HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.1 User Guide

Configuring SPM to communicate with SANs..............................................................................63
Importing a network................................................................................................................63
Managing networks................................................................................................................63
Connectivity services...............................................................................................................63
Managed networks............................................................................................................63
Zoning automation constraints........................................................................................64
Zoning policy...............................................................................................................64
Zoning naming convention.............................................................................................64
Zone modification.........................................................................................................64
Zone destruction...........................................................................................................65
Requirements................................................................................................................65
Unmanaged networks........................................................................................................65
C Working with EVA storage systems.............................................................66
Understanding how to import EVA arrays into SPM.....................................................................66
Understanding EVA capacity reporting......................................................................................66
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................66
Understanding EVA Storage System presentation, mapping, and masking......................................67
Working with EVA Storage System host modes...........................................................................67
Creating hosts on an EVA Storage System..................................................................................67
Backup and restore on EVA volumes..........................................................................................67
D Working with 3PAR storage systems............................................................68
Overview..............................................................................................................................68
Understanding how to import 3PAR arrays into SPM....................................................................68
Understanding 3PAR capacity reporting....................................................................................68
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................68
Volume capacity................................................................................................................70
Understanding 3PAR Storage System volume creation/growth......................................................70
Understanding 3PAR Storage System virtual domains..................................................................70
Exposing volume presentations in 3PAR Storage Systems..............................................................71
Working with 3PAR Storage System host modes..........................................................................71
Presenting volumes on 3PAR Storage Systems.............................................................................71
Creating hosts on a 3PAR Storage System..................................................................................72
Working with 3PAR Storage System active VLUNs and VLUN templates.........................................72
Working with autonomic groups...............................................................................................72
Volume migration (Tiering).......................................................................................................72
Importing a large number of volumes........................................................................................73
Unique identification of common provisioning groups (CPG).........................................................73
Backup and restore handling on 3PAR volumes...........................................................................73
E Working with HP P9000/XP Disk Array.......................................................74
Supported configurations.........................................................................................................74
Understanding how to import P9000/XP array into SPM.............................................................74
Understanding P9000/XP disk array capacity reporting..............................................................74
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................74
Understanding P9000/XP disk array presentation, mapping, and masking....................................75
Working with P9000/XP disk array host modes.........................................................................75
Creating hosts on a P9000/XP disk array.............................................................................75
Backup and restore handling on XP volumes...............................................................................76
F Working with unmanaged networks............................................................77
Overview..............................................................................................................................77
Unmanaged SANs.............................................................................................................77
Storage admin changes requested by SPM.......................................................................77
Zone removal...............................................................................................................77
Simple unmanaged networks...............................................................................................77
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