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Managing host port identifiers – Dell PowerVault MD3220 User Manual

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Configuration: About Your Host

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Managing Host Port Identifiers

You can manage the host port identifiers that are added to the storage array.

You can:

• Add—Add or associate a new host port identifier to a particular host.
• Edit—Change the host port identifier alias or user label. You can move

(associate) the host port identifier to a new host.

• Replace—Replace a particular host port identifier with another host port

identifier.

• Remove—Remove the association between a particular host port identifier

and the associated host.

To manage a host port identifier:

1 Perform one of these actions:

• Right-click the host in the

Topology pane, and select Manage Host

Port Identifiers in the pop-up menu.

• From the menu bar, select

Mappings Manage Host Port

Identifiers.

The

Manage Host Port Identifiers dialog is displayed. You can choose to

manage the host port identifiers for a specific host or all of the host port

identifiers for all of the hosts in

Show host port identifiers associated

with.

2 If you want to manage the host port identifiers for a specific host, select

the host from the list of hosts that are associated with the storage array. If

you want to manage the host port identifiers for all hosts, select

All hosts

from the list of hosts that are associated with the storage array.

3 If you are adding a new host port identifier, go to step 4. If you are

managing an existing host port identifier, go to step 8.

4 Click Add.

The Add Host Port Identifier dialog is displayed.

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