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

Insight Orchestration – Storage Automation via NPIV

i. 20 GB, RAID1, WINDOWS,

ii. 50:06:0B:00:00:C2:62:00, fc_fabric1

iii. 50:06:0B:00:00:C2:62:01, fc_fabric2

In this case, we have defined a Windows boot disk named “WindowsBootDisk1”, 20GB in

size and the pair of server HBA WWNs that will have access to this specific disk.

3. The SAN administrator receives the request from the Server administrator. Using this

information and his own tools and processes, the SAN administrator creates and presents

each of the disks requested to the SAN. For the example above, he would create and

present a 20 GB LUN using the WINDOWS host mode to each of the fabrics: fc_fabric1 and

fc_fabric2. The LUN would be masked such that only HBA WWNs

50:06:0B:00:00:C2:62:00 and 50:06:0B:00:00:C2:62:01 have access to the LUN.

Finally, the SAN administrator would create a zone in each of the fabrics and place into the

zone, the appropriate server HBA WWN and the disk array controller port(s) WWN(s) over

which the LUN is being presented. At the completion of this process, he will update the

information describing “WindowsBootDisk1” and return it to the Server administrator. The

additions that will be made are in red below. Specifically they are the disk array controller

port WWN over which the LUN is presented and the LUN number:

a. WindowsBootDisk1

i. 20 GB, RAID1, WINDOWS,

ii. 50:06:0B:00:00:C2:62:00, fc_fabric1, 50001FE15006C7AC, 1

iii. 50:06:0B:00:00:C2:62:01, fc_fabric2, 50001FE15006C7A8, 1

4. The Server administrator takes this information and updates the “WindowsBootDisk1” storage

pool entry, marking the storage pool entry 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.

To enter the storage pool management sections of ID-VSE select the following: