HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Administrator Guide (Web Version) (TK981-96004, May 2014)

Configuration in which a virtual HBA is allocated for each virtual machine (by using NPIV HBAs)
Figure 7 Operation workflow for allocating volumes to virtual machines (when allocating a virtual
HBA to each virtual machine)
1. Register the virtualization servers that run the virtual machines whose volume status you want to
manage in Device Manager.
2. Register the virtual machines whose volume usage you want to manage in Device Manager as
normal hosts.
3. Allocate the LUN paths of volumes to both the virtualization servers (physical WWNs) and virtual
machines (virtual WWNs), and then make the virtual machines recognize the volumes as RAW
device.
Note that Device Manager cannot recognize volumes that make up a datastore.
Related topics
How to register a virtualization server: HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition User Guide or
HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition CLI Reference Guide
System configuration and requirements38