HP XP Array Manager Software - Manual (Page 89)

Description Subfield Field
This field displays stripe size options for the volume to be created, as
supported by the specified storage system (for example, 64 KB).
Stripe Size
This field only displays allocating volumes for created users (those not as-
sociated with built-in accounts), and allows them to potentially source the
volume or volumes from multiple resource groups to which they have access
rights, as configured for their account type.
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Resource
Group
Click LUN Path Options to display the fields and buttons for configuring
LUN paths (the storage port to host port mappings that connect volumes
to hosts). (See the follow-
ing two fields for
details)
>> LUN Path
Options
Specify the number of LUN paths to allocate per host. Changing the path
count may cause the system to suggest a new path for you automatically.
Click Edit LUN Paths to assign or change LUN paths. LUN paths can be
displayed in either graphical (Topological Graph) or tabular (Selection
Table) formats. In both views, use these links to display WWN nickname
information to confirm the target host bus adapter (HBA).
• In the graphical view, click on a storage port row to add it to the LUN
Path Editor panel. Connect the line to the target HBA. When another
line is displayed, you can connect it to another HBA or discard it with
a click.
• In the tablular view, select a storage port, select a host port row, and
then click Add to move the mapping to the Selected host Ports panel.
To delete default or incorrect mappings, click the connector line in the
graphical view, or click Remove in the tabular view.
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No. of LUN
paths per
Volume
These related screens only display under LUN Path Options when Allocate
without LUN security is selected from the host drop-down. For more
information, see the previous Hosts field description.
Unsecured ports are listed in LUN Security Disabled Storage Ports. Select
the ports on which to make the volume available, and click Add to move
the ports to Selected Storage Ports. You can review your plan and click
Submit for this allocation task. All hosts that can access the ports on which
the volume is on can access the volume.
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LUN Security
Disabled Stor-
age Ports, Se-
lected Storage
Ports
Volume allocations using Fibre Channel prompt for such items as host
group name, host mode, host mode options, and LUN number.
To display or hide the following fields, click Host Group and LUN Settings.
(See the follow-
ing two fields for
details)
>> Host
Group and
LUN Settings
(drop-down)
This option specifies the configuring of all hosts in a single host group
when volumes are allocated to multiple hosts simultaneously. Shared by All
Hosts
Host Groups
This option specifies the configuring of a separate host group for each
host when volumes are allocated to multiple hosts simultaneously. Separate for
Each Host
Displays host group information for hosts that are in a host group. For
hosts that are not in a host group, a host group can be created by entering
a name for a host group as needed.
Name
This button displays a list of host groups than can be used during volume
allocation, or which were previously created for prior volume allocations. Host Group Set-
tings in Detail
Select the host mode that supports the host type for which you are allocating
volumes.
Host mode
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