Ispf Panels; Overview Of Ispf Panels; Overview - HP StorageWorks P9000 Reference Manual

1 ISPF Panels

This chapter explains how to move between ISPF panels and perform operations on them, and the
nature and function of displayed items.
"Overview of ISPF Panels" (page 8)
"Common Displays Among Panels" (page 15)
"Main Menu Panel" (page 20)
"Installation Verification Summary Panel (Environment Settings Verification)" (page 23)
"Set Defaults Panel (Prefix and DAD ID Settings)" (page 27)
"Manage Licenses Panel (License Management)" (page 29)
"Discover/Define Configuration Panel (Configuration File Definition)" (page 31)
"Manage Route Panel (Route Management)" (page 98)
"Manage Path Set Panel (Logical Path Management)" (page 109)
"Manage Copy Groups Panel (Copy Group Operation)" (page 115)
"Confirmation Panels" (page 175)
Unless otherwise specified, the term storage system in this guide refers to the following disk arrays:
HP StorageWorks P9500 Disk Array
HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array
HP StorageWorks XP20000 Disk Array
The GUI illustrations in this guide were created using a Windows computer with the Internet Explorer
browser. Actual windows may differ depending on the operating system and browser used. GUI
contents also vary with licensed program products, storage system models, and firmware versions.
Business Continuity Manager can control the following replication products:
BC Z - Business Copy for Mainframe/Hitachi ShadowImage for Mainframe (SI)
Cnt Ac-S Z - Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe/Hitachi TrueCopy for Mainframe
(TC)
Cnt Ac-J Z - Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe/Hitachi Universal Replicator for
Mainframe (UR)
Cnt Ac-A Z - Continuous Access Asynchronous for Mainframe/TrueCopy Asynchronous for
Mainframe (TCA)
NOTE: Hitachi TrueCopy Asynchronous (TCA) is supported on the HP StorageWorks XP Disk
Array. TCA is not supported on the P9500 Disk Array. Business Continuity Manager can be used
with both P9500 and XP disk arrays. The XP disk array copy products can be configured and
controlled using the P9000 version of BCM. With the exception of TrueCopy Asynchronous, the
HP product names are used in this manual. For compatibility with existing implementations on XP
disk arrays, the Hitachi abbreviations shown in parenthesis are accepted by the user interface.
The graphics in this manual show the Hitachi abbreviations but your system may show the HP
abbreviations.

Overview of ISPF Panels

The Business Continuity Manager Software panel interface consists of ISPF panels. You can use
ISPF panels to operate Business Continuity Manager and manipulate copy groups. This section
describes the Business Continuity Manager panel system and panel transitions, and gives an
8 ISPF Panels