Replacing a host bus adapter

If you replace an existing host bus adapter, you need to use Server Priority Manager to delete the host bus adapter being removed and then add the host bus adapter being installed.

When you add a new host bus adapter rather than replacing one, the WWN of the new host bus adapter is automatically displayed below Non-Monitor for the connected port in the list.

Prerequisites

Required role: Storage Administrator (System Resource Management)

The Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary window must be enabled.

Procedure

Display the Performance Monitor window.

In Device Manager - Storage Navigator:

Select Analytics in Explorer.

Select Performance Monitor in the tree to open the Performance Monitor window.

In Command Suite:

Select the Resources tab, and expand the Storage Systems tree.

Right-click the target storage system and then select Performance Monitor.

In the Performance Monitor window, click Server Priority Manager to open the Server Priority Manager window.

Click to change to Modify mode.

In the Server Priority Manager window, click Server Priority Manager. The Server Priority Manager main window appears.

Select the WWN tab.

In the upper-left tree, select the old host bus adapter () from below Monitor and then right-click the selection.

From the pop-up menu, select Change WWN and SPM Name. The Change WWN and SPM Name window opens.

Enter the WWN of the new host bus adapter in the WWN combo box. For details on how to get the WWN the HBA WWN, see the Provisioning Guide for Virtual Storage Platform Gx00 and Fx00 Models.

You can select the WWN of the newly connected host bus adapter in the WWN combo box.

If necessary, enter a new SPM name in the SPM Name box. You can use up to 64 characters for an SPM name.

Select OK to close the Change WWN and SPM Name window.

In the Server Priority Manager main window, click Apply to apply the settings to the storage system.