HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
HP Storage
Table of contents
Document Outline
- P9000 External Storage for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide
- Contents
- 1 About External Storage
- 2 Interoperability with other products and functions
- LUN Manager and Configuration File Loader
- LUN Expansion
- Virtual LVI and Virtual LUN
- Cache Residency
- Performance Monitor
- Continuous Access Synchronous and Continuous Access Synchronous Z
- Continuous Access Journal and Continuous Access Journal Z
- Business Copy and Business Copy Z
- Snapshot
- Thin Provisioning
- SNMP Agent
- Examples of using external volumes with other products
- 3 Key terms
- 4 Prerequisites
- Configuring External Storage
- Choosing external port
- Choosing and mapping external volumes
- Registering a volume to an external volume group (ExG)
- Configuring external volume attributes
- External paths
- Path mode
- Examples of alternate paths
- Examples of switching I/O execution paths to alternate paths (when the path mode is Multi mode)
- Examples of switching I/O execution paths to alternate paths (when the path mode is Single mode)
- Examples of switching I/O execution paths to alternate paths (when the path mode is Single mode and there is at least one alternate path in Standby status)
- Connecting mainframe volumes
- Connecting open systems volumes
- Choosing mapping policy
- System requirements
- Guidelines for External Storage operations
- Mapping guidelines
- Recommended applications according to HDD type
- Capacity guidelines
- Guidelines for mainframe volumes
- Volume attribute guidelines
- Creating LUSE volume guidelines
- Maintenance guidelines for an external storage system
- Performance and status guidelines
- RAID level considerations
- Thunder 9500V series guidelines
- AMS 2000 series guidelines
- Configuring External Storage
- 5 Flowchart
- 6 Performing External Storage operations
- Setting ports
- Mapping an external volume
- Setting the external paths
- Checking the external volume details
- Turning on or off the storage system
- Disconnecting external storage system or external volume
- Checking connection status and resuming external volume operation
- Stopping the use of paths to the external volume (disconnect external paths)
- Restoring the paths to the external volume (reconnect external paths)
- Changing the cache mode setting of the external volume
- Changing the inflow control setting of the external volume
- Changing the port setting of the external storage system
- Editing mapping policy
- Deleting external volume mappings
- Changing the processor blade assigned to an external volume
- Using a mapped external volume from a connected host
- 7 Troubleshooting
- 8 Support and other resources
- A Connecting external storage systems
- AMS/WMS storage system
- Thunder 9500V storage system
- P9500 storage system
- XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array
- XP12000 Disk Array/XP10000 Disk Array
- XP1024/XP128 Disk Array
- XP512/XP48 Disk Array
- SVS200 storage system
- EVA storage system
- Oracle StorEdge 6120/6320
- Oracle StorageTek FlexLine 380
- Oracle StorageTek 2540
- Oracle StorageTek V2X2
- EMC CLARiiON CX series
- EMC Symmetrix series
- IBM DS3000/DS4000/DS5000 series
- System parameters for connecting IBM SVC series
- IBM V7000 series
- Notes on connecting IBM XIV series
- Fujitsu FibreCAT CX series
- System parameters for connecting SGI IS4600 series
- Non-HP storage systems
- B Required external volume capacity for each emulation type
- C Adjusting volume capacities for pairs
- D Remote command devices
- E RAID Manager command reference
- F External Storage GUI reference
- Top window when selecting External Storage
- Top window when selecting an external storage system under External Storage
- Top window when selecting a path group under the external storage system of External Storage
- Add External Volumes wizard
- Edit Policies window
- Edit External Volumes wizard
- Edit External Path Configuration wizard
- Edit External WWNs wizard
- Delete External Volumes wizard
- Disconnect External Paths wizard
- Reconnect External Paths wizard
- Discover External Target Ports window
- Create External Path Group window
- Change Setting window
- View External LUN Properties window
- Reconnect External Storage Systems window
- Reconnect External Volumes window
- Disconnect External Storage Systems window
- Disconnect External Volumes window
- Assign Processor Blade wizard
- External LDEV Properties window
- Glossary
- Index