The Emulation Management wizard

The Emulation Management wizard can be used to add and remove director emulations.

Prerequisites

  • The storage system must be running HYPERMAX OS 5977 or PowerMaxOS 5978.
  • StorageAdmin or Admin authorization rights are required.
  • A free director must be available at the required slot.
  • The addition of directors of the following types is not supported:
    • IM—Infrastructure management
    • ED—Enginuity data services
    • DS—SAS backend
    • DA—Fibre backend
    • DX—External storage backend
    • EF—FICON frontend

About this task

This operation is also available from the System > Hardware > AVAILABLE PORTS view. Depending on where the operation is invoked, some of the steps below may not apply.

Steps

  1. Select the storage system.
  2. In the Dashboard, click the System Health tab.
  3. In the Actions panel, click Manage Emulation.
  4. On the Options page, select one of the following:
    • Add director emulation:
      1. Click Next.
      2. On the Configure page, select values for the following:
        • Director Slot
        • Director Emulation
      3. Click Next.
    • Remove director emulation:
      1. Click Next.
      2. On the Configure page, select the emulation to remove.
      3. Click Next.
  5. On the Summary page, review the details and do one of the following:

    • Click Run Now to perform the operation now.

    • Expand Run Now and click Add to Job List to add this task to the job list, from which you can schedule or run the task at your convenience. For more information, see Schedule jobs and Preview jobs.