Similar to an Ethernet port channel, a FC port channel or trunk can be created to aggregate multiple physical FC links into a single logical link to provide higher throughput and redundancy. A maximum of 16 uplink ports can be aggregated in a port channel.
Perform the following steps to configure the FC port channel:
- Log into UCS Manager.
- Click on the SAN tab in the navigation pane.
- In the SAN tab, expand SAN and then SAN Cloud.
- Right-click on FC Port Channel and click on Create Port Channel as shown in the screenshot.
- In the pop-up window, set the port channel ID and Name as shown in the screenshot:
- Click on Next.
- On the next screen, drag the appropriate ports to the port channel and click on Add Ports.
- Repeat the steps for both VSANs.