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To Change Initiator Settings For Existing Host in Clariion

There are several initiator settings that can be changed for an existing host in a CLARiiON array, including failover mode, initiator type, and array communication path. These settings should only be changed when there is no I/O from the host to the array. Changing one setting may reset others to default values, so all settings should be verified after making any changes. The host must be rebooted after changing settings offline for the changes to take effect.

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To Change Initiator Settings For Existing Host in Clariion

There are several initiator settings that can be changed for an existing host in a CLARiiON array, including failover mode, initiator type, and array communication path. These settings should only be changed when there is no I/O from the host to the array. Changing one setting may reset others to default values, so all settings should be verified after making any changes. The host must be rebooted after changing settings offline for the changes to take effect.

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To Change Initiator settings for existing host in CLARiiON

To Change Initiator settings for an existing host in CLARiiON You might want to change the failover mode of the host or intiator type or any of the settings of host for providing a better failover option or improve performance or as part of best practice.Here is the process on how to change these settings. How to change: These settings can be changed from connectivity status->group edit option ->change the settings as required (Failovermode, Initiator Type, Arraycommpath) These can be changed only when there is no I/O from host to array as changes cannot be done when the host is online. Any changes to the settings done during production will result in access loss to data. In case you want to change the failover mode from 1 to 4, when you change failover mode to 4 all other settings will be changed to default settings and hence it is must to check and change all the settings The These as per the requirement settings be done when cannot when you change be host any one of them. online. offline. Points to Remember: Host must changed is

When you change the settings of host no I/O should be there from host to array. when any one of the settings are changed,rest all will be set to array default settings. You Initiator Arraycommpath Failovermode UnitSerialNumber Intitator Type Below are the Intiator types available and by default the Initiator type is set to Clariion Open. Clariion HP HP SGI Fujitsu Compaq/Tur64 Recover Arraycommpath This enables or disables a communication path from the server to array when LUN 0 is not configured on the array. Enabling arraycommpath from Navisphere instructs the array to present a LUNZ whenever a host LUN0 does not exist. If a host LUN0 is available to the server (LUN0 bound and no Access Logix or LUN0 in the Storage Group for the initiator), the status of arraycommpath does not matter. Point Appliance Siemens No Auto auto Open Trespass trespass must reboot the host after making the changes offline. Type What are all the Initiator settings available for Host in Clariion:

If this is enabled from navisphere, that means array will present LUNZ when host LUN0 does not exist. If a host LUN0 exists then status of arraycommpath can be either enabled or disabled. A LUNZ is a logical device that allows navisphere agent to pass commands to the array.The LUNZ devices are created based on the arraycommpath setting in Navisphere.If the arraycommpath is not set properly during initial configuration then the host will not be able to see the array/LUNs. Options Enabled Disabled Failovermode The type of failover can be set as per the requirement and host OS and existince of powerpath and many other factors, we have below failover modes avaialble. More in detail on failover modes can be found at available

http://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-12817 0 1 2 3 4 ALUA Mode UnitSerialNumber This reports the serial number on per LUN or per array basis to the host OS. Unit Serial Number should always be set to Array except for Solaris. The Solaris Unit Serial Number setting is dependent on the configuration. Array LUN Passive Always LUN Passive Based Not DMP Ready Trespass Ready Mode Mode Mode Mode

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