9.5.01 HP P4000 SAN Solution User Guide (AX696-96168, February 2012)

Shared versus individual characteristics...................................................................................183
Clone point..........................................................................................................................185
Shared snapshot ..................................................................................................................187
Creating SmartClone volumes................................................................................................189
To create a SmartClone volume..............................................................................................189
Viewing SmartClone volumes.................................................................................................190
Map view.......................................................................................................................190
Editing SmartClone volumes...................................................................................................193
To edit the SmartClone volumes.........................................................................................194
Deleting SmartClone volumes.................................................................................................194
Deleting the clone point ...................................................................................................194
Deleting multiple SmartClone volumes................................................................................195
15 Working with scripting..........................................................................196
Scripting documentation........................................................................................................196
16 Controlling server access to volumes........................................................197
Change in server access control from version 7.0 and earlier......................................................197
Adding server connections to management groups....................................................................198
Prerequisites....................................................................................................................198
Guide for servers.............................................................................................................198
Adding a server connection..............................................................................................199
Managing server connections................................................................................................199
Editing server connections.................................................................................................200
Deleting server connections...............................................................................................200
Clustering server connections.................................................................................................200
Requirements for clustering servers.....................................................................................200
Creating a server cluster...................................................................................................201
Server cluster map view....................................................................................................202
Working with a server cluster............................................................................................202
Deleting a server cluster....................................................................................................202
Assigning server connections access to volumes........................................................................203
Assigning server connections from a volume........................................................................204
Assigning volumes from a server connection........................................................................204
Editing server connection and volume assignments...............................................................204
Completing the iSCSI Initiator and disk setup...........................................................................205
Persistent targets or favorite targets.....................................................................................205
HP P4000 DSM for MPIO settings......................................................................................205
Disk management............................................................................................................205
17 Monitoring performance .......................................................................206
Prerequisites.........................................................................................................................206
Introduction to using performance information..........................................................................206
What can I learn about my SAN?......................................................................................206
Fault isolation example.....................................................................................................207
What can I learn about my volumes?......................................................................................208
Most active volumes examples...........................................................................................208
Activity generated by a specific server example...................................................................209
Planning for SAN improvements.............................................................................................209
Network utilization to determine if NIC bonding could improve performance example..............209
Load comparison of two clusters example............................................................................210
Load comparison of two volumes example...........................................................................210
Accessing and understanding the Performance Monitor window.................................................211
Performance Monitor toolbar.............................................................................................212
Performance monitor graph...............................................................................................212
Performance monitor table................................................................................................213
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