HP QR516B manual # showhost -persona

2.To create host definitions, issue the createhost command with the -personaoption to specify the persona and the host name.

For HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 or earlier:

#createhost -persona 6 ESXserver1 10000000C9724AB2 10000000C97244FE

For HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2:

#createhost -persona 11 ESXserver1 10000000C9724AB2 10000000C97244FE

3.To verify that the host has been created, issue the showhost command. For HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 or earlier, using persona 6:

#showhost

Id	Name	Persona	-WWN/iSCSI_Name-	Port
0	ESXserver1	Generic-legacy	10000000C9724AB2	--- 10000000C97244FE ---

For HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2, using persona 11:

#showhost

Id	Name	Persona	-WWN/iSCSI_Name-	Port
0	ESXserver2	VMware	100000051EC33E00	--- 100000051EC33E01 ---

Use showhost -personato show the persona name and Id relationship.

#showhost -persona

Id Name		Persona_Id	Persona_Name	Persona_Caps
0	ESXserver1	6	Generic-legacy	--
1	Esxserver2	11	VMware	SubLun, ALUA

NOTE: If the persona is not correctly set, then use the sethost -persona <host number> <hostname> command to correct the issue, where host number is 6 (for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 or earlier) or 11 (for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2).

A reboot of the ESX host is required if host persona is changed to 11.

NOTE: See the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Reference or the HP 3PAR Management Console Users Guide for complete details on using the controlport, createhost, and showhost commands.

These documents are available on the HP BSC website:

http://www.hp.com/go/bsc

Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x

This section describes the steps that are required to connect the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to an ESX host over a Fibre Channel network and to create the host definitions when running HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x.

10 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel