This section describes the steps that you need to take in the DS
Storage Manager to define the topology of a DS6000™ I/O
port.
Notes: - The following steps assume that you have installed the DS Storage Manager
and have defined, either using the Real-time manager or the Simulated manager,
at least one storage complex and
storage unit.
- Once you use the following steps to define DS6000 I/O
ports, you must configure one or more host I/O ports before you can attach
your host. See the instructions in Host I/O port configuration through the DS Storage Manager for steps configuring host I/O ports.
Follow these steps to define an I/O port:
- From DS Storage Manager navigation, select the Real-time manager or Simulated
manager.
- From the navigation, select .
- Select the storage unit with
the port that you want to define.
- Select Configure I/O Ports from the Select Action drop-down
menu and select Go.
- From the Configure I/O ports panel, select one or more ports to
configure with the same topology.
- Choose a port topology from the Select Action drop-down
menu. The following list defines the available topologies:
- FcSf – Fibre Channel Switched Fabric
- FcAl – Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
- FICON – Fibre Channel Connection
- Select Go to change the topology
of every selected port.
- You receive a warning message reminding you that changing the configuration
of a port could cause any hosts that are attached to that port to lose connection
with the storage unit. Select OK to change the configuration of the
port or select Cancel to cancel the request to change the configuration.