Use the Creating Host panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to
create a new host to attach to the cluster.
Fields
You
can update the following fields:
- Host Name
- Specify the name to use for this host. If you do not specify a
name, the system assigns a default name.
- Type
- Select the type of host you are creating. The following values
are possible:
-
- I/O Groups
- Select the I/O groups to map to this host. By default, all I/O
groups are selected.
- Connection Type
- Select the type of connection that the host uses to attached to
the cluster. The following options are available:
- Fibre Channel
- Select this option if the host attaches to the cluster through
fibre channel connections. If you select this options, then specify
the following attributes for the fibre channel connection:
- Fibre Channel Port Mask
- Specify the port login mask for the host. For each login between
a host HBA port and node port, the node examines the port mask that
is associated with the host object to determines if access is allowed
or denied. If access is denied, the node responds to SCSI commands
as if the HBA port is unknown. Valid mask values range from 0000 (no
ports enabled) to 1111 (all ports enabled). For example, a mask of
0011 enables port 1 and port 2. The default value is 1111 (all ports
enabled). You can use a port mask to control the node target ports
that a host can access.
- Available Ports
- Select the worldwide port names (WWPNs) to assign to this host.
After you have clicked a WWPN, click Add.
- Selected Ports
- Use this field to deselect the WWPNs that you selected in the
Available Ports field. After you have clicked a WWPN, click Remove.
- Additional Ports
- Use this field to enter in the WWPNs for any additional ports.
- Do not validate WWPNs
- Select this option if you do not want to validate the selected
WWPNs.
- iSCSI
- Select this option if the host attaches to the cluster through
iSCSI connections. If you select this option, then specify the following
attributes for the iSCSI connection:
- iSCSI Initiator (IQN name, one per line)
- Enter the iSCSI qualified name for the host.
- CHAP Authentication Secret
- Enter the shared secret that is used to authenticate the SAN Volume Controller cluster
to the iSCSI-attached hosts.
Actions
The
following actions are available:
- OK
- Click this button to create a host.
- Cancel
- Click this button to exit the panel without creating a host.