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Storage port mapping configuration

Storage port mapping configuration
The Management application enables you to see multiple ports on your storage devices in a SAN. It
also displays the relationship between multiple ports and represents them as attached to a storage
array (device) in the Device Tree, Topology, and Fabric views. Occasionally, there are cases where
the Management application cannot see the relationship between ports attached to the same
storage device. Therefore, the Management application allows you to manually associate the
connections that the system is unable to make.
The Management application allows you to create and assign properties to a Storage Device during
the mapping process using the Storage Port Mapping dialog box. Once a Storage Device has
multiple ports assigned to it you cannot change the device type.
NOTE
When you open the Storage Port Mapping dialog box, Discovery is automatically turned off. When
you close the Storage Port Mapping dialog box, Discovery automatically restarts.
During Discovery, if a previously mapped Storage Port is found to have a relationship with a port
just discovered, the Management application automatically reassigns the Storage Port to the
proper mapping. The two Ports are grouped together. This grouping is visually represented as a
Storage Device. This Storage Device contains Node information from the discovered port and
populates default information where available.
The Management application allows you to change the Device Type of a discovered device. Isolated
Storage Ports are represented as Storage Devices. Using the Storage Port Mapping dialog you
cannot change the device type to an HBA, JBOD, and so on. However, once a device has been
identified as type Storage with ports assigned, you can no longer change its type.

Creating a storage array

To create a storage array, complete the following steps.
1. Open the Storage Port Mapping dialog box by performing one of the following actions:
2. Click New Storage.
3. Rename the new storage array and press Enter.
4. Add storage ports to the new storage array.
5. Click OK to save your work and close the Storage Port Mapping dialog box.
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Select a storage port icon in the topology view, then select Discover > Storage Port
Mapping.
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Right-click any storage port icon in the topology view and select Storage Port Mapping.
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Right-click any storage port in the Device Tree and select Storage Port Mapping.
The Storage Port Mapping dialog box displays.
A new storage array displays in the Storage Array list in edit mode.
NOTE
You must add at least one storage ports to the new storage array to save the new array in the
system.
For step-by-step instructions about adding ports to an array, refer to
storage array" on page 225.
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