Glossary - HP XP1024 System Configuration Manual

Glossary

AL
AL-PA
array group
BC
CA
Command View
(CVXP)
Command View
XP Advanced Edi-
tion (CVXP AE)
command device
CU
CVS
DKC
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Arbitrated loop.
Arbitrated loop physical address.
A group of 4 or 8 physical hard disk drives (HDDs) installed in
an XP disk array and assigned a common RAID level. RAID1
array groups consist of 4 (2D+2D) or 8 HDDs (4D+4D). RAID5
array groups include a parity disk but also consist of 4 (3D+1P)
or 8 HDDs (7D+1P). All RAID6 array groups are made up of
8 HDDs (6D+2P).
HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP. BC lets you maintain up to
nine local copies of logical volumes on the disk array.
HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP. CA lets you create
and maintain duplicate copies of local logical volumes on a
remote disk array.
HP StorageWorks Command View XP, a software product
for managing XP arrays. Command View runs on a
Windows-based management workstation.
HP StorageWorks Command View XP Advanced Edition,
installs on the user-provided Device Manager server and
provides a browser-based platform from which you can manage
the XP family of disk arrays—even globally distributed arrays.
A volume on the disk array that accepts Continuous Access
or Business Copy control operations which are then executed
by the disk array.
Control Unit. Contains LDEVs and is approximately equivalent
to SCSI Target ID.
Custom volume size. CVS devices (OPEN-x CVS) are custom
volumes configured using array management software to
be smaller than normal fixed-size OPEN system volumes.
Synonymous with volume size customization (VSC).
The array cabinet that houses the channel adapters and service
processor (SVP).
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