HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

Provisioning Manager366
• You can name a host security group on IBM storage systems. The host security group will be
given the name of the initiator you select for the host security group.
• The management server can read the names of HSGs created by the native tool.
• Only one initiator per host security group.
• The volume can be assigned to more than one initiator.
• You can select any number of ports from one to all when creating the HSG.
• You can create the HSG with or without LUNs.
• You can add mapped and unmapped volumes to a host security group, but they should have
the same host mode.
• The default is all ports are in the host security group. If no ports are selected, the default is used.
Sun 6920 and 6940 Storage Systems
• You can have two or more initiators assigned to the same volume, but you can have only one
initiator to a host security group.
• You can select any number of ports from one to all when creating the HSG.
• You must create the HSG with one initiator and at least one LUN.
• When the management server creates the HSG, the name of the HSG is the initiator WWN.
• The management server can read the names of HSGs created by the native tool.
• Creation of a new HSG with an initiator that already exists in another HSG adds the volumes to
the previously created HSG.
• The management server displays the ports connected to the initiator you selected for creating an
HSG. If the initiator is not connected to any ports, no ports are displayed.
• If you select a number of ports, only the selected initiators will be part of the host security group.
• Only the storage ports connected to the initiator in the host security group will be included in
the host security group, even if the default is all ports. For example, if an initiator is not
connected to a storage system, no ports will be in the host security group.
Xiotech Storage Systems
• The initiators used in a host security group must be registered with the array.
• Any given HSG is assigned to only one storage port.
• Host security groups must have one initiator and at least one volume
Managing Host Security Groups
This section describes the following:
• ”Accessing Information About Host Security Groups” on page 366
• ”Creating Host Security Groups” on page 368
• ”Editing Host Security Groups” on page 371
• ”Deleting Host Security Groups” on page 373