Owners Manual

Configuration: About Your Host 97
• Select the Mappings tab. Right-click the root node (storage array
name),
Default Group node, or Host Group node in the Topology
pane to which you want to add the host, and select
Define → Host
from the pop-up menu.
The
Specify Host Name window is displayed.
3 In Host name , enter an up to 30 character alphanumeric name.
4 Select the relevant option in Do you plan to use the storage partitions in
this storage array
? and click Next .
The
Specify Host Port Identifier s window is displayed.
5 Select the relevant option to add a host port identifier to the host, you can
select:
•
Add by selecting a known unassociated host port identifier —In
Known unassociated host port identifiers , select the relevant host
port identifier.
•
Add by creating a new host port identifier —In New host port
identifier
, enter a 16 hexadecimal character name and an up to 30
character
Alias for the host port identifier and click Add .
NOTE: The host port identifier name is in hexadecimal and must contain the letters A
through F and numbers 0 through 9.
6 Click Next .
The
Specify Host Type window is displayed.
7 In Host type, select the relevant operating system for the host.
The
Host Group Question window is displayed.
8 In this window, you can select:
•
Yes —this host shares access to the same virtual disks with other hosts.
•
No —this host does NOT share access to the same virtual disks with
other hosts.
9 Click Next .
If you select
Yes , the Specify Host Group window is displayed. If you
select
No , see step 11.
10 Enter the name of the host group or select an existing host group and click
Next .