IBM LUN setup is done using IBM Storage Manager Client or command line tools. Since most of our storage is mirrored the identical LUN has to be created on the both arrays. Storage Manager Client scripting allows easy duplication of identical setup on each array. Code snippets Creating host on IBM DS4000 storage system Create a host entry on with proper host type (LINUX/WINDOWS)(more or less OS type). create host userLabel= "server" hostType=number; create hostPort userLabel= "server-p0" host= "server" identifier= "210000e0xxxxxxxx" interfaceType= interface ; Example create host userLabel= "DBZones3" hostType=8; create hostPort userLabel= "DBZones3-p0" host= "DBZones3" identifier= "210000e08b9a2466" interfaceType=FC; create hostPort userLabel= "DBZones3-p1" host= "DBZones3" identifier= "210100e08bba2466" interfaceType=FC; Creating logical
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