Defining The Route List - HP XP P9500 Software User's Manual

Figure 67 Example of defining the routes
3. Check the logical path between storage systems.
Check that two inter-control unit logical paths and the two inter-disk controller logical paths
shown in
NOTE: The inter-control unit logical paths indicated with # are needed to control the Continuous
Access Synchronous for Mainframe copy group between DKC-B and DKC-C, but they are not
necessary for defining routes in this configuration.

Defining the route list

The route list definition file contains definition information for multiple routes. The order of the
storage system serial number definitions depends on the direction of the route:
For a route in the forward direction: First the primary and then the secondary storage system
serial numbers.
For a route in the reverse direction: First the secondary and then the primary storage system
serial numbers.
If you define a route list, a command device definition file for the first Device Address Domain on
the route is created at the same time a route list definition file is. The command device definition
file contains command device definition information. The definition information for a command
device includes the APID for the command device, storage system serial number, and device
number.
After definition, two configuration files (XML files) are created as in
Created after Defining a Route List" (page
1 18 Preparing to use Business Continuity Manager
Figure 67 (page 118) are established.
119).
"Configuration File (XML file)