Changing the controller emulation type, Enabling the compatible pav options, Setting the wlm operation mode – HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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Preparing for Compatible PAV Operations

Preparing the XP1024/XP128/XP12000/XP10000 for Compatible PAV Operations

Changing the Controller Emulation Type

For Compatible PAV operations, the XP1024/XP128/XP12000/XP10000 must have Escon or Ficon

adapter (CHA) packages for which the 2105 or 2107 emulation type can be specified. Ask your HP

representative to verify that the correct CHA packages are installed. The HP representative can check and

change the controller emulation type in any one of the following ways:

Add CHA packages and set the emulation type of these packages to 2105 (I-2105) or 2107 (I-2107).

Use the System Tuning function on the SVP to change the emulation type to 2105 or 2107, and then

power off and power on the XP1024/XP128/XP12000/XP10000.

For XRC operations, do not intermix the 2105 or 2107 emulation type with other emulation types within

the same disk array. If the XP12000/XP10000 is already performing XRC operations, refer to

Figure 2

for instructions on implementing Compatible PAV with these functions on the same disk array.

Enabling the Compatible PAV Options

Set the controller emulation to 2105 or 2107 (see

Changing the Controller Emulation Type

” on page 24)

before enabling the Compatible PAV options (only 2107 is available if you use Compatible Hyper PAV).

You need to install the Compatible PAV license key through Command View XP or XP Remote Web

Console and the Compatible PAV option program to perform Compatible PAV operations (see Managing

license keys in the HP StorageWorks Command View XP User Guide for XP Disk Arrays or the

HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console User Guide for the specific disk array). If you want to use

Compatible Hyper PAV, you need to enable Compatible PAV option program and Compatible Hyper PAV

option program.

Preparing the Host System for Compatible PAV Operations

This section provides a brief description of the required preparations at the host system for Compatible PAV

operations on the XP1024/XP128/XP12000/XP10000. Before performing Compatible PAV operations,

you must:

Set the WLM operation mode on the host system (see

Setting the WLM Operation Mode

” on page 24)

Setting the WLM Operation Mode

WLM manages workloads on MVS systems and has two operation modes for static and dynamic

Compatible PAV:

Goal mode: If you want to use dynamic Compatible PAV, you must set the WLM operation mode to

goal mode. In goal mode, WLM can assign more or fewer aliases to a base device depending on the

host I/O activity to that device, thereby managing the system to meet the performance goal specified

before system operations began.

Compatibility mode: If you want to use static Compatible PAV, you must set the WLM operation mode

to compatibility mode. In compatibility mode, the number of aliases assigned to each base device does

not change as a result of changes in host I/O activity. WLM manages the system according to the

parameters in the IPS and ICS (IEAIPSxx and IEAICSxx).

When you use Compatible Hyper PAV, you do not need to set the WLM operation modes.

Enabling Compatible Hyper PAV

To enable Compatible Hyper PAV, you need to enter the following parameter from the system console of

host computer:

You can define SETIOS parameter to each LPAR (Logical Partitioning). The above is an example of

enabling Compatible Hyper PAV.

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