HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform administrator guide (5697-8056, March 2009)

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Business Copy

SVSP

An HP StorageWorks product that works with SAN storage systems to provide

local replication capabilities within the SVSP domain, providing local point-in-time

(PiT) copies of data, using snapshots of data, based on changes to virtual disks.

CLI Command line interface. The Data Path Module provides a CLI through the local

administrative console (serial port console), telnet, or SSH.

Continuous Access

SVSP

An HP StorageWorks product that works with SAN storage systems to provide

asynchronous data replication (remote mirroring) between SVSP domains to

support disaster tolerance requirements. Data replication can be bidirectional,

meaning that an SVSP domain can be both a source and a destination.

cross-connected A property of a high-availability configuration in which both Data Path Modules

connect to a dual fabric SAN, allowing either Data Path Module to access both

controllers of a dual-controller storage array.

Data Path Module A SAN-based device, separate from the core Fibre Channel switching

infrastructure, that provides storage virtualization services across heterogeneous

hosts, storage, and SAN fabrics. The device runs a VSM fabric agent,

communicates with a VSM server, is able to process virtual disk information,

present virtual disks to servers as LUNs, and handle their I/Os by routing them

to storage systems managed by the VSM server.

default boot set The boot set that becomes the active boot set when the system is started, unless

the user selects a different boot set. Applies to the DPM.

DPM See Data Path Module.

DPM group An entity that contains one primary and one secondary Data Path Module. Data

Path Modules can only present virtual disks to hosts after they have been added

to DPM groups.

entity A virtual object defined as part of VSM’s virtualized configuration of a SAN.

EVA HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array. A high-performance, high-capacity,

and high-availability storage solution for the high-end enterprise class marketplace.

Each EVA storage system consists of a pair of HSV virtualizing storage controllers

and the disk drives they manage.

fabric A network of one or more Fibre Channel switches that transmit data between

any two N_ports attached to the member switches.

fabric agent In VSM, a virtualization agent that runs on a DPM. The fabric agent receives

virtual disk information from a VSM server, sets the mapping tables of the DPM,

and enables the DPM to route I/O data from hosts to storage systems.

FC Fibre Channel. A serial data transfer architecture developed by a consortium of

computer and mass storage system manufacturers that requires very high

bandwidth. Fibre Channel provides high reliability transport protocols.

See also http://www.fibrechannel.org/ and http://www.t11.org/.

front-side path A path between the host (host bus adapter) and the Data Path Module.

Group In VSM, a virtual container that defines one or more elements for a data moving

task.