Viewing hosts

Use the Viewing Hosts panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to display the hosts that belong to this cluster.

Introduction

To learn more about the attaching to hosts, select either Fibre Channel or iSCSI to launch a tutorial e-Learning module which provides an overview on attaching the SAN Volume Controller to fibre channel hosts or iSCSI hosts, respectively.

Attributes

The following attributes are displayed in the table:

Select
Allows you to select the host to use to perform an action from the task list.
Note: Only one row can be selected at a time.
Name
Displays the name of the host object. You can click on the link in this column to display detailed information about the host.
Port Count
Displays the number of ports (WWPNs and iSCSi names) that are associated with this host object.
I/O Group Count
Displays the number of I/O groups that are mapped to this host.
Port Mask
Displays the 4-character port login mask for the host. 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).

Actions

You can select one of the following tasks from the task list:
  • Create a Host
  • Modify a Host
  • Delete a Host
  • Add Ports
  • Delete Ports
  • Show the VDisks Mapped to this Host
Note: With the exception of the Create a Host task, you must first select a host before you can select a task.
Go
Click this button after selecting a task from the task list. Clicking Go launches the panel for the task that you selected.
Refresh
Click this button to refresh the table with changed values.
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