HP XP Array Manager Software User Manual
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Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 9
1 Overview of P9000 Command View AE Suite ..................................... 11
About P9000 Command View AE Suite ....................................................................................... 11
Features ................................................................................................................................... 11
System configuration ................................................................................................................. 12
Navigating the main window ..................................................................................................... 12
Operational flows ..................................................................................................................... 13
Process flow ...................................................................................................................... 13
Logging in ......................................................................................................................... 13
Task flow for configuring P9000 Command View AE Suite ...................................................... 14
About storage resource settings ............................................................................................ 14
About users and access control settings ................................................................................. 15
Creating an environment for operating storage systems ........................................................... 15
About allocating storage ..................................................................................................... 15
About monitoring storage .................................................................................................... 16
2 Registering managed targets ............................................................. 17
Registering storage systems ........................................................................................................ 17
About registering a storage system ....................................................................................... 17
Prerequisites for registering a storage system .......................................................................... 17
Registering a storage system ................................................................................................ 17
Prerequisites for changing storage system information ............................................................. 18
Changing storage system information .................................................................................... 18
About acquiring the most recent storage system information ..................................................... 18
Acquiring the most recent storage system information .............................................................. 19
Operations available to SMI-S Enabled storage systems .......................................................... 19
Registering hosts ....................................................................................................................... 19
About registering a host ...................................................................................................... 20
Priority for acquiring the WWN ........................................................................................... 20
Prerequisites for registering a host ........................................................................................ 21
Registering a host ............................................................................................................... 21
Prerequisites for changing host information ............................................................................ 22
Changing host information .................................................................................................. 22
About scanning and discovering hosts .................................................................................. 22
Prerequisites for scanning for hosts ....................................................................................... 22
Scanning for new hosts ....................................................................................................... 23
About merging hosts ........................................................................................................... 23
Prerequisites for merging hosts ............................................................................................. 23
Merging hosts .................................................................................................................... 23
About acquiring the most recent host information .................................................................... 23
Acquiring the most recent host information ............................................................................. 24
Managing data collection tasks .................................................................................................. 24
About data collection tasks .................................................................................................. 24
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