Working With Storage Systems; Storage System Configuration Categories; Storage System Configuration Category Definitions; Storage System Tasks - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

2 Working with storage systems

Storage systems displayed in the navigation window have a tree structure of configuration categories
under them. The storage system configuration categories include:
• Diagnostics
• Storage
• TCP/IP Network

Storage system configuration categories

Storage system configuration categories allow access to all the configuration tasks for individual
storage systems. You must log in to each storage system individually to configure, modify, or monitor
the functions of that storage system.
Figure 5 Storage system configuration categories
.

Storage system configuration category definitions

• Diagnostics Use the hardware category to run hardware diagnostic tests, to view current hardware
status and configuration information, and to save log files.
• Storage Manage RAID and the individual disks in the storage system.
• TCP/IP Network For each storage system, configure and manage the network settings, including
network interface cards (NICs), the routing table, and which interface carries SAN/iQ communic-
ation.

Storage system tasks

This section describes how to perform basic storage system tasks:
• "Working with the storage
• "Logging in to and out of storage
• "Changing the storage system
• "Locating the storage system in a
• "Backing up and restoring the storage system
system" on page 40
systems" on page 40
hostname" on page 40
rack" on page 41
configuration" on page 41
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