SVS200 (T1714-96008, June 2006)

LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 103

Checking the status of the connection between hosts and the array

(iSCSI environments only)

In iSCSI environments, use LUN Manager to issue a ping command from an array port to a host. The ping

command checks whether the host and array can communicate with each other. If the host responds to the

ping command, the host and array can communicate with each other.

1. Start LUN Manager, and display the Port pane (Figure 22).

2. Click Ping below the Package tree. The Ping pane appears.

Figure 61 Ping pane

3. From the From (Subsystem Port) list, select an iSCSI port.

4. In To (IP Address) box, enter the host’s IP address.

5. Click OK.

A ping command is issued from the iSCSI port to the host five times. After the ping command is issued

five times, the Ping Status pane appears and displays the results of the first to fifth attempts at issuing

the ping command. The results appear in the order attempts were made.

Figure 62 Ping Status pane

6. On the Ping Status pane, check the results of the ping command.

• If the host responded to the ping command, the Status column displays Success.

• If the host did not respond to the ping command, the Status column displays Error.

•The Success Rate field displays the ping command’s success rate. If the host responds to each of the

five ping attempts, the success rate is 100 percent. If the host responds three times out of five ping

attempts, the success rate is 60 percent.

7. Click OK.

8. To issue a ping command, return to step 3.

Otherwise, click Cancel.

TIP: You can issue a ping command from an iSCSI port to an iSNS server. To verify connectivity

between an iSNS server and the array, issue a ping command to the iSNS server. If the iSNS responds to

the ping command, the iSNS server and array can communicate with each other.