| Host port protocol |
b) Select the host to which the port will be associated, and click
View/Edit Settings
.
The Host Settings dialog box appears.
c) Click the
Host Ports
tab.
d) Click
Add
, and use the
Add Host Port
dialog box to associate a new host port identifier to the host.
The length of the host port identifier name is determined by the host interface technology. FC host port
identifier names must have 16 characters. iSCSI host port identifier names have a maximum of 223
characters. The port must be unique. A port number that has already been configured is not allowed.
e) Click
Delete
, and use the
Delete Host Port
dialog box to remove (unassociate) a host port identifier.
The
Delete
option does not physically remove the host port. This option removes the association
between the host port and the host. Unless you remove the host bus adapter or the iSCSI initiator, the
host port is still recognized by the controller.
f) Click
Save
to apply your changes to the host port identifier settings.
g) Repeat these steps to add and remove any additional host port identifiers.
4.
Reboot the host or perform a rescan so that the host properly discovers mapped storage.
5.
Remount volumes or start using block volume.
What to do next
Your host protocol conversion is complete. You can resume normal operations.
Complete IB-iSER to/from IB-SRP, NVMe over InfiniBand, NVMe over RoCE conversion, or NVMe over Fiber
Channel
After you apply the feature pack key to convert the protocol used by your InfiniBand iSER HIC port to/from SRP,
NVMe over InfiniBand, NVMe over RocE, or NVMe over Fiber Channel you need to configure the host to use the
appropriate protocol.
Procedure
1.
Configure the host to use the SRP, iSER, or NVMe protocol.
For step-by-step instructions on how to configure the host to use SRP, iSER, or NVMe, see the
Linux Express
Configuration
.
2.
To connect the host to the storage array for an SRP configuration, you must enable the InfiniBand driver
stack with the appropriate options.
Specific settings might vary between Linux distributions.
What to do next
Your host protocol conversion is complete. You can resume normal operations.
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