Overview:

Assumptions
  1. MDS Zoning Configuration has been completed.
  2. Operating Systems
    1. ESXi OS has been installed onto the host and added into vSphere
    2. Windows 2016 with Emulex Fibre Channel have been configured
    3. Linux image is configured
  3. The 3PAR StoreServ application has been installed on a server that is accessible via HTTPS from the administrator’s  workstation, and this application has already been setup to control the SANs at the Florida remote site.
Initial Overview

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Click on 3PAR StoreServ > Systems > select FL-3PAR01 > click on the drop down arrow next to Overview > select Map

1. Creating Host Sets

Click on 3PAR StoreServ > Show All > Host Sets

Click on Create Host Set

Input Name & System values > click on Add hosts

Hold down the shift button to select multiple hosts > click Add when done

2. Creating Virtual Volumes

Click 3PAR StoreServ > Virtual Volumes

Fill out the values for Name & System > click Add at the Export section

Select the targeted hosts to export this volume toward > click Add when done

3. Adding Hosts onto Host Set

Click on 3PAR StoreServ > Hosts

Click on Create Host

Fill out the Name, System, Host OS & Host set fields > click ‘Add FC‘ when ready

At the pop-up screen, hold down the shift key and select the two nodes that are associated with the new ESXi host > click Add

Click Create to initiate the Host creation process

Observe progress

Look for completion

4. Verifying LUN Accessibility
a. ESXi Host

Access vSphere > navigate to the newly added ESXi host > right-click on it > click on Storage > select Rescan Storage

Click OK

Navigate to the FL-ESX007 host > click on the Configure tab > Storage Adapters > select vmhba64 & vmhba65 > verify that the LUNs statuses are Active

If this were to occur after a storage re-scan operation, we may assume that there’s a mis-configuration somewhere. In which case, going back the drawing board to investigate the problem will include checking the 3PAR settings and/or Cisco MDS configs.

b.  Windows Host

Run OneCommand Manager to view Target Mapping

c. Linux

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