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derekn
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Add more HBA and a fibre Switch

I am in the process of upgrading or preparing for adding another HBA to each of my esx boxes...and my question is...after flashing the hba to matching rev's as what are already in each of my dl380g5 boxes...is there any other configuration that I have to prepare for in VI?

I have a qlogic fibre switch that runs into a hitachi sans via qlogic 2640 hba 4gig cards. I am doubling this up for each box to have the following:

3 DL380 G5 16 gig mem duocore

6 HBA Qlogic 2640 cards

2 qlogic switches (qle2460)

1 3tb Hitachi Terastor.

Any thing I am missing?

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bggb29
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Are you using zoning or storage groups. You need to add the www for each hba to the zone as well as the storage group for each lun that you present to the servers.

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derekn
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I am not sure about zoning. As of now I would assume we are not using zoning...I guess I will open a case with VMware

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bggb29
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Is the dan dedicated to the esx environment.

Do you have a sna manager.

How did you add the www addresses to the san for the first 3 servers.

derekn
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Yea, the SAN is dedicated to the ESX environment. Yes I have Hitachi's SAN Manager. I believe all I have to do is attach the new cards in the box. Plug into the new switch, and present the SAN.

"How did you add the www addresses to the san for the first 3 servers."

Are you talking about the WWPN address?

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