c7000 BladeSystems switch connecting HBA qlogic or emulex

[Garrri4]

Hi all.
Earlier in my site was only eva4400 & server with HBA cards: emulex and qlogic. They connected directly.
Today's sitution I have c7000 enclosure with cisco 9000 switch. I easily connect eva to switch by chousing fabric option instead direct. But I don't know how to connect hba to switch, cisco device manager says that this link is offline. May be I must change hba mode to fabric? Where is it?

[Terri Harris]

I am assuming this is the c-class interconnect Cisco MDS switch,which is a MDS 9124e or the new 8GB switch. Either way, it slides into the back of a c7000 enclosure.

The c-class Cisco MDS interconnect switch has 16 internal ports to allow up to 16 blade servers to log in internally. You cannot physically see these internal ports.
A blade server will automatically log into the internal port (port number is same as blade bay number) when the following conditions exist (this is assuming no BFS - Boot from SAN):

1. The blade server in bay x has a FC HBA installed in the right mezz slot.
2. The blade server is powered on.
3. The blade server has a OS installed and a supported FC HBA driver.
4. The Cisco MDS port is not shutdown.

If the MDS switches are in interconnect bays 3 & 4, then a FC HBA mezz card (Emulex or Qlogic) must be installed in mezz slot 1 of that blade server. Mezz slot 1 is the mezz connector closest to the system board.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[Garrri4]

Hi, Terry.
My explanation wasn't clear to you. My bad.
Actually I have old 2U server, which works on site when I haven't c7000 ecnlosure. So, no interconnect, problem with external connection, device manager says link is offline, led on backwards of switch burn green, leds on server hba burns orange.

[Víctor Cespón · Accepted solution]

You need to specify what hardware you have.

First the switch on the C7000 enclosure, MDS 9124e or Cisco MDS 8Gb?

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12653_div/12653_div.pdf

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13821_na/13821_na.pdf

Then the HBAs on the server

Is the switch port configured for auto-sensing the speed?

The new 8 Gbps switch does not support 1 Gbps HBAs, so check that too.

Also, that you're using a supported SFP: AE379A for 4 Gbps and AJ906A for 8 Gbps.

[Garrri4]

Thanks problem solved by restarting server.

[Garrri4]

Solved.