Configuring the IBM DS8000

The IBM® DS8000® provides functions that are compatible with the SAN Volume Controller.

After you have defined at least one storage complex, storage unit, and I/O port, you can define the SAN Volume Controller as a host and create host connections. If you have not defined all of these required storage elements, use the IBM System Storage® DS8000 Storage Manager or the IBM System Storage DS® command-line interface to define these elements and return to this topic after they are configured.

This task assumes that you have already launched the IBM System Storage DS8000 Storage Manager.

Perform the following steps to configure the IBM DS8000:

Click Real-time manager > Manage hardware > Host systems.
Select Create from the Select Action list. The Create Host System wizard begins.
Perform the following steps to select a host type:
1. Select IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) from the Host Type list.
2. Enter a unique name of up to 16 characters for each port in the Nickname field. The value that you enter in this field is displayed in other panels when you select defined hosts. This is a required field.
3. Optionally, enter a detailed description of up to 256 characters in the Description field.
4. Click Next. The Define host wizard panel is displayed.
Perform the following steps in the Define host panel:
1. Enter the number of ports that you are defining for the SAN Volume Controller node in the Quantity field.
  Note: You must add all of the SAN Volume Controller node ports.
2. Select FC Switch fabric (P-P) from the Attachment Port Type list.
3. Click Add.
4. Select Group ports to share a common set of volumes.
5. Click Next. The Define host WWPN panel is displayed.
Specify a WWPN for each SAN Volume Controller node port that you are configuring. When you have defined all SAN Volume Controller node port WWPNs, click Next.
Perform the following steps in the Select storage images panel:
1. Select all the available storage units that use the ports that you defined in the previous step.
2. Click Add to move the selected storage units to the Select storage images field.
3. Click Next. The Specify storage image parameters panel is displayed
Perform the following steps in the Specify storage image parameters panel:
1. Select a host attachment identifier from the table.
2. Click the following specific storage image I/O ports in the This host attachment can login to field. The available ports are displayed in the Available storage unit I/O ports table.
3. Select each port in the Available storage unit I/O ports table.
  Note: The Type for each port should be FcSf. If the listed type is not FcSf, click Configure I/O Ports. The Configure I/O Ports panel is displayed. Click the port that you want to configure and select Change to FcSf from the Select Action list.
4. Click Apply assignment.
5. Click OK. The Verification panel is displayed.
Verify that the attributes and values that are displayed in the table are correct.
Click Finish if the values that are displayed in the table are correct. Otherwise, click Back to return to the previous panels and change the incorrect values.