HP XP Array Manager Software - 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 ................................................................................................................................... 14
What's new ............................................................................................................................. 14
System configuration ................................................................................................................. 16
Logging in ............................................................................................................................... 17
Navigating the interface ............................................................................................................ 18
Navigating help ....................................................................................................................... 20
Operational workflows .............................................................................................................. 20
Process flow ...................................................................................................................... 21
Configuring HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite .......................... 21
Setting up storage resources ................................................................................................ 22
Setting up users and access control ...................................................................................... 23
Creating a storage operating environment ............................................................................. 23
Allocating storage .............................................................................................................. 24
Monitoring storage ............................................................................................................. 24
2 Discovering, registering, and adding management targets ..................... 27
Registering storage systems ........................................................................................................ 27
About registering and removing a storage system ................................................................... 27
Prerequisites for registering a storage system .......................................................................... 28
Registering a storage system ................................................................................................ 28
Changing storage system information .................................................................................... 29
About acquiring the most recent storage system information ..................................................... 30
Acquiring the most recent storage system information .............................................................. 30
Operations available to SMI-S enabled storage systems .......................................................... 31
Registering hosts ....................................................................................................................... 31
About registering a host ...................................................................................................... 31
Methods for registering hosts ............................................................................................... 32
Priority for acquiring the WWN ........................................................................................... 33
Registering hosts by using Host Data Collector ....................................................................... 34
Registering hosts manually by specifying the WWN target ...................................................... 35
Registering hosts by using vMA ............................................................................................ 36
Workflow for detecting hosts ................................................................................................ 37
Registering hosts using host scan .......................................................................................... 38
Registering hosts using merge hosts ...................................................................................... 39
About changing host settings and information ........................................................................ 39
Updating host information registered by using Host Data Collector ........................................... 40
Changing settings for a manually registered host .................................................................... 41
Updating host information registered by using vMA ................................................................ 41
Changing settings for a host registered by using Device Manager agent ................................... 43
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