Category Archives: FCOE

Comware supports HPE Smart SAN for 3PAR

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Peter Debruyne

When configuring a Fibre Channel storage environment, there are basically 2 parts in the configuration:

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HP Releases 6127XLG blade switch for HP Blade enclosure

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Peter Debruyne

HP has released the 6127XLG blade switch for the C7000 blade enclosure. This Comware7 based switch is the big brother of the 6125XLG, so while the 6125XLG supported 10G server access, the 6127XLG includes support for the 20G server access … Continue reading →

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Comware 7: QOS Queue Management Profile qmprofile enhancement

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Peter Debruyne

On the 5900 platform, any change in the interface queue configuration had to be configured at the interface level. When a network administrator wants to use FCoE, the interface queue configuration is used by DCBX to configure the server CNA … Continue reading →

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HP 6125XLG FCoE NPV mode white paper

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Peter Debruyne

The HP 6125XLG is a Comware 7 based blade interconnect switch which has full support for FCoE. I found this technical whitepaper with a sample FCoE NPV mode configuration, it is shown with uplinks to an existing Nexus 5500/6000 FCoE … Continue reading →

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Simware 7.1.50 – Define custom linecard

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Peter Debruyne

The default list of Simware7 7.1.50 linecards (boards for a chassis) does not include 10G ports. This post covers the steps in case you want to add a custom linecard with 10G interfaces.

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Combining FCoE SAN A/B and IRF with BridgeAggregation

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Peter Debruyne

FCoE and BridgeAggregation Storage networks have a traditional setup of SAN A/B, which are totally separated, by a so called “air-gap”. When using FCoE, this airgap is nearly impossible to maintain (unless only storage would be passing the CNA adapter) … Continue reading →

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HP releases the 5900CP: Native FC and FCOE Gateway

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Peter Debruyne

5900CP: a 5900 with Converged Ports It took some time, but here it is : the 5900CP, a converged FC/FCoE datacenter switch.

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