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You can also monitor the usage status of storage resources from the host point of view by generating
reports that reflect the actual capacity being used by each host.
Related topics
• Methods for registering hosts , page 32
• Priority for acquiring the WWN , page 33
• About changing host settings and information , page 39
Methods for registering hosts
There are a variety of methods to register one or more hosts including using its WWN, using
host-installed agents, or agent-less discovery.
The following table describes the methods you can use to register one or more hosts:
Table 1 Methods for registering hosts
Description Method Purpose
To register hosts in Command View AE Suite based on WWN, manually
specify the host name, OS type, and WWN information.
Hosts can be registered without Host Data Collector or Device Manager
agent setup.
Register each
host by WWN.
To manually re-
gister individual
hosts.
To register multiple hosts in a batch, register multiple hosts by specifying
the IP address (range specification and listing addresses are available),
and the authentication information of the host on the network. The host’s
WWN information is automatically obtained.
To allocate volumes to an FCoE port, you must manually add a WWN.
Host Data Collector setup is required.
Use Host Data
Collector. To register multiple
hosts in a batch.
To know the usage status of storage resources for the virtualization
servers, or the correspondence with the virtual machines, and you want
to register both the virtualization server and the virtual machine, the
virtualization server must use NPIV (N-Port ID Virtualization) HBAs, and
be connected with Fibre Channel. For some virtualization server software
versions, the virtualization server is discovered by either specifying the
vMA IP address and account, or by using Host Data Collector.
For VMware ESX 4.x and VMware ESXi 4.x, a discovery can be
performed either by specifying the vMA information, or by using Host
Data Collector.
For VMware ESXi 5.x, a discovery can be performed only by using
Host Data Collector.
For virtual machines, install Device Manager agent or use Host Data
Collector to specify the IP address (range specification and listing
addresses are available), and the authentication information of the host
on the network.
If the virtualization server is not using NPIV HBAs, either a virtualization
server or a virtual machine can be registered per HBA unit (both a
virtualization server and a virtual machine cannot be registered in the
same WWN).
Use Host Data
Collector
or
Use vMA
(vSphere
Management
Assistant).
To know the usage
status of storage
resources for the
virtualization serv-
ers, or the corres-
pondence with the
virtual machines.
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