Administrator Guide

Test Network Connectivity for an iSCSI Port
Test connectivity for an iSCSI I/O port by pinging a port or host on the network.
Steps
1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of
Unisphere Central.
2. From the
SYSTEM menu, click Ports.
The Ports view is displayed.
3. Click the Front End Ports tab.
4. Select the I/O port, then click (More Actions) and select Ping from the drop-down menu.
The Ping dialog box opens.
5. If the port uses an IPv4 address, in the IPv4 Address field, type the IP address of the host to which you want to test
connectivity.
6. From the Ping Size drop-down menu, select a size in bytes for the ping packets, not including overhead. If you select
Other, type a value between 1 and 17000 bytes in the field below the menu.
NOTE: The Ping Size drop-down menu might not be displayed depending on the hardware I/O cards used by the
Storage Center.
7. Click OK. A message displays the results of the test.
8. Click OK.
Related tasks
Test Network Connectivity for an iSCSI Port in a Fault Domain on page 175
Configure Front-End I/O Ports (Fibre Channel and SAS)
On SCv2000 series and SCv3000 series storage systems, unconfigured Fibre Channel and SAS ports must be configured before
they can be used as front-end ports.
Steps
1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of
Unisphere Central.
2. From the
SYSTEM menu, click Ports.
The Ports view is displayed.
3. Click the Front End Ports tab.
4. Select an unconfigured Fibre Channel or SAS I/O port.
5. Click Configure Port.
Configure Front-End I/O Ports (iSCSI)
On SCv2000 series and SCv3000 series storage systems, unconfigured iSCSI ports must be configured before they can be used
as front-end ports..
Steps
1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of
Unisphere Central.
2. From the
SYSTEM menu, click Ports.
The Ports view is displayed.
3. Click the Front End Ports tab.
4. Select an unconfigured iSCSI I/O port.
5. Click Configure Port.
6. Type an IP address for the port.
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