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Important This documentation space contains information about the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises).

Viewing storage connections

A storage connection represents a connection between a storage client (a host using the storage) and a storage volume. The same connection may be linked to multiple volumes representing the client's visibility of multiple storage volumes. The volumes shown are only those that the client is permitted to access.

 

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Field name

Details

Connection Name

The name of the connection; for example,WWPN 10:00:00:00:c9:6b:6d:c6

Connection Type

The type of storage connection. This can be WWPN or iSCSI IQN.
At pre-release 2, only WWPN connections support linking to the host using storage.

Connection Value

A unique identifier for the storage consumer using this connection.

  • For WWPN connections this is the fiber channel port name of the host, for example:10:00:00:00:c9:6b:6d:c6.
  • For iSCSI IQN connections this is iSCSI qualified name (IQN).

Storage Volumes

A link to any storage volumes visible to the host using this connection.

Consumer Fibre Channel Port

Information on the Fiber channel port on the host using this connection.

  • Port Name 
  • WWPN
  •  Type
  •  State
  • Speed

 

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