The IBM®
DS6000™ provides
functions that are compatible with the Storwize® V3700.
Before you begin
After you have defined at least one storage complex, storage
unit, and I/O port, you can define the Storwize V3700 as
a host and create host connections. If you have not defined all of
these required storage elements, use the IBM
DS6000 Storage Manager or
the IBM
DS6000 command-line
interface (CLI) to define these elements and return to this topic
after they are configured.
This task assumes that you have already
launched the IBM
DS6000 Storage Manager.
Procedure
To configure the IBM
DS6000,
complete the following steps.
- Click .
- Select Create from the Select
Action list. The Create Host
System wizard is displayed.
- Complete the following steps to select a
host type.
- Select IBM SAN Volume Controller from
the Host Type list.
- Enter a unique name of up to 16 characters for each
port in the Nickname field. The
value that you enter in this field appears in other panels when you
select defined hosts. This is a required field.
- Optionally, enter a detailed description of up to 256
characters in the Description field.
- Click Next. The Define
host wizard panel is displayed.
- Complete the following steps in the Define
host panel.
- Enter the number of ports that you are defining for
the Storwize V3700 node
in the Quantity field.
Note: You
must add all of the Storwize V3700 node
ports.
- Select FC Switch fabric (P-P) from
the Attachment Port Type list.
- Click Add.
- Select Group ports to share a common set
of volumes.
- Click Next. The Define
host WWPN panel is displayed.
- Specify a WWPN for each Storwize V3700 node
port that you are configuring. After you have defined all Storwize V3700 node
port WWPNs, click Next.
- Complete the following steps in the Specify
storage units panel.
- Select all the available storage units that use the
ports that you defined in step 5.
- Click Add to move the selected
storage units to the Selected storage units field.
- Click Next. The Specify
storage units parameters panel is displayed.
- Complete the following steps in the Specify
storage units parameters panel.
- Select a host attachment identifier from the table.
- Click the following specific storage unit
I/O ports in the This host attachment can login
to field. The available ports are displayed
in the Available storage unit I/O ports table.
- Select each port in the Available storage
unit I/O ports table.
Note: The Type for
each port should be FcSf. If the listed type is not FcSf, click Configure
I/O Ports. The Configure I/O Ports panel
is displayed. Click the port that you want to configure and select Change
to FcSf from the Select Action list.
- Click Apply assignment.
- Click OK. The Verification panel
is displayed.
- Verify that the attributes and values that are displayed
in the table are correct.
- If the values are correct, click Finish.
- If the values are not correct, click Back to
return to the previous panels and change the values that are not correct.