Creating A Management Group; Getting There; Creating A New Management Group - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

Management group re-
quirement
Plan date and time configur-
ation
Plan DNS configuration
Plan email notification
Plan type of cluster
Plan virtual IP addresses (VI-
Ps)
[Optional] Plan volume size
and data protection

Creating a management group

Creating a management group is the first step in the process of creating clusters and volumes for
storage. Tasks included in creating a management group are:
• Planning the management group configuration
• Creating the management group by using the Management Groups, Clusters and Volumes wizard
• Ensuring you have the proper configuration of managers

Getting there

You create a management group using the Management Groups, Clusters and Volumes wizard.
Access the wizard in any of the following ways:
• From the Getting Started Launch Pad, by selecting the Management Groups, Clusters and Volumes
wizard. See
• By right-clicking an available storage system in the navigation window.
• From the menu bar with Tasks > Management Group > New Management Group.

Creating a new management group

1. Select Getting Started in the navigation window to access the Getting Started Launch Pad.
2. Select the Management Groups, Clusters and Volumes Wizard.
3. [Optional] Click the link to review the information you will need to have ready to create the
management group and cluster.
4. Click Next to start creating the management group.
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What it means
You can use an NTP server or manually set the date, time, and time zone for
the management group. You should know the configuration you want to use
before beginning the wizard. See
You configure DNS at the management group level for all storage systems in
the management group. The storage system can use a DNS server to resolve
host names. You need the DNS domain name, suffix, and server IP address.
See "Using a DNS
You can set up email notification for events for each management group. You
must set up the email server to send events. You need the email (SMTP) server
IP or host name, server port, a valid email address to use as the sender address.
See "Setting up email
A cluster can be standard or Multi-Site. If you want to create a Multi-Site config-
uration, you need the physical sites and the storage systems that go in them
already created.
A VIP is required for each cluster. VIPs ensure fault-tolerant server access to the
cluster and enable iSCSI load balancing. You need the IP address and subnet
mask. See "Configure virtual IP and iSNS for
If you create a volume in the wizard, you need the volume size and data pro-
tection level. See
"Creating storage by using the Getting Started Launch
Chapter 5
server" on page 103.
notification" on page 129.
"Guide for volumes" on page 206.
on page 111.
iSCSI" on page 178.
Pad" on page 33.