Setup Guide

52 Configuring Storage

Figure 5-17. iSCSI Initiator Window

Host Group configuration starts from the

Configure Host Access

(Manual) - Specify Host Group

screen. If provisioning storage as shared

storage for a XenServer pool, a host group must be defined so the

MD3000i storage subsystem has a configured iSCSI path to each of the

hosts.

Select

Yes: This host will share access to the same virtual disks with other

hosts

and determine which of the following two options applies to your

host group:

If a new host group is desired, select the radio button for that option

and enter a name for your host group using standard host naming

conventions. For example, no spaces.

Should you already have one or more host groups created, select the

radio button enabling selection from a drop-down list of existing host

groups. Use this option for configuring the second, third, etc. hosts in

a group. Once the host group is selected, previously configured hosts

for that host group are displayed. Note that these are shown as Linux

hosts even though they are configured as XenServer hosts.

Selecting

provides a confirmation screen in which the new server

being configured is shown and the other previously configured associated

hosts are named. For the first server configured in a new host group, no

associated hosts are listed under the

Associated host group.

See

Figure 5-18.