HP XP Array Manager Software - Manual (Page 6)

Allocating and unallocating volumes ......................................................................................... 137
About allocating volumes .................................................................................................. 138
Volume allocation methods ................................................................................................ 139
Prerequisites for allocating volumes ..................................................................................... 140
Allocating volumes from general tasks ................................................................................. 140
Allocating volumes to selected hosts .................................................................................... 141
Allocating selected volumes to hosts .................................................................................... 142
Allocating volumes to clustered hosts ................................................................................... 143
Allocating volumes by using a keyword search ..................................................................... 144
Allocating volumes by using a criteria search ....................................................................... 145
Allocating volumes by using existing volume settings ............................................................. 146
Allocate Volumes dialog box ............................................................................................. 146
About clustered-host storage .............................................................................................. 152
Creating clustered-host storage ........................................................................................... 153
About unallocating volumes ............................................................................................... 155
Unallocating volumes from hosts ......................................................................................... 155
Unallocate volumes dialog box .......................................................................................... 156
Configuring Fibre Channel ports ............................................................................................... 158
Enabling LUN security on a port ......................................................................................... 158
Disabling LUN security on a port ........................................................................................ 159
Setting the data transfer speed on a Fibre Channel port ........................................................ 160
Setting the Fibre Channel port address ................................................................................ 161
Setting the fabric switch .................................................................................................... 161
Managing LUN Paths .............................................................................................................. 162
About LUN path management ............................................................................................ 162
Editing LUN paths ............................................................................................................ 163
Editing the host mode and host mode options ...................................................................... 164
Editing LUN paths when exchanging a failed HBA ............................................................... 165
Editing LUN paths when adding or exchanging an HBA ........................................................ 167
Removing LUN paths after adding an HBA .......................................................................... 168
Replicating volumes ................................................................................................................ 168
About replicating volumes (pair management) ...................................................................... 168
Copy pair management operations .................................................................................... 169
Adding command devices ................................................................................................. 170
Editing command devices .................................................................................................. 170
Defining copy pairs .......................................................................................................... 171
Changing the status of a copy pair ..................................................................................... 171
6 Optimizing storage performance ...................................................... 173
About optimizing storage ......................................................................................................... 173
About optimizing HBA configurations ........................................................................................ 174
Adding an HBA ............................................................................................................... 175
Managing cache logical partitions ............................................................................................ 176
Creating a CLPR ............................................................................................................... 176
Migrating resources to and from a CLPR .............................................................................. 177
Editing the settings of an existing CLPR ................................................................................ 178
Adjusting the cache capacity of a CLPR ............................................................................... 179
Deleting a CLPR ............................................................................................................... 180
Data mobility ......................................................................................................................... 180
About data mobility .......................................................................................................... 180
Reports for logical groups displayed in the Mobility tab ........................................................ 182
Reports for THP/Smart pools displayed in the Mobility tab .................................................... 182
Optimizing data placement in a logical group ..................................................................... 184
Optimizing data placement in a THP/Smart pool ................................................................. 185
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