HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Preface .............................................................................................. 11
1 Overview of HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition
Suite ................................................................................................ 13
About HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite ........................................ 13
Features .................................................................................................................................. 13
What's new ............................................................................................................................ 14
System configuration ................................................................................................................ 14
Logging in .............................................................................................................................. 16
Navigating the interface ........................................................................................................... 17
Navigating help ...................................................................................................................... 18
Operational workflows .............................................................................................................. 19
Process flow ..................................................................................................................... 19
Configuring HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite ......................... 20
Registering storage resources ............................................................................................... 20
Setting up users and access control ..................................................................................... 20
Creating a storage operating environment ............................................................................ 21
Allocating storage ............................................................................................................. 21
Monitoring storage ............................................................................................................ 22
2 Registering managed targets ............................................................. 25
Registering storage systems ........................................................................................................ 25
About registering a storage system ...................................................................................... 25
Prerequisites for registering a storage system ......................................................................... 25
Registering a storage system ............................................................................................... 26
Changing storage system information ................................................................................... 26
About acquiring the most recent storage system information .................................................... 26
Acquiring the most recent storage system information ............................................................. 27
Operations available to SMI-S Enabled storage systems .......................................................... 27
Registering hosts ....................................................................................................................... 27
About registering a host ..................................................................................................... 27
Methods for registering hosts .............................................................................................. 28
Priority for acquiring the WWN .......................................................................................... 29
Registering hosts by using Host Data Collector ...................................................................... 29
Registering hosts manually by specifying the WWN target ..................................................... 30
Registering hosts by using vMA ........................................................................................... 30
Workflow for scanning and merging hosts ............................................................................ 31
Registering hosts using host scan ......................................................................................... 32
Registering hosts using merge hosts ..................................................................................... 32
About changing host settings and information ....................................................................... 33
Updating host information registered by using Host Data Collector .......................................... 33
Changing settings for a manually registered host ................................................................... 34
Updating host information registered by using vMA ............................................................... 34
Changing settings for a host registered by using Device Manager agent .................................. 35
User Guide 3