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Figure 58 Volume Detail window

You can also check the LDEVs making up a LUSE volume by selecting View all Volumes at the
bottom of the LDEV Information window. However, only LDEVs in the specified external LU appear.
The Volume Detail window displays all LDEVs, including LDEVs of other external LUs.

The Volume Detail command is available after you restore the external LU using the Restore
command.

Disconnecting external arrays or LUs

Use the Disconnect Subsystem and Disconnect Volume commands to disconnect external LUs. This
is necessary, for example, before turning off the power on local arrays or external arrays for
maintenance or before deleting an external LU's mapping.

The Disconnect Subsystem or Disconnect Volume command stops all host I/O to the mapped external
LU, and writes all data in the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 cache memory to the external LU (all
data is destaged).

Mapping settings are preserved, even though the external LU is disconnected using the Disconnect
Subsystem or Disconnect Volume command. Therefore, you can resume using the external LU as

108 Configuring external LUs