Creating/Editing The Configuration Definition File - HP XP P9500 Configuration Manual

Creating/editing the configuration definition file

The configuration definition file is a text file that is created and edited using any standard text
editor (for example, UNIX vi editor, Windows Notepad). The configuration definition file defines
correspondences between the server and the volumes used by the server. There is a configuration
definition file for each host server. When the RAID Manager software starts up, it refers to the
definitions in the configuration definition file.
The configuration definition file defines the devices in copy pairs, including Business Copy,
Continuous Access Synchronous (Cnt Ac-S), Snapshot, and Continuous Access Journal (Cnt Ac-J)
pairs, and is used for host management of the copy pairs. Business Copy and Snapshot use the
same configuration files and commands, and the RAID storage system determines if a pair is BC
or Snapshot based on the S-VOL characteristics.
There are following sections in the configuration definition file:
HORCM_MON: Defines information about the local host.
HORCM_CMD: Defines information about the command (CMD) devices.
HORCM_DEV or HORCM_LDEV: Defines information about the copy pairs.
HORM_INST: Defines information about the remote host.
HORCM_LDEVG: Defines information about the device group.
A sample configuration definition file, HORCM_CONF (/HORCM/etc/horcm.conf), is included
with the RAID Manager software. This file should be used as the basis for creating your configuration
definition file(s). The system administrator should make a copy of the sample file, set the necessary
parameters in the copied file, and place the file in the proper directory.
The following table lists the parameters defined in the configuration file and specifies the default
value, type, and limit for each parameter. For details about parameters in the configuration file,
see the manual HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager User Guide. See
detailed descriptions of configuration definition files for sample RAID Manager configurations.
Table 12 Configuration (HORCM_CONF) parameters
Parameter
ip_address
Service
poll (10 ms)
timeout (10 ms)
dev_name for
HORCM_DEV
dev_group
port #
target ID
LU#
Default Type
None Character string
None Character string or numeric value
1000 Numeric value
*1
See
3000 Numeric value
*1
See
None Character string
None Character string
None Character string
None Numeric value
*1
See
None Numeric value
*1
See
Table 12 (page 41)
Limit
64 characters
15 characters
None
None
31 characters
31 characters
Recommended value = 8 char.
or less
31 characters
7 characters
7 characters
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