X LUN Provisioning for a New

Host
Hello Friends,

Today I am going to explain about LUN

Provisioning for a new host.

Introduction
Whenever a new server deployed in the Data
Center, the platform team either it
is Windows, Linux or Solaris team will
contact you for the free ports on the Switch
(For Example:- Cisco Switch) to connect with
the Storage.
We will login into the Switch with authorized
credentials via putty.
Once logged in we check the free ports details
by using the command.
Switch # sh interface brief
Note: As a storage admin, we have to know
the server HBAs details too. According to that

information we have to fetch the free ports

details on the two switches for redundancy.
Will update the free ports details to the
platform team, then platform team will contact
the Data center folks to lay the physical cable
connectivity between the new server to the
switches.
Note: The Storage ports are already
connected to the switches.
Once the cable connectivity completes the
platform team will inform us to do zoning.

Zoning:
Grouping of Host HBA WWPN and Storage
Front End Ports WWPN to speak each other.
All the commands should be run in
Configuration Mode.
SwitchName # config t (configuration
terminal)
SwitchName # zone name ABC vsan 2
SwitchName zone # member pwwn
50:06:01:60:08:60:37:fb

SwitchName zone # member pwwn

21:00:00:24:ff:0d:fc:fb
SwitchName zone # exist
SwitchName # zoneset name XYZ vsan 2
SwitchName zoneset # member ABC
SwitchName zoneset # exist
SwitchName # zoneset activate name XYZ
vsan 2
Once the zoning is completed, we have to
check the Initiators status by login into the
Unisphere.
The procedure is as follows below:
Go to the Host Tab and select the Initiators
tab.
Search for the Host for which you have done
the zoning activity
Verify the Host Name, IP Address and Host
HBA WWPN & WWNN No.s.

In the Initiators window check the Registered

and Logged In columns. If YES is there in
both the columns then your zoning activity is
correct and the Host is connected to the
Storage Box.
If YES is in one column and NO in another
column, then your zoning part is not correct.
Check the zoning steps, if it correct and the
issue is sustain then check the Host WWPN
&WWNN and cable connectivity.
Now we have to create a New Storage Group
for the New Host.
The procedure is as follows:
Go to Host Tab and select the Storage group
option.
Click on the Create option to create a new
storage group.
Name the storage group for your
identification and hit on OK button to complete
your task.
Before creating a LUN to a specified size we
have to check the prerequisite like:

Check the availability of free space in the

Storage Pool from where you are going to
create a LUN.
If free space is not available in that specific
storage pool, share the information to your
Reporting Manager or to your seniors.
Now will create a LUN with the specified size
Login to the VNX Unisphere.
Go to Storage Tab and select the LUN option.
Fill all the Columns like Storage Pool, LUN
Capacity, No. of LUNs to be created, Name
of the LUN and specific the LUN is THICK or
THIN.
And hit on OK button to complete the LUN
creation task.
Now we have to add the newly created LUN to
the newly created Storage Group (Masking).
In the LUN creation page, there is an option
known as ADD TO STORAGE GROUP at the
below of the page.
Click on it and a new page will open.
Two columns will be appeared in the page one
is Available Host and Connected Host.

Select the New Storage Group in the available

host column and click on the Right side arrow
and the host will appear in the connected host
column and then hot on OK button.
Inform the Platform team that the LUN has
been assigned to host taking a snapshot of the
page and also inform them to rescan the disks
from the platform level.
As mentioned above, these are the points to be
considered before provisioning a LUN to a
newly deployed server in the data center.