Specify the array & group name and some additional management settings and hit next. In this setup, we decided to not join an existing group. Next, you will be asked if you want to add this array to an existing group or set it up as a standalone array. Note: You will need your array serial number to register successfully.Īfter you started the Nimble Setup Manager, it will find your storage array and ask you to accept the EULA. If you do not have an InfoSight login yet, please register as a new user. The Nimble Setup Manager is part of the Nimble Windows Toolkit and can be downloaded from InfoSight. For the initial setup, you will need the Nimble Setup Manager on your local machine. Once you have unpacked your new array, racked and cabled it, power it on. In this post, I will cover how to setup your new FC array and indicate what has changed in the setup manager as well as in the WebUI of the array.Īll Fibre Channel arrays will be shipped with the Nimble OS version 2.2.2.0 as it is the first OS which supports FC. Since Nimble Storage introduced Fibre Channel, I’m sure that many of our customers and prospects want to use their new FC array. Some of the images have been provided by Rich Fenton, one of Nimble’s Sales Engineer from UK. Those were all steps required to get your FC array connected to the an ESXi host, once your zones on your FC switches are configured. The volume can now be used as a Raw Device Map or a Datastore. On the array I can now see all 8 paths under Manage -> Connections. The Active(I/O) paths are going to the active controller and the Standby paths are for the standby controller. I have 4 Active(I/O) paths and 4 Standby paths. The PSP should be set to NIMBLE_PSP_DIRECTED. Looking at the path details for LUN 87, you can 8 paths (2HBA’s x 4 Target Ports). Now, the volume is created on the array and your initiators are set-up to allow connection from your FC HBA on the host to connect.Īfter a rescan of the FC HBA, I can see my LUN with the ID 87. Specify any protection schedule if required and click on Finish to create the volume. Next, specify the size and reservation settings for the volume. This will allow your hosts to connect to the newly created volume.Īlso, specify a unique LUN ID.

Name your new initiator group and specify the WWNs of your ESXi hosts. If you don’t have an initiator group yet, click on New Initiator Group. Next, select the initiator group which has the information of your ESXi host. Specify the Volume Name, Description and select the proper Performance Policy for proper block alignment. Go to Manage -> Volumes and click on New Volume. The steps are fairly similar to integrating a Nimble iSCSI array but there are some more FC specific settings which need to be set.įirst, go ahead and create a new volume on your array. This post will cover the integration of a Nimble Storage Fibre Channel array in a VMware ESXi environment.

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