12 PCI Device: 0 PCI Function: 0 Vendor Name: Unavailable Device Name: QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3C WWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C WWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C Chip Type: ISP2532 Family Version: 02.57.14 EFI Version: 2.34 OS Driver Version: 9.1.10.27 First FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 First FC Target LUN: 0 Second FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 Second FC Target LUN: 0 Hard Zone Address: 0 Hard Zone Enable: Disabled FC Tape Enable: Disabled Loop reset Delay: 5 Frame Payload Size: 2048 Fabric Login Retry Count: 0 Fabric Login Timeout: 0 Port Login Retry Count: 8 Port Login Timeout: 3000 Port Down Retry Count: 45 Port Down Timeout: 0 Link Down Timeout: 45000 Port Number: 1 Port Speed: 0 No capabilities found for FQDD "FC.Slot.1-1"


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WSMan

Use the following WSMan command to determine if a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the




The output indicates that a Fibre Channel card is installed, but is not connected to the Fibre Channel switch.



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Use case: Fibre Channel card with correct drivers connected to Fibre Channel

switch

This scenario shows the output when there is a Fibre Channel card with the correct drivers installed on the

SUT and is connected to the Fibre Channel switch.


The check marks for Link Status and OS Driver State, and the speed for Link Speed, as shown in Figure 6,

indicate that a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to a driver and Fibre Channel switch.

Fibre Channel card with correct drivers connected to Fibre Channel switch Figure 6.


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RACADM

Use the following racadm command to determine if a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the



The output indicates that a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the Fibre Channel switch.

PCI Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Sub Vendor ID: 1077 PCI Device ID: 2532 PCI Sub Device ID: 015d PCI Bus: 12 PCI Device: 0 PCI Function: 0 Vendor Name: Unavailable Device Name: QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3C WWN: 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWN: 0:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C WWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C VirtWWPN: 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3C Chip Type: ISP2532 Family Version: 02.57.14 EFI Version: 2.34 OS Driver Version: 9.1.10.27 First FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 First FC Target LUN: 0 Second FC Target WWPN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 Second FC Target LUN: 0 Hard Zone Address: 0 Hard Zone Enable: Disabled FC Tape Enable: Disabled Loop reset Delay: 5 Frame Payload Size: 2048 Fabric Login Retry Count: 0 Fabric Login Timeout: 0 Port Login Retry Count: 8 Port Login Timeout: 3000 Port Down Retry Count: 45 Port Down Timeout: 0 Link Down Timeout: 45000 Port Number: 1 Port Speed: 0 Max Number of IOs per connection supported: 9 Maximum number of Logins per port: 8 Maximum number of exchanges: 9 Maximum NPIV per port: 1 Maximum number of FC Targets supported: 8 Maximum number of outstanding commands across all connections: 9 Flex Addressing: Capable UEFI: Capable FC Boot: Capable On Chip Thermal Sensor: Capable Feature Licensing: Not Capable


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WSMan

Use the following WSMan command to determine if a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the




The output indicates that a Fibre Channel card is installed and connected to the Fibre Channel switch.

Bus = 65 ChipType = 8324, Rev. 02 Device = 0 DeviceName = QLogic QLE2660 16Gb FC Adapter - 2001000E1E09105D EFIVersion = 5.30 FCTapeEnable = 3 FQDD = FC.Slot.5-1 FabricLoginRetryCount = 0 FabricLoginTimeout = 0 FamilyVersion = 02.00.84 FirstFCTargetLUN = 0 FirstFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 FramePayloadSize = 2048 Function = 0 HardZoneAddress = 0 HardZoneEnable = 3 InstanceID = FC.Slot.5-1 LinkDownTimeout = 30000 LinkStatus = 0 LoopResetDelay = 5 PCIDeviceID = 2031 PortDownRetryCount = 30 PortDownTimeout = 0 PortLoginRetryCount = 8 PortLoginTimeout = 3000 PortNumber = 1 PortSpeed = 2 SecondFCTargetLUN = 0 SecondFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 VendorName = QLogic VirtualWWN = 20:00:00:0E:1E:09:10:5D VirtualWWPN = 20:01:00:0E:1E:09:10:5D WWN = 20:00:00:0E:1E:09:10:5D WWPN = 20:01:00:0E:1E:09:10:5D


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Use case: Multiple Fibre Channel ports on a single installed card

This scenario shows the output for an installed Fibre Channel card that has multiple Fibre Channel ports.


The check mark under Fibre Channel Ports for Link Status and the numbers under Port, as shown in

Figure 7, indicate that a Fibre Channel card that has multiple ports is installed.

Fibre Channel card with multiple Fibre Channel ports Figure 7.

RACADM

Use the following racadm command to determine if an installed Fibre Channel card has multiple Fibre

Channel ports.


The output indicates that an installed Fibre Channel card has multiple Fibre Channel ports.

FC.Slot.1-1:QLogic QLE2662 16Gb FC Adapter - 2001000E1E098FE0 FC.Slot.1-2:QLogic QLE2662 16Gb FC Adapter - 2001000E1E098FE1


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WSMan

Use the following WSMan command to determine if an installed Fibre Channel card has multiple Fibre

Channel ports.



The output indicates that an installed Fibre Channel card has multiple Fibre Channel ports.

DCIM_FCView


DCIM_FCView

Bus = 12 ChipType = ISP2532 Device = 0 DeviceName = QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3D EFIVersion = 2.34 FCTapeEnable = 3 FQDD = FC.Slot.1-2 FabricLoginRetryCount = 0 FabricLoginTimeout = 0 FamilyVersion = 02.57.14 FirstFCTargetLUN = 0


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FirstFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 FramePayloadSize = 2048 Function = 1 HardZoneAddress = 0 HardZoneEnable = 3 InstanceID = FC.Slot.1-2 LinkDownTimeout = 45000 LinkStatus = 0 LoopResetDelay = 5 PCIDeviceID = 2532 PortDownRetryCount = 45 PortDownTimeout = 0 PortLoginRetryCount = 8 PortLoginTimeout = 3000 PortNumber = 2 PortSpeed = 2 SecondFCTargetLUN = 0 SecondFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 VendorName = null VirtualWWN = 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3D VirtualWWPN = 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3D WWN = 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3D WWPN = 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3D

Use case: Multiple Fibre Channel cards with correct drivers installed

This scenario shows the output when there are multiple Fibre Channel cards with the correct drivers

installed on the SUT.


As shown in Figure 8, there are multiple FC.Slot tabs indicating that there are multiple Fibre Channel cards

with the correct drivers installed on the SUT.

Multiple Fibre Channel cards with correct drivers installed Figure 8.


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RACADM

Use the following racadm command to determine if multiple Fibre Channel cards with the correct drivers

are installed.


The output indicates that multiple Fibre Channel cards with the correct drivers are installed.

FC.Slot.1-1:QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3C FC.Slot.1-2:QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3D FC.Slot.5-1:QLogic QLE2660 16Gb FC Adapter - 2001000E1E09105D

WSMan

Use the following WSMan command to determine if multiple Fibre Channel cards with the correct drivers

are installed.



The output indicates that multiple Fibre Channel cards with the correct drivers are installed.

DCIM_FCView



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DCIM_FCView

Bus = 12 ChipType = ISP2532 Device = 0 DeviceName = QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter - 21000024FF42FC3D EFIVersion = 2.34 FCTapeEnable = 3 FQDD = FC.Slot.1-2 FabricLoginRetryCount = 0 FabricLoginTimeout = 0 FamilyVersion = 02.57.14 FirstFCTargetLUN = 0 FirstFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 FramePayloadSize = 2048 Function = 1 HardZoneAddress = 0 HardZoneEnable = 3 InstanceID = FC.Slot.1-2 LinkDownTimeout = 45000 LinkStatus = 0 LoopResetDelay = 5 PCIDeviceID = 2532 PortDownRetryCount = 45 PortDownTimeout = 0 PortLoginRetryCount = 8 PortLoginTimeout = 3000 PortNumber = 2 PortSpeed = 2 SecondFCTargetLUN = 0 SecondFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 VendorName = null VirtualWWN = 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3D VirtualWWPN = 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3D WWN = 20:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3D WWPN = 21:00:00:24:FF:42:FC:3D

DCIM_FCView

Bus = 65 ChipType = 8324, Rev. 02 Device = 0 DeviceName = QLogic QLE2660 16Gb FC Adapter - 2001000E1E09105D EFIVersion = 5.30 FCTapeEnable = 3 FQDD = FC.Slot.5-1 FabricLoginRetryCount = 0 FabricLoginTimeout = 0 FamilyVersion = 02.00.84 FirstFCTargetLUN = 0 FirstFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 FramePayloadSize = 2048 Function = 0 HardZoneAddress = 0 HardZoneEnable = 3 InstanceID = FC.Slot.5-1 LinkDownTimeout = 30000 LinkStatus = 0


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LoopResetDelay = 5 PCIDeviceID = 2031 PortDownRetryCount = 30 PortDownTimeout = 0 PortLoginRetryCount = 8 PortLoginTimeout = 3000 PortNumber = 1 PortSpeed = 2 SecondFCTargetLUN = 0 SecondFCTargetWWPN = 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 VendorName = QLogic VirtualWWN = 20:00:00:0E:1E:09:10:5D VirtualWWPN = 20:01:00:0E:1E:09:10:5D WWN = 20:00:00:0E:1E:09:10:5D WWPN = 20:01:00:0E:1E:09:10:5D

Summary This technical brief describes the relationship between Fibre Channel devices and Dell PowerEdge 12

th

generation servers. Using the iDRAC7 web interface, RACADM CLI, or WSMan CLI you can review

information about Fibre Channel devices on PowerEdge servers. The use cases presented in this paper

provide scenarios and attributes that can help with server and Fiber Channel setup, debug, and SAN

integration. Future enhancements to the Fibre Channel functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers will include

set capabilities for RACADM, WSMan, and the iDRAC7 web interface.

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