Administrator Guide
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Creating Servers
Modifying Servers
Mapping Volumes to Servers
Creating and Managing Server Folders
Deleting Servers and Server Folders
Creating Servers
Create a server to allow a Storage Center to pass I/O through the ports on that server. After a server is created, volumes can be mapped
to it.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Create a Physical Server
Create a physical server object to represent a physical server in your environment.
1 Make sure the server HBAs have connectivity to the Storage Center HBAs.
• iSCSI – Congure the iSCSI initiator on the server to use the Storage Center HBAs as the target.
• Fibre Channel – Congure Fibre Channel zoning to allow the server HBAs and Storage Center HBAs to communicate.
• SAS – Directly connect the controller to a server using SAS ports congured as front-end connections.
2 If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
3 Click the Storage tab.
4 Select Servers in the Storage tab navigation pane.
5 In the right pane, click Create Server.
The Create Server dialog box appears.
Figure 18. Create Server Dialog Box
6 Congure the server attributes.
The server attributes are described in the online help.
a Enter a name for the server in the Name eld.
b To add the server to a server folder, click Change, select a folder, and click OK.
c Select the operating system for the server from the Operating System drop-down menu.
d To generate Storage Center alerts when connectivity is lost between the Storage Center and the server, select Alert On Lost
Connectivity.
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