HP Brocade BladeSystem 4/12, User Manual

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Host port mapping
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Host port mapping
Host bus adapters (HBAs) and hosts discovered through one or more fabrics can be easily
identified in the topology by their product icons. For a list of products and their icons, refer to
“Product icons” on page 11. Once identified in the topology, you can create hosts and assign the
HBAs to them and import an externally created host port mapping file (.CSV) to the Management
application.
NOTE
The Management application now enables you to map HBAs from multiple fabrics (previous versions
limited HBA mapping to one fabric).
The Management application also enables you to discover hosts directly using Host discovery (for
step-by-step instructions, refer to
“Host discovery” on page 43). If you discover a host directly, when
you open the Host Port Mapping dialog box, the Management application automatically groups all
HBAs under the host.
If you create a new Host and associate HBAs to it, and then you try to discover a host with the same
HBAs using Host discovery, the HBA’s discovered using host discovery must match the HBAs
associated to the Host exactly; otherwise, Host discovery will fail.
Instructions for mapping a Host to HBAs are detailed in “Host port mapping” in Chapter 7, “Device
Configuration” and include information about the following:
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“Creating a new Host”
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“Renaming an HBA Host”
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“Deleting an HBA Host”
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“Viewing Host properties”
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“Associating an HBA with a Host”
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“Importing HBA-to-Host mapping”
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“Removing an HBA from a Host”
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“Exporting Host port mapping”