HP XP Array Manager Software - Manual (Page 13)

• Filtering
Click the Filter link to specify conditions. Selecting On or Off for filtering allows you to switch
the display status.
• Global monitoring area
The number of tasks the user has entered is displayed.
Viewing Help
To view the online help while using Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning, you must install
Adobe Flash Player on the management client.
The support range for Adobe Flash Player is the same as the support range for the Device Manager
GUI. For details, see Release Notes.
• For a general understanding on how to use Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning:
From the Help tab in the global taskbar area, select Online Manual.
• To understand a specific functionality or operation method:
In the applicable window, click the Help button.
Operational flow when Plug-in for Virtualization Server
Provisioning is used
This section explains the overall operation flow when Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning is
used.
The server administrator, who manages virtualization servers by using VMware vSphere Client, uses
Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning to allocate storage resources transferred from the storage
administrator to a virtualization server. The following figure shows a flow of a storage administrator
and a server administrator using storage resources together.
Figure 4 Operation flow when Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning is used
Initial P9000 Command View AE Suite settings
To register a virtualization server or a storage resource that will be used by a server administrator
in Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning, the storage administrator logs in to P9000 Com-
mand View AE Suite to register the virtualization server or set access control for the storage re-
source.
Setting up Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning
A server administrator registers Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning into VMware vCenter
Server, and then specifies the settings so that operations can be performed from a VMware
vSphere Client.
Allocating storage resources to virtualization servers
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