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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 storage systems
1. Next to Port, select a physical port.
2. Create a new host group or select an existing one:
To create a new host group:
a. Click Create a new host group. 
b. Enter a Host Group No (from 1 to 127).
c. Enter a host group Name (up to 32 characters).
d. Select Platform and Middleware settings from the drop-down lists 
(refer to the Navigator 2 online help).
To select an existing host group:
a. Click Use an existing host group. 
b. Select a host group from the Host Group drop-down list.
3. Click Next and go to Create & Map Volume wizard — connecting to a 
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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 drop-down lists 
(refer to the Navigator 2 online help).
To select an existing iSCSI target:
a. Click Use an existing iSCSI target. 
b. Select an iSCSI target from the iSCSI Target drop-down list.
3. Click Next and go to Create & Map Volume wizard — connecting to a 
host, below.
Create & Map Volume wizard — connecting to a host
If LUN Manager is enabled, the Connect to Hosts window lets you select the 
hosts to which the Hitachi storage system will be connected. If LUN Manager 
is not enabled, the wizard skips this window and goes to the first confirm 
window (see step 4 in the following procedure). The iSCSI target on the 
storage system will communicate with the iSCSI initiator on the host.
Figure 4-13:  Connect to Hosts Window
To map multiple hosts to volumes if the Connect to Hosts window 
appears
1. To allow multiple hosts to map to the selected volumes, click Allow 
multiple hosts. 
						

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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 until you return to the 
appropriate confirmation window. At the final Confirm window, click 
Confirm to commit your settings.
To create additional RAID groups, logical units, and host groups, click 
Create & Map More LU and repeat the wizard starting from the Search 
RAID Group window. Otherwise, click Finish to close the wizard and return 
to the Array Properties window.
This completes the first-time configuration wizards. If desired, you can run 
the remaining wizards described in this chapter to further configure your 
Hitachi storage system.
Running the Backup Volume wizard
Navigator 2 provides a Backup Volume wizard that lets you create a local 
backup of a volume. 
To run the Backup Volume wizard
1. In the Arrays window, click the name of a storage system under the 
Array Name column.
2. When the Common Array Tasks menu appears, click Backup 
Volume. An introduction page lists the tasks that can be completed by 
this wizard.
3. Click Next >.
4. At the Select Primary Volume window (see Figure 4-14), select the 
volume that will be copied 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 Finish window, click Finish. 
						

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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 Panel:
•File — contains commands for closing the Navigator 2 application or 
logging out. These commands are functionally equivalent to the Close 
and Logout buttons in the Button Panel, described on the next page.
•Go — lets you start the ACE tool, a utility for configuring older AMS 
1000 family systems.
•Help — displays the Navigator 2 online help and version information.
The Explorer Panel appears below the Menu Panel. The Explorer Panel 
displays the following commands, regardless of the window shown in the 
Page Panel.
•Resource — contains the Arrays command for displaying the Arrays 
window.
•Administration — contains commands for accessing users, 
permissions, and security settings. We recommend you use 
Administration > Security > Password > Edit Settings to change 
Menu Panel
Explorer 
PanelMenu 
PanelButton 
Panel
Page Panel
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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, described on the previous page.
• Buttons on the second row change, according to the window displayed 
in the Page Panel. In the example above, the buttons on the second 
row appear when the Arrays window appears in the Page Panel.
Page panel
The Page Panel is the large area below the Button Panel. When you click an 
item in the Explorer Panel or the Arrays Panel (described later in this 
chapter), the window associated with the item you clicked appears in the 
Page Panel.
Information can appear at the top of the Page Panel and buttons can appear 
at the bottom for performing tasks associated with the window in the Page 
Panel. When the Arrays window in the example above is shown, for 
example:
• Error monitoring information appears at the top of the Page Panel.
• Buttons at the bottom of the Page Panel let you reboot, show and 
configure, add, edit, remove, and filter Hitachi storage systems.
Performing Navigator 2 activities
To start performing Navigator activities, you click a Hitachi storage system 
on the Arrays window. When you click a storage system, an Arrays Panel 
appears between the Explorer Panel and Page Panel (see Figure 5-2 on 
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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 Groups. If you select either 
subcommand, the appropriate information appears in the Page Panel. 
Figure 5-3 shows an example of how the Arrays Panel and Page Panel look 
after clicking Logical Units in the Arrays Panel.
Arrays Panel