Chapter 7: Installing And Using Virtual Private Map; Introduction To Virtual Private Map - ADIC Scalar 100 User Manual

Chapter 7: Installing and Using
Virtual Private Map
This chapter introduces Virtual Private Map. It describes key features and
functions and provides information on enabling and using VPM. This chapter is
organized as follows:

Introduction to Virtual Private Map

Installing and Using Virtual Private Map
• Introduction to Virtual Private Map
• Enabling Virtual Private Map
• Mapping Devices With VPM
• Removing Devices From VPM
• VPM is a software feature of the ADIC Gateway that allows any
SAN device to map to any desired ID/LUN on a SCSI attached
host. VPM's drag and drop interface allows mapping of FC
devices to SCSI ID/LUNs. The system administrator uses the
ADIC Management Console to administrate VPM and create a
private device map.
• VPM expands the usefulness of legacy SCSI hosts in the new
SAN infrastructure. It allows for the creation of independent pri-
vate maps.
• VPM technology enables Storage Area Networks to create a
daisy-chain of virtual, multiple SCSI devices connected to a sin-
gle SCSI host.
• VPM is another method of access and security control in SAN,
similar to VPS, and designed specifically for hosts connected to
SAN via SCSI.
• VPM is completely host and device independent and requires no
software components on the host.
• VPM manages access for hosts connected through SCSI
interfaces to the ADIC Gateway. The ADIC Gateway supports up
to 256 LUNs across all of its interfaces
• When you perform a "Save Configuration" from the ADIC
Management Console, it saves both the persistent device map
and the VPM database to a file. This allows all configuration
settings to be loaded onto another ADIC Gateway in the event
that the ADIC Gateway needs to be replaced.
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