(Optional) Creating a Port Group
A port group is a logical combination of physical ports. A storage system specifies ports to set up mappings between storage resources (LUNs) and servers. This operation enables you to create a port group and add it to a mapping view. Then, LUNs of a specified LUN group use the ports in the port group to communicate with the corresponding hosts in the host group in the mapping view. If no port group is added to a mapping view, available ports are randomly used.
Precautions
Do not add a member in a bond port to a port group.
Procedure
- Log in to DeviceManager.
- Choose
Provisioning >
Port > Port Groups.
- Click Create.
The Create Port Group dialog box is displayed.
- Set parameters of the port group.
Table 4-15 describes related parameters.
Table 4-15 Port group parametersParameter
Description
Setting
Name
Name of a port group.
- The name must be unique.
- The name can contain only letters, digits, periods (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
- The name must contain 1 to 31 characters.
[Example]
PortGroup001
Description
Description of a port group.
[Example]
-
- Select the ports you want to add to the port group from Available Ports and click
to add them to Selected Ports.
A port can be added to different port groups.
- Click OK.
The Execution Result dialog box is displayed, indicating that the operation succeeded.
- Click Close.
Provisioning > 
Port > Port Groups.
to add them to Selected Ports.