HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide

NOTE: When changing an existing host persona from 6 to 11, a host reboot is required tor the
change to take effect. This is an offline process. See “Configuring ESX/ESXi Multipathing for Round
Robin via SATP PSP” (page 42) for the detailed procedure, as the host persona change should
coincide with changing the SATP rules on the host as well.
For both host persona 6 and persona 11, see the appropriate chapters in this guide for iSCSI,
Fibre Channel, or FCoE setup considerations.
1. To display available host personas, issue the following command:
# showhost -listpersona
2. To create host definitions, issue the createhost command with the -persona option to
specify the persona and the host name.
For HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 or earlier:
# createhost -persona 6 ESXserver1 10000000C9724AB2 10000000C97244FE
For HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 or later:
# createhost -persona 11 ESXserver1 10000000C9724AB2 10000000C97244FE
3. To verify that the host has been created, issue the showhost command.
For HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 or earlier, using persona 6:
# showhost
Id Name Persona -WWN/iSCSI_Name- Port
0 ESXserver1 Generic-legacy 10000000C9724AB2 --- 10000000C97244FE ---
For HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 or later, using persona 11:
# showhost
Id Name Persona -WWN/iSCSI_Name- Port
0 ESXserver2 VMware 100000051EC33E00 --- 100000051EC33E01 ---
Use showhost -persona to show the persona name and Id relationship.
# showhost -persona
Id Name Persona_Id Persona_Name Persona_Caps
0 ESXserver1 6 Generic-legacy --
1 Esxserver2 11 VMware SubLun, ALUA
NOTE: If the persona is not correctly set, use the sethost -persona <host number>
<hostname> command to correct the issue, where host number is 6 (for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1
or earlier) or 11 (for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2) or later.
A reboot of the ESX host is required if host persona is changed to 11.
10 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel