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Dell Lasso Version 4.7.3 User's Guide

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Your Hardware Environment: Hosts

In this page, select the type of host operating system in your SAN environment, enter the details, and click Continue.

Hosts in your environment

Clicking the validation status image image next to the host provides the validation status. If validation is successful, validation successful image image is displayed. Else, validation failed image image is displayed.

To edit the selected host operating system, click Edit available next to the host. Update the required fields and click Update Host to save the updates. Else, click Cancel.

To delete a host operating system, click Delete available next to the host.

To verify the hosts attached to storage arrays from the existing user configuration, select the hosts and click Revalidate Selected Hosts.

  • NOTE: To display Celerra and CLARiiON in the Type of Storage Array, you need to download the EMC Plugin using the Add-ons option on the Welcome to Lasso screen.

Add/Modify Host information

To add or modify host information, select the type of host operating system from the drop down list and enter the data in the required fields. Click Save New Host to save, display the information in the Hosts in your environment section, and start validation of the host. Else, click Cancel.

Table 1. Add/Modify Host information. Add/Modify Host information
FieldDescription
Type of Host OSSelect from the following Type of Host OS:
  • AIX
  • HP-UX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • VMware
  • Windows
  • Oracle VM Server
IP/hostnameEnter the IP address or the host name for the selected type of host operating system.
UsernameEnter the user name.
PasswordEnter the password.
Root PasswordEnter the root password.
Type of Storage ArraySelect from the following type of Storage Array(s):
  • Celerra
  • CLARiiON
  • EqualLogic
  • MD Series
  • Compellent
  • No Storage Array
  • NOTE: To display Celerra and CLARiiON in the Type of Storage Array, you need to download the EMC Plugin using the Add-ons option on the Welcome to Lasso screen.

When a storage array is selected, then the array information related to the selected host OS is collected.

If you do not want to select any Type of Storage Array , select No Storage Array.

Use this as the default host typeSelect this option to save the selected host type as the default.
All of the hosts on my SAN can be accessed with this Username & Password Select this option if the user name and password is the same for all the hosts in your SAN environment.
DomainThis field is displayed when the selected type of host OS is Windows. Enter the domain information.
Sudo User with admin rightsThe option is displayed when the host type VMware or Linux and the storage array type EqualLogic, MD Series, or Compellent is selected.

Select this option to collect the data using Sudo user credentials.

Enter the root password if the Sudo user is set for target password.

Collect advance logsThe option is displayed when the host type VMware and the storage array type EqualLogic, MD Series, or Compellent is selected. Select this option to collect additional log information.
  • NOTE:Type of Storage Array is optional.

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