HP 3PAR Solaris Implementation Guide

1. To determine whether a port has already been configured for a host port in fabric mode, issue
showport -par on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage.
2. If the port has not been configured, take the port offline before configuring it for connection
to a host server. To take the port offline, issue the HP 3PAR OS CLI command controlport
offline <node:slot:port>.
# controlport offline 1:5:1
3. To configure the port to the host server, issue controlport config host -ct point
<node:slot:port>, where -ct point indicates that the connection type specified is a
fabric connection. For example:
# controlport config host -ct point 1:5:1
4. Reset the port by issuing the controlport rst <node:slot:port> command.
# controlport rst 1:5:1
Creating the Host Definition
Before connecting the Solaris host to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, you need to create a host
definition that specifies a valid host persona for each HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system that is to
be connected to a host HBA port through a fabric or direct connection. Host persona depends on
the Solaris OS versions and multipathing (MPxIO or VxDMP). Refer to Table 2 (page 10). The
following steps show how to create the host definition.
1. To create host definitions, issue the createhost command with the -persona option to
specify the persona and the host name. For example:
# createhost -persona 1 solarishost 1122334455667788 1122334455667799
Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or OS 2.3.x 9