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Table 2. Description of Reported Adapter Information(continued)
Label Description
WWN World Wide Name (WWN) for Fibre Channel and the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) for iSCSI
Device Name of the adapter
Type Storage adapter type (FC or iSCSI)
Node Name Fibre Channel node name
Alias iSCSI alias name
Status Status of the adapter
Storage Details
Table 3. Description of Storage Details
Label Description
Storage Center Name of the Storage Center
Storage Center SN Serial number of the Storage Center
Storage Server Server to which the device is connected
Status Configuration status of the Storage Center (Configured, Configurable, Not Visible)
Connectivity Status of the Storage Center connection (Up, Down, or Not Connected)
Configuring Storage Center Connections
Use the Dell Storage Settings tab to configure a connection between an HBA and a Storage Center.
Steps
1. In the left navigation pane, select a host.
2. Click the Configure tab.
3. In the middle navigation pane, scroll down and select Dell Storage Settings.
The HBAs associated with the host are displayed.
4. In the HBAs area, select an HBA to display the Adapter Details
5. Expand the HBA to view the Storage Centers that are connected to the HBA.
6. Select a Storage Center connection that is unconfigured and shows the Storage Center Ready to Configure icon.
7. Click Configure.
The configure operation performs the following tasks for a Fibre Channel or a SAS connection:
• Creates a server definition on the Storage Center if it does not exist.
• Creates corresponding HBA definition that is associated with this server.
NOTE:
If the host is in a cluster that does not exist on the Storage Center, the cluster definition is created on the
Storage Center.
The configure 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 firewall rules to enable iSCSI connections
• Configures 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 definition on the Storage Center if it does not exist and creates a corresponding HBA definition that is associated
with this server.
NOTE:
If the host is in a cluster that does not exist on the Storage Center, the cluster definition is created on the
Storage Center.
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