HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 Install Guide (T1789-96323, August 2011)

4. Click the Subsystems node and select the subsystem for which you want to create the command
device. (The individual subsystems are displayed in the Subsystems navigation pane, which is
on the right side of the Explorer navigation pane.)
5. Click Physical View to launch the Remote Web Console with administrator privileges.
Creating a command device for the XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array
After logging into the XP Remote Web Console (see Logging into XP Remote Web Console through
XP Command View AE on page 36), complete the following steps to create a command device:
1. In the XP RWC window, click GO > LUN Manager > LU Path and Security. A list of LDEVs appears.
2. Right-click the LDEV that you want to convert into a command device.
3. Select Enable\Disable from the drop-down list.
4. Click Apply to save the changes and enable the selected LDEV as a command device.
CAUTION:
The volume designated as the command device is used only by the disk array and is blocked from
the user. Because the volume you select as a command device becomes unavailable to the host, HP
recommends that you use a volume that does not contain data or mounted files. The command device
can be any device that is accessible to the host.
Creating a command device for the XP1024/XP128 Disk Array
After logging into the XP Remote Web Console (see Logging into XP Remote Web Console through
XP Command View AE on page 36), complete the following steps to create a command device:
1. Click Physical View to open the LDEV Information window.
2. Click VIEW for the desired frame on the ARRAY GROUPS view.
3. Select the desired parity group in the Frame Information window, and then select the desired
array group on the next Frame Information window.
4. From the LDEV list, select the LDEV that you want to convert into a command device. The details
of the selected LDEV are displayed in the LDEV Information display area.
NOTE:
The LDEV CONFIG button in the LDEV Information display area is enabled only when you select
a LDEV from the LDEV list.
5. In the LDEV Information display area, click LDEV CONFIG to enable the selected LDEV as a
command device.
The LDEV Information display area consists of the following display areas:
• LDEV List (top left corner of the window)
• Array Group Info (top right corner of the window)
• LDEV Information (bottom corner of the window)
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