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Enabling or disabling a port
Steps
1. From the GUI main menu, do one of the following:
● In a metro node Local:
a. Select Provision Storage.
b. In the View by drop-down, select Ports.
● In a metro node Metro:
a. Select Provision Storage.
b. In the Provision on drop-down, select the cluster of the port.
c. In the View by drop-down, select Ports.
2. In the Ports view, select the port.
3. In the Port Properties pane, click ENABLE PORT to enable the port, or DISABLE PORT to disable the port.
The change is reflected in the Enabled column in the Ports view.
Registering an initiator
About this task
When initiators are connected directly or through a Fibre Channel fabric, metro node automatically discovers them and
populates the Initiators screen. Once discovered, you must register the initiators with metro node before they can be added
to a storage view and access storage. Registering an initiator gives a meaningful name to the Port World Wide Name
(WWN) (typically the server’s DNS name) to allow you to identify the host. All discovered initiator names are prefixed with
UNREGISTERED-(example, UNREGISTERED-0x200000cc05bb004d) . If metro node did not automatically discover an initiator,
you must register the initiator manually.
Ensure that you specify the correct host type in the Host Type column as this attribute cannot be changed in the Initiator
Properties dialog box after the registration is complete. To change the host type after registration, you must use the CLI. The
CLI Guide for metro node provides more information. Supported host types lists the host types that are supported with metro
node.
NOTE: You must register each port of a host's HBA/HBC as a separate initiator.
Steps
1. From the GUI main menu, do one of the following:
a. In a metro node Local:
i. Select Provision Storage.
ii. In the View by drop-down, select Initiators.
b. In a metro node Metro:
i. Select Provision Storage.
ii. In the Provision on drop-down, select the cluster of the port.
iii. In the View by drop-down, select Initiators.
2. In the Initiators view, select the unregistered initiator, and then click Register.
By default, the Register button is disabled if you select a registered initiator.
3. In the Register Initiators view, the selected initiator displays with the REGISTERED_ prefix.
4. Type a new meaningful name for the initiator, or make no changes to accept the name as it is displayed.
5. Select a host type, and click OK.
A message is displayed to indicate the success of the operation.
6. Click Close.
Supported host types
Metro node supports the following types of hosts:
● SUN-VCS
● AIX
Exporting storage
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