HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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Characteristic2
External volume’s extended identifying information. This information is used for identifying logical

volumes in the EVA disk array. For more information, see

Description for Characteristic2” on page 86

.

ExG (1-16384)
Group number of 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
The emulation type of the connected external LU (from the XP10000/XP12000 perspective). 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 LU using an emulation type other

than OPEN-V, select the Except OPEN-V check box. Other emulation types appear in the list. When the

external volume to be mapped has the VMA setting, only OPEN-V can be selected.
If you plan to use the mapped external LU as part of a Flex Copy pair, you must specify OPEN-V.

LDEV Capacity
Default capacity of emulation type selected in the Emulation Type box. When capacity of the external

LU is larger than capacity displayed in LDEV Capacity, the external LU is divided into an appropriate

multiple of LDEVs equal to the size displayed.

LDEV
Number of LDEVs created based on the capacity supported by the emulation type specified in the

Emulation Type box. When the external volume to be mapped has the VMA setting, only 1 can be

selected.

IO Suppression
IO Suppression mode of mapped external LU (for OPEN-V emulation only). To suppress I/O operations

from hosts (by way of the XP10000/XP12000) to the mapped external LU or use the mapped external

LU as part of a Flex Copy pair, select Enable.
If you do not want to suppress I/O from hosts to the mapped external LU, select Disable (for example,

for use with External Storage XP). If you set emulation type to something different than OPEN-V, I/O

Suppression mode is set to Disable automatically.
When the external volume to be mapped has the VMA setting, the IO Suppression mode is

automatically set to Disable.

Cache Mode
Specifies whether I/O operations use the XP10000/XP12000 cache memory when host I/O is

performed. If you select Enable, the host I/O goes to the XP10000/XP12000 cache and then to the

external LU cache (if necessary). If you select Disable, the host I/O goes directly to the external LU and

ignores the XP10000/XP12000 cache.
If you set the IO Suppression mode to Enable, the Cache Mode is set to Disable automatically. For

External Storage XP, it is recommended to set Cache Mode to Enable.

Alternate Path
Number of alternate paths automatically set when mapped. Value can be from 0 to 7. Default is 1.

CAUTION:

If the specified number of alternate paths cannot be set, an error appears in the Preset

list.

CLPR (see ”

External LU attributes set by mapping

” on page 30)

When cache memory is partitioned using XP Disk/Cache Partition, you can select the CLPR used to

access the mapped volume from the drop-down list. The SLPR number that the selected CLPR belongs to

appears to the right of the drop-down list. However, when the mainframe emulation type is selected in

Emulation Type, you can only select CLPRs belonging to SLPR number 0. The Limited check box

appears to the right of the SLPR number. To display only CUs defined for the selected SLPR, select the

Limited check box. To display all CUs, regardless of the SLPR, clear the check box. By default, the

Limited check box is selected.

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