Adding The First Storage System - Hitachi VSP G200 System Administration Manual

Onboarding a storage system is the process of associating it with Storage
Advisor. After the storage system is onboarded, manage it from the Storage
Advisor dashboard.
If the storage system includes NAS modules, the file storage is automatically
added with the block storage.
Storage Advisor requires access to all resources groups on the storage
system so that the workflows function correctly. Verify that the service
processor user name used to onboard a storage system in Storage Advisor
has access to all custom resource groups and meta resource groups
Overview
Onboarding a storage system in Storage Advisor is more than adding a
storage system to a list. At least one fabric switch and server must be added
for the storage system to be able to provision volumes to the server.
In the following workflow, the recommended path is marked by the solid
arrows. The dashed arrows indicate the optional paths. Before a storage
system is available for use in the network, all of the tasks in the workflow
must be complete.

Adding the first storage system

You must onboard a storage system the first time you start Storage Advisor.
Before you begin
Storage Advisor requires access to all resources groups on the storage
system so that the workflows function correctly. Verify that the service
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