Galaxy Metal Gear 65 Creating Nicknames for Host WWNs, To create or change nicknames for WWNs

Managing Arrays & Partitions

Note A host’s WWN is placed at the top of the known hosts list whenever the host performs a device discovery or bus scanning type of operation.

3Press Esc to return to the previous menu.

C.3.8.2 Creating Nicknames for Host WWNs

You can give the hosts on your SAN nicknames that you can easily recognize to make InfoShield easier to manage. For example, you can use the computer name that has already been assigned to each host.

You can determine which WWN is for which host by starting one host at a time or scanning for devices from a host, and then viewing the WWN list. The host that scanned for devices most recently is first on the list.

You can name up to 63 hosts, but you can only view the last 16 hosts that started or that you named. The list of 16 changes as you name hosts or as hosts restart. The nicknames are stored on the SMs, so if you change SMs, you have to rename the hosts.

To create or change nicknames for WWNs:

1From the System Menu, select Configuration Menu and press Enter. The Configuration Menu displays.

2Select General InfoShield and press Enter. The General InfoShield screen displays.

3Select Add or Name Host and press Enter.

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