Managing Host Port Identifiers - Dell POWERVAULT MD3620I Owner's Manual

Managing Host Port Identifiers

You can manage the host port identifiers that are added to the storage array.
You can:
• Add—Add or associate a new host port identifier to a particular host.
• Edit—Change the host port identifier alias or user label. You can move
(associate) the host port identifier to a new host.
• Replace—Replace a particular host port identifier with another host port
identifier.
• Remove—Remove the association between a particular host port identifier
and the associated host.
To manage a host port identifier:
1 Perform one of these actions:
• Right-click the host in the Topology pane, and select Manage Host
Port Identifiers in the pop-up menu.
• From the menu bar, select Mappings Manage Host Port
Identifiers.
The Manage Host Port Identifiers dialog is displayed. You can choose to
manage the host port identifiers for a specific host or all of the host port
identifiers for all of the hosts in Show host port identifiers associated
with.
2 If you want to manage the host port identifiers for a specific host, select
the host from the list of hosts that are associated with the storage array. If
you want to manage the host port identifiers for all hosts, select All hosts
from the list of hosts that are associated with the storage array.
3 If you are adding a new host port identifier, go to step 4. If you are
managing an existing host port identifier, go to step 8.
4 Click Add.
The Add Host Port Identifier dialog is displayed.
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