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# View PowerPath hosts details

PowerPath is host-based software that provides automated data path management and load-balancing capabilities for heterogeneous server, network, and storage deployed in physical and virtual environments.

## Prerequisites

The following are the minimum requirements to perform this task:

- PowerPath 6.3

## About this task

See Roles and associated permissions to determine the user roles that can perform this task.

This feature is not supported by storage systems running HYPERMAX OS 5977.

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. Select Hosts > PowerPath to open the PowerPath Hosts list view.
3. To view the details of a PowerPath host, select it and click .
   The following properties display:
   - PowerPath Host—The PowerPath host name
   - Version—The PowerPath host version
   - Patch Level—The PowerPath host patch level
   - OS Version—The PowerPath host operating system version
   - OS Revision—The PowerPath host operating system revision
   - OS Patch Level—The PowerPath host operating system patch level
   - Vendor—The PowerPath host hardware vendor
   - License Info—The PowerPath host license info
   - Registration Time—The time the host registered with the array
   - Connectivity Type—Indicates whether the PowerPath Host is connected to the array by iSCSI or Fibre.
   - Cluster Name—The PowerPath host cluster name
   - Cluster Node Name—The PowerPath host node name in the cluster
   - Initiators—The number of PowerPath host initiators -click the number to see the initiators list view
   - Hosts/Hosts groups—The number of PowerPath hosts or host groups
   - Masking Views—The number of PowerPath host masking views - click the number to see the masking views list view.
   - Storage Groups—The number of PowerPath host storage groups - click the number to see the storage groups list view.
   - Volumes—The number of PowerPath host volumes - click the number to see the volumes list view.
   - VMs—The number of PowerPath host virtual machines - click the number to see the VMs list view (see View PowerPath Host Virtual Machines).