HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

Provisioning Manager358
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The Brocade Console is accessible by typing the user name and password for the switch in a Telnet
window. Then, type switchshow at the prompt to view the status of the switch.
Managing Storage
This section describes the following:
• ”Setting Up Storage Partitioning” on page 358
• ”Modifying the Cache Settings (Engenio and Sun 6130)” on page 364
• ”Changing the Owner of a Volume (Engenio, CLARiiON and Sun 6130)” on page 364
• ”Managing Storage Pools” on page 365
• ”Managing Volumes” on page 367
• ”Rules for Creating Host Security Groups” on page 374
• ”Managing Host Security Groups” on page 378
• ”General Provisioning Issues” on page 385
• ”Provisioning Issues by Vendor” on page 386
Setting Up Storage Partitioning
Each storage vendor treats storage partitioning differently. For example, Hitachi and EMC ship their
storage systems with the volumes already created. Other storage vendors, such as Engenio ship
their storage system as an empty array.
Despite the differences among storage systems, you can still use this product to manage your
provisioning. Some tasks, such as volume creation, might create different results according to the