Fujitsu Eternus DX200F, User Manual

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Chapter 4 Connectivity Management
4.2 Host Group Management
ETERNUS Web GUI User’s Guide (Settings)
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4.2.11 Add SAS Host
This function registers a new SAS host (HBA).
The total number of all the interface type hosts that can be registered in the ETERNUS DX is 1024 (128 for the
ETERNUS DX60 S3).
For details on the parameters for this function, refer to "A.4.2.9 Add SAS Host" (page 833) .
For the factory default settings for this function, refer to "Appendix B Add SAS Host" (page 993) .
The procedure to register a SAS host is as follows:
Procedure
1
Click [Add SAS Host] in [Action].
• The ETERNUS DX500 S3/DX600 S3, the ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3, and the ETERNUS DX200F do not
support this function.
• This function is only displayed when the "Use "Add Host"" checkbox is selected for the "Function to Add
Host" field in "Web GUI Settings". This checkbox is not selected (this function is not displayed) by default.
Refer to
"1.4.4 Setup Subsystem Parameters" (page 39) for details.
• Note that this function does not create a host group. The ETERNUS DX also has a function that creates
new host groups to register hosts as its members. Refer to
"4.2.3 Add SAS Host Group" (page 379) for
details.
• Hosts that are registered with this function can belong to multiple host groups. However, only one LUN
group can be allocated to host and port combinations when configuring host affinity.
• Refer to "FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX Configuration Guide -Server Connection-" for each OS type to assign
an appropriate host response to the host that is to be registered. A host response has a recommended
patterns which has been prepared for each OS type. Refer to
"Recommended patterns of host responses"
(page 472) for details.
If an appropriate host response is not configured to the host, the path may not be switched correctly or
the volume may not be recognized correctly.
• To change the SAS host information, use the [Modify SAS Host] function. Refer to "4.2.17 Modify SAS
Host" (page 427) for details.
• The host affinity setting can be specified for each SAS host. Refer to "4.1.1 Create Host Affinity" (page
338) for details.