Managing Fc Hosts And Host Mapping; Enabling/Disabling Fc Host Mapping; Viewing Fc Host Information - Quantum Scalar i500 User Manual

• When you select a check box, the entire FC channel is zoned. This zoning affects any host
application that might be accessing the I/O blade. If both channel zoning and host mapping are
enabled, the channel zoning settings supersede any host LUN mapping on the I/O blade.
• After configuring channel zoning, save the library configuration. For instructions on how to save
the library configuration, see
This operation should not be performed concurrently by multiple administrative
Note
users logged in from different locations. You can access the appropriate
screens, but you cannot apply changes while another administrative user is
performing the same operation.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the web client, select Setup > I/O Blades > Channel Zoning.
• From the operator panel, select Setup > I/O Blades > Channel Zoning.

Managing FC Hosts and Host Mapping

An FC host is the main processing server on a storage area network (SAN) that receives data and initiates
communication with other devices. When FC I/O blades are installed in the library, administrative users can
access, add, modify, and delete FC hosts and also configure FC host mapping. Before you can perform any
of these FC host management operations, you need to enable host mapping, which is disabled by default.
On the operator panel, the host management screens (Setup > I/O Blades >
Note
Host Management) are not available unless FC host mapping is enabled.
If both channel zoning and host mapping are enabled, the channel zoning
Note
settings supersede any host LUN mapping on the I/O blade.

Enabling/Disabling FC Host Mapping

Administrative users can enable or disable the optional FC host mapping feature. This feature is disabled
by default. When host mapping is enabled, you can add, modify, and delete hosts as well as configure FC
host mapping.
This operation should not be performed concurrently by multiple administrative
Note
users logged in from different locations. You can access the appropriate
screens, but you cannot apply changes while another administrative user is
performing the same operation.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the web client select Setup > I/O Blades > Blade Control.
• From the operator panel, select Setup > I/O Blades > Blade Control.

Viewing FC Host Information

The following information is provided for FC hosts:
• Host Name — the host device name
• I/O Blade — the location of the FC I/O blade in the library
Scalar i500 User's Guide
About Saving and Restoring the Configuration on page 208.
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