HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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2. HDLM Functions

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2.3 LU Configuration

After you have properly installed HDLM, the LU configuration will change as follows:
Before the installation of HDLM:

The host recognizes that a SCSI device is connected to each path.
Thus, a single LU in the storage system is recognized as though there are as many

LUs as there are paths.

After the installation of HDLM:

An HDLM device corresponding one-to-one with an LU in the storage system is
created at a level higher than the SCSI device.

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Thus, from the host, LUs in the storage system are also recognized as a single LU

regardless of the number of paths.
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In addition to the one that indicates the entire LU, a logical device file for the

HDLM device is created for each partition.

An LU recognized by a host after HDLM installation, is called a host LU (HLU). The

areas in a host LU that correspond to the Dev (partition) in a storage system LU are

called host devices (HDev).
On a system using HDLM, the logical device file for the HDLM device is used to

access the target LU instead of the logical device file for the SCSI device.
Figure 2-3: LU Configuration Recognized by the Host After HDLM Installation

shows the LU configuration recognized by the host after HDLM installation.

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