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 An icon showing the letter i.
  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.