Hitachi Command Suite 8 User Guide

ItemRefresh HostsEdit HostsLegend:
• Y : Can be edited or refreshed • N : Cannot be edited or refreshed
Notes: 1. For virtualization servers, you can specify either IPv4 or IPv6.
2. You can specify either IPv4 or IPv6.
3. Clicking Refresh Hosts will discover new or updated WWNs/iSCSI names and their port types.
Deleted WWNs/iSCSI names require that you click Edit Hosts and delete the WWNs/iSCSI
names that need to be removed.
4. If you want to allocate volumes to a FCoE port, you need to manually add a...

Related concepts
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About changing host settings and information  on page 68
Changing settings for a host registered by using Device Manager agent
When the Device Manager agent is used, host information is periodically sentfrom the Device Manager agent. To update displayed host information, use
the Refresh Hosts button. Additionally, after changing settings on the Edit
Hosts dialog box, depending on which settings you changed, it may be
necessary to use Refresh Hosts to update host information.
To make...

The task is registered to Data Collection Tasks tab. If you changed
settings in the  Edit Hosts dialog box, after the task successfully
completes, refresh the hosts using  Refresh Hosts.
Result
The host list is updated.Note:  After you change a host name, both host names (before and after the
change) might display on the Resources tab. In this case, delete the host before making the change. When copy pairs are managed by the host where
Device Manager agent is installed, in addition to deleting the host,...

Tip: If you are removing a host that was registered using Device Manager
agent, uninstall the Device Manager agent from the host, then remove the host using HCS.Note:  If host information is synchronized between HCS and Compute
Systems Manager, the removal of hosts by HCS is not reflected in Compute
Systems Manager.
Related concepts
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About unallocating volumes  on page 213
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About managing storage resources that have virtual IDs  on page 440
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About deleting unallocated volumes  on page 145
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About...

When you unallocate the volumes that are used by the selected hosts
and clean up the volumes, select from the following:
• Delete associated host groups or iSCSI targets • Delete associated volumes
• Shred associated volumesNote:  Shred during off hours, such as overnight, so that the
shredding process does not adversely affect system performance. To
verify the standard required times for shredding, see the  Hitachi
Volume Shredder User Guide .
• Release LUSE volumes
• Delete virtual LDEV ID. This...

Note: A system drive is the basic (logical) storage element managed by the
Hitachi NAS Platform family, and is equivalent to a storage system volume. Where volumes and system drives do not need to be differentiated, they are
generically and collectively referred to as volumes.
When a file server is registered you can:
• Allocate and unallocate volumes • Examine file server information• Determine the usage status of storage resources from the file server point of view
From Device Manager, you can activate...

Related references
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Environment settings for Hitachi NAS Platform family  on page 77
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Workflow for providing NAS Platform file shares  on page 234
Environment settings for Hitachi NAS Platform family To manage the Hitachi NAS Platform using Device Manager, the managementserver must be in a system configuration in which communication with SMU
and Admin services EVS can be performed.
The following diagram illustrates the network relationships between the
public management network and its connectivity...

• Make sure that the version of SMU is the same or later as the firmwareversion of the file server (node).
• Make sure that the versions of the firmware for the file servers (nodes) in a cluster are all the same.
• If Device Manager is managing firmware version 10.2.3071 or later of Hitachi NAS Platform, register the following information for each cluster byusing the Device Manager GUI:
• IP address of Admin services EVS (Public management IP address 1 in the figure).
The IP address can be checked in the...

Procedure1. Register Device Manager information by using the file server
management software.
Device Manager users that are specified in the management software of
the file server must belong to the  PeerGroup as a user group.
2. Additionally, if the file server to be registered is Hitachi NAS Platform
v10.2.3071 or later, perform the following steps from Device Manager to
set the Admin services EVS information:
a. On the  Administration  tab, select Managed Resources .
b. On the  File Servers  tab,...

• If an IPv4 address is assigned to Admin services EVS: file-server-
name @IP-address-of-Admin-services-EVS .
• If an IPv4 address is not assigned to Admin services EVS:  file-server-
name .
4. On the file server side, change the file server settings on the target file
server.
5. If you are using System Management Unit (SMU) v10.2.3071 or later,
perform the following step:
a. In SMU, perform the operation to synchronize information between the
file server and Device Manager.Note:  If the file server name...