HP StorageWorks XP Provisioning Manager User Guide (December 2005)

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Table G.1 Provisioning Manager Terms and Corresponding Storage Subsystem Terms
Provisioning Manager StorageWorks
XP12000/XP10000
StorageWorks
XP1024/XP128
StorageWorks
XP512/XP48
Port controller CHA CHA CHA
Port Port Port Port
Host storage domain Host group Host group Not applicable
Logical unit (LUN) LUN LUN LUN
Array group VDEV (area created by
dividing the parity group
into pieces)
VDEV (area created by
dividing the parity group
into pieces)
Parity group
Logical device (LDEV) LDEV LDEV LDEV
Business Copy XP Business Copy XP Business Copy XP Business Copy XP
Continuous Access XP Continuous Access XP Continuous Access XP Continuous Access XP
Snapshot XP Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Continuous Access XP
Journal
#1
Continuous Access XP
Journal
Not applicable Not applicable
#1: StorageWorks XP10000 does not support Continuous Access XP Journal.
Table G.2 shows the relationship between Provisioning Manager terms and the corresponding OS terms.
Table G.2 Provisioning Manager Terms and the Corresponding OS Terms
Provisioning Manager
(Display in GUI)
HP-UX Windows
®
Solaris™ AIX
®
Linux
Raw device
(RawDevice)
Block device or
character device
Device Block device or
character device
Block device or
character device
Block device or
raw device
Raw device
(RawDevice(Partitione
d))
Partition Partition Slice Not applicable Partition
Volume group
(VolumeGroup)
Volume group Disk group
#1
Disk group
#2
Volume group Volume group
Logical volume
(LogicalVolume)
Logical volume Basic disk
partition or
dynamic disk
volume
Logical volume Logical volume Logical volume
Device file Device file Device Device file Device special file Device file
#1: When Logical Disk Manager is used, Provisioning Manager virtually creates a volume group that has the
same name as the logical volume. The corresponding volume group does not exist on the host.
#2: When SDS/SVM is used, Provisioning Manager virtually creates a volume group that has the same name
as the logical volume. The corresponding volume group does not exist on the host.