Adding external paths to a quorum disk

Virtual Storage Platform One Block Administrator User Guide for VSP One Block 20 Series

Version

A3-05-2x

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-23VSP1B001-04

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2026-04-06

To configure redundant paths to a quorum disk, add external paths to the quorum disk.

Ensure that an external volume is created, and that a quorum disk is configured.
Ensure that the two storage systems that make up the global-active device environment and the external storage system in which the quorum disk is configured are connected by physical paths.
To use iSCSI to connect with the external storage system, make sure that external iSCSI targets are already registered.
Identify the following items:
- The port to use for external connection: Port attributes must be set to Bidirectional
- The port information for the external storage system that is connected with a port for external connections:
  - When using Fibre Channel for the protocol you can specify WWN
  - When using iSCSI for the protocol you can specify iSCSI target name and IP address
You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role.

From the navigation tree, select Storage > External Volumes.
From the inventory of external volumes, select the checkboxes for the external volumes for which paths to add, and then click Add External Paths in the action bar.
Select the port for external connection, and then click Next.

An inventory of available external paths appears.
Select the external path to use, and then click Submit.
Click the volume name of the quorum disk to which you added an external path. On the volume details page, verify the external path you added.
If other external volumes are included in the same path group, external paths are also added to those volumes. To check information about volumes other than those for which you performed the task, refresh the list of external volumes.