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

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Notes from table:
1
Creating volume means marking existing device as accessible to HSG management, deleting
volume means returning device to free device pool.
2
Solutions Enabler 5.0 or later is required.
3
Volumes created on IBM storage systems cannot be deleted.
4
RAID level can be specified for first volume in a pool, subsequent volumes inherit this setting
5
The “Create Volume Using Settings” column refers to the provisioning capability on the
management server that lets you create different kinds of volumes from a pool depending on
whether you want it optimized, such as for streaming, random access or high availability.
Symmetrix
Y
1
NY
Y
2
HDS
Y
1
NY Y
Sun 35xx N N N Y
Sun 6920 and 6940
6
YN N Y
HP XP with Command
View XP
NN N N
HP XP with Command
View XP Advance
Edition
YN Y Y
HP XP with XP Provider
Y
1
NY Y
HP EVA with Command
View EVA SMI-S
Provider
10
YY N Y
HP EVA with EVA
Provider
11
NN N N
HP MSA Y Y N Y
IBM DS
7,8
Y
NN Y
IBM ESS
7,8
Y
3
NN Y
Xiotech
9
YY N Y
Table 53 Volume and HSG Support (continued)
Storage
System
Create/
Delete
Volume
Create
Volume
Using
Settings
5
Create/
Delete
Meta Volume
HSG
Provisioning
Supported