To define connections from the storage array to the FCoE switch, configure the IP Availability Manager to discover FCoE based IPStoragePath connections:

  1. In the installation area where the IP Manager server is running, go to the BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory and type the following command to open the user-defined-connections.conf file:

    sm_edit conf/discovery/user-defined-connections.conf

  2. Add the following lines to configure the connection between the FCoE interface of the VNX system to the port of the FibreChannelSwitch.

    # Following are a few examples. NOTE - the lines are commented, so the
# discovery won't really try to make these connections.
#
# 192.168.1.200|Serial0|router2.smarts.com|5|
# 10.64.1.1|2.4|Core-switch.smarts.com|2/4|
#
192.168.164.78|10|10.31.10.134|12
10.31.10.137|10|mgt206056|12

  3. Save and close the file.

    The VMware Smart Assurance IP Manager Reference Guide provides information about the user-defined-connections.conf file.