HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.3.1-00 User Guide

• Create hierarchical storage tiers based on varying drive performance and capacity characteristics
• Use the Mobility tab to optimize data placement and operation for online data migration between
tiers
If you install 'Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning' in an environment that manages virtualization
servers using VMware vCenter Server and VMware vSphere Client, you can use the plug-in to allocate
volumes.
What's new
HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite software includes the following
new or enhanced functionality:
NOTE:
For complete information about enhancements, fixes, and other changes, see the Device Manager
Release Notes .
Device Manager server now supports the addition of the following virtualization server products as
a host, by registering the virtualization server with Host Data Collector.
• VMware ESX and ESXi 4.0
• VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1
• VMware ESXi 5.0
Device Manager server now supports acquiring information on VMware ESX and ESXi hosts which
work on an IPv6 environment, by registering them with a Host Data Collector.
System configuration
The following figure illustrates HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite
software management server components, and the basic configuration of the storage network.
Overview of HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite14