User`s guide

7 – Setting Up Connections

Connecting to Hosts

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7.1

Connecting to Hosts

The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI tries to ensure that a host is not loaded more

than once into the HBA tree. If a host has multiple interfaces (for example, more

than one NIC is installed), the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI will not load the

host more than once in the HBA tree if the host IP address is registered with the

DNS server or local host file.

NOTE: To ensure that a host does not display more than once in the HBA tree,

This section discusses:

■ Connecting to hosts manually (see section 7.1.1)

■ Connecting to hosts automatically (see section 7.1.2)

■ Connecting to hosts using a host group file (see section 7.1.3)

■ Connecting to specified hosts automatically when starting the SANsurfer FC HBA

Manager GUI from the command line (see section 7.1.4)

■ Disconnecting from hosts (see section 7.1.5)

7.1.1

Manually Connecting to a Host

Perform the following steps to manually connect to a host:

1. Do one of the following:

❑ Click the Connect button on the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager main window

toolbar.

❑ On the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager main window Host menu, click

Connect.

❑ Right-click the HBA tree. From the pop-up menu, click Connect.

❑ Press INSERT.