vHBA Management

vHBA Template

This template is a policy that defines how a vHBA on a server connects to the SAN. It is also referred to as a vHBA SAN connectivity template.

You must include this policy in a service profile for it to take effect.

Creating or Editing a vHBA Template


Note

Global vHBAs can be used in local service profiles created in Cisco UCS Manager.

Procedure

Step 1

In the Actions bar, type Create vHBA Template and press Enter.

Step 2

In the vHBA Template dialog box, click Basic and complete the following:

  1. Choose the Organization where you want to create the vHBA template.

  2. Enter a Name and Description.

  3. Choose the Redundancy Type to enable vHBA pairing.

    This can be one of the following:

    • None—Creates a standard vHBA template without vHBA pairing.

    • Primary—Creates the primary vHBA template.

    • Secondary—Creates the secondary vHBA template.

  4. Select the options for Type, Fabric ID, Fabric Failover and enter the the Max Data Field Size(Bytes).

Step 3

If you enabled vHBA pairing, click Peer Redundancy Template and choose the primary or secondary vHBA template.

Step 4

In Basic, select the Organization where you want to create the vHBA template.

  1. Enter a Name and Description.

  2. Select the options for Type, Fabric ID, and enter Max Data Field Size(Bytes).

Step 5

Click WWN Address Pool and select the WWN addresses.

If you do not assign a WWN address pool, the system assigns the default.

Step 6

Click VSAN and add the VSANs you want to use for this vHBA template.

Step 7

Click Policies and assign the policies that you want to use for this vHBA template.

If the policies are not assigned, click on each of the policies and pin group. On the right, click the drop-down to display related policies and pin group and select the one you want for this vHBA template.

Step 8

Click Create.

Host Interface Placement Policy

The host interface placement policy enables you to determine the user-specified virtual network interface connection (vCon) placement for vNICs and vHBAs.

To create a host interface placement policy, see Creating or Editing a Host Interface Placement Policy. Details for existing policies are displayed on the Host Interface Placement Policy page.

Creating or Editing a Host Interface Placement Policy

Procedure

Step 1

In the Actions bar, type Create Host Interface Placement Policy and press Enter.

Step 2

In the Create Host Interface Placement Policy dialog box, click Organization and chose the organization in which you want to create the policy.

Step 3

Enter a Name and optional Description.

The policy name is case sensitive.

Step 4

Select the Virtual Slot Mapping Scheme.

This can be one of the following:

  • Linear Ordered—The virtual slots are assigned in order.

  • Round Robin—The virtual slots are assigned sequentially.

Step 5

Select the Virtual Slot Selection Preference for each virtual slot.

This can be one of the following:

  • all—All configured vNICs and vHBAs can be assigned. This is the default.

  • assigned-only—vNICs and vHBAs must be explicitly assigned.

  • exclude-dynamic—Dynamic vNICs and vHBAs cannot be assigned.

  • exclude-unassigned—Unassigned vNICs and vHBAs cannot be assigned.

  • exclude-usnic—usNIC vNICs cannot be assigned.

Step 6

Click Create.