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Marvell StorFusion Fabric Assigned Port Worldwide

Name (FA-WWN) with Marvell QLogic Fibre Channel

Adapters

Introduction

This application note provides instructions to system administrators for using the

Fabric Assigned WWN (FA-WWN) feature on Marvell

QLogic

StorFusion™-enabled Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for servers and storage.

Using either Brocade

Network Advisor (BNA) or Brocade Fabric OS

(FOS) CLI,

an administrator can configure and pre-assign the storage and switch hardware,

and even zone the SAN fabric—all at the port level—without having the servers or

adapters on hand.

After the fabric has been assigned, and the adapters and storage are available, an

administrator can configure the adapters to assume the manually pre-assigned

WWNs using the FA-WWN tool, either the Marvell server boot Fast!UTIL

command utility or QConvergeConsole

(QCC) management application.

FA-WWN makes it much easier to deploy and replace fabric-attached servers,

and to minimize the impact on SAN administrators. FA-WWN allows you to

pre-assign the WWN of a physical adapter using Fast!UTIL during boot or within

QConvergeConsole GUI.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that the following components are installed:

 QConvergeConsole version 1.0.222 or later

 Brocade Gen5 16Gb Fibre Channel switch with BNA and FOS 7.3 or later

 Marvell QLogic 2600 Series Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters with firmware

version 8.2.1 or later

Applicable Products

Marvell QLogic

Model

Description

2600 Series Gen5 and Enhanced Gen5

16Gb Fibre Channel Adapters

3 – Disabling Ports and Pre-assigning the WWN Fabric in Brocade Network Advisor

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Disabling Ports and Pre-assigning the WWN Fabric in

Brocade Network Advisor

Administrators have the option to automatically or manually pre-assign WWNs to

adapters without the servers present or Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

installed. To assign and configure the WWN, you must first disable the ports you

want to pre-assign.

To disable a port:

1. Launch Brocade Network Advisor.

2. In the left pane, expand a network and switch node, and then right-click the

port that you want to configure.

3. On the shortcut menu, point to Enable/Disable, and then click Disable.

4. To disable other ports that require configuration, repeat the previous steps.

To configure a port:

1. Launch Brocade Network Advisor.

2. In the left pane, expand a network node, and then right-click the switch that

you want to configure.

3. On the shortcut menu, click Fabric Assigned WWN.

The Configure Fabric Assigned WWNs dialog box opens. You can choose to

either automatically or manually assign a port, as detailed in the following

procedures.

To automatically assign FA-WWN to a port:

1. In the BNA Configure Fabric Assigned WWNs dialog box, click Auto.

2. To enable the selected port, click OK.

3. To configure other ports, repeat the preceding steps.

To manually assign FA-WWN to a port:

1. In the BNA Configure Fabric Assigned WWNs dialog box, click User.

2. Select the port number that you want to modify, and then under Fabric

Assigned WWN, type the WWN.

3. Click OK.

4. To configure other ports, repeat the preceding steps.