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to the storage system. The information gathered from the Host Explorer agent is visible to uncreated

hosts and assists with creating hosts and diagnosing host-connectivity issues.

How Host Explorer Helps You Create Hosts

When you create a host, the system displays the unassigned WWNs or iSCSI names as follows:

• When the Host Explorer agent is running on the attached hosts, the system automatically

groups the WWNs or iSCSI names for the host together, which helps you create the host.

• If the Host Explorer agent is not running on the attached hosts, the system cannot determine

which host each WWN or iSCSI name belongs to, and you must manually assign each WWN

or iSCSI name to a host.

How Host Explorer Helps You Diagnose Host-Connectivity Issues

The Host Explorer agent collects the following information and sends it to the system:

• Host operating system and version

• Fibre Channel and iSCSI HBA details

• Multipath driver and current multipath configuration

• Cluster configuration information

For more information about how to install and use the Host Explorer agent, see the HP 3PAR Host

Explorer User’s Guide. To access this document, go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and

click the Support link for your product:

http://www.hp.com/go/3par

For a list of supported host operating systems, go to the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge

(SPOCK) website:

http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

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