HP P6000 SmartStart Storage Software User Manual
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2 Working with HP P6000 SmartStart..............................................................6
HP P6000 SmartStart features....................................................................................................6
Adding storage to application servers.........................................................................................7
Checking embedded switches with Brocade Web Tools.................................................................7
Checking embedded switches with HP P6000 Command View.......................................................9
Checking HP EVA storage system licenses..................................................................................10
Configuring application servers................................................................................................10
Configuring HP EVA storage management servers.......................................................................11
Initializing supported HP EVA storage systems............................................................................11
Installing HP EVA storage system licenses...................................................................................12
Provisioning storage volumes for application servers....................................................................13
Running HP P6000 Command View..........................................................................................13
Adding individual HP P6000 Command View components..........................................................13
Removing a host (unregistering)................................................................................................14
Running switch management software.......................................................................................15
Supported storage systems.......................................................................................................15
VMware servers ....................................................................................................................15
Viewing the log......................................................................................................................15
3 HP P6000 SmartStart concepts..................................................................16
Storage area network..............................................................................................................16
Storage management concepts.................................................................................................16
Application servers.................................................................................................................17
Application storage volumes....................................................................................................18
Disk groups...........................................................................................................................18
Disk group capacity................................................................................................................20
Disk group guidelines and best practices...................................................................................21
Embedded Fibre Channel switches and management software.....................................................22
Embedded Fibre Channel switch zoning....................................................................................23
Host bus adapters - Fibre Channel............................................................................................23
Host bus adapters - iSCSI.........................................................................................................23
HP license key delivery service.................................................................................................24
HP P6000 Command View software suite..................................................................................25
HP P6000 Command View ABM and SBM versions....................................................................25
HP P6000 iSCSI connectivity option..........................................................................................25
HP P6000 support tools..........................................................................................................25
HP P6000 storage system licensing...........................................................................................26
HP P6000 storage management servers....................................................................................27
HP P6000 MPIO DSM multipath software..................................................................................28
HP P6000 VDS hardware provider software...............................................................................28
HP Management Integration Framework software........................................................................28
HP ProLiant Support Packs........................................................................................................29
Initialization of storage systems.................................................................................................29
Mount points or drive letters.....................................................................................................29
Physical disk drive capacity......................................................................................................29
Storage capacity FAQ.............................................................................................................30
Storage system capacity..........................................................................................................30
Thin provisioning....................................................................................................................31
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