Users Guide

Create a HIT Group With the Add Hosts Wizard

1. Click the Add Hosts button to start the Add Hosts wizard.

2. Select the list of hosts that you want to add to the HIT Group using one of the following methods, then click Next.

• Discover through PS Series group—When you select this option, ASM/ME queries any PS Series groups that are connected to

any current HIT Group members (including the local host), and displays all of the hosts connected to those groups.

• Browse network—Select a host by browsing a network. You can browse networks only for which you have permissions.

• Manual entry—Enter an IP address or host name for each host you want to add to the HIT Group. You can also import a file that

lists all the hosts that you want to add to the HIT Group. The file will be parsed and each host will be run through the manual entry

process. This file can be generated automatically from the ASM/ME console by clicking File → Export Host List.

You can also create your own file for importing by saving a text file that contains a comma-separated list of host IP addresses, host

names (fully qualified or not), or both. When you are back on this wizard page, click Import, and then browse to the file.

• Cluster nodes—This option is visible only if ASM/ME detects that you are running a multiple node cluster in which one or more of

the nodes have not yet been added to the HIT Group. All cluster nodes must be added to the HIT Group. If only a subset of nodes

are added, cluster operations will fail.

NOTE: To view online help for any of the wizard pages, press the F1 button for that specific page.

3. Select the hosts to add to the hosts list using one of the methods in step 2, then click Next.

The HIT Installation and Host Verification page is displayed.

4. Specify the following information:

a) The credentials (domain, user-name, and password) for the host you are adding. See Prerequisites for HIT Groups for more

information about these requirements.

b) To install MPIO or the PowerShell Tools on the host, select their corresponding options.

c) Specify the directory that contains the installation files, Setup.exe and Setup64.exe.

d) Click Add Hosts to begin the installation on the specified host.

Progress and status information is displayed. An error message will be displayed if the installation or update cannot complete.

5. Click Close when the process is complete.

The Summary of Hosts page opens. This page shows the hosts that have been added to the HIT Group, and the type of actions (for

example, installations or updates) that have been performed on each host. This page also shows if a reboot is required on the remote

hosts.

6. Perform one of the following steps:

• If a reboot is required, click Reboot All.

• If a reboot is not required, click Finish.

When the installation is complete on the remote host, you can launch the Remote Setup Wizard from the remote host in order to

initialize a PS Series array, configure the remote host to access a PS Series group, or to configure MPIO settings for the remote host.

After the host has been added to the HIT Group, it will appear in the tree in the left panel of the ASM/ME console and you can start

managing it from there.

To stop managing a host, right-click the host in the left panel and select Stop Managing.

Edit ASM/ME Settings on Hosts in a HIT Group

1. In the Navigation area, click Settings.

2. In the middle panel, select all of the hosts that have settings that you want to edit. If you select multiple hosts, then the settings you

change will be saved on all of the selected hosts.

3. On the left, select General Settings, Notification Settings, Alert Settings, Verification Settings, or PS Group Settings to view the

current settings.

4. Select or clear the options accordingly.

5. Click Save.

When settings are changed on any member of a HIT Group, all instances of ASM/ME managing that member are informed of the

change.

HIT Groups