Remove ports from port groups

Port groups contain director and port identification and belong to a masking view. Ports can be added to and removed from the port group. Port groups that are no longer associated with a masking view can be deleted.

Prerequisites

Note the following recommendations:

Port groups should contain four or more ports.

Each port in a port group should be on a different director.

About this task

To remove ports from port groups:

Steps

  1. Select the storage system.
  2. Select Hosts > Port Groups.
  3. Select the port group and click .
  4. Click the number in the Ports field.
  5. Select the port to be removed or hold down the shift key to multi-select the ports to be removed from the port group.
  6. Click Remove.
    The Remove Ports confirmation message is displayed.
  7. For mapped ports only: You can optionally select to unmap any affected volumes from their respective ports.
  8. Click OK.