HP StorageWorks XP24000 User Manual page 4

Guidelines for XP External Storage Operations...........................................................................37
Mapping Guidelines..........................................................................................................37
Recommended Applications According to HDD Type..............................................................38
Capacity Guidelines..........................................................................................................39
Guidelines for Mainframe Volumes.......................................................................................40
Volume Attribute Guidelines................................................................................................40
Creating LUSE Volume Guidelines........................................................................................41
Maintenance Guidelines for an External Storage System.........................................................42
Performance and Status Guidelines......................................................................................42
RAID Level Considerations...................................................................................................42
AMS 2000 Series Guidelines..............................................................................................42
Installing and Uninstalling XP External Storage...........................................................................43
Installing XP External Storage..............................................................................................43
Uninstalling XP External Storage..........................................................................................43
Starting XP External Storage.....................................................................................................44
4 Using the XP External Storage GUI.............................................................45
Volume Operation Window.....................................................................................................45
Volume Operation Tree.......................................................................................................47
Volume Operation List (When Subsystem or Product Name is Clicked)......................................48
Volume Operation List (When Path Group is Clicked)..............................................................49
Preview Dialog Box............................................................................................................51
Path Operation Window..........................................................................................................53
Path Operation Tree...........................................................................................................54
Path Operation List (When Subsystem is Clicked)....................................................................55
Path Operation List (When Product Name is Clicked)..............................................................56
Path Operation List (When Port or WWN is Clicked)..............................................................57
Port Operation Window..........................................................................................................58
Port Operation Tree............................................................................................................59
Port Information List............................................................................................................60
5 Performing XP External Storage Operations..................................................61
Overview of Setting Operations................................................................................................61
Setting Port of External Storage System......................................................................................62
Setting Port Attribute for Local Storage System............................................................................63
Mapping an External Volume Automatically...............................................................................63
Mapping an External Volume Manually.....................................................................................64
Add Volume Dialog Box.....................................................................................................66
Set External Volume Parameter Dialog Box............................................................................68
LDEV Mapping (Auto) Dialog Box........................................................................................69
LDEV Mapping (Manual) Dialog Box....................................................................................70
SSID Dialog Box................................................................................................................71
Example: How to Map LDEVs Automatically..........................................................................73
Example: How to Map LDEVs Manually................................................................................73
Setting the Cross-subsystem Paths..............................................................................................74
Configure Cross-subsystem Paths Dialog Box..........................................................................75
Configuring the Cross-subsystem Path....................................................................................77
Changing the Configured Cross-subsystem Path Priority...........................................................78
Canceling the Cross-subsystem Path Configuration..................................................................79
Changing the Cross-subsystem Path......................................................................................79
Replacing All Cross-subsystem Paths with Newly Added Cross-subsystem Paths...........................80
Checking the External Volume Details........................................................................................81
LDEV Information Dialog Box...............................................................................................81
Mapping Path Information Dialog Box..................................................................................82
Turning On or Off the Storage System.......................................................................................84
Commands for Turning On or Off Only the External Storage System.........................................84
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