HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.1.1 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96065, September 2011)

1 System configuration and requirements
This chapter describes the system configuration and system requirements for Device Manager and
Tiered Storage Manager.
System configuration
The following figure shows a basic system configuration in which Device Manager and Tiered Storage
Manager are used.
Figure 1 Basic system configuration
A TCP/IP network must be used to connect a management server to management clients, and the
management server to storage systems. Also, a Fibre Channel SAN must be configured between a
host and a storage system.
The major components configuring a system that uses Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager
are described in the following sections.
Hardware configuration
The hardware configuration when Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager are used is as
follows:
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