SAN Connectivity Policy

A SAN Connectivity Policy groups one or more vHBAs and wires them to their associated Fibre Channel policies (adapter, network, QoS) and WWPN pools. It defines the complete Fibre Channel configuration for a server, including fabric placement and vHBA type. The policy is applied to servers via a Server Profile Template.

Location in Intersight GUI: Policies » SAN Connectivity

Diagram

Classes

compute

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
intersight	Class	intersight	No

intersight (compute)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
organizations	List	organizations	No

organizations (compute.intersight)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
policies	Class	policies	No

policies (compute.intersight.organizations)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
san_connectivity	List	san_connectivity	No

san_connectivity (compute.intersight.organizations.policies)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	Yes
description	String		No
managed	Boolean	true, false	No	true
tags	List	tags	No
target_platform	Choice	FIAttached, Standalone, UnifiedEdgeServer	No	FIAttached
vhba_placement_mode	Choice	auto, custom	No	custom
wwnn_pool	String		No
vhbas	List	vhbas	No

tags (compute.intersight.organizations.policies.san_connectivity)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
key	String		Yes
value	String		Yes

vhbas (compute.intersight.organizations.policies.san_connectivity)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	Yes
order	Integer	min: 0, max: 255	No	0
fabric	Choice	A, B, None	No	A
slot	String		No
pci_link	Integer	min: 0, max: 1	No
uplink	Integer	min: 0	No
auto_pci_link	Boolean	true, false	No
auto_slot_id	Boolean	true, false	No
persistent_lun_bindings	Boolean	true, false	No
vhba_type	Choice	fc-initiator, fc-nvme-initiator, fc-nvme-target, fc-target	No	fc-initiator
wwpn_pool	String		No
fibre_channel_adapter_policy	String		No
fibre_channel_network_policy	String		No
fibre_channel_qos_policy	String		No

Examples

Example-1: The example below demonstrates an FI-attached SAN connectivity policy with two FC initiator vHBAs placed on separate fabric paths for high availability.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        policies:
          san_connectivity:
            - name: web-san
              description: SAN connectivity for web servers
              target_platform: FIAttached
              wwnn_pool: web-wwnn
              vhbas:
                - name: vhba0
                  order: 2
                  fabric: A
                  vhba_type: fc-initiator
                  wwpn_pool: web-wwpn-a
                  fibre_channel_adapter_policy: web-fc-adapter
                  fibre_channel_network_policy: web-fc-network
                  fibre_channel_qos_policy: web-fc-qos

                - name: vhba1
                  order: 3
                  fabric: B
                  vhba_type: fc-initiator
                  wwpn_pool: web-wwpn-b
                  fibre_channel_adapter_policy: web-fc-adapter
                  fibre_channel_network_policy: web-fc-network
                  fibre_channel_qos_policy: web-fc-qos
              tags:
                - key: env
                  value: prod

Example-2: The example below demonstrates explicit slot assignment for deployments where vHBA placement must be pinned to a specific adapter slot.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        policies:
          san_connectivity:
            - name: web-san-pinned
              description: SAN connectivity with pinned MLOM slot
              target_platform: FIAttached
              vhbas:
                - name: vhba0
                  order: 2
                  fabric: A
                  slot: MLOM
                  pci_link: 0
                  wwpn_pool: web-wwpn-a
                  fibre_channel_adapter_policy: web-fc-adapter
                  fibre_channel_network_policy: web-fc-network
                  fibre_channel_qos_policy: web-fc-qos