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Table G.1
Provisioning Manager Terms and Corresponding Storage Subsystem Terms
Provisioning Manager
StorageWorks
XP12000/XP10000
StorageWorks
XP1024/XP128
StorageWorks
XP512/XP48
Port controller
CHA
CHA
CHA
Port Port Port Port
Host storage domain
Host group
Host group
Not applicable
Logical unit (LUN)
LUN LUN
LUN
Array group
VDEV (area created by
dividing the parity group
into pieces)
VDEV (area created by
dividing the parity group
into pieces)
Parity group
Logical device (LDEV)
LDEV LDEV
LDEV
Business Copy XP
Business Copy XP
Business Copy XP
Business Copy XP
Continuous Access XP
Continuous Access XP
Continuous Access XP
Continuous Access XP
Snapshot XP
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Continuous Access XP
Journal
#1
Continuous Access XP
Journal
Not applicable
Not applicable
#1: StorageWorks XP10000 does not support Continuous Access XP Journal.
Table G.2 shows the relationship between Provisioning Manager terms and the corresponding OS terms.
Table G.2
Provisioning Manager Terms and the Corresponding OS Terms
Provisioning Manager
(Display in GUI)
HP-UX Windows
®
Solaris™ AIX
®
Linux
Raw device
(RawDevice)
Block device or
character device
Device
Block device or
character device
Block device or
character device
Block device or
raw device
Raw device
(RawDevice(Partitione
d))
Partition Partition Slice
Not
applicable
Partition
Volume group
(VolumeGroup)
Volume group
Disk group
#1
Disk
group
#2
Volume group
Volume group
Logical volume
(LogicalVolume)
Logical volume
Basic disk
partition or
dynamic disk
volume
Logical volume
Logical volume
Logical volume
Device file
Device file
Device
Device file
Device special file Device file
#1: When Logical Disk Manager is used, Provisioning Manager virtually creates a volume group that has the
same name as the logical volume. The corresponding volume group does not exist on the host.
#2: When SDS/SVM is used, Provisioning Manager virtually creates a volume group that has the same name
as the logical volume. The corresponding volume group does not exist on the host.