HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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Table 81 Required route list (4x4x4 Cascade configuration) (continued)
Route list needed in Business Continuity Manager
Remote site
condition
Intermediate site
condition
Primary site
condition
Host on which Business
Continuity Manager is
started
Intermediate
→ Primary
Unusable
Usable
Usable
Intermediate
→ Remote
Usable
Usable
Unusable
Intermediate
Unusable
Usable
Unusable
Remote
→ Intermediate → Primary
Usable
Usable
Usable
Remote host
None
Usable
Unusable
Usable
Remote
→ Intermediate
Usable
Usable
Unusable
None
Usable
Unusable
Unusable
Legend:
Usable: The target site can be used.
Unusable: The target site cannot be used because of an error.
# This is required for the Continuous Access Synchronous Z Consistency Preservation Function.
The following table describes how to prepare the configuration files at each site.
Table 82 How to Prepare Configuration Files at Each Site (4x4x4 Cascade)
How to prepare
Contents
File type
At the remote site
At the intermediate site
At the primary site
Transfer from the
primary site.
Transfer from the
primary site.
Perform a local scan.
The primary site
configuration
Disk configuration
definition file
Transfer from the
intermediate site.
Perform a Local Scan.
Transfer from the
intermediate site.
The intermediate site
configuration
Perform a Local Scan.
Transfer from the
remote site.
Transfer from the remote
site.
The remote site
configuration
Not required
Not required
Define a path set.
A Primary
→ Intermediate
inter-control unit logical
path
Path set definition file
Not required
Define a path set.
Not required
•
An Intermediate
→
Primary inter-control unit
logical path
•
An Intermediate
→
Remote inter-disk
controller logical path
Define a path set.
Not required
Not required
A Remote
→ Intermediate
inter-disk controller logical
path
Not required
Not required
Define a route list.
A Primary
→ Intermediate
→ Remote route/command
device
Route list definition
file/command device
definition file
Not required
Define a route list.
Not required
•
An Intermediate
→
Primary route/command
device
•
An Intermediate
→
Remote route/command
device
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