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Cisco 9132T port usage for controllers in a MetroCluster FC configuration

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Learn about the port assignments required to cable Cisco 9132T FC switches to your controllers.

The following table shows controller configurations using FibreBridge 7500N or 7600N using both FC ports (FC1 and FC2). The tables show the maximum supported configurations with four and eight controller modules in two DR groups.

Note For eight-node configurations, you must perform the zoning manually because RCFs are not provided.

MetroCluster 1 or DR group 1

The following table shows the supported controller configurations for MetroCluster 1 or DR group 1 on Cisco 9132T switches. You should be aware of the following when using this configuration table:

  • AFF A900 and FAS9500 systems have eight FC-VI ports (a, b, c, and d for FC-VI-1 and FC-VI-2).

Component Port Connects to FC_switch…​ 9132T 1x LEM (Four-node) 9132T 2x LEM (Four-node) 9132T 2x LEM (Eight-node)

controller_x_1

FC-VI port a

1

LEM1-1

LEM1-1

LEM1-1

FC-VI port b

2

LEM1-1

LEM1-1

LEM1-1

FC-VI port c

1

LEM1-2

LEM1-2

LEM1-2

FC-VI port d

2

LEM1-2

LEM1-2

LEM1-2

FC-VI-2 port a

1

LEM1-3

LEM1-3

n/a

FC-VI-2 port b

2

LEM1-3

LEM1-3

n/a

FC-VI-2 port c

1

LEM1-4

LEM1-4

n/a

FC-VI-2 port d

2

LEM1-4

LEM1-4

n/a

HBA port a

1

LEM1-5

LEM1-5

LEM1-3

HBA port b

2

LEM1-5

LEM1-5

LEM1-3

HBA port c

1

LEM1-6

LEM1-6

LEM1-4

HBA port d

2

LEM1-6

LEM1-6

LEM1-4

controller_x_2

FC-VI port a

1

LEM1-7

LEM1-7

LEM1-5

FC-VI port b

2

LEM1-7

LEM1-7

LEM1-5

FC-VI port c

1

LEM1-8

LEM1-8

LEM1-6

FC-VI port d

2

LEM1-8

LEM1-8

LEM1-6

FC-VI-2 port a

1

LEM1-9

LEM1-9

n/a

FC-VI-2 port b

2

LEM1-9

LEM1-9

n/a

FC-VI-2 port c

1

LEM1-10

LEM1-10

n/a

FC-VI-2 port d

2

LEM1-10

LEM1-10

n/a

HBA port a

1

LEM1-11

LEM1-11

LEM1-7

HBA port b

2

LEM1-11

LEM1-11

LEM1-7

HBA port c

1

LEM1-12

LEM1-12

LEM1-8

HBA port d

2

LEM1-12

LEM1-12

LEM1-8

MetroCluster 2 or DR group 2

The following table shows the supported Cisco 9132T controller configurations for MetroCluster 2 or DR group 2 on Cisco 9132T switches. You should be aware of the following when using this configuration table:

  • AFF A900 and FAS9500 systems have eight FC-VI ports (a, b, c, and d for FC-VI-1 and FC-VI-2).

  • MetroCluster 2 or DR group 2 is not supported on Cisco 9132T switches for AFF A900 and FAS9500 systems.

  • MetroCluster 2 or DR group 2 is only supported in eight-node MetroCluster configurations

Component Port Connects to FC_switch…​ 9132T 1x LEM (Four-node) 9132T 2x LEM (Four-node) 9132T 2x LEM (Eight-node)

controller_x_3

FC-VI port a

1

n/a

n/a

LEM2-1

FC-VI port b

2

n/a

n/a

LEM2-1

FC-VI port c

1

n/a

n/a

LEM2-2

FC-VI port d

2

n/a

n/a

LEM2-2

FC-VI-2 port a

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

FC-VI-2 port b

2

n/a

n/a

n/a

FC-VI-2 port c

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

FC-VI-2 port d

2

n/a

n/a

n/a

HBA port a

1

n/a

n/a

LEM2-3

HBA port b

2

n/a

n/a

LEM2-3

HBA port c

1

n/a

n/a

LEM2-4

HBA port d

2

n/a

n/a

LEM2-4

controller_x_4

FC-VI-1 port a

1

n/a

n/a

LEM2-5

FC-VI-1 port b

2

n/a

n/a

LEM2-5

FC-VI-1 port c

1

n/a

n/a

LEM2-6

FC-VI-1 port d

2

n/a

n/a

LEM2-6

FC-VI-2 port a

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

FC-VI-2 port b

2

n/a

n/a

n/a

FC-VI-2 port c

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

FC-VI-2 port d

2

n/a

n/a

n/a

HBA port a

1

n/a

n/a

LEM2-7

HBA port b

2

n/a

n/a

LEM2-7

HBA port c

1

n/a

n/a

LEM2-8

HBA port d

2

n/a

n/a

LEM2-8