About This Guide; Intended Audience; Prerequisites - HP StorageWorks User Manual

About this guide

This guide provides information about the following:
• "External Storage XP for the
• "Overview of connecting external disk
• "Preparing for External Storage XP
• "External Storage XP
• "Configuring external
• "Remote command
• "Troubleshooting External Storage
• "Notes on connecting external disk
• "Required volume capacity for emulation
• "Adjusting volume capacity for copy pair
• "Using XP12000 disk arrays with EVA GL disk arrays attached as subordinated external storage disk
arrays"
• "Preface" on page 119
• "Configuration" on page 119
• "Recommendations" on page 126
• "Troubleshooting" on page 127
• "Configuring MSA1000/1500 as external disk
• "Configuring external disk array LUs, host mode, and
• "Connecting
• "Setting up the
• "Defining MSA array
• "Calculating MSA LU size and defining
• "Selective Storage

Intended audience

This guide is intended for customers and HP-authorized service providers with knowledge of the following:
• Disk array hardware and software
• Data processing and RAID storage subsystems and their basic functions
NOTE: The functions described in this manual may be limited, depending on your assigned level of user
access. Some users will have read-only access while others will have limited or full array access. For
additional information on users and user groups, please see the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web
Console user guide.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for using this product include:
• Installation of the HP StorageWorks disk array(s)
• Installation of the license key for this product
XP12000/XP10000"
operations" on page 14
panes" on page 43
LUs" on page 57
devices" on page 93
XP" on page 95
arrays" on page 101
MSA1000/1500" on page 129
MSA" on page 130
objects" on page 130
Presentation" on page 131
arrays" on page 13
types" on page 112
setting" on page 116
arrays"
ports" on page 129
LUs" on page 130
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