topic Re: How many HBA Ports do I need to make a loop, I have a FAS3140 Active/Active and shelves DS14mk4 FC??? in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21879#M1517 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>You actually request this when ordering, so a new system can be shipped either with or without MP-HA cabling.</P><P></P><P>So for a single loop it will be:</P><P>- 1 port per controller for non-MP-HA cabling</P><P>- 2 ports per controller for MP-HA cabling</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:34:52 GMT radek_kubka 2010-08-03T08:34:52Z How many HBA Ports do I need to make a loop, I have a FAS3140 Active/Active and shelves DS14mk4 FC??? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21870#M1515 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How many HBA Ports do I need to make a loop, I have a FAS3140 Active/Active and shelves DS14mk4 FC???</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:11:13 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21870#M1515 jesuscruzj 2025-06-05T07:11:13Z Re: How many HBA Ports do I need to make a loop, I have a FAS3140 Active/Active and shelves DS14mk4 FC??? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21874#M1516 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Technically it will work with a single initiator port in every head; but it is highly recommended to have two ports in every head for MP-HA (MultiPath-HighAvailability) cabling. If this is a new system, it should be already configured and delivered with MP-HA from factory.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:01:55 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21874#M1516 aborzenkov 2010-08-03T05:01:55Z Re: How many HBA Ports do I need to make a loop, I have a FAS3140 Active/Active and shelves DS14mk4 FC??? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21879#M1517 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>You actually request this when ordering, so a new system can be shipped either with or without MP-HA cabling.</P><P></P><P>So for a single loop it will be:</P><P>- 1 port per controller for non-MP-HA cabling</P><P>- 2 ports per controller for MP-HA cabling</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:34:52 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21879#M1517 radek_kubka 2010-08-03T08:34:52Z Re: How many HBA Ports do I need to make a loop, I have a FAS3140 Active/Active and shelves DS14mk4 FC??? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21884#M1518 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><P>You actually request this when ordering, so a new system can be shipped either with or without MP-HA cabling</P></PRE><P><BR />IIRC for a couple of months only MP-HA systems can be ordered</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:38:16 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21884#M1518 aborzenkov 2010-08-03T08:38:16Z Re: How many HBA Ports do I need to make a loop, I have a FAS3140 Active/Active and shelves DS14mk4 FC??? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21889#M1519 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yep, fair enough - there has been a change to quoting tool which I previously missed: MP-HA box now cannot be un-ticked when building 3000 series system; interestingly enough the MP-HA option isn't forced on 2000 boxes (although comment remains the same that MP-HA is required for A/A systems).</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:58:46 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-HBA-Ports-do-I-need-to-make-a-loop-I-have-a-FAS3140-Active-Active-and/m-p/21889#M1519 radek_kubka 2010-08-03T08:58:46Z