Software User Manual
Table Of Contents
- HP StorageWorks External Storage XP user guide
- Contents
- About this guide
- 1 Overview of connecting external arrays
- 2 Preparing for External Storage XP operations
- System requirements
- External Storage XP requirements
- Installing External Storage XP
- Preparing for External Storage XP settings
- Powering arrays on or off
- Using mapped external LUs from the host connected to the local array
- Uninstalling External Storage XP
- Limitations on External Storage XP operations
- Figure 11 Example of external LU with 2 TB or less
- Figure 12 External LU capacity is larger than the specified emulation type’s basic capacity (OPEN-3 example)
- Figure 13 External LU capacity is smaller than the specified emulation type’s basic capacity
- Table 4 When external LU’s emulation type is OPEN
- Table 5 When external LU’s emulation type is for mainframes
- Combining External Storage XP with other HP StorageWorks products
- 3 Managing cache with external storage
- Guidelines for using cache with external storage
- Determining, setting, or changing the external LU cache mode
- Partitioning cache for external storage
- Determining the number and size of needed partitions
- Creating Cache partitions
- Changing storage system modes
- 4 External Storage XP panes
- 5 Configuring external LUs
- Overview of configuring external LUs
- Setting an external array’s port
- Setting a local array’s port attributes
- Mapping external LUs (Add LU)
- Setting alternate paths for external LUs
- Adding alternate paths by selecting multiple external LUs (Add Paths)
- Deleting alternate paths by selecting multiple external LUs (Delete Paths)
- Checking an external LU’s status (LDEV Information)
- Disconnecting external arrays or LUs
- Checking the connection status and resuming external LU operations (Check Paths & Restore Vol.)
- Restoring external LUs (LDEV Restore)
- Stopping the use of paths to an external LU by specifying an external array’s WWN (Disconnect Paths)
- Restoring paths to an external LU by specifying an external array’s WWN (Check Paths)
- Changing an external array’s port setting
- Stopping the use of paths to an external LU by specifying a local array’s port (Disconnect Paths)
- Restoring paths to an external LU by specifying a local array’s port (Check Paths)
- Deleting external LU mappings (Delete LU)
- 6 Troubleshooting NAS Blade systems that include external arrays
- 7 Remote command devices
- 8 Troubleshooting External Storage XP
- A Notes on connecting external arrays
- Connecting Thunder 9500V subsystems
- System parameters for connecting Thunder 9500V subsystems
- Relationship between serial numbers in the Device list on the LU Operation pane and Thunder 9500V subsystem models
- Relationship between the WWN of the port on the Thunder 9500V subsystem and the controller
- Path status and examples of recovery procedures (Thunder 9500V subsystems)
- Connecting TagmaStore AMS and TagmaStore WMS subsystems
- System parameters for connecting TagmaStore AMS and TagmaStore WMS subsystems
- Relationship between serial numbers in the Device list on the LU Operation pane and TagmaStore AMS and TagmaStore WMS subsystem models
- Relationship between the WWN of the port on the TagmaStore AMS or TagmaStore WMS subsystem and the controller
- Path status and examples of recovery procedures (TagmaStore AMS and TagmaStore WMS subsystems)
- Connecting XP12000/XP10000 Disk Arrays
- Connecting XP1024/XP128 Disk Arrays
- Connecting XP512/XP48 Disk Arrays
- Connecting HP 200 Storage Virtualization System as external storage
- Connecting EVA arrays
- Connecting Thunder 9500V subsystems
- B Required volume capacity for emulation types
- C Adjusting volume capacity for copy pair setting
- D Using an XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 with an EVA3000/5000 external storage
- E Configuring MSA1000/1500 as external arrays
- Index
74 Configuring external LUs
Information about the VMA setting of LUN Security XP Extension. If you mapped the external LU and
previously set the VMA of LUN Security XP Extension, an asterisk (*) appears. If LUN Security XP
Extension is not installed when you remap the volume, you cannot map the volume with the VMA
setting.
• Capacity
External LU’s capacity in blocks.
• Characteristic
External LU’s identification number.
• Characteristic2
External LU’s extended identifying information. This information is used for identifying logical volumes
in the EVA array. For more information, see ”Identifying logical volumes of EVA arrays (using
Characteristic 2)” on page 138.
• ExG (1-16384)
Group number of the connected external LUs. You can specify any decimal value from 1 to 16384. The
E displayed outside the text box is the capital letter of the external LU group.
• Emulation Type
Emulation type of the mapped external LU (from the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 perspective) (see
”External LU attributes set by mapping” on page 20).
If you clear the Except OPEN-V check box, OPEN-V and available mainframe emulation types appear
in the list.
If you select the Except OPEN-V check box, open-system emulation types other than OPEN-V appear in
the list. To map the external LU as an open-system volume, define the emulation type to use for the
mapped LU as OPEN-V or another type. To map the external LU as an open-system volume using an
emulation type other than OPEN-V, select the Except OPEN-V check box.
If you plan to use the mapped external LU for a Flex Copy XP pair, you must select OPEN-V.
When the external LU to be mapped has the VMA setting, you must select OPEN-V.
• LDEV Capacity
Default capacity of the emulation type selected in the Emulation Type box. When the external LU’s
capacity is larger than the capacity displayed in LDEV Capacity, the external LU is divided into the
displayed capacity, and multiple LDEVs are created.
• LDEV
Number of LDEVs created at mapping. By default, the maximum number of LDEVs corresponding to the
capacity supported by the emulation type specified in the Emulation Type box appears. When the
external LU to be mapped has the VMA setting, you can select only 1.
• IO Suppression
Mapped external LU’s IO Suppression mode (for OPEN-V emulation only) (see ”External LU attributes
set by mapping” on page 20).
To suppress I/O operations from hosts (by way of the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200) to the mapped
external LU or use the mapped external LU for a Flex Copy pair, select Enable.
If you do not suppress I/O from hosts to the mapped external LU, select Disable (for example, for use
with External Storage XP).
If you set the emulation type to something other than OPEN-V, IO Suppression mode is automatically set
to Disable.
When the external LU to be mapped has the VMA setting, IO Suppression mode is automatically set to
Disable.
CAUTION: To use the mapped external LU for the software products other than Flex Copy XP (such
as Cache LUN XP, Auto LUN XP, Continuous Access XP, Continuous Access XP Journal Business
Copy XP, or Snapshot XP), set IO Suppression mode to Disable.