HP StorageWorks P9000 User Manual page 4

Amount of bandwidth required............................................................................................36
Fibre Channel requirements.................................................................................................36
Supported data path configurations.....................................................................................37
Planning ports...................................................................................................................38
Port requirements...........................................................................................................39
Error reporting communications................................................................................................39
4 Sharing Continuous Access Synchronous Z volumes......................................40
Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Synchronous Z.......................................40
Continuous Access Journal Z....................................................................................................41
Business Copy Z.....................................................................................................................42
Configurations with Business Copy Z S-VOLs.........................................................................42
Configurations with Business Copy Z T-VOLs..........................................................................43
Status reporting, data currency............................................................................................44
Virtual LVI/LUN......................................................................................................................44
Cache Residency....................................................................................................................45
Compatible XRC and CC.........................................................................................................45
Auto LUN..............................................................................................................................45
Restrictions........................................................................................................................45
5 Configuration operations...........................................................................46
Configuration workflow...........................................................................................................46
Define port attributes...............................................................................................................46
Configure disk arrays and define logical paths...........................................................................47
Configure additional logical paths............................................................................................52
Set number of volumes to be copied concurrently, path watch time................................................53
6 Pair operations.........................................................................................56
Pair operations workflow.........................................................................................................56
Check pair status....................................................................................................................56
Create pairs..........................................................................................................................56
Suspend pairs........................................................................................................................59
Resynchronize pairs................................................................................................................60
Delete pairs...........................................................................................................................60
Change fence level, other pair options......................................................................................61
7 Monitoring and maintenance.....................................................................62
Monitor pair status..................................................................................................................62
How pair status changes.....................................................................................................62
Pair status definitions..........................................................................................................62
Suspend types..............................................................................................................63
System behavior............................................................................................................64
Export pair information...........................................................................................................65
Monitor copy operations, I/O .................................................................................................65
Select data to be graphed .................................................................................................66
Resize graph, save data.................................................................................................67
Monitor, maintain logical paths................................................................................................67
Logical path status definitions..............................................................................................68
Delete logical paths...........................................................................................................68
RCU maintenance...................................................................................................................69
Change minimum paths, round trip time, other RCU options....................................................69
Add, delete SSIDs for an RCU.............................................................................................69
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