Creating host systems

Complete this task to create host systems and define their parameters.

1. In the navigation, select Real-time manager or Simulated manager > Manage hardware > Host systems. In Host Systems — Main Page, select a storage complex (and possibly a storage unit). From the Select Action menu, select Create.... Then click Go. The Create Host System — General host information page is displayed.
2. In the General host information page, specify the host type and nickname and optionally provide a description. Then click Next. If you specified an open systems host, the Create Host System — Define host ports page is displayed; go to the next step.
3. In the Define host ports page, you must specify the quantity and attachment port type and you must click Add to add at least one host port definition to the Defined host ports table. You can optionally check the Group ports to share a common set of volumes box, so the quantity of ports identified in the Quantity field becomes grouped together and treated as a single host attachment.
4. Select at least one host port from the Define host ports table, and then click Next. The Create Host System — Define Host WWPN page is displayed.
5. In the Define Host WWPN page, specify the host port WWPNs for open systems hosts. Then click Next. The Create Host Systems — Specify storage units page is displayed.
6. In the Select storage units page, select each storage unit you want to access from the server by selecting a it from the Available storage units list and clicking Add. Then click Next. If you select the Create a Storage Unit button (Simulated only), follow the process for creating the new storage unit. Once you have completed that process by clicking on the Finish button, the new storage unit is available for selection.
7. In the Create Host Systems — Specify storage unit parameters page, specify the parameter values. Select a host attachment ID. Select a volume group to which the host attachment needs access. (You can optionally choose Select volume group later if you do not want to select the volume group now.) Choose a login option to determine the FC adapter ports that the host can access. You can loop through this page for each host attachment identifier by selecting the Apply assignment button to commit the current transaction. You can start from the top to select another identifier. If you select an existing host attachment identifier from the table, you can click the Create a new group button to create a new volume group for selection. If you decide that this host attachment can log in to the following specific storage unit I/O ports, you must specify the specific ports in the available storage unit I/O ports table. When you are finished in the Specify storage unit parameters page, click Apply assignment, then click OK. The Create Host Systems — Verification page is displayed.
   Note: You must click Apply assignment with at least one host attachment to the storage image before you can proceed to the Create Host Systems — Verification page.
8. In the Verification page, review the attributes and values to verify that they are correct.
9. If the attributes and values are not correct, click Back as appropriate to return and to specify the correct values. Otherwise, click Finish to complete the host system creation process.