NEC Storage M100 Series - Collecting Host Information from Application Servers; Figure 7-1: Configuration - Auto-Collection of Host Information

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User Guide Chapter 7 Initializing a Disk Array (SAS)
7.2 Collecting Host Information From Application Servers
If the OS used on the application servers is Windows, it is unnecessary to perform the procedure
described in this section. In this case, create a host manually, and then assign the port connected to
the disk array to the host by referring to Section 7.3.5: Collecting Host Information.
The host information is collected from the application server. When there is any Linux (RHEL5 or later
or SLES10 or later) application server and the servers used in the system are all new (servers that
have not begun operating), host information can be collected through the disk array.
To collect host information when the disk array is installed in a system that has already begun
operating or there is any application server on a different operating system, see Section "Collecting
Host Information by Using File Output" on page 376 for a Linux environment.
1. Configurations where host information can be collected automatically or through a disk
array
When the OS of new servers to be connected by SAS cables is Linux (RHEL5 or later or SLES10 or
later) and a disk array is newly installed, host information can be collected through the disk array.
For details about the setting, see Section 7.3.5: “Collecting Host Information”.
To collect host information without connecting SAS cables in one of the configurations above, see
Section E.2.1: “Collecting Host Information by Using File Output” for a Linux environment.
Figure 7-1: Configuration - Auto-Collection of Host Information