HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array - Manual (Page 80)

Creating host groups
NOTE:
If you are configuring a NAS environment, you do not need to follow the procedures described in this
section. For instructions on defining LU paths in NAS environments, see Associating host groups or
iSCSI targets to logical volumes .
Creating host groups (when configuring Fibre Channel environments)
You can connect multiple server hosts of different platforms to one port on the array. When configuring
the system, you must group server hosts connected to the array by host groups. For example, if HP-UX and
Windows hosts are connected to a port, you must create one host group for HP-UX hosts and another host
group for Windows hosts. Next, you must register HP-UX hosts to the corresponding host group and
register Windows hosts to the other host group.
The following procedure describes how to create host groups. The procedure for registering hosts to a
host group is described in Registering hosts in host groups .
1. Start LUN Manager. The LUN Manager pane ( Figure 14 ) appears.
2. Right-click the port for which you want to create a host group, and select Add New Host Group. The
Add New Host Group pane appears.
NOTE:
If you right-click an initiator port, you cannot select Add New Host Group. You cannot
create host groups for initiator ports.
Figure 35 Add New Host Group pane
3. In the Group Name box, enter the host group name.
It is convenient if you name each host group after the host platform. For example, when creating a
host group to register Windows NT® hosts in, the host group name can be wnt.
A host group name can consist of up to 32 ASCII characters (letters, numerals, and symbols).
However, you cannot use the following symbols for host group names:
\ / : , ; * ? " < > |
You cannot use spaces for the first and last characters in host group names.
Host group names are case-sensitive. For example, host group names wnt and Wnt represent
different host groups.
4. In the Host Mode list, select a host mode. When selecting a host mode, you must consider the
platform and other factors (see Table 16 ).
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