create virtual HBA - fiber channel

[nflnetwork]

we are trying to connect some B200 blades to a fiber channel storage array. the blades are running vmware esxi when i go to look at the storage adapters i do not see any HBA for fiber channel. Do i need to create virtual FC HBA? How do i do this? I could not find anything online. 

[Kirk J]

Blades, unlike rack servers (who have default vnic and vHBA created), need to have vHBA defined in a service profile, which is then applied to the server.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-manager/GUI-User-Guides/Storage-Mgmt/4-0/b_UCSM_GUI_Storage_Management_Guide_4_0/b_UCSM_GUI_Storage_Management_Guide_4_0_chapter_010.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-manager/videos/4-0/creating-a-vhba-template.html

Once you have adjusted your existing service profiles to contain vHBAs, and have rebooted the Blades to allow the change, the BIOS and OS on blade will detect new vHBA devices , and your ESXi host (assuming you correct Cisco fnic/nfnic vib/driver installed) should then see the fc hba device.

Actual connectivity for FC that includes zoning, vsan, etc, is separate discussion, but is covered in the UCSM admin guide referenced above.

Kirk...