Registering Hosts

Host registration is part of the Host Access feature. See About Host Access for details about this feature.

There are two ways to register a host: using the Create or Add button.

Create

Create allows you to create a host by manually entering the host information.

  1. From the web client, select Setup > Host Access > Host Registration.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Enter a user-defined host name for the host.
  4. Enter the host WWPN.
  5. Select the host type from the Select Type pull-down list.
  6. Click Apply.

    The host displays in the list of registered hosts on the Setup - Host Registration screen.
  7. Once you have finished adding hosts, you can proceed to Enabling Tape Drives for Host Access.

Add

Add allows you to select a host for registration from a list of unregistered hosts.

  1. From the web client, select Setup > Host Access > Host Registration.
  2. Click Add.

    The library displays a list of all currently unregistered hosts that are connected to tape drives or FC I/O blades in the library.
  3. Select a host and click Add (you can only add one host at a time).
  4. Under Add a Host, enter or modify the host name in the Name field and select the host type from the Select Type drop-down list.
  5. Click Apply.

    This registers the host. The page reloads so you are now viewing the Registered Hosts list on the Setup - Host Registration screen. The host you just added displays on the Registered Hosts list (and no longer displays on the Unregistered Hosts list).
  6. If you need to register more hosts from the Unregistered Hosts list, click Add again to see the list of unregistered hosts, and proceed from Step 4.
  7. Once you have finished adding hosts, you can enable tape drives for host access (see Enabling Tape Drives for Host Access).

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