User`s guide

7 – Setting Up Connections
Viewing a Saved Host Configuration from a File
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7.9
Viewing a Saved Host Configuration from a File
When a host is offline, you can view a virtual image of its host configuration that
you saved to an external file in your working directory.
This section discusses:
■ Saving the host configuration to a file (see section 7.9.1)
■ Viewing the host configuration from a file (see section 7.9.2)
7.9.1
Saving the Host Configuration to a File
Perform the following steps to save a host configuration to a file:
1. Do one of the following:
❑ From the SANblade Manager main window, perform the following steps:
a. In the HBA tree, select the host (or adapter, device, or LUN connected
to the host).
b. Do one of the following:
❑ From the Host menu, select Save to File.
❑ Right-click the host (or adapter, device, or LUN connected to the host)
in the HBA tree. From the pop-up menu, select Save to File.
❑ Press CTRL+S.
❑ From the Fibre Channel Configuration dialog box File menu, select Save
Configuration to File.
2. When successful, the host configuration successfully saved to file message
displays. The message includes the path and file name (in the format
hostname_date_number.qlc).
NOTE: Write down the path and file name of the host configuration file.