IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node 4939H49 User Manual
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4939H49
Chapter 6. Basic Volume and Host Configuration
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Figure 6-30 The Hosts menu - two additional hosts created
We have now finished creating the Fibre Channel attached host as well as the iSCSI attached
host. The newly created iSCSI host may show Status with the color red and Offline. This
indicates that no traffic has yet travelled over the connection. To make it green and online you
have to connect to the iSCSI attached host and from there discover the IBM Flex System
V7000 Storage Node portal.
host. The newly created iSCSI host may show Status with the color red and Offline. This
indicates that no traffic has yet travelled over the connection. To make it green and online you
have to connect to the iSCSI attached host and from there discover the IBM Flex System
V7000 Storage Node portal.
A single host can contain both FC-ports as well as iSCSI ports, but in our example we created
two different hosts in the host section of IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node GUI
representing the same physical server.
two different hosts in the host section of IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node GUI
representing the same physical server.
6.3 Mapping a volume to the host
In this section we describe how to map a volume to a host. The map to host wizard either
comes after the volume create wizard or happens during.
comes after the volume create wizard or happens during.
6.3.1 Mapping newly created volumes to the host using the wizard
In section 6.1, “Storage provisioning from IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node” on
page 242, we created the various type of volumes available on IBM Flex System V7000
Storage Node. The volume creation wizard gives the option to Create or Create and Map to
Host.
page 242, we created the various type of volumes available on IBM Flex System V7000
Storage Node. The volume creation wizard gives the option to Create or Create and Map to
Host.
Note: The iSCSI host will not show online ports before the connection has been
discovered from the host which makes the connection active.
discovered from the host which makes the connection active.