About This Guide; Supported Storage Platforms And Firmware; Intended Audience; Prerequisites - HP StorageWorks XP12000 User Manual

About this guide

This document provides information about:
• Preparing for External Storage XP operations
• Performing External Storage XP operations
• Troubleshooting NAS Blade systems that include external arrays
• Troubleshooting External Storage XP
• Connecting external arrays
• Using an XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 with EVA3000/50000
• Configuring MSA1000/1500 Disk Arrays as external arrays

Supported storage platforms and firmware

Unless otherwise specified, the term array in this document refers to the following supported storage
platforms:
• HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks 200 Storage Virtualization System
For supported firmware versions, see HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for
XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.

Intended audience

This document is intended for storage network administrators with knowledge of:
• Disk array hardware and software
• Data processing and RAID storage subsystems and their basic functions

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for using this product include:
• Installing the HP StorageWorks disk array(s)
• Installing the license key for this product

Related documentation

The following documents provide related information:
• HP StorageWorks XP glossary
• HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200
• HP StorageWorks Auto LUN XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200
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