IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide

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Host configuration

This chapter describes how to configure hosts to access the volumes that are created on IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node.

12.1 Host configuration overview

In this section, we provide an overview of connectivity between servers (hosts) and storage with the primary focus on how to configure the hosts.

A host system, as defined here, is an open-systems computer that is connected to storage through LAN or SAN switches, using either Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI or FCoE protocols. In an IBM Flex System, a host is also called a compute ...

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