Configuring
Configure nodes, systems, users, disk controllers, and event logs. Use and define configuration rules for various components of your SAN: host bus adapters (HBAs), nodes, switches, disk controllers, and Fibre Channel or iSCSI connections.
SAN fabric function is available only if a Fibre Channel option is installed. Otherwise, this information does not apply.
- Configuration details
Storage area network (SAN) configurations that contain Storwize® V3700 nodes must be configured correctly. - Configuring licensed functions
The base license that is provided with your system includes the use of its basic functions. However, the following extra licenses can be purchased to expand the capabilities of your system. Administrators are responsible for purchasing extra licenses and configuring the systems within the license agreement, which includes configuring the settings of each licensed function on the system. - Checking your web browser settings for the management GUI
To access the management GUI, you must ensure that your web browser is supported and has the appropriate settings enabled. - User authentication configuration
You can configure authentication and authorization for users of the system. - Configuring security level options using the CLI
At times, you might need to configure or change the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) security level settings for a system either to resolve an error or to further restrict the range of protocols that can be used. - Configuring secure communications
To ensure that the certificate and public ID of the system are valid and secure, each system has a digital Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate. - Configuring event notification settings
You can configure the system notification settings using the command-line interface. To manage event notifications in the management GUI, select Settings. - Configuring the system for iSCSI hosts
You need to complete several tasks to configure the system to work with iSCSI-attached hosts. The tasks include general tasks on the host system before you configure a system. - Configuring host objects on a clustered system
You can configure Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), SAS, or iSCSI-attached hosts to a clustered system. - N_Port ID Virtualization configuration
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) is a method for virtualizing a physical Fibre Channel port that is used for host I/O. When NPIV is enabled, ports do not come up until they are ready to service I/O, which improves host behavior around node unpends. In addition, path failures due to an offline node are masked from host multipathing. - Configuring IP partnerships
There are specific configuration requirements to partner two systems over native IP links connected directly or via Ethernet switches. The topics provided here describe the configuration settings that are needed for IP partnerships. - Configuring Virtual Volumes
After you ensure that your environment meets the prerequisites for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes, you must first enable the function by using the management GUI or the command-line interface (CLI). You then configure and register the IBM® Spectrum Control Base Edition server as a storage provider in VMware vCenter. - Configuring storage systems to migrate data
To avoid performance issues, you must ensure that your SAN-attached storage systems and switches are correctly configured to work efficiently with Storwize V3700.