Connect 2 Server PowerEdge R815 through FC connection

Here you go:

Step 1:

Install latest drivers and firmware for the HBA (ensuring that they are validated by the storage vendor).  With this, install the management software for the HBA (HBAnywhere for Emulex and SANSurfer for Qlogic).  An alternative to this would be to interrupt POST and discover the world wide name (WWN) of the installed HBA with either “CTRL+E” or “CTRL+Q” (different commands for different manufacturers).

Step 2:

Discover the WWN of the HBA through the appropriate management software.

Step 3:

In the switch, find the WWN and assign an alias to it (server name).

Step 4:

Create a zone by adding the target (storage device) and initiator (server HBA) world wide names to the zone.

Step 5:

Save the zone.

Step 6:

Save the zone to the zoneset (currently bumps I/O for a few milliseconds).

Step 7:

Carve a LUN/volume and assign it to the server—specifics depends on the vendor.

Regards,

FC is a SCSI protocol. Typically 2 servers cannot communicate with eachother over a SCSI protocol unless you make one of them a "target". There are some linux distros that can do this (e.g. OpenFiler).

Hi all,

I have 1 application server and 1 database server. Application server will request data from sql database server. Could I make connection between them through FC ?

Thanks

No, this isn't possible. You'll want to get 2 network cards (that could use RJ45 ports or SFP ports).