If the physical line between HBA port of a connected server node and FC-CA port of storage is not automatically displayed in port extension mechanism (hub) connection environment, execute the editing of the connected physical line by the following procedure:
Embedding the port extension mechanism (hub) by the manual embedding function of this software.
Display port extension mechanism (hub) unit by the manual embedding function in this software.
Switch to the Main view, SAN view and select [File] - [Manual configuration window] from menu to display the Manual Configuration window.
Select [Operation] - [Create New Device] - [Hub Device] from menu or [Create New Device] - [Hub Device] from the pop-up menu.
Select "Others" in the dialog to fill in the product type.
Specify the following information in the dialog to fill in device information. The specified information is displayed as property information of this software.
Embedding information tag: Specify an arbitrary device name in the device name and select "4" as the number of ports.
Option tag: Fill in the product company name and the product name (optional) and don't fill anything in for the IP address. Hub is displayed by clicking the <OK> button.
Because a port extension mechanism (hub) physically includes two port units (hubs), each with four ports, re-execute the steps from b to create and display a total of two hubs (device names should be different). In the following example, two hubs are created:
Connecting the lines with the manual embedding function in this software.
Draw the physical lines between the created port extension mechanism (hub), HBA ports and FC-CA ports.
Display the device connected with the port extension mechanism (hub)
On the Manual Configuration window, select [Operation] - [View Device] - [Add] from menu or [View Device] - [Add] from the pop-up menu and choose server nodes and ETERNUS3000 model 50, GR710 devices which connected with the port extension mechanism (hub) from the "Availavle Devices" frame and then add them on the other side of the "Devices to Show" frame.
The added devices are displayed in the Manual Configuration window by clicking the <OK> button.
Select [Operation] - [Physical Line] - [Edit] from menu. It is not necessary to select, if the check mark is already displayed at [Edit]. The physical lines can be edited while the check mark is displayed at [Edit].
Select the port that is to be connected, drag and drop it to draw the physical line to the destination port.
The physical line connected to the destinotion port is displayed after drag and drop operation.
The physical connection between a port and other port can be created by selecting the source port and destination port, and selecting [Physical Line] - [Connect] from pop-up menu. The physical line created as described is between the port extension mechanism (hub) and the storage FC-CA port or the HBA port of the server node. If the port number of the port extension mechanism (hub) differs from the actual port number of the device, this is not a problem. The created physical line can be deleted and another physical line can be drawn. To delete the physical line, select it, right-click it, and select [Physical Line] - [Delete].
Create all the physical lines of ports that should be connected to the port extension mechanism (hub), then select [File] - [Exit] in the menu of the Manual Configuration window or select the <OK> button in the lower part to close the Manual Configuration window.
A dialog box "Do you want to update the administrative server with the latest information?" is displayed. Select the <OK> button.
The created physical lines and port extension mechanism (hub) are displayed by the click of the <OK> button.
The following figure shows the Side view of storage. The storage connection environment includes port extension mechanism (hub) devices (two manually embedded hub devices), an ETERNUS3000 model 50, and two server nodes. The physical lines of their connections were created and edited in the Manual Configuration window.
