User`s guide

Chapter 1. Implementing Fibre Channel host adapter cards 69
1.11.13 Verifying the configuration
The following tells you how to determine whether or not your Windows 2000 host
system is configured for storage.
1. From the Windows 2000 desktop, right-click Start.
2. Partition new Fibre Channel drives with Microsoft Disk Administrator. See
your Windows 2000 documentation for more instructions.
3. Click Explore and verify that you can see the Fibre Channel drives.
4. Select a large file (for example, a 9 MB file), and copy it to a Fibre Channel
drive.
1.11.14 Verifying networking
The following tells you how to determine whether or not your Windows 2000 host
system is configured for networking:
1. From the Windows 2000 desktop, click Start Programs Command Prompt.
2. From the command line, ping a known TCP/IP address.
1.12 Locating the worldwide port name
This topic tells you how to locate the WWPN value for a host system Fibre
Channel adapter for the following operating systems:
򐂰 AS/400 iSeries
򐂰 NUMA-Q and xSeries
򐂰 RS/6000 and pSeries
򐂰 Compaq
򐂰 Hewlett Packard 9000
򐂰 Novell NetWare
򐂰 Sun
򐂰 Windows NT
򐂰 Windows 2000
1.12.1 Fibre Channel port name identification
The WWPN consists of exactly 16 hexadecimal characters (0-9 and A-F). It is
used by the ESS to uniquely identify the Fibre Channel adapter card that is
installed in your host system. The ESS automatically finds the WWPN for your
host Fibre Channel adapter when you attach your host system to the ESS.