Hardware for Virtual Connect and C7000

[hxman]

I ahve a C7000 enclosure with a few blades and would like to test the Virtual Connect software.

I had a question regarding the VC hardware...

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/enclosures/c-class/c7000/specifications.html

The interconnects are both Fibre and Ethernet. Do we need both or do they both do the same thing but one is fibre and the other ethernet?

Thanks

[cjb_1]

You'd need both types of module.
As your link suggests there are a number of options for each.
Also, depending on the types of blades and mezzanine cards installed, you may want more than just a pair of each to maximise/utilise connectivity.

[WFHC-WI]

Right now you need separate modules for network (VC-Enet) and fiber (used for SAN fabric connectivity, not network).

HP is working to develop CNA cards (converged network adapters) that will deliver Ethernet and SAN fabric over a single connection but those are not available yet.

One other option is to use the Flex-10 modules. You can take a single 10GB feed into a server and split it into multiple blocks (for instance 3GB for network, 2GB for backup network, 4GB for iSCSI, and 1GB for cluster heartbeat network.)

Good luck!

[Adrian Clint]

I think you are networking background person..... I see this question a lot from networking people and never from storage people.

There is a copper networking VC. 1Gb Bandwidth RJ45 - 399593-B22

There is a copper and fibre networking VC.
1GB RJ45 and SFP

And there is a fibre SAN VC. 4GB bandwidth SFP - 447047-B21

as said above fibre networking and fibre SAN are not the same. 409513-B22

Are you SAN connecting the servers - if so you want 409513-B22 for connection to the SAN. And to connect ethernet you want 399593-B22 unless you want to connect it with 1Gb fibre networking.

[Adrian Clint]

There is cuntpaste error in the above.

It should be

There is a copper and fibre networking VC.
1GB RJ45 and SFP - 447047-B21

And there is a fibre SAN VC. 4GB bandwidth SFP - 409513-B22