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AM456-9026A HP VMA SAN Gateway User’s Guide 99
4. To verify the containers were created, enter the show containers command. Information
about the containers displays.
Configuring Target Ports
The second step in configuring a vSHARE SAN Gateway is to configure the target ports. The target
ports control access to a particular LUN, which may be useful for both security and bandwidth
management.
This section covers the following topics:
• Supported Target Ports on page 99
• Configuring Fibre Channel Target Ports on page 99
Supported Target Ports
In a vSHARE system, the HP VMA-series Memory Arrays are the targets and the host system (such
as, one or more database servers or application servers) are the
initiators. The storage systems have
storage target devices, LUNs, which the hosts access through the SAN Gateway. vSHARE supports
the Fibre Channel target port type.l
Every target is a specific port on a hardware Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA).
• For Fibre Channel, the target ports are present when the SAN Gateway boots, if the HBAs are
installed on the system. Creating a container is not necessary.
Note: A LUN can be exported through multiple target ports. Active-active multipathing is supported.
Configuring Fibre Channel Target Ports
For Fibre Channel, the target ports are present when the SAN Gateway boots when the HBAs are
installed on the system.
To confirm that the vSHARE system can see the target ports prior to creating the initiator groups,
use the
show targets command. The show targets command allows you to view all target
ports.
# show containers
Container LUNs Total Free Ports HostnameA HostnameB
Status
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C-1 0 199G 199G A,B <hostname> <hostname> Single
C-2 150 199G 50176M A,B <hostname> <hostname> Single