topic &quot;FC/VI cluster adapter&quot; and &quot;FCVI Host Adapter&quot; in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/quot-FC-VI-cluster-adapter-quot-and-quot-FCVI-Host-Adapter-quot/m-p/25795#M6065 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello All!</P><P></P><P>The technical report "Best Practices for MetroCluster Design and Implementation" mentions "an FC/VI cluster adapter". The output of my <STRONG>sysconfig</STRONG> command mentions some "FCVI Host Adapter". Do these "FC/VI cluster adapter" and "FCVI Host Adapter" mean the same?</P><P></P><P>Thank you if you answer.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:59:33 GMT alexander7 2025-06-05T06:59:33Z "FC/VI cluster adapter" and "FCVI Host Adapter" https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/quot-FC-VI-cluster-adapter-quot-and-quot-FCVI-Host-Adapter-quot/m-p/25795#M6065 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello All!</P><P></P><P>The technical report "Best Practices for MetroCluster Design and Implementation" mentions "an FC/VI cluster adapter". The output of my <STRONG>sysconfig</STRONG> command mentions some "FCVI Host Adapter". Do these "FC/VI cluster adapter" and "FCVI Host Adapter" mean the same?</P><P></P><P>Thank you if you answer.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:59:33 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/quot-FC-VI-cluster-adapter-quot-and-quot-FCVI-Host-Adapter-quot/m-p/25795#M6065 alexander7 2025-06-05T06:59:33Z Re: "FC/VI cluster adapter" and "FCVI Host Adapter" https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/quot-FC-VI-cluster-adapter-quot-and-quot-FCVI-Host-Adapter-quot/m-p/25800#M6068 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is old but I see there is no answer.</P><P></P><P>The FCVI card replaces the system interconnect card.&nbsp; The traditional card is an IB card with Mellanox connectors and uses the traditional VIA.&nbsp; The FCVI card replaces the existing Interconnect card for communication between cluster heads for failover, replication, HA, memory mirroring, etc...&nbsp; FCVI uses VIA as the ULP of FC.</P><P></P><P>Any time you see FCVI and Metrocluster, it should be referencing this same card.</P><P></P><P>HTH... a day late <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:14:35 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/quot-FC-VI-cluster-adapter-quot-and-quot-FCVI-Host-Adapter-quot/m-p/25800#M6068 vince_labua 2011-03-31T15:14:35Z