Managing Storage Services; Adding An Initiator - Promise Technology VTRAK E610f Product Manual

Managing Storage Services

Storage services deal with initiators and LUN mapping for Fibre Channel models
and for Serial Attached SCSI models. LUN masking is the process of applying a
LUN Map so that each initiator can only access the LUNs specified for it.
Features include:
• Adding an Initiator (page 87)
• Deleting an Initiator (page 88)
• Viewing the LUN Map (page 88)
• Enabling LUN Masking (page 88)
• Adding a LUN Map (page 88)
• Editing a LUN Map (page 89)

Adding an Initiator

You must add an initiator to the VTrak's initiator list in order to use the initiator to
create a LUN
To add an initiator:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the Administrative Tools
3. Click the Storage Services
4. Click the Initiators tab in Management View.
5. From the Initiators tab dropdown menu, select Add Initiator.
6. Enter the initiator's name in the Initiator Name field.
• Fibre Channel – A Fibre Channel initiator name is the World Wide Port
Name of the device and is composed of a series of eight, two-digit
hexadecimal numbers.
• SAS – A SAS initiator name is the SAS address of the HBA card in the
Host PC. Obtain the initiator name from the initiator utility on your host
system.
Obtain the initiator name from the initiator utility on your host system.
Note that the initiator name you input must match exactly in order for the
connection to work.
7. Click the Submit button.
You can also add initiators from the Fibre Channel or SAS Initiators tab. See
"Viewing Fibre Channel Initiators" on page 82 and "Viewing SAS Initiators" on
page 85.
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