HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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HP XP P9000 Provisioning for Open Systems
User Guide
Abstract
This guide describes and provides instructions for using HP XP P9000 provisioning software to configure and perform its
operations on HP P9500 disk arrays. Provisioning software includes Thin Provisioning, Smart Tiers, Open Volume Management
(Virtual LUN and LUSE), LUN Manager, and Data Retention. The intended audience is a storage system administrator or
authorized service provider with independent knowledge of HP XP P9000 disk arrays and the HP Remote Web Console.
HP Part Number: AV400-96631
Published: March 2014
Edition: Eleventh
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- HP XP P9000 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction to provisioning
- About provisioning
- Basic provisioning
- Fixed-sized provisioning
- Disadvantages
- When to use fixed-sized provisioning
- Custom-sized provisioning
- Expanded LU provisioning
- When to use custom-sized provisioning
- When to use expanded-LU provisioning
- Basic provisioning workflow
- Thin Provisioning Overview
- Thin Provisioning
- Thin Provisioning concepts
- When to use Thin Provisioning
- Thin Provisioning advantages
- Thin Provisioning advantage example
- Thin Provisioning work flow
- Smart Tiers
- Tiers concept
- When to use Smart Tiers
- Data retention strategies
- Resource groups strategies
- Complimentary strategies
- Key terms
- Before you begin
- About cache management devices
- 2 Configuring resource groups
- System configuration using resource groups
- Resource groups examples
- Meta_resource
- Resource lock
- User groups
- Resource group assignments
- Resource group license requirements
- Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines
- Creating a resource group
- Adding resources to a resource group
- Removing resources from a resource group
- Managing Resource Groups
- Using Resource Partition and other P9500 products
- Snapshot
- Thin Provisioning
- DKA Encryption
- External Storage Access Manager
- LUN Expansion
- LUN Manager
- Performance Monitor
- Business Copy
- Fast Snap
- Continuous Access Synchronous
- Continuous Access Journal
- External Storage
- Open Volume Management
- Cache Partition
- Auto LUN
- Volume Shredder
- Configuration File Loader
- CLI Spreadsheet for LUN Expansion
- Performance Control
- 3 Configuring custom-sized provisioning
- Virtual LVI/Virtual LUN functions
- VLL requirements
- VLL specifications
- SSID requirements
- VLL size calculations
- Calculating OPEN-V volume size (CV capacity unit is MB)
- Calculating OPEN-V volume size (CV capacity unit is blocks)
- Calculating fixed-size open-systems volume size (CV capacity unit is MB)
- Calculating fixed-size open-systems volume size (CV capacity unit is blocks)
- Calculating the size of a CV using Enhanced mode on SATA drives
- Configuring volumes in a parity group
- Create LDEV function
- Blocking an LDEV
- Restoring a blocked LDEV
- Editing an LDEV name
- Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)
- Formatting LDEVs
- Assigning a processor blade
- Using a system disk
- 4 Configuring expanded LU provisioning
- About LUSE
- LUN Expansion license requirements
- LUSE configuration example
- LUSE configuration rules, restrictions, and guidelines
- LUSE operations using a path-defined LDEV
- LUSE provisioning workflow
- Opening the LUN Expansion window
- Viewing a concatenated parity group
- Creating a LUSE volume
- Resetting an unregistered LUSE volume
- Maintaining LUSE volumes
- 5 Configuring thin provisioning
- Thin Provisioning overview
- Smart Tiers overview
- Thin provisioning requirements
- Using Thin Provisioning or Smart Tiers with other P9500 products
- Thin Provisioning workflow
- Smart Tiers
- About tiered storage
- Tier monitoring and data relocation
- Smart Pool
- Tier monitoring and relocation cycles
- Tier relocation flow
- Tier relocation rules, restrictions, and guidelines
- Buffer area of a tier
- Smart Tiers cache specifications and requirements
- Execution modes for tier relocation
- Monitoring modes
- Notes on performing monitoring
- Downloading the tier relocation log file
- Tiering policy
- Tiering policy expansion
- Tiering policy examples
- Setting tiering policy on a THP V-VOL
- Tiering policy levels
- Viewing the tiering policy in the performance graph
- Reserving tier capacity when setting a tiering policy
- Example of reserving tier capacity
- Notes on tiering policy settings
- New page assignment tier
- Relocation priority
- Assignment tier when pool-VOLs are deleted
- Formatted pool capacity
- Rebalancing the usage level among pool-VOLs
- Execution mode settings and tiering policy
- Changing the tiering policy level on a THP V-VOL
- Changing new page assignment tier of a V-VOL
- Opening the Edit Tiering Policies window
- Changing a tiering policy
- Changing relocation priority setting of a V-VOL
- Smart Tiers workflow
- Smart Tiers tasks and parameters
- Managing Smart Tiers
- Viewing pool tier information
- Viewing THP V-VOL tier information
- Changing a pool for Smart Tiers to a pool for Thin Provisioning
- Working with pools
- Notes on pools created with the previous versions
- Working with THP V-VOLs
- Monitoring capacity and performance
- Thresholds
- Working with SIMs
- Managing pools and THP V-VOLs
- Viewing pool information
- Viewing formatted pool capacity
- Viewing the progress of rebalancing the usage level among pool-VOLs
- Increasing pool capacity
- Changing a pool name
- Recovering a blocked pool
- Decrease pool capacity
- Deleting a tier in a pool
- Deleting a pool
- Changing external LDEV tier rank
- Increasing THP V-VOL capacity
- Changing the name of a THP V-VOL
- About releasing pages in a THP V-VOL
- Enabling/disabling tier relocation of a THP V-VOL
- Deleting a THP V-VOL
- 6 Configuring access attributes
- About access attributes
- Access attribute requirements
- Access attributes and permitted operations
- Access attribute restrictions
- Access attributes work flow
- Assigning an access attribute to a volume
- Changing an access attribute to read-only or protect
- Changing an access attribute to read/write
- Enabling or disabling the expiration lock
- Disabling an S-VOL
- Reserving volumes
- 7 Managing logical volumes
- LUN Manager overview
- Managing logical units workflow
- Configuring hosts and fibre channel ports
- Configuring fibre channel ports
- Configuring hosts
- Configuring LU paths
- Releasing LUN reservation by host
- LUN security on ports
- Setting fibre channel authentication
- User authentication
- Host and host group authentication
- Fabric switch authentication
- Fabric switch settings and connection results
- Mutual authentication of ports
- Fibre channel authentication
- Fibre channel port authentication
- Registering user information on a fibre channel port
- Registering user information on a fabric switch
- Clearing fabric switch user information
- Setting the fabric switch authentication mode
- Enabling or disabling fabric switch authentication
- Managing hosts
- 8 Troubleshooting
- 9 Support and other resources
- A RAID Manager command reference
- B Resource Partition GUI reference
- C LDEV GUI reference
- Parity Groups window
- Parity Groups window after selecting Internal (or External) under Parity Groups
- Window after selecting a parity group under Internal (or External) of Parity Groups
- Window after selecting Logical Devices
- Create LDEVs wizard
- Edit LDEVs wizard
- Change LDEV Settings window
- View SSIDs window
- Select Free Spaces window
- Select Pool window
- View LDEV IDs window
- View Physical Location window
- Edit SSIDs window
- Change SSIDs window
- Format LDEVs wizard
- Restore LDEVs window
- Block LDEVs window
- Delete LDEVs window
- LDEV Properties window
- Top window when selecting Components
- Top window when selecting controller chassis under Components
- Edit Processor Blades wizard
- Assign Processor Blade wizard
- View Management Resource Usage window
- D LUSE GUI reference
- E Thin Provisioning and Smart Tiers GUI reference
- Pools window after selecting pool (Pools window)
- Top window when selecting a pool under Pools
- Create Pools wizard
- Expand Pool wizard
- Edit Pools wizard
- Delete Pools wizard
- Expand V-VOLs wizard
- Restore Pools window
- Shrink Pool window
- Stop Shrinking Pools window
- Complete SIMs window
- Select Pool VOLs window
- Reclaim Zero Pages window
- Stop Reclaiming Zero Pages window
- Pool Property window
- View Tier Properties window
- Monitor Pools window
- Stop Monitoring Pools window
- Start Tier Relocation window
- Stop Tier Relocation window
- View Pool Management Status window
- Edit External LDEV Tier Rank wizard
- Edit Tiering Policies wizard
- Change Tiering Policy Window
- F Data Retention GUI reference
- G LUN Manager GUI reference
- Port/Host Groups window after selecting Ports/Host Groups
- Port/Host Groups window after selecting a port under Ports/Host Groups
- Port/Hosts window when selecting a host group under the port of Ports/Host Groups
- Add LUN Paths wizard
- Create Host Groups wizard
- Edit Host Groups wizard
- Add to Host Groups wizard (when specific host is selected)
- Add Hosts wizard (when specific hosts group is selected)
- Delete LUN Paths wizard
- Edit Host wizard
- Edit Ports wizard
- Create Alternative LUN Paths wizard
- Copy LUN Paths wizard
- Remove Hosts wizard
- Edit UUIDs wizard
- Add New Host window
- Change LUN IDs window
- Delete Host Groups window
- Delete Login WWNs window
- Delete UUIDs window
- Host Group Properties window
- LUN Properties window
- Authentication window
- Edit Command Devices wizard
- Host-Reserved LUNs window
- Release Host-Reserved LUNs wizard
- View Login WWN Status window
- Glossary
- Index