External Storage Xp Requirements; Installing External Storage Xp; Preparing For External Storage Xp Settings - HP StorageWorks XP12000 User Manual

CAUTION: For more information about alternate path modes, see
LUs" on page 84.
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External Storage XP requirements

Table 3

External Storage XP requirements

Item
Required products
Maximum number of external LUs
addressable per local array port
Maximum number of external LUs that can
be connected
Maximum number of FC paths that can exist
to one external LU
Maximum capacity of an external LU
Minimum capacity of an external LU

Installing External Storage XP

To perform External Storage XP operations with Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console, you must
install an External Storage XP license key.
1. Start Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console for the local array.
2. Enable the External Storage XP options in Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console and on
each External Storage XP array.
For instructions, see the HP StorageWorks Command View XP user guide for XP Disk Arrays or the
HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.

Preparing for External Storage XP settings

Before using External Storage XP, collect the information necessary for defining its settings. The following
information is required:
Requirement
• P Sto
H rageWorks Command View XP version 2.0 or later, or
XP Remote Web Console
•
HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manag
XP (for
setup)
•
HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP version 01.12.06 or later
(if Business Copy XP is used)
1,024 per port
• For the XP12000, 15,360 volumes can be connected
• For the XP10000/SVS200, 8,192 volumes can be connected
• 1,024 volumes can be connected per port
NOTE: If you use Snapshot XP, the number of external LUs that can
be connected is as follows:
• For the XP12000:
Number of external LUs + Number of virtual LUs ≤15,360
• For the XP10000/SVS200:
Number of external LUs + Number of virtual LUs ≤8,192
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2 TB (4,294,967,296 blocks) per external LU (OPEN-V)
If you specify an external LU that is larger than 2 TB, you can only
access data stored in the field up to 2 TB.
About 38 MB (77,760 blocks) per external LU (non-OPEN-V)
When the volume's emulation type is OPEN-V, minimum capacity
is about 47 MB (96,000 blocks) per external LU.
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