Overview: The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack (September 2009)
Table Of Contents
- Abstract
- Background
- Features of the Next Generation Mass Storage Stack
- Impact
- Background
- Impact
- Background
- Impact
- Background
- Impact
- Impact
- Introduction to the Agile View
- Changes to I/O and Mass Storage Subsystems
- Changes to Other Subsystems
- Migrating to the Agile View
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Appendix A: Summary of Changes
- Appendix B: Using ioscan
- Appendix C: Using scsimgr
- Appendix D: Interpreting Lunpath Hardware Paths
- For more information
Figure 3: SMH Toggle Global Device View Screen
The setting of this toggle persists between HP SMH sessions by creating a small file when the user selects the agile
view for a system. This file is used by various HP SMH applications including pdweb and fsweb.
For additional information on HP SMH, see the HP System Management Homepage white paper in For more
information
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Ignite-UX
The Ignite-UX product operates in the agile view to take advantage of the mass storage stack multi-pathing and
failover features.
Ignite-UX displays lunpath hardware paths for the location of the target install media and network devices in its
Root Disk selection screen, as follows:
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