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Create & Map Volume wizard — defining host groups or iSCSI targets
Using the next window in the Create & Map Volume wizard, you can select:
• A physical port for a Fibre Channel host group or iSCSI target.
• Host groups for storage systems with Fibre Channel ports.
• iSCSI targets for storage systems with iSCSI ports.
Figure 4-12:  Create or Select Host Group/iSCSI Target Window
To create or select a host group for Fibre Channel...

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To create a new iSCSI target or select an existing one for iSCSI 
storage systems
1. Next to Port, select a port to map to from the available ports options.
2. Create a new iSCSI target or select an existing one:
To create a new iSCSI target:
a. Click Create a new iSCSI target. 
b. Enter an iSCSI Target No (from 1 to 127).
c. Enter an iSCSI target Name (up to 32 characters).
d. Select Platform and Middleware settings from the...

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2. Check all of the hosts you want to connect to the Hitachi storage system. 
3. When you finish, click Next.
Create & Map Volume wizard — confirming your settings
Use the remaining windows to confirm your settings. As you confirm your 
settings, record them in Appendix C, Recording Navigator 2 Settings for 
future reference. To change a setting, click Back until you reach the desired 
window, change the setting, and click Next...

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Figure 4-14:  Select Primary Volume Window
5. At the Prepare Secondary Volume window (see Figure 4-15 on page 4-
20), set up the volume to which the data will be copied and click Next.
Figure 4-15:  Select Secondary Volume Window
6. At the Set Pair Parameters window, define the settings for the volume 
pair and click Next. 

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Figure 4-16:  Set Pair Parameters Window
7. Use the Confirm window to confirm your settings. As you confirm your 
settings, record them in Appendix C, Recording Navigator 2 Settings for 
future reference. To change a setting, click Back until you reach the 
desired window, change the setting, and click Next until you return to 
the Confirm window. After confirming your settings, click Confirm to 
commit your settings.
8. At the...

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Quick Tour5–1
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5
Quick Tour
Navigator 2 provides an intuitive user interface for configuring 
and managing Hitachi storage systems. This chapter provides a 
quick tour of the Navigator 2 interface and then summarizes the 
configuration and management activities you can perform using 
Navigator 2.
The topics covered in this chapter are:
ˆUnderstanding the Navigator 2 interface
ˆPerforming Navigator 2 activities
ˆDescription of Navigator 2 activities 

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Understanding the Navigator 2 interface
Figure 5-1 shows the Navigator 2 interface with the Arrays window 
displayed. This window appears when you log in to Navigator 2. It also 
appears when you click Arrays in the Explorer panel.
Figure 5-1:  Navigator 2 Interface
The Menu Panel appears on the left side of the Navigator 2 user interface. 
The Menu Panel always contains the following menus, regardless of the 
window displayed in the Page...

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the default password after you log in for the first time. See Changing 
the default system password on page 6-6.
•Settings — lets you access user profile settings.
Button panel
The Button Panel appears on the right side of the Navigator 2 interface and 
contains two rows of buttons:
• Buttons on the top row let you close or log out of Navigator 2. These 
buttons are functionally equivalent to the Close and Logout 
commands in the File menu,...

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the storage system you selected to be managed from the Arrays window. If 
you click the type and serial number, common storage system tasks appear 
in the Page Panel.
Figure 5-2:  Arrays Panel
If you click a command in the Arrays Panel, the Page Panel shows the 
corresponding page or the Arrays Panel reveals a list of subcommands for 
you to click. In Figure 5-2, for example, clicking Groups reveals two 
subcommands, Logical Groups and Host...