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62 Setting Up Your PowerVault NX3500 Solution
NOTE: Before running the NAS Manager Configuration Wizard, create two hosts
(one per controller) in the host group you created earlier. Enter the IQNs provided in
the configuration results into the Host Port Identifier field for each controller. See
"Define Two Hosts" on page 62. After defining hosts, proceed to the NAS Manager
Configuration Wizard.
Define Two Hosts
Define the hosts as follows:
1
From the PowerVault MDSM for the array you plan to use for your NAS
storage, perform one of the following actions:
• Select
Mappings
and then
Define
Host
.
• Select the
Setup
tab, and click
Manually Define Hosts
.
• Select the
Mappings
tab. Right-click the
Host Group
that you created
(See “Creating a Host Group” on page 51.) in the
Topology
pane, and
select
Define
Host
from the pop-up menu.
The
Specify Host Name
window is displayed.
2
In
Host name
, enter a host name (for example,
NX3500-Controller-0
).
NOTE: The host name should be alphanumeric characters with the only
special character "-".
3
Select
Add by creating a new host port identifier
. In the
New host port
identifier
field, enter the IQN from the configuration results of the
PowerVault NASCU and enter a user label
for the host port identifier and
click
Add
.
NOTE: The user label cannot be the same as the host name, it should be
based off the host name. For example: NX3500-Controller-0-IQN.
4
Click
Next
.
The
Specify Host Type
window is displayed.
5
In
Host
type, select
Linux
as the operating system for the host.
The
Host Group Question
window is displayed.
6
In this window, select
Yes
.
This host shares access to the same virtual disks with other hosts.
7
Click
Next
.