The IBM® DS8000® provides
functions that are compatible with the Lenovo Storage V7000.
After you have defined at least one storage complex, storage
unit, and I/O port, you can define the Lenovo Storage V7000 as
a host and create host connections. If you have not defined all of
these required storage elements, use the IBM DS8000 Storage Manager or
the IBM DS command-line interface to
define these elements and return to this topic after they are configured.
This
task assumes that you have already launched the IBM DS8000 Storage Manager.
To configure the IBM DS8000,
complete the following steps.
- Click .
- Select Create new host connection from
the Task list.
The Create
Host System wizard begins.
- Complete the following steps on the Define
Host Ports panel.
- Enter a unique name of up to 12 characters for each
port in the Host Connection Nickname field.
The value is used to automatically assign nicknames for the
host ports as they are added to the Host WWPN table. This is a required
field.
- Select Fibre Channel Point-to-Point/Switched
(FcSf) for the port type.
- Select IBM SAN Volume Controller from
the Host Type list.
- In the Host WWPN field, enter
the 16-digit worldwide port name (WWPN) manually, or select the WWPN
from the list. Click Add.
- Click Next.
The
Map Host Ports to a Volume Group panel is displayed.
- Complete the following steps in the Map
Host Ports to a Volume Group panel.
- You can choose to either map the ports to an existing
volume group or create a new one.
- After completing that task, click Next.
The Define I/O Ports panel is displayed.
- Complete the following steps in the Define
I/O Ports panel.
- Select either Automatic (any valid I/O port) or Manual
selection of I/O ports to assign I/O ports.
- Click Next.
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 incorrect values.