6 Working with Host Explorer

The Host Explorer collects the following information and sends it to the Storage System:

ESX/ESX(i) host operating system and version.

Fibre Channel and iSCSI HBA details.

Multi-path driver and current multi-path configuration.

Device and path Information.

Use showhost –agent ,showhost –agent -d and showhost –pathsum on the HP 3PAR Storage System to get information sent by Host Explorer.

root@enodec1ce:S159# showhost -agent

 

 

 

 

 

Id Name

ReportedName

 

OS

 

Arch

OS_Ver OS_Patch

IP

Multipath MPVer ClusterSW ClusterVer ClusterID ClusterName

 

2

per805-02

per805-02.3pardata.com VMware ESX Server5.0 vmnix-x86 5.0.0

419341

 

10.112.0.104 --

--

--

5.0.0

--

PER-cluster

 

3

pe2950-10

pe2950-10.3pardata.com

VMware ESX Server4.0

vmnix-x86 4.0.0

208167

 

10.112.1.76

--

--

--

--

--

--

 

 

5

per805-05

per805-05.3pardata.com

VMware ESX Server5.0

vmnix-x86 5.0.0

419341

 

10.112.1.144 --

--

--

--

--

--

 

 

10

per805-01

per805-01.3pardata.com

VMware ESX Server5.0

vmnix-x86 5.0.0

419341

 

10.112.0.103 --

--

--

5.0.0

--

PER-cluster

 

16

pe2950-10-iscsi pe2950-10.3pardata.com VMware ESX Server4.0 vmnix-x86 4.0.0

208167

 

10.112.1.76

--

--

--

--

--

--

 

 

18

pe2970-23-iscsi pe2970-23.3pardata.com VMware ESX Server4.0 vmnix-x86 4.1.0

260247

 

10.112.4.213 --

--

--

--

--

--

 

 

21

pe2970-22

pe2970-22.3pardata.com

VMware ESX Server4.0

vmnix-x86 4.1.0

260247

 

10.112.4.211 --

--

--

4.1.0

--

ESX4-cluster

 

23

pe2970-24

pe2970-24.3pardata.com

VMware ESX Server4.0

vmnix-x86 4.1.0

260247

 

10.112.4.215 --

--

--

4.1.0

--

ESX4-cluster

 

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