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Learn about hosts and host clusters in SANtricity software

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You can configure hosts and host clusters, which define the connections between the storage array and the data servers.

What are hosts and host clusters?

A host is a server that sends I/O to a volume on a storage array. A host cluster is a group of hosts, which you can create for assigning the same volumes to multiple hosts.

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How do I configure hosts and host clusters?

To define host connections, you can go to Storage › Hosts to manually configure the host. If you want two or more hosts to share access to the same set of volumes, you can then define a cluster and assign the volumes to that cluster.

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