HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software User Manual
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Contents
Layout of the CMC.............................................................................................................12
Auto discover systems in the CMC........................................................................................13
Logging in........................................................................................................................13
Performing tasks in the CMC using the menu bar...................................................................13
Using the display tools.......................................................................................................14
Using views and layouts......................................................................................................15
Prerequisites......................................................................................................................16
Configuring storage systems................................................................................................17
Creating a volume using the wizard.....................................................................................17
Enabling server access to volumes........................................................................................18
2 Working with storage systems....................................................................21
Working with the storage system..........................................................................................21
Logging in to and out of storage systems...............................................................................21
Changing the storage system hostname................................................................................22
Locating the storage system in a rack....................................................................................22
Powering on or off, or rebooting storage systems with modular components...............................23
Rebooting the storage system...............................................................................................23
Powering off the storage system...........................................................................................24
Upgrading the CMC and storage systems.............................................................................25
Setting upgrade preferences................................................................................................25
Checking for available upgrades.........................................................................................25
Upgrading the CMC..........................................................................................................26
Upgrading storage systems in a management group or available storage systems......................28
Registering advanced features for a storage system.....................................................................29
Determining volume and snapshot availability............................................................................29
Checking status of dedicated boot devices.................................................................................30
Checking boot device status................................................................................................30
Replacing a dedicated boot device......................................................................................31
3 Configuring RAID and Managing Disks.......................................................32
Getting there..........................................................................................................................32
Configuring and managing RAID..............................................................................................32
RAID Levels............................................................................................................................32
Explaining RAID devices in the RAID setup report.......................................................................33
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