HP Storage Hardware Providers VDS/VSS Installation Guide (5697-1131, August 2011)
Table Of Contents
- HP Storage Hardware Providers VDS/VSS Installation Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview of HP Storage hardware providers
- 2 Installing HP hardware providers for HP P6000 disk arrays
- Preparing to install HP P6000 hardware providers
- Installing hardware providers for HP P6000 disk arrays
- 3 Installing HP hardware providers for HP P9000 disk arrays
- Preparing to install HP P9000 hardware providers
- Installing hardware providers for HP P9000 disk arrays
- 4 Troubleshooting the HP hardware providers
- 5 Support and other resources
- Glossary
- Index
OPEN-9) and the same size in GB. You must create at least an equal number of primary and
secondary LUNs so that there are enough secondary LUNs to hold the primary LUN copies. Some
applications require twice as many or more secondary LUNs as primary LUNs. Windows limits
LUNs to the range of 00 to 0xFE; do not to use a LUN number above 0xFE.
6. For VSS only, configure the disk array Fibre Channel port connected to the VDS/VSS server(s)
as follows:
ProvidesConnection parameter
Fabric para-
meter
NL-port (private arbitrated loop)FC-ALOFF
NL-port (public loop) for loop connection to a switchFC-ALON
N-port (fabric port) for connection to a switchPOINT-TO-POINTON
Not supportedPOINT-TO-POINTOFF
Configuring LUNs
Add primary, SVOL, and Shadow host groups.
Preparing the disk array for VSS
The following configuration step is required only if you will use VSS to make volume shadow copies.
If you are only using VDS and will not use VSS, skip this step.
1. For VSS only, configure the disk array Fibre Channel port connected to the VDS/VSS server(s)
as follows:
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