Naming or Renaming a Storage Subsystem

Use the Name/Rename Storage Subsystems option or the Rename Storage Subsystem option to name or rename a . You also can add comments to a storage subsystem to further identify it. If you have problems matching a storage subsystem name to the physical storage subsystem, use the Locate function to find the storage subsystem in the cabinet.

Use these guidelines when you name a storage subsystem:


Note:

Optionally, you can select the Tools >> Execute Script option to name a storage subsystem and use the set command, for example, set Storage Subsystem userlabel= "Engineering".

  1. Perform one of these actions:
    The Rename Storage Subsystem dialog appears.
  2. Select the storage subsystem that you want to name or rename from the Select Storage Subsystem list.If you do not know the name of the storage subsystem that you want, click Locate to turn on the LEDs of the selected storage subsystem so that they locate. When you have located the storage subsystem, use the dialog that appears to turn off the Locate LEDs.
    The name of the storage subsystem appears in the Storage subsystem name text box.
  3. In the Storage subsystem name text box, type the new name of the storage subsystem. If applicable, add a comment for the storage subsystem in the Additional comment text box. When you are done, click Apply.
    After you have named the storage subsystem, the prefix “Storage Subsystem” is automatically added to the name shown in the AMW Logical pane and in the EMW. The new storage subsystem name appears in the Select storage subsystem list.
  4. Repeat step 1 through step 3 to name or rename an additional storage subsystem. When you are finished, click OK.
    The Name/Rename Storage Subsystems dialog closes, and the new storage subsystem name now appears in the Tree view.

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