3PAR InForm® OS 2.2.4 Concepts Guide (320-200085 Rev B, March 2009)

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Table of Contents
InForm OS Version 2.2.4 3PAR InForm OS Concepts Guide
6.3.1 Fibre Channel Adapters 6.3
6.3.2 iSCSI Adapters 6.3
6.3.3 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters 6.3
6.4 Target, Initiator, and Peer Mode 6.3
6.5 Exporting Volumes 6.4
6.6 Port Location Formats 6.5
6.7 The Port Persona 6.5
6.8 The Port Parameters 6.8
7 Logical Disks
7.1 Logical Disks and Virtual Volumes 7.1
7.2 Logical Disks and Common Provisioning Groups 7.2
7.3 Logical Disk Types 7.2
7.4 Logical Disk Size and RAID Type 7.3
7.4.1 For Virtual Volumes 7.3
7.4.2 For Common Provisioning Groups 7.4
7.5 Logical Disks and Physical Disks 7.4
8 Virtual Volumes
8.1 Logical Disks and Virtual Volumes 8.2
8.2 Standard Base Volumes 8.2
8.3 Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volumes 8.2
8.4 About the Admin Volume 8.3
8.5 System Guidelines for Volume Creation 8.3
8.6 Virtual Volume Exports (VLUNs) 8.4
8.7 Virtual Volume Types and Variations 8.5
8.7.1 Base Volumes 8.5
8.7.2 Physical Copies 8.6
8.7.3 Virtual Copies 8.7
8.7.4 Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volumes 8.11