Complete Fc To Fc/Iscsi Conversion - Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

Step 1. Install the HBA utility and determine initiator WWPNs.
Step 2. Zone the switches.
Zoning the switches enables the hosts to connect to the storage and limits the number of paths.
You zone the switches using the management interface of the switches.
Step 3. Update the host definitions in ThinkSystem System Manager.
Select Storage ➙ Hosts.
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b. Select the host to which the port will be associated, and click View/Edit Settings.
The Host Settings dialog box appears.
c. Click the Host Ports tab.
d. Click Add, and use the Add Host Port dialog box to associate a new host port identifier to the
host. The length of the host port identifier name is determined by the host interface
technology. FC host port identifier names must have 16 characters. iSCSI host port identifier
names have a maximum of 223 characters. The port must be unique. A port number that has
already been configured is not allowed.
e. Click Delete, and use the Delete Host Port dialog box to remove (unassociate) a host port
identifier. The Delete option does not physically remove the host port. This option removes the
association between the host port and the host. Unless you remove the host bus adapter or
the iSCSI initiator, the host port is still recognized by the controller.
f. Click Save to apply your changes to the host port identifier settings.
g. Repeat these steps to add and remove any additional host port identifiers.
Step 4. Reboot the host or perform a rescan so that the host properly discovers mapped storage.
Step 5. Remount volumes or start using block volume.

Complete FC to FC/iSCSI conversion

If you previously had all FC host ports and you converted some of them to iSCSI, you might need to modify
your existing configuration to support iSCSI.
You can use either of the following options to use the new iSCSI ports. The exact steps depend on your
current and planned network topologies.
Option 1 assumes that you want to attach new iSCSI hosts to the array. Option 2 assumes that you want to
convert the hosts connected to the converted ports from FC to iSCSI.
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