Ispf Panels; Overview Of Ispf Panels; Overview - HP XP P9500 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 21)
"Installation Verification Summary Panel (Environment Settings Verification)" (page 23)
"Set Defaults Panel (Prefix and DAD ID Settings)" (page 26)
"Manage Licenses Panel (License Management)" (page 29)
"Discover/Define Configuration Panel (Configuration File Definition)" (page 31)
"Manage Route Panel (Route Management)" (page 93)
"Manage Path Set Panel (Logical Path Management)" (page 104)
"Manage Copy Groups Panel (Copy Group Operation)" (page 111)
"Confirmation Panels" (page 169)
Unless otherwise specified, the term storage system in this guide refers to the following disk arrays:
HP P9500 Disk Array
HP XP24000 Disk Array
HP 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)
CAA — TrueCopy Asynchronous for Mainframe (TCA)
NOTE: Hitachi TrueCopy Asynchronous (TCA) is supported on the HP 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
overview of ISPF panels. Note that the following explanations assume the default values for the PF
key numbers.
8 ISPF Panels