Implementing the Storwize V3500

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Host configuration

This chapter describes how to use the IBM Storwize V3500 GUI to create hosts, and how to prepare a host to access the volumes that are created. For more information about volume creation, see Chapter 5, “Basic volume configuration” on page 171.

This chapter includes the following topics:

•Host attachment overview

•Preparing the host operating system

•Creating hosts by using the GUI

4.1 Host attachment overview

A host system is an open-systems computer that is connected to the switch through a Fibre Channel or an iSCSI interface. ...

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