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Turning On or Off Only the External Storage System...............................................................85
Turning On or Off Only the Local Storage System...................................................................85
Turning On or Off Both Storage Systems...............................................................................86
Disconnecting External Storage System or Disconnecting External Volume......................................87
Disconnecting All External Volumes (Disconnect Subsystem).....................................................88
Disconnecting an Individual External Volume (Disconnect Volume Operation).............................88
Checking Connection Status and Resuming External Volume Operation.........................................89
Resuming All External Volumes (Check Paths & Restore Volume)................................................89
Resuming an Individual External Volume (Check Paths & Restore Volume Operation)...................90
Stopping the Use of Paths to the External Volume (Disconnect Paths)..............................................90
Restoring the Paths to the External Volume (Check Paths)..............................................................91
Changing the Cache Mode Setting of the External Volume...........................................................91
Changing the Inflow Control Setting of the External Volume..........................................................92
Changing the Port Setting of the External Storage System.............................................................93
Change WWN Parameter Dialog Box..................................................................................93
Performing Maintenance for External Subsystem..........................................................................94
Editing Mapping Policy...........................................................................................................94
Edit Policy Dialog Box.........................................................................................................94
Deleting the External Volume Mapping (Delete Volume Command)...............................................95
6 Using Spreadsheets for XP External Storage Operations................................97
Introduction............................................................................................................................97
Before Using Spreadsheets.......................................................................................................97
Available Types and Operation Tags.........................................................................................98
Saving Storage System Information...........................................................................................99
SSID Tag..........................................................................................................................99
ExternalGroup Tag.............................................................................................................99
MappedVolume Tag.........................................................................................................100
Mapping External Volumes....................................................................................................101
AddVolumeSetting Tag.....................................................................................................102
How to Specify the LDEV Capacity................................................................................105
AddVolumeSetting2 Tag...................................................................................................106
Disconnecting an Individual External Volume (DisconnectVolume Tag)..........................................109
Resuming an Individual External Volume (CheckPath-RestoreVolume Tag)......................................109
Deleting the External Volume Mapping (DeleteVolume Tag)........................................................109
Changing Path Group...........................................................................................................110
DividePathGroup Tag.......................................................................................................110
UnitePathGroup Tag.........................................................................................................111
Example of a Spreadsheet.....................................................................................................112
7 Remote Command Devices......................................................................114
Overview of Remote Command Devices...................................................................................114
Guidelines for Remote Command Devices................................................................................115
Mapping a Command Device as a Remote Command Device....................................................117
Using XP Continuous Access or XP Continuous Access Journal with Remote Command Device.........117
Procedure to Use Initiator/External MIX Mode.....................................................................119
Restrictions on Initiator/External MIX Mode.........................................................................120
8 Troubleshooting......................................................................................121
Troubleshooting for XP External Storage...................................................................................121
Troubleshooting the Mapping Path.....................................................................................122
Troubleshooting Volume Discovery.....................................................................................125
Calling HP Technical Support.................................................................................................126
9 Support and Other Resources...................................................................127
Related Documentation..........................................................................................................127
Conventions for Storage Capacity Values.................................................................................127
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