User`s guide

7 – Setting Up Connections
Configuring LUNs for a Device
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❑ View information (see section 7.4):
❑ Adapter information (see section 7.4.1)
❑ Device information (see section 7.4.2)
❑ Path information (see section 7.4.3)
❑ Get help. From the Help menu, click Browse Contents. The help text for
the LUN Configuration dialog box displays.
3. Do one of the following:
❑ Click OK to save the changes until you exit the Fibre Channel
Configuration dialog box, where you determine what happens to all the
configuration changes (see section 7.2, step 3).
If SANblade Manager detects an invalid LUN configuration during an attempt
to save the configuration, the invalid configuration—automatically configure
invalid LUNs message displays. Do one of the following:
❑ Click Yes if you want the software to auto configure the invalid LUNs with
the default paths. The configured invalid LUNs with defaults confirmation
message displays. Click OK.
❑ Click No if you do not want to auto configure the invalid LUNs. The
configuration changes you made are not saved. You can change the
configuration manually and then save the changes.
❑ Click Cancel to not apply the changes.
7.3.1
Auto Configuring All LUN Paths on this Device
The auto configure option configures all LUN paths for the selected device to their
default values. The default path for each LUN is the first available path as preferred.
From the LUN Configuration dialog box Tools menu, select Auto Configure to
configure the LUN paths on this device to their default values.
7.3.2
Configure LUN Path Failover for this Device
You can configure LUN path failover—set paths as preferred or alternate, and,
optionally, current. Use the following options as appropriate:
■ Auto configuring all LUN paths (see section 7.3.2.1)
■ Load balancing LUN paths (see section 7.3.2.2)
■ Configuring LUN paths to the default values (see section 7.3.2.3)
■ Setting individual LUN paths (see section 7.3.2.4)