User`s guide

7 – Setting Up Connections

Configuring LUNs for a Device

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3. Do one of the following:

❑ Click OK to save the changes until you exit the Fibre Channel Port

Configuration dialog box, where you determine what happens to all the

configuration changes (see section 7.2, step 3).

If SANsurfer FC HBA Manager detects an invalid LUN configuration during

an attempt to save the configuration, the invalid

configuration—automatically configure invalid LUNs message displays. Do

one of the following:

❑ Click Yes if you want the software to auto configure the invalid LUNs with

the default paths. The configured invalid LUNs with defaults confirmation

message displays. Click OK.

❑ Click No if you do not want to auto configure the invalid LUNs. The

configuration changes you made are not saved. You can change the

configuration manually and then save the changes.

❑ Click Cancel to not apply the changes.

7.5.1

Configure LUN Masking for this Device

You can configure LUN masking—set LUNs as masked or unmasked from the

operating system. Enabling a LUN sets the LUN as unmasked; disabling a LUN

sets the LUN as masked. You can mask disk and tape devices. Use the following

options as appropriate:

■ Enabling and disabling LUN masking on all LUNs (see section 7.5.1.1)

■ Enabling and disabling LUN masking on individual LUNs (see section 7.5.1.2)

7.5.1.1

Enabling and Disabling LUN Masking on All LUNs

Perform the following steps to configure all LUNs attached to this device (disk or

tape) as enabled or disabled:

1. From the LUN Configuration dialog box, right-click in the Enable heading.

2. From the pop-up menu, select one of the following:

❑ Enable All LUNs to configure LUN masking on all LUNs enabled

❑ Disable All LUNs to configure LUN masking on all LUNs disabled

❑ Invert State to enable currently disabled LUNs and disable currently enabled

LUNs