Introduction

INFINIDAT recommends using Host PowerTools in order to connect hosts to InfiniBox. Nevertheless, if for any reason it is not possible to use Host PowerTools, use the following instructions to connect your host to InfiniBox.

Zoning

Follow these guidelines:

• 3670211 Best practices for fiber channel host connectivity

Host readiness

Follow these guidelines:

• 22153344 List of items being checked by Host PowerTools

Provisioning

Provisioning storage resources is done from InfiniBox (using either of the following : GUI, InfiniShell, API, InfiniSDK). Provisioning tasks are documented here: 

• Accessing InfiniBox
  • Accessing the InfiniBox GUI
  • Accessing the InfiniShell Console
  • More access options:
    • Using the InfiniBox API
    • Using the InfiniSDK
• Creating a host on InfiniBox
  • Creating a host
  • Viewing the host connectivity
• Provisioning volumes
  • Creating a pool 
    • Relevant only if a pool was not created by the storage admin
  • Creating a volume
• LUN masking
  
  • Mapping a volume to a host or a cluster

Create and mount a filesystem

OS admin tasks:

• Discovering the storage device
• Creating a filesystem on the discovered device
• Mounting the filesystem 

Disconnecting a host from InfiniBox