HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.0.1 User Guide (TB581-96053, May 2011)

Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 9
1 Overview ........................................................................................ 11
About P9000 Command View AE Software ................................................................................. 11
Features ................................................................................................................................... 11
System configuration ................................................................................................................. 11
Navigating the main window ..................................................................................................... 12
Operational flows ..................................................................................................................... 12
Process flow ...................................................................................................................... 13
Logging in ......................................................................................................................... 13
About configuring P9000 Command View AE Software .......................................................... 14
About storage resource settings ............................................................................................ 14
About users and access control settings ................................................................................. 14
About developing a virtualized storage environment ............................................................... 15
About allocating storage ..................................................................................................... 15
About managing storage resources hierarchically ................................................................... 15
About monitoring storage .................................................................................................... 16
2 Registering managed targets ............................................................. 17
Registering storage systems ........................................................................................................ 17
About registering a storage system ....................................................................................... 17
Prerequisites for registering a storage system .......................................................................... 17
Registering a storage system ................................................................................................ 17
Prerequisites for changing storage system information ............................................................. 18
Changing storage system information .................................................................................... 18
About acquiring the most recent storage system information ..................................................... 18
Acquiring the most recent storage system information .............................................................. 18
Registering hosts ....................................................................................................................... 19
About registering a host ...................................................................................................... 19
Conditions for acquiring the WWN ...................................................................................... 19
Prerequisites for registering a host ........................................................................................ 19
Registering a host ............................................................................................................... 20
Prerequisites for changing host information ............................................................................ 20
Changing host information .................................................................................................. 21
About scanning and discovering hosts .................................................................................. 21
Prerequisites for scanning for hosts ....................................................................................... 21
Scanning for new hosts ....................................................................................................... 21
About merging hosts ........................................................................................................... 22
Prerequisites for merging hosts ............................................................................................. 22
Merging hosts .................................................................................................................... 22
About acquiring the most recent host information .................................................................... 22
Acquiring the most recent host information ............................................................................. 22
Managing data collection tasks .................................................................................................. 23
About data collection tasks .................................................................................................. 23
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