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HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager user guide 11
1 Introduction
HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager (Simple SAN Connection Manager) is a GUI-based
management application for basic management of SAN components such as host bus adapters (HBAs),
switches, and storage arrays. For managing storage arrays, it uses Microsoft’s Virtual Disk Service (VDS).
Simple SAN Connection Manager provides a simplified storage management for VDS-compliant storage
devices in a single, integrated, wizard-based user interface.
This user guide is your key to learning and using all of the functionality that Simple SAN Connection
Manager offers for simplifying storage management by leveraging the VDS in Windows Server 2003.
What’s in this guide
This introductory chapter of the Simple SAN Connection Manager user guide describes the hardware and
software requirements for Simple SAN Connection Manager.
Information in the rest of this guide is organized as follows:
• Installing and removing Simple SAN Connection Manager , page 13, provides instructions for product
installation and product removal.
• Getting started , page 27 describes the user interface (application window, menu bar, and toolbar),
explains how to use the help system, and walks you through the steps for launching the application and
performing initial setup of your storage array and switch.
• Viewing maps, events, and configurations , page 37, provides procedures for viewing the Physical
Connection map, logical unit number (LUN) Assignment map, and the application event log, and for
saving and comparing SAN configurations.
• Managing switches , page 43, provides procedures for viewing switch properties and zoning
information, updating switch firmware, and setting the switch default zoning, admin password, IP
address, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) properties, symbolic name, and domain ID.
• Managing HBAs , page 55, provides procedures for viewing HBA information, updating the HBA Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) image and driver, and creating an alias for an HBA.
• Managing logical disks (LUNs) , page 61, provides procedures for viewing logical disk information and
for creating, deleting, and expanding logical disks. In addition, it describes how to assign and
unassign a logical disk to a server, and to create an alias name for a logical disk.
• Managing servers , page 77, provides procedures for viewing server information, refreshing the server
list, adding new servers and removing offline servers, and setting the server agent password.
• Managing storage subsystems , page 81, provides procedures for viewing subsystem information,
managing storage subsystems, refreshing the subsystem list, and creating an alias for a subsystem.
• Troubleshooting , page 87, provides solutions to some common issues you might encounter.
• Glossary , page 93, defines terms used in this guide.
In addition, at the end of this guide is an index to help you easily locate information.
System requirements
Before starting the installation (see Installing and removing Simple SAN Connection Manager , page 13),
ensure that your server that will be running Simple SAN Connection Manager meets the following
minimum requirements:
• Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system with Service Pack 2
• 512 MB of memory
• 160 MB of disk space
• One 2.0-GHz processor
• One CD ROM drive
• One Ethernet port
• One or more PCI-e slots for the HP StorageWorks 81Q PCI-e Fibre Channel (FC) HBAs
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5 or higher