HP XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide (H6F56-96009)

Host modes for host groups...............................................................................................170
Host mode options...........................................................................................................171
Find WWN of the host bus adapter..............................................................................173
Finding a WWN on Windows......................................................................................173
Finding a WWN on Oracle® Solaris............................................................................174
Finding a WWN on AIX, IRIX, or Sequent......................................................................174
Finding WWN for HP-UX.............................................................................................174
Creating a host group and registering hosts in the host group (in a Fibre Channel environment)...175
Configuring LU paths.............................................................................................................177
Configure LU paths workflow.............................................................................................177
Defining LU paths.............................................................................................................177
Setting a UUID................................................................................................................178
Correspondence table for defining devices..........................................................................179
Defining alternate LU paths...............................................................................................179
Managing LU paths..........................................................................................................181
Deleting LU paths........................................................................................................181
Clearing a UUID setting...............................................................................................181
Viewing LU path settings..............................................................................................182
Releasing LUN reservation by host..........................................................................................182
LUN security on ports............................................................................................................183
Examples of enabling and disabling LUN security on ports....................................................183
Enabling LUN security on a port........................................................................................184
Disabling LUN security on a port.......................................................................................185
Setting fibre channel authentication.........................................................................................185
User authentication..........................................................................................................185
Settings for authentication of hosts.................................................................................186
Settings for authentication of ports (required if performing mutual authentication).................186
Host and host group authentication....................................................................................186
Example of authenticating hosts in a fibre channel environment.........................................188
Port settings and connection results................................................................................189
fabric switch authentication...............................................................................................189
fabric switch settings and connection results.........................................................................191
Mutual authentication of ports...........................................................................................191
Fibre channel authentication..............................................................................................191
Enabling or disabling host authentication on a host group................................................191
Registering host user information...................................................................................192
Changing host user information registered on a host group...............................................193
Deleting host user information.......................................................................................194
Registering user information for a host group (for mutual authentication).............................194
Clearing user information from a host group...................................................................195
Fibre channel port authentication.......................................................................................195
Setting fibre channel port authentication.........................................................................195
Registering user information on a fibre channel port.............................................................196
Registering user information on a fabric switch.....................................................................196
Clearing fabric switch user information...............................................................................197
Setting the fabric switch authentication mode.......................................................................198
Enabling or disabling fabric switch authentication................................................................198
Managing hosts...................................................................................................................199
Changing WWN or nickname of a host bus adapter...........................................................199
Changing the name or host mode of a host group................................................................199
Initializing host group 0....................................................................................................200
Deleting a host bus adapter from a host group.....................................................................200
Deleting old WWNs from the WWN table.........................................................................201
Deleting a host group.......................................................................................................201
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