Changing the name or host mode of a host group

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

Use LUN Manager to change the name or host mode of a host group.

Before changing the host mode of a host group, you should back up data on the port to which the host group belongs. Setting host mode should not be destructive, but data integrity cannot be guaranteed without a backup.

To change the name or the host mode of a host group:

Perform one of the following to display the tab.

For Command Suite:

On the Resource tab, expand the Storage Systems tree. On the target storage system, click Port / Host Group. On the Ports / Host Groups / iSCSI Targets window, select the Host Groups / iSCSI Targets tab.

For Storage Navigator:

To display all host groups in the storage system, expand the Storage Systems tree and select Ports / Hosts Groups / iSCSI Targets. Select the Host Groups / iSCSI Targets tab.

To display host groups related to each port, expand the Storage Systems tree and select Ports / Hosts Groups / iSCSI Targets. Select the port in the tree, and select the Host Groups tab.

To display each host group, expand the Storage Systems tree and select Ports / Hosts Groups / iSCSI Targets and the port. Select the host group, and select the Host Mode Options tab.

Select the host group.

Click More Actions and select Edit Host Groups. The Edit Host Groups window opens.

To change the name of the host group, select the Host Group Name option, then type a new host group name.

To change the host mode, select the Host Mode option, then select the new host mode from the Host Mode table. The Mode No. column indicates option numbers. Select the option you want to specify, then click Enable.

If necessary, select an option you want to specify in the Host Mode Options. For detailed information about host mode options, see Host mode options .

Click Finish.

In the Confirm window, confirm the settings, in Task Name type a unique name for this task or accept the default, then click Apply.

If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.