Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System Deployment Guide

Identify FC HBAs on an ESXi server

Perform the following steps to identify the Fibre Channel HBAs on an ESXI server.

1. Login to the vSphere Client.
2. Add the newly configured ESXi host to the appropriate datacenter and select it in the inventory list.
3. On the Configure tab, select Storage > Storage Adapters.
4. Verify that the required FC storage adapters are listed.
5. Select each adapter to see the WWN under Properties for the HBA. Record the WWN for each HBA.
6. If the hosts are connected to the storage system using FC switches, implement zoning to isolate traffic for each HBA:
   NOTE Skip this step if hosts are directly connected to the storage system.
   1. Use the FC switch management interface to create a zone for each server HBA. Each zone must contain only one HBA WWN and all the storage port WWNs.
   2. Repeat for each FC switch.
      NOTE The ME5 Series storage systems support single initiator/multiple target zones.