Managing port security and settings

Ops Center Administrator User Guide
Version
11.0.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99ADM001-22

Before Ops Center Administrator can create a host storage domain (HSD) on a port, you might need to change the port security and settings like port attributes.

For example, port security must be enabled for Fibre or iSCSI ports. By default, security is disabled on supported storage systems. If port security is disabled, Ops Center Administrator does not select the port for host storage domain (HSD) creation.

If you select a Fibre or iSCSI port with security disabled, you are limited to the default host group. If you manually select the port with security disabled, Ops Center Administrator creates the host group.

  1. On the Ops Center Administrator dashboard, click the Storage Systems (Storage systems) icon to see the inventory of storage systems and capacity information.
  2. Click a storage system to see the configuration of pools, ports, volumes, and parity groups.
  3. Click Ports to see the configured storage ports for the storage system. The Ports window opens:
    Note: Ports with NVMe mode are displayed only for storage systems with firmware versions supporting NVMe over FC in Ops Center Administrator.

    Port inventory

  4. To modify ports, do one of the following:
    • Select one or more Fibre Channel ports, then click Edit Ports to open the Edit Fibre Port window where you can change the port settings.
    • Select an iSCSI port, then click Edit Ports to open the Edit iSCSI Port window where you can change security settings and IPv4 or IPv6 settings.
  5. For VSP G1x00, F1500 storage systems, you can update port attributes by selecting one of the following:
    • Target: Fibre target port
    • Initiator: MCU initiator port
    • RCU Target: RCU target port
    • External: External initiator port
  6. For VSP 5000 series storage systems, you can select either the Target attribute or the Bidirectional attribute in the Edit Fibre Port window.
    Note: The bidirectional port attribute includes all the port attributes (such as Target and External). Ports with this attribute are available on some storage system models.
  7. Click SCSI Mode or NVMe Mode to select the port operation mode.
  8. Click Enable Security or Disable Security, then click OK.

    A job starts to update the port security.

    To provision volumes in Ops Center Administrator, set the following:
    • For Fibre/Fibre with SCSI mode ports and iSCSI ports: Enable Security
    • For Fibre with NVMe mode ports: Disable Security

Modifying port attributes in Storage Navigator

You can open the Ports inventory window in Storage Navigator by clicking Open the Ports/Hosts Groups/iSCSI Targets window in Storage Navigator to view and modify port attributes.

For more information, see the Storage Navigator online help.

Note: Changes you make in Storage Navigator might not be reflected in Ops Center Administrator for a few minutes.

To view the Login WWN and iSCSI Name details, click in the upper right-hand corner of the window.