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The Host Explorer Software Agent, Hosts and Virtual Domains, Table 5 Host Personas
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Table 5 Host Personas (continued) Persona Number Persona Name 7 HPUX-Legacy 8 AIX-Legacy 9 Egenera 10 NetApp ONTAP 11 VMware Host Operating System HP-UX AIX Egenera, NetApp Data ONTAP Linux and Windows Additional Capabilities VolSetAddr NACA SoftInq SoftInq SubLun, ALUA NOTE: Only the Generic, Generic-ALUA, and Generic-Legacy personas are supported for iSCSI connections. The NetApp host operating system requires unique WWNs for hosts in an FC fabric. A host device must use either iSCSI or FC connections. Mixed ports are not supported on a single device. The Host Explorer Software Agent The HP 3PAR Host Explorer Software agent is a program that runs on a host connected to a system. The Host Explorer agent runs as a service on Windows and as a daemon on Linux and Solaris operating systems. No license is required to use the HP 3PAR Host Explorer agent. The Host Explorer agent communicates with the system over an FC or iSCSI connection and enables the host to send detailed host configuration information to the system. The information gathered from the Host Explorer agent is visible for uncreated hosts, and assists with host creation and diagnosing host connectivity issues. When a host is created on the system, unassigned WWNs or iSCSI names are presented to the system. Without the Host Explorer agents running on the attached hosts, the system is unable to determine which host the WWN or iSCSI names belongs to, and you must manually assign each WWN or iSCSI name to a host. With Host Explorer agents running, the system automatically groups WWNs or iSCSI names for the host together, assisting with creating the host. The Host Explorer agent collects the following information and sends it to the system: • Host operating system and version. • FC and iSCSI HBA details. • Multipath driver and current multipath configuration. • Cluster configuration information. You can install the Host Explorer agent from the HP 3PAR Host Explorer CD. For instructions on installing and using the Host Explorer agent, see the HP 3PAR Host Explorer User's Guide. For a list of supported host operating systems, go to the HP SPOCK website: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock To display the information returned by the Host Explorer agent to the system, issue the showhost -agent or showhost -agent -d command. Hosts and Virtual Domains NOTE: Virtual domains requires the use of the HP 3PAR Virtual Domain Software license. Contact your local HP representative for details. If you are using virtual domains, you can create and modify domain-specific FC or iSCSI hosts. In many instances, you follow the same process for creating and modifying hosts as you would for hosts that do not use domains. The Host Explorer Software Agent 73