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CHAPTER 3 vSHARE Configuration
This chapter describes vSHARE features and functions, and the steps required to
configure a HP VMA SAN Gateway running vSHARE to manage block storage.
The following topics are covered:
• Understanding vSHARE on page 93
• Configuring Storage Containers on page 96
• Configuring Target Ports on page 99
• Configuring Initiator Groups on page 100
• Creating LUNs on page 102
• Resizing LUNs on page 105
• Exporting LUNs on page 106
• Optimizing Connectivity to Storage Arrays for Windows on page 107
Understanding vSHARE
vSHARE is a software application that provides a solution for block storage
management. vSHARE runs on a HP VMA SAN Gateway enabling host systems
(such as database servers) to use the Fibre Channel transport protocols to access
logical units of data (LUNs) stored within Memory Arrays:
On the host system, the LUN appears as a local SCSI disk. The host formats and
partitions the LUN, and the storage system sees the contents of a LUN as a set of
blocks of arbitrary data.
Administrators can use vSHARE to define rules for controlling access to LUNs
based on the containers, initiators and initiator groups, and target ports configured
within the system.