HP Logical Server Management Best Practices

Figure 25: Storage pool entry fabric information from pre-populated SPM storage catalog

Figure 25 shows that the fabric information is now populated into the storage pool entry, an indication that the

volume has redundant paths, and also shows the Storage Port WWN and LUN information. The administrator can

review the default Storage Port WWNs and select a different WWN if appropriate at this time. Note that the server

WWNs are shown in the table at the bottom of the screen; they have been populated based on the values from the

pre-presented entries in the HP SPM storage catalog.

The storage pool entry definitions discussed to this point have focused on physical servers (ensuring when a logical

server is defined there are suitable storage pool entries from which to choose). Matrix OE also provides the means to

specify storage requirements for logical servers which will be instantiated as virtual machines. The Virtual machine

storage section later in this white paper provides more details.

Details on the storage types and various fields when creating a storage pool entry are covered in the HP Insight

Virtualization Manager 6.3 Software with Logical Server Management: User Guide (available at

http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs). That document also provides information on adding storage (to both

physical logical servers and virtual machines).

The logical server storage requirements described in a storage pool entry will be fulfilled by storage volumes created

by the storage administrator. The detailed information on those volumes can be provided through one of several

means:

 The requirement information is visible in the storage pool entry screens and the detailed information can be

populated into those screens.

 The storage requirements can be exported in an XML file, shared with the storage administrator who

supplies details of the provisioned volumes, and the resulting information can be populated into the storage

pool entries via importing a modified XML file.

 If using the Storage Provisioning Manager storage catalog, candidate matching entries can be retrieved

(with all details automatically populated into the logical server storage pool entry when the appropriate

entry is chosen).

These various mechanisms enable Matrix OE to adapt to the customer environment as appropriate. If the

administrator creating the storage pool entries is also able to create, present, and zone storage, they can do so as