HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.1 User Guide

is to request storage from SPM. The primary tasks, the associated roles, and the order in which
tasks are performed are as follows:
NOTE: For an explanation of the use models, see Data storage and SPM.
NOTE: In addition to these roles, the following roles are defined in order to facilitate use of SPM
with Matrix OE: Matrix Architect, Matrix Administrator, Matrix Service and Matrix User.
1. The storage administrator first configures the catalog and imports storage resources into the
catalog. See Importing storage into the storage catalog.
2. The storage architect creates storage service templates.
3. HP Matrix Operating Environment allows a consumer (e.g. a server administrator) to create
SPM storage service requests and the 7.1 version of Matrix OE can auto-generate storage
service requests to be fulfilled through SPM. HP Matrix OE communicates with SPM to find
storage resources that match the requirements in that request and presents that storage to the
administrator/Matrix OE for use.
NOTE: Storage services can also be created and modified directly from the SPM user
interface.
See Managing storage catalog entities and Monitoring the storage catalog.
NOTE:
• In environments requiring the use of pre-presented volumes, and using unmanaged SANs, the
storage administrator must have appropriate initiator WWNs to configure SAN zoning and
LUN masking on the volumes being created. Those initiator WWNs are made available
through the HP Matrix OE lsmutil CLI utility.
• Network environments used in SPM must have distinct addresses across all imported networks.
After SPM is configured, each role can be utilized as catalog conditions require. For example, it
may become necessary to consult the storage architect as storage needs change, or demand
exceeds the created volumes. Monitoring, maintenance, and creation of service requests are
ongoing. For the interactions between roles, see Figure 2.
12 Introduction