HP StorageWorks External Storage XP user guide for the XP12000, XP10000, SVS200 (T1706-96009, October 2007)

Determining,setting,orchangingtheexternalLUcachemode .................. 52
Determiningifthecachemodeisdisabled ........................ 52
Changingthecachemode ............................... 52
Collectingdeviceinformation ............................ 53
DeletingandremappingtheexternalLU........................ 55
Partitioningcacheforexternalstorage ............................ 55
Forexample,CompanyAuses: ............................. 56
Inanotherexample,CompanyBusesthefollowingstoragetiers:............... 56
Topartitioncacheforexternalstorage:.......................... 56
Determiningthenumberandsizeofneededpartitions ..................... 56
Creatingcachepartitions.................................. 57
Changingstoragesystemmodes............................... 59
4ExternalStorageXPpanes ..................... 61
LUOperationpane .................................... 61
Devicetree...................................... 63
Devicelist ...................................... 64
WWNtree...................................... 66
WWNlist ...................................... 67
Porttree ....................................... 69
Portlist........................................ 70
Filterbutton...................................... 72
Presetlist(LUOperationpane).............................. 72
PortOperationpane.................................... 73
PortOperationtree................................... 74
PortOperationlist................................... 75
Presetlist(PortOperationpane) ............................. 76
5ConfiguringexternalLUs..................... 77
Overview of configuringexternalLUs............................. 77
Settinganexternalarray'sport ............................... 78
Settingalocalarray'sportattributes ............................. 78
DiscoveringandMappingLUs................................ 79
MappingexternalLUsindividually(AddLU) ........................ 79
SelectPathspane ................................. 83
MappingmultipleexternalLUsat(AddLU(Auto))...................... 88
SelectLDEVwindow................................ 91
DisplayingdetailedinformationstoredinVMA(VMAinformation) .............. 93
SettingalternatepathsforexternalLUs ............................ 95
Definingalternatepaths ................................ 98
Changing a definedalternatepathpriority ........................ 98
Canceling alternate path definitions ........................... 100
Changingalternatepaths................................ 100
Replacing All the Alternate Paths with Newly-added Alternate Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
AddingalternatepathsbyselectingmultipleexternalLUs(AddPaths) ............... 102
DeletingalternatepathsbyselectingmultipleexternalLUs(DeletePaths).............. 104
CheckinganexternalLU'sstatus(LDEVInformation)....................... 105
ObtaininginformationaboutexternalLUs......................... 105
RestoringexternalLUs(Restore) ............................. 107
Displaying configurationinformationforexternalLUs(VolumeDetail) ............. 108
DisconnectingexternalarraysorLUs ............................. 109
DisconnectingallexternalLUsinanexternalarray(DisconnectSubsystem)........... 110
DisconnectingexternalLUsindividually(DisconnectVolume) ................. 111
Checking the connection status and resuming external LU operations (Check Paths & Restore Vol.) . . . 112
RestoringallexternalLUsinanexternalarray(CheckPaths&RestoreVol.)........... 112
RestoringexternalLUsindividually(CheckPaths&RestoreVol.)................ 113
RestoringexternalLUs(LDEVRestore)............................. 113
Restoringvolumesinanexternalarray .......................... 113
RestoringvolumesinamappedexternalLUindividually................... 114
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