HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.1 User Guide

NOTE: SPM does not support on-demand storage provisioning on XP storage systems. Additionally,
management of XP storage systems through SPM requires Fibre Channel connectivity to the server
running SPM.
Minimum requirements
SPM supports the following managed storage systems:
Required Management SoftwareFirmwareStorage System Model
InFormOS 3.1.1 MU1 and later3PAR F200, 3PAR F400, 3PAR
T400, 3PAR T800
EVA CV 9.4 or laterPlease refer to the Single Point of
Connectivity Knowledge for HP
Storage Products (SPOCK) for
firmware compatibility at http://
www.hp.com/storage/spock.
EVA4400, EVA6400, EVA8400,
P6300, P6350, P6500, and
P6550
P9500 RWC Micro code: 7002050000XP24000 requires firmware version
60–08–06 or later; please refer to the
Single Point of Connectivity
Knowledge for HP Storage Products
(SPOCK) for firmware compatibility at
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
XP12000, XP20000, XP24000,
and P9500
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SPM allows importing XP/P9000 arrays that run on older firmware versions.
For more information, see HP P6000 Command View Software and HP 3PAR Utility Storage Family.
SPM supports the following Brocade Network Advisor software packages:
Brocade Switch FOS/M-EOSc versionSAN Management Software
FOS v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x, v5.3.x, v6.0.x. v6.1.x, v6.2.x,
v6.3.x, v6.4.x, v7.0.x; for specific devices, as listed in the
HP B-Series Network Advisor 11.1.3 (Enterprise,
Professional Plus, or SMI Agent Only) options
release notes, M-EOSc 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8.x and 9.9.x are
also supported.
-or-
Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) v11.1.3 (Enterprise,
Professional Plus, or SMI Agent Only) options
NOTE:
• Brocade Network Advisor 11.1.3 or HP B-Series Network Advisor 11.1.3 must be installed
in order to manage Brocade based SAN environments.
For more information and access to HP B-Series Network Adviser software, see HP B-series
Management Software - Overview & Features. Download information can be found under
“HP Support and Drivers.”
• Brocade's legacy standalone SMI Agent is not supported by SPM. SPM will only support the
SMI Agent installed via HP B-Series Network Advisor/Brocade Network Advisor installation
packages as called out above.
Roles and workflow
Tasks in SPM can be logically broken out into two categories: administrative tasks and consumer
tasks. By default, SPM defines three different roles to handle the administrative tasks: storage
administrator, storage architect and storage operator. People who fulfill these roles are responsible
for setting up and managing the storage resources in the SPM catalog, defining provisioning policy
and configuring security. SPM also defines a single consumer role by default whose primary task
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