Configuring External Lus; Overview Of Configuring External Lus - HP StorageWorks XP12000 User Manual

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Configuring external LUs

Use External Storage XP to perform operations to access external LUs, such as setting the port attribute to
the external port and mapping the external LU as the internal LDEV.
This chapter describes procedures for using External Storage XP to configure external LUs.

Overview of configuring external LUs

Figure 40 shows an example of using External Storage XP to configure external LUs.
Figure 40

Overview of configuring external LUs

The following is the general procedure for configuring external LUs.
1. Configure the port and system parameters for the external array. For instructions, see the external LU's
documentation,
arrays" on page 113.
2. Start External Storage XP operations. 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.
3. Set the external array port attribute to External. For instructions, see
attributes" on page 70.
4. Perform the Discovery operation.
In the Device tree on the LU Operation pane, select an external array, and select Discovery (see
"Mapping external LUs (Add
NOTE:
in Modify mode.
5. Display the LU Operation pane, right-click the external LU to be mapped as an internal LDEV in the
Device list, and select Add LU or Add LU (Auto). The Add LU or Auto Map Setting pane appears.
"Setting an external array's
LU)" on page 70).
To perform Discovery operations, Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console must be
port" on page 70, and "Notes on connecting external
"Setting a local array's port
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