HP 3PAR StoreServ Concepts Guide: HP 3PAR OS 3.1.3

Table 3 Host Personas (continued)
Additional CapabilitiesHost Operating SystemPersona NamePersona Number
NACAAIXAIX-Legacy8
SoftInqEgenera, NetAppEgenera9
SoftInqData ONTAPNetApp ONTAP10
SubLun, ALUALinux and WindowsVMware11
UARepLun, RTPG, SESLun,
LunoSCC
OpenVMSOpenVMS12
UARepLun, VolSetAddr,
SESLun, ALUA, LunoSCC
HP-UXHPUX13
UARepLun, SESLun, ALUA,
WSC
WindowsWindowsServer15
NOTE: Only the Generic, Generic-ALUA, and Generic-Legacy personas are supported for iSCSI
connections.
The NetApp host operating system requires unique WWNs for hosts in an FC fabric.
A host device must use either iSCSI, FC, or FCoE connections. Mixed ports are not supported on
a single device.
Legacy Host Personas
A legacy host persona is a host persona that simulates the behavior of a port persona. Prior to the
HP 3PAR OS 2.3.1 release, port personas were used on system ports. Port personas are no longer
supported. Use the HP 3PAR CLI commands or the HP 3PAR Management Console to convert your
legacy host personas to new host personas. See the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface
Administrator’s Manual or the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help for instructions on
converting your legacy host personas.
The Host Explorer Software Agent
The HP 3PAR Host Explorer Software agent is a program that runs on a host that is connected to
an HP storage system. The Host Explorer agent runs as a service on Windows and as a daemon
on Linux and Solaris operating systems. No license is required to use the Host Explorer agent.
The Host Explorer agent communicates with the system over an FC or iSCSI connection and enables
the host to send detailed host configuration information to the system. The information gathered
from the Host Explorer agent is visible for uncreated hosts and assists with host creation and
diagnosing host connectivity issues.
When a host is created on the system, unassigned WWNs or iSCSI names are presented to the
system. Without the Host Explorer agent running on the attached hosts, the system is unable to
determine to which host the WWN or iSCSI name belongs, and you must manually assign each
WWN or iSCSI name to a host. With Host Explorer agents running, the system automatically
groups WWNs or iSCSI names for the host, to assist with creating the host.
The Host Explorer agent collects the following information and sends it to the system:
• Host operating system and version
• FC and iSCSI HBA details
• Multipath driver and current multipath configuration
• Cluster configuration information
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