VMware 5.0 host not seeing EMC VNX5300 through UCS

[rhap4boyz]

I cannot seem to get VMware ESX 5.0 host to see EMC VNX5300 through UCS FC setup.  It does see the EMC storage through iSCSI.

This is our setup

2 - WS-C3750X-24T-E

2 - UCS 6248 UP

2 - Cisco UCS Chassis

2 - EMC VNX5300 FC - Connects directly to Fabric Interconnect and configured as FC Storage Port

2 - EMC VNX5300 iSCSI - Connects directly to Fabric Interconnect and configured as NAS Port

When I do 'show flogi database' on the Fabric Interconnect, I see

INTERACE	VSAN	FCID	PORT NAME	NODE NAME
fc1/31	2231	0x970001	50:06:01:62:46:e0:13:42	50:06:01:60:c6:e0:13:42
fc1/32	2231	0x970101	50:06:01:6b:46:e0:13:42	50:06:01:60:c6:e0:13:42
vfc689	2231	0xea0002	20:00:00:25:b5:00:00:5f	20:00:00:25:b5:00:00:4f
vfc1133	2231	0xea0000	20:00:00:25:b5:00:00:2f	20:00:00:25:b5:00:00:7f

According to this, I seems to see the initators on the EMC.  Why is it not seeing the EMC storage group?

Is there a documentation on how to hooking this up correctly?

Jimmy

[Brad_80]

What version are you on? If 2.1, have you configured your storage connection policy?

[gkumark]

Hi Jimmy,

If you are using UCS version 2.1, it could be that you missed to do the zoning in UCS for the FC direct attached storage. Please enable zoning in the required VSAN and follow steps in

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/config/guide/2.1/b_UCSM_GUI_Configuration_Guide_2_1_chapter_011011.html to configure the zoning.

If your UCS version is prior to 2.1, you need to have a upstream SAN switch which is connected to FI and pushing the zone database to the FI.

Hope this helps.

-Ganesh