HIC port Before the conversion tosplit modeAfter the conversion to split mode1 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel or10 Gb/s iSCSI10 Gb/s iSCSI2 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel or10 Gb/s iSCSI10 Gb/s iSCSI3 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel or10 Gb/s iSCSI16 Gb/s Fibre Channel4 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel or10 Gb/s iSCSI16 Gb/s Fibre ChannelA host can have both iSCSI and Fibre Channel adapters for connections to a storage array that has amix of host port protocols. Several restrictions apply to such configurations:• The root boot feature is not supported for hosts with mixed connections to one storage array.• Cluster configurations are supported for hosts with mixed connections to one storage array.• When the host operating system is VMware, mixing connection types within a storage partition isnot supported.• When the host operating system is Windows, mixing connection types within a storage partitionis not supported. A single server that attaches to multiple storage partitions on a single storagearray must not have any overlap in LUN number assignments given to the volumes.• For other operating systems, mixed connection types from a host to a single storage array are notsupported.A host port is connected to a host adapter: a host bus adapter (HBA) for Fibre Channel or SAS, a hostchannel adapter (HCA) for InfiniBand, or an Ethernet adapter for iSCSI. The host adapter in the hostmust support the same interface protocols as the type of host port to which it is connected.Connect an 16-Gb/s Fibre Channel host port to an 16-Gb/s HBA. If the data rate for the HBA islower, the data transfer rate is at the lower rate. For instance, if you connect an 16-Gb/s FibreChannel host port to a 8-Gb/s HBA, the data transfer rate is 8 Gb/s.Maximum number of host connectionsModel Maximum number of hostsE5600 controller-drive trays and EF560 flasharrays1024E5500 controller-drive trays and EF550 flasharrays1024E5400 controller-drive trays and EF540 flasharrays1024E2800 controller shelves 256E2700 controller-drive trays 256E2600 controller-drive trays 25664 | Hardware Cabling Guide
