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Finding WWN for AIX, IRIX, or Sequent

To find the WWN in an AIX, SGI Irix, or Sequent environment, use the fibre switch that is connected

to the host. The method of finding the WWN of the connected server on each port using the fibre

switch depends on the type of switch. For instructions on finding the WWN, see the manual of the

corresponding switch.

Creating Host Groups

You can connect multiple server hosts of different platforms to one port of your storage system. When

configuring your system, you must group server hosts connected to the storage system by host groups. For

example, if HP-UX hosts and Windows hosts are connected to a port, you must create one host group for

HP-UX hosts and also create another host group for Windows hosts. Next, you must register HP-UX hosts

to the corresponding host group and also register Windows hosts to the other host group.
The following procedure describes how to create a host group. The procedure for registering hosts to a

host group is described in

Registering Hosts in Host Groups

” on page 39.

To create a host group:

1.

Start LUN Manager and display the LUN Manager window (

Figure 4

on page 21).

2.

Right-click the port for which you want to create a host group. Next, select Add New Host

Group from the pop-up menu.

The Add New Host Group dialog box (

Figure 19

on page 38) appears.

Note

: If you right-click an initiator port, you will be unable to select Add New Host Group. You

cannot create host groups for initiator ports.

3.

Enter the host group name in the Group Name box.

It is convenient if you name each host group after the host platform. For example, if you are

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 space characters for the first and the last characters in host group names.

Host group names are case-sensitive. For example, the host group names wnt and Wnt

represent different host groups.

4.

Select a host mode from the Host Mode drop-down list. When selecting a host mode, you must

consider the platform and some other factors (see

Table 2

on page 38 for details).

Caution

: Do not select Reserve from the drop-down list. Reserve indicates that the host mode

is not currently supported.

5.

If necessary, click the Option button and then select host mode options (see

Figure 19

on page 38).

For detailed information about host mode options, see

Table 3

on page 39.

6.

Click OK to close the Add New Host Group dialog box. If a message appears, click OK.

The host group name and the host mode are displayed in blue.

7.

Click the Apply button in the LUN Manager window.

A message appears and asks if you want to apply the setting to the storage system.

8.

Click the OK button to close the message.

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