HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

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)
Creating a command device for an XP7 disk array
NOTE: The following procedure details the steps on creating command devices for a P9500 Disk
Array. These steps are also applicable for the other XP7 disk array models.
Complete the following steps to create a command device from Command View AE:
1. Open an IE browser window and enter http://<ip_address>:23015/DeviceManager/
address in the browser address line to access the XP7 Command View AE Device Manager.
2. Launch Replication Manager using one of the following ways:
• From the Command View AE Tools+Replication Manager.
• Open an IE browser window and enter
http://<ip_address>:23015/ReplicationManager/ address in the browser
address line.
Ensure that you created new volumes and also paths for the new volumes in the XP7 disk array
before launching Replication Manager.
3. In the Replication Manager GUI, perform the following steps:
a. In the Explorer menu, select Resources+Storage Systems.
The Storage Systems window appears.
b. Expand the object tree, and select the P9500 storage system under Storage Systems.
The P9500 storage-system-name window appears.
c. Click Open.
The Open window appears.
d. In the Cmd Devs section, click Add Cmd Devices.
The Add Command Devices Wizard begins.
e. Select the newly added volumes and create command devices as instructed by the wizard.
The newly added command devices are displayed in the Open window.
Complete the following steps to create a command device from Remote Web Console:
1. Log on to Remote Web Console with administrator privileges.
2. In the XP7 Remote Web Console Explorer pane, under Storage Systems node, click the XP7
disk array node for which you want to create a command device.
3. In the list that appears, select Logical Devices.
The list of LDEVs for the selected XP7 disk array appear under the LDEVs tab in the Storage
Systems work area.
4. For the LDEV that you want to configure as a command device, select the corresponding LDEV
record and click the down arrow symbol (v) next to More Actions.
5. In the pop-up list that appears, select Edit Command Devices.
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