HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) Version 2.0 User Guide

resource (n.) A storage catalog entity representing a storage resource. A resource provides a set of services.
resourced Within SPM, a service is resourced if it has been activated and thus has been assigned resources.
roles, security Within SPM, a security role is a set of constraints on access to resources and functions within the
system that may be applied to one or more users of the system.
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server In this document, a server refers to either an application server or a storage server.
service request A service request is the set of requirements sent to SPM which describes the type and amount of
storage preferred. It is typically initiated by the server administrator.
service
requirement
Service requirements are contained within a service request. Each service requirement consists
of a requirement type (such as, a volume service), a set of constraints (for example, size, RAID
type, tag values), and a set of configurations (including LUN masking, and host OS mode).
small computer
systems interface
SCSI is a standard, intelligent parallel interface for attaching peripheral arrays to computers,
based on an array independent protocol.
SPM Storage Area Network, usually referring to Fibre Channel technology in practice.
storage catalog The repository of service requests, services, service groups, and resources managed by SPM.
Storage
Management
Initiative
Specification
SMI-S delivers open storage network management interface technology in order to have "all
storage managed by the SMI interface" as the unifying factor between all objects that must be
managed in a storage area network and the tools used to manage them.
storage pool A aggregation of storage on an array that provides one or more volumes that can be presented
to a host system.
storage server A Proliant Storage Server running Windows Storage Server 2008. Provides file and, optionally,
iSCSI block services.
storage service SPM defines a storage service as space in the catalog that is available to fulfill a requirement,
or is already fulfilling a requirement.
storage solution SPM composes a storage solution to satisfy a set of storage requirements. The storage solution
consists of a process that may be executed to fulfill the storage requirements in the customers
environment. Steps include storage provisioning and storage presentation sequenced with host
configuration and data service configuration actions.
storage system An entity that provides storage capacity to a server. Types of storage systems include disk arrays,
NAS appliance (storage server), and DAS. Capabilities of storage systems vary by type and are
commonly extended through licensable data services.
subscribed
capacity
The amount of storage within a storage pool that has been promised to clients. Thinly-provisioned
volumes may contribute more to the subscribed capacity of the pool of which they are a member
than they contribute to the committed capacity. Fully-provisioned volumes contribute their total
capacity to both the committed and the subscribed capacity of the pools that contain them.
system A system refers to a storage system or an application server.
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tag Within SPM, a tag is a string used to mark resources. Users can define new tags as needed.
target Within a storage area network, a target is an endpoint that provides storage through a storage
area network.
template Within SPM, a template is a set of requirements that may be saved within the system and used
to define one or more particular services.
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unmanaged Within SPM, a storage area network or a storage array is said to be unmanaged if SPM cannot
communicate with its management tool. SPM cannot change the state of an unmanaged network
or array, and must be manually informed of the state of the network or array. Currently this manual
process proceeds via an XML file.
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