Administrator Guide
Connectivity Legends
Table 1. Description of Connectivity Legends
Icon Label Description
Connected FC
A Fibre Channel connection between the HBA and Storage Center exists.
Disconnected FC
A Fibre Channel connection between the HBA and Storage Center does not
exist.
Connected iSCSI
An iSCSI connection between the HBA and Storage Center exists.
Disconnected iSCSI
An iSCSI connection between the HBA and Storage Center does not exist.
Connected Storage Center
The Storage Center is connected to the ESXi host.
Partially Connected Storage Center
The Storage Center is partially connected to the ESXi host.
Not Connected Storage Center
The Storage Center is not connected to the ESXi host.
Storage Center Ready to Congure
The Storage Center is ready to be congured to connect to the ESXi host.
Select a Storage Center connection to display conguration information for the HBA and Storage Center.
Conguring Storage Center Connections
Congure a connection between an HBA and a Storage Center.
1 Select a Storage Center connection that is uncongured and shows the Storage Center Ready to Congure icon.
2 Click Congure.
The congure operation performs the following tasks for a Fibre Channel connection:
• Creates a server denition on the Storage Center if it does not exist
• Creates corresponding HBA denitions associated with this server
NOTE
: If the host is in a cluster that does not exist on the Storage Center, the cluster denition is created on
the Storage Center.
The congure operation performs the following tasks for an iSCSI connection:
• If necessary, enables the iSCSI software initiator on the ESXi host side
• Sets the ESXi host rewall rules to enable iSCSI connections
• Congures iSCSI software initiators with Storage Center IP (IQN) targets (the targets are added to a list of iSCSI static targets on
the ESXi host)
• Creates a server denition on the Storage Center if it does not exist and creates a corresponding HBA denition associated with
this server
NOTE
: If the host is in a cluster that does not exist on the Storage Center, the cluster denition is created on
the Storage Center.
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