Add external volumes window – HP XP Racks User Manual
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Add External Volumes window
Part of the Add External Volumes wizard, use this window to display discovered external volumes
and to make related selections.
Description
Item
Volumes in the external system associated with the external port side of the
external path and path group.
Discovered External Volumes
The external LUN with the highest priority.
LUN ID(Highest Priority)
"?" indicates that an external volume is not found. In this case, confirm the
connection with the external system, and then perform the operation again.
Name of the storage system reported to the host by the external volume.
The displayed name differs by vendor. For some HP enterprise storage, this
field displays emulation type.
Device Name
External volume capacity.
Capacity
Identification number of the external volume.
Characteristic1
The value is used by Ext Stor to identify the LUN across multiple paths. The
value is provided by the external system and may reflect internal numbering.
Identification number of the external volume.
Characteristic2
Information about the external volume’s drive type.
Drive Info
SATA displays when the external volume is a SATA drive of following storage
systems.
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P9500
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XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array
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HUS/AMS/WMS
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SMS
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Thunder 9500V
SSD displays when the external volume is the SSD of following storage
systems.
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HP XP7 Storage
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HUS VM Storage Platform
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P9500
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XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array
Displays operation mode of the external path.
Path Mode
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Single: Ordinarily, only one external path is used even if alternate paths
are set, In Single mode, alternate paths are operated only in case of
maintenance work failure.
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Multi: When alternate paths are set, external paths from several ports
are simultaneously used with load balancing.
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