Operating System Software User Manual

Part II Understanding Storage
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See:For conceptual information about:
“Storage Software Components” (page 40)Data storage components (physical disks, chunklets, logical disks,
CPGs, and virtual volumes)
“Hosts” (page 43)Hosts (WWN or iSCSI paths)
“Common Provisioning Groups” (page 45)CPGs (pool of storage space)
“Virtual Volumes” (page 46)Virtual volumes (storage containers)
“Exporting Virtual Volumes” (page 49)Exporting virtual volumes (making volumes accessible to hosts)
“RAID” (page 50)RAID (redundancy for storage stability)
“User Roles and Rights” (page 51)User roles and rights (authorizations)
“Managing Storage” (page 52)Managing storage
For a list of HP 3PAR documents, see “HP 3PAR documentation” (page 55).