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Manage initiators, Creating and deleting initiator groups – HP VMA-series Memory Arrays User Manual

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HP VMA SAN Gateway User’s Guide

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operating systems (for example, Windows) only discover LUN IDs between 0 and 254. This section
is automatically disabled when you create multiple LUNs at one time.

Select

Auto

to automatically assign an ID to the exported LUNs. This option is mandatory when

you export multiple LUNs at once.

8.

Click OK. Initiator and target information for the exported LUNs appears in the Exports panel

on the right side of the window.

Manage Initiators

In a HP VMA Memory environment, the hosts (such as database servers or application servers) that

access LUNs are called

initiators

and the SAN Gateways are referred to as

targets

. You can control

access to LUNs on an initiator-by-initiator basis, as well as by defining initiator groups (igroups).

Using the Web Interface, you can easily create initiator groups and assign a group to a host.

Note:

Check with your network administrator before adding initiator hosts in the Advanced panel to

verify the correct addresses for the hosts.

Creating and Deleting Initiator Groups

You can create and delete Initiator groups from the Manage > Manage Initiators page of the Web

Interface. A list of initiator groups is shown in the left panel, with a list of available sessions shown

in the right panel for the highlighted initiator group. You can define sessions that may not yet be

connected to the network using the Advanced panel

To create an initiator group, do the following:

1.

Select Manage > Manage Initiators. The Initiator Management page appears.

2.

Click Add igroup.

The New Initiator Group dialog appears.

3.

Enter a name in the New Initiator Group dialog and click OK. The new group appears in the

Initiator Group table.

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