Administrator Guide

c) To generate Storage Center alerts when connectivity is lost between the Storage Center and the server, select Alert On Lost
Connectivity.
d) Select or define one or more HBAs for the server.
• If one or more server HBAs are visible to the Storage Center, select the checkboxes of the HBAs to add from the HBAs table.
• If a server HBA is not visible to the Storage Center, click
(New) to define it manually. For SAS front-end connections, use
the SAS device name as the World Wide Name (WWN) to manually add the HBA.
NOTE: IP addresses can be added for HBAs that will be installed on the host server in the future. When the HBA
that uses that IP address is installed, it will be configured and ready to use.
7. Click OK.
Related tasks
Configure Front-End I/O Ports (Fibre Channel and SAS)
Configure Front-End I/O Ports (iSCSI)
Create a Server Cluster
Create a server cluster object to represent a cluster of servers in your environment.
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
STORAGE menu, click Servers.
The Servers view is displayed.
3. Click (New), then select New Server Cluster.
The New Server Cluster dialog box opens.
4. Configure the server cluster attributes.
The server attributes are described in the online help.
a) Enter a name for the server in the Name field.
b) Select a server folder from the Server Folder drop-down menu.
c) From the Operating System drop-down menu, select the operating system for the cluster.
NOTE: All servers in a server cluster must be running the same operating system.
d) To generate Storage Center alerts when connectivity is lost between the Storage Center and the servers, select Alert On Lost
Connectivity.
e) To generate Storage Center alerts when the Storage Center only has partial connectivity to the servers, select Alert On Partial
Connectivity.
5. Add servers to the server cluster.
• To add existing servers to the cluster, select the checkboxes of the servers to add from the Servers table.
• To define a new server, click
(New), configure the server attributes, and then click OK.
6. Click OK.
Modifying Servers
Modify a server to change its attributes, apply a Snapshot Profile, and add or remove HBAs.
Rename a Server
A server object can be renamed at any time, and the name does not need to match the host name or IP address of the server.
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
STORAGE menu, click Servers.
The Servers view is displayed.
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