Changing WWN or nickname of a host bus adapter

Before you begin

The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.

In Fibre Channel environments, host bus adapters can be identified by WWNs or nicknames.

Procedure

  1. Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.

  2. Click Ports/Host Groups/iSCSI Targets.

  3. Select the Hosts tab, and then click the Port ID of the HBA WWN or Host Name you want to change.

  4. Click Edit Host.

    1. To change the WWN, select the HBA WWN check box, and then type a new WWN.

    2. To change the nickname, select a Host Name check box, and then type a new nickname.

    If you check Apply same settings to the HBA WWN in all ports, new settings affect other ports. For example, if the same host bus adapter (the same WWN) is located below ports CL1-A and CL2-A in the tree, when you select the host bus adapter (or the WWN) from below one of the ports and change the nickname to hba1, the host bus adapter below the other port will also be renamed hba1.

    However, new settings will not affect any port if:

    • The resulting nickname is already used as the nickname of a host bus adapter connected to the port.
    • The resulting WWN exists in the port.

  5. Click Finish.

    The Confirm window appears.

  6. In the Task Name text box, enter the task name.

    You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols, with the exception of: \ / : , ; * ? " < > |. The value "date-window name" is entered by default.

  7. Click Apply.

    If Apply same settings to the HBA WWN in all ports is checked, a dialog box opens listing the host bus adapter to be changed. Confirm the changes and click OK. Otherwise, click Cancel.

    If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.

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