Adding remote connections
You associate the primary and secondary systems in the Universal Replicator relationship and define the remote paths between them in one procedure.
Prerequisite information
This procedure must be performed on both the primary and secondary systems.
The primary and secondary systems must already be configured for Universal Replicator operations. For more information, see system requirements in the Hitachi Universal Replicator User Guide
The data path must already be set up. For more information, see the chapter on planning the data path in the Hitachi Universal Replicator User Guide
The storage system’s serial number, model, and port number is required during this procedure.
A path group ID is required. This is a group of a maximum of remote paths. For more information, see the Path Group item in system requirements in the Hitachi Universal Replicator User Guide.
To add a remote connection
Open the Remote Connections window:
In Hitachi Command Suite: On the Resources tab, expand the Storage Systems tree, right-click the target storage system, and click Remote Connections.
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator: Access the primary system, and click Replication > Remote Connections.
In the Remote Connections window, click the Connections (To) tab, and click Add Remote Connection.
In the Add Remote Connection window, for Connection Type, select System.
In the Remote Storage System box, for Model, select VSP Gx00 (18).
For Serial Number, enter the secondary system serial number.
For Path Group ID, select the ID (00-FF) for the path group you want to use.
For Minimum Number of Paths, select 1 for Universal Replicator.
Select the primary and secondary fibre channel ports used by the data path.
You can add more remote paths by clicking the Add Path button. See Adding remote paths for more information.
For RIO MIH Time, enter the time interval in seconds that, if exceeded, will cause the data transfer operation to be reported as failed by the system.
Click Finish.
In the Confirm window, review the settings and enter a task name in the Task Name box.
Click Apply to save your settings to the system.