HP 3PAR Apple OS X Implementation Guide

2. If the port has not been configured, take the port offline before configuring it for connection
to a host. To take the port offline, issue the HP 3PAR OS CLI command controlport
offline <node:slot:port>:
# controlport offline 1:5:1
3. To configure the port to the host, issue controlport config host -ct point
<node:slot:port>, where -ct point indicates that the connection type specified is a
fabric connection. For example:
# controlport config host -ct point 1:5:1
4. Reset the port by issuing the controlport rst <node:slot:port> command.
# controlport rst 1:5:1
Creating the Host Definition
Before connecting the Apple OS X host to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, create a host definition
that specifies a valid host persona for each HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage that is going to be connected
to a host HBA port through either a fabric or direct connection. For example:
Use the createhost [options] <hostname> [<wwn>...] command to create host
definitions:
# createhost -persona 2 OSXhost 1122334455667788 1122334455667799
HP recommends using host persona 2 for hosts running Apple OS X.
NOTE: See the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Reference or the HP 3PAR Management Console
Help for complete details on using the controlport, createhost, and showhost commands.
These documents are available on the HP SC website:
HP Support Center
Connecting the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to the Host
During this stage, connect the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to the host directly or to the fabric. This
set of tasks includes physically cabling the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to the host or fabric.
Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric
Fabric zoning controls which Fibre Channel end-devices have access to each other on the fabric.
Zoning also isolates the host and HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage ports from Registered State Change
Notifications (RSCNs) that are irrelevant to these ports.
You can set up fabric zoning by associating the device World Wide Names (WWNs) or the switch
ports with specified zones in the fabric. Although you can use either the WWN method or the port
zoning method with the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, the WWN zoning method is recommended
because the zone survives the changes of switch ports when cables are moved around on a fabric.
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