HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 65)

Logical server storage
Insight Dynamics allows you to logically represent your storage environment in a logical server
storage configuration. A logical server completely defines your storage, including all Fibre
Channel ports, fabrics, server WWNs, storage WWNs, volumes, and LUNs.
You can define your logical server storage configuration in the following ways:
• “Create a storage entry” (page 65) when you create a logical server.
A storage entry is associated with one logical server. You create a storage entry using the
Create
→Logical Server... Storage Configuration screen, and modify it using the
Modify
→Logical Server... storage tab.
• “Create a storage pool entry” (page 70) before or after you create a logical server, and
associate it with the logical server.
Each logical server can be associated with multiple storage pool entries. Multiple logical
servers can share the same storage pool entry.
You create and modify storage pool entries using Modify
→Logical Server Storage Pools....
You can also create a storage pool entry by inserting a storage entry into the storage pool.
You can select catalog storage for the storage pool entry if you preconfigured storage using
HP Storage Provisioning Manager. See
“Storage Provisioning Manager” (page 62) for more
information.
Create a storage entry
A storage entry is associated with one logical server.
To create a new storage entry during logical server creation, use the Create
→Logical Server...
menu selection. Complete the required information on the Identity and Compute Resources
screens. The third screen allows you to specify the storage configuration for the logical server.
1. Click the Select Storage Type dropdown menu and select SAN Storage Entry or File (VM)
Storage Entry.
If you are creating a Virtual Connect logical server, you must specify SAN Storage Entry.
If you are creating an ESX or Hyper-V virtual machine logical server, specify File (VM)
Storage Entry
.)
2. If you are creating an ESX or Hyper-V virtual machine logical server, select a Data Store
from the drop-down menu.
3. Press the Create Storage Entry button, which displays the Storage Entry: SAN or Storage
Entry: File (VM)
screen, depending on the storage type you selected. This screen allows you
to define and view your logical server storage configuration.
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