HP StorageWorks HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) Installation and Configuration Guide (AA-RV1XA-TE, March 2005)

Planning a Subsystem
42 HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server
2003 (32-bit) Installation and Configuration Guide
Determining Connections
The term “connection” applies to every path between a Fibre Channel adapter in a
host computer and an active host port on a controller.
Note: In ACS Version 8.8-1, the maximum number of supported connections is 96.
Naming Connections
It is highly recommended that you assign names to connections that have meaning
in the context of your particular configuration.
Note: Some non-alpha /numeric characters may not work with some hosts.
One system that works well is to name each connection after its host, its adapter,
its controller, and its controller host port, as follows:
Examples:
A connection from the first adapter in the host named RED that goes to port 1 of
controller A would be called RED1A1.
A connection from the third adapter in host GREEN that goes to port 2 of
controller B would be called GREEN3B2.
Note: Connection names can have a maximum of 9 characters.
HOST1A1
HOST
NAME
PORT
CONTROLLER
ADAPTER