User`s guide

7 – Setting Up Connections

Connecting to Hosts

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7.1.3.2

Using a Host Group File to Connect to Hosts

Perform the following steps to connect to a group of hosts using a previously created

host group file:

1. Do one of the following:

❑ On the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager main window Host menu, click Open

Group.

❑ Right-click the HBA tree. From the pop-up menu, click Open Group.

❑ Press SHIFT+O.

2. The Open dialog box displays. Select the host group file (.hst) that contains

the hosts to which you want to connect. Click Open.

The hosts display in the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager main window HBA tree.

7.1.4

Connecting to Hosts Automatically when Starting the SANsurfer FC HBA

Manager GUI from the Command Line

NOTE: For information about starting SANsurfer FC HBA Manager without

automatically connecting to hosts, see section 6.1.

You can connect to specified hosts automatically when starting the SANsurfer FC

HBA Manager GUI from the command line. You can connect to a single host or a

group of hosts listed in a host group file.

NOTE: For information about creating a host group file, see section 7.1.3.1.

This section discusses connecting from the following systems:

■ Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 (see section 7.1.4.1)

■ Red Hat/SuSE Linux or Solaris SPARC (see section 7.1.4.2)