HP Matrix Operating Environment Automated Storage Provisioning: "Static"SAN volume automation via multi-initiator NPIV

Insight Orchestration – Storage Automation via NPIV

4. The Server administrator takes this information and updates each of the storage pool entries,

marking the storage pool entries as “ready for use”.

5. The process is repeated until the storage pool is fully populated with all of the storage

resources that the Server administrator requires. The result is a set of fully described storage

pool entries which may now by used for server provisioning.

Provisioning a Physical Server from the Storage Pool with Shared Disks

Now that we have a fully populated storage pool including shared disks, we can make use of it to

provide storage for a LogicalServer group with multiple servers using HPIO. First, HPIO is used to

create a LogicalServer group:

Figure 12: Create LogicalServer Group with shared disks

Once the LogicalServer group definition has been created, it will be submitted for HPIO provisioning.

The provisioning process runs through multiple steps to actually select the required resources (i.e.

physical server, network, and storage resources) as well as automating the OS deployment process

and attaching the servers to their shared data disk. The next figures focus in on the details of the

storage provisioning process using NPIV.