BackBox H4.00 User Manual

User Interface
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For a SCSI or BRIDGE connection the user will also have to select the Guardian Port
to fully identify the host port.
The Node will be queried and all tape drives defined in SCF can be added (if Guardian
Device is set to All available devices), or can add individual Guardian Device chose
from the list. The GUI will automatically match the SCF and VTC definitions by the
LUN and Target Ids.
The manual BackBox FC Connection Installation contains the screenshot of the
successive images seen when adding a group of tape devices in a BackPak Domain.
2. The “Refresh” tab will updates the devices for all ports attach to the selected
NonStop node that have at least one device already configured in the domain.
Attributes of device attached to NonStop host will be updated.
Note: SCSI and BRIDGE automatic connections update are not supported and will be
ignored by this process. To update such connections, all tape devices of the
connection (same VTC port-id) must be deleted individually, and then the “Add
Devices Automatically” tab is used to re-add all tape devices configured in the host
for this connection or can be updated individually. Other fields, like the Guardian
Port, will be update.
3. The “Add Devices Manually” tab allows adding devices by manually map Guardian
and VTC devices sharing the same physical connection (same host port and VTC
port). Note: use this technique carefully; invalid device mapping can result if
information mismatches the actual connectivity. Adding manually device should be
uses in case node queries are momentary unavailable and configuration need to be
change.
4. For a FC, SCSI or BRIDGE connection the user will select a Guardian node name, the
VTC port and VTC Device Target and LUN. The user will also to provide the Guardian
device name to complete devices mapping.