Host Group

Overview

The list of the host groups is displayed.

A host group is a group of hosts (HBAs) that are allowed to access the volume (LUN group).

User Privileges

Availability of Executions in the Default Role

Default role Availability of executions
Monitor
Admin
StorageAdmin
AccountAdmin  
SecurityAdmin
Maintainer

Refer to User Roles and Policies for details on the policies and roles.

Display Contents

Host Group List

The registered host groups in the storage system are displayed.

Item Description

Name

The host group name is displayed.

Click this item to display the [Host Group Detailed Information] Screen.

Type

The interface type of the host registered in the host group is displayed.

FC

iSCSI

SAS

Status

Whether the host group is "Active" or "Inactive" in the host affinity setting is displayed.

  • Active

    The host group is used for the host affinity settings.

  • Inactive

    The host group is not used for the host affinity settings.

Host Response

The host response, which has been assigned to a host group, is displayed.

Default

Solaris MPxIO

HP-UX

AIX

AIX VxVM

VS850/SVC

BS2000

Host responses registered in the storage system

Number of Hosts

The number of hosts (1 to 8), which have been registered in the host group, is displayed.

[Host Group Detailed Information] Screen

The detailed host group information is displayed.

Host Group Information

Item Description

Name

The host group name is displayed.

Host Response

The host response, which has been assigned to a host group, is displayed.

Default

Solaris MPxIO

HP-UX

AIX

AIX VxVM

VS850/SVC

BS2000

Host responses registered in the storage system

Status

Whether the host group is "Active" or "Inactive" in the host affinity setting is displayed.

Number of Hosts

The number of hosts (1 to 8), which have been registered in the host group, is displayed.

The number of hosts, which have been registered in the corresponding host group, is displayed.

Item Description

Name

The host name is displayed.

WWN

When the host interface type is "FC", the WWN of the host is displayed.

iSCSI Name

When the host interface type is "iSCSI", the iSCSI name of the host is displayed.

SAS Address

When the host interface type is "SAS", the SAS address of the host is displayed.

Other Host Group

The other host group names to which the host belongs are displayed.

If the host belongs to only one host group, the field is blank.

Filter Setting

Function Description

Filter setting is a function used to display a list of only the host groups meeting all the specified conditions.

No filtering is set by default. The following table shows conditions that can be specified.

Item Description Setting values

Name

Input the name for the host group that is to be displayed.

Host groups matching or partially matching the entered name are displayed.

When not using the name for filtering, leave this item blank.

Blank

Host group name

Type

Select the interface type of the host group that is to be displayed.

All

FC

iSCSI

SAS

Status

Select the set state of the host affinity for the host group that is to be displayed.

All

Active

Inactive

Host Response

Select the name of the host response that is assigned to the host group that is to be displayed.

All

Default

Solaris MPxIO

HP-UX

AIX

AIX VxVM

VS850/SVC

BS2000

Host responses registered in the storage system