Document Outline

• HP 3PAR InForm Management Console 4.2.1 Software
• Contents
• Welcome
• 1 Working with the Interface
  • Components of the Interface
    • Main Menu Bar
    • Main Toolbar
    • Management Tree
      • Management Tree Structure
    • Common Actions Panel
    • Manager Pane
      • System Manager
      • Host Manager
      • Provisioning Manager
      • Layout Grid Manager
      • Remote Copy Manager
      • Performance Manager
      • Event Manager
      • Task Manager
      • Security Manager
      • Hardware Inventory Manager
    • Management Window
    • Alert/Task/Connection Pane
    • Status Bar
• 2 About Introduction Tabs
  • Removing the Introduction Tab
  • Restoring the Introduction Tab
• 3 Selecting Multiple Items
• 4 Refreshing the InForm Management Console
• 5 Exporting Data
• 6 Filtering
  • Using the Complex Filter
  • Adding and Applying New Criteria
  • Removing Criteria
  • Grouping and Ungrouping Criteria
  • Negating Criteria
  • Clear Criteria
  • Using the Quick Filter
• 7 Setting Preferences
  • Setting Global Preferences
  • Setting the Display Unit
  • Setting the WWN Format
  • Setting the Date and Time Format
  • Resetting Per-Table Format Settings to Default Settings
  • Configuring Interface, Dialog, and Tab Settings
  • Setting Advanced Display Options
  • Setting Per Table References
    • Column Resizing
    • Column Ordering
    • Column Visibility
    • Choosing Columns
    • Table View
  • Setting Manager Pane Preferences
  • Minimizing and Maximizing the Manager Pane
  • Resizing the Manager Pane
  • Customizing the Manager Pane Display
  • Showing Fewer Manager Buttons
  • Showing More Manager Buttons
  • Selecting Manager Buttons to Display
  • Adding and Removing Manager Buttons
  • Restoring Defaults
• 8 Understanding Icons
  • Alert Severity Indicators
  • Status Bar Icons
  • System and Component Status Icons
• 9 Using Help
  • Using the Help Menu Bar
  • Using the Help Toolbar
  • Using the Help Navigator
    • Using the Table of Contents Tree
    • Searching the Index
    • Using the Search Function
    • Using the Glossary
    • Using the Favorites Tab
  • Using the Help Topic Window
    • Navigating the Help Topic Window
    • Viewing Related Topics
• 10 Working with the HP 3PAR Storage System
• 11 Creating Users and Domains
• 12 Logging In and Connecting to Systems
• 13 Forwarding Error Log Files
• 14 Working with the System Manager
• 15 Viewing System Information
  • Viewing System Summary Information
    • Viewing all Connected Systems
    • Viewing a Single System
  • Viewing System Settings
  • Viewing System Capacity
  • Viewing System Software
  • Viewing System Alerts
    • Upper Pane
    • Lower Pane
• 16 Managing Alerts
• 17 Locating a System
• 18 Editing a System
• 19 Working with Controller Nodes
  • Viewing Controller Nodes
    • Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen
    • Viewing Controller Node Alerts
    • Viewing Controller Nodes Details
    • Viewing Controller Node Ports Details
    • Viewing Controller Node Power Supplies Details
    • Viewing Controller Node Batteries Details
    • Viewing Controller Node Alerts Details
  • Editing Controller Node Power Supplies
    • Editing Controller Node Batteries
    • Viewing the Controller Node Battery Test Log
    • Resetting the Controller Node Battery Test Log
  • Recharging Controller Node Batteries
• 20 Working with Drive Cages
  • Viewing Drive Cages
    • Viewing the Drive Cage Summary
    • Viewing Drive Cage Connectivity
    • Viewing Drive Cage Capacity
    • Viewing Drive Cage Power Supplies
    • Viewing Drive Cage SFPs
    • Viewing Drive Cage Alerts
    • Viewing Drive Cage Details
    • Viewing the Drive Cage Details Summary Tab
    • Viewing the Drive Cage Interface Card Details
    • Viewing the Drive Cage Magazine Details
    • Viewing Drive Cage Physical Disks Details
    • Viewing Drive Cage Power Supply Details
  • Editing Drive Cages
  • Locating Drive Cages
  • Editing Drive Cage Power Supplies
• 21 Working with Ports
  • Viewing System Ports
    • Viewing Port Summary Information
      • Upper Pane
      • Lower Pane
    • Port Details Summary
      • Physical Disks
      • SFP
      • Sessions
      • Hosts
    • Viewing System Fibre Channel Ports
      • Upper Pane
      • Lower Pane
      • Fibre Channel Summary
      • Physical Disks
      • SFP
      • Hosts
    • Viewing System RCFC Ports
      • Upper Pane
      • Lower Pane
      • RCFC Port Summary
      • SFP
    • Viewing System iSCSI Ports
      • Upper Pane
      • Lower Pane
      • iSCSI Port Summary
      • Sessions
      • Hosts
    • Viewing System RCIP Ports
    • Viewing SFP Information
    • Viewing System Port Alerts
  • Configuring Ports
    • Configuring CNA Ports
    • Configuring Fibre Channel Ports
    • Configuring iSCSI Ports
    • Configuring a Remote Copy over Fibre Channel Port
    • Configuring a Remote Copy over IP Port
  • Clearing Port Parameters
  • Resetting a Port
  • Setting a Port Offline
  • Initializing a Port
  • Synchronizing a Port with the Name Server
  • Issuing an LIP Command
  • Enabling a Remote Copy Interface
  • Disabling a Remote Copy Interface
  • Pinging a Port
    • Viewing Physical Disks
    • Viewing the Physical Disks Summary Tab
    • Viewing the Physical Disks Tab
    • Displaying Summary Information
    • Displaying Capacity Information
    • Displaying Chunklet Usage Information
    • Displaying Inventory Information
    • Displaying Environmental Information
    • Displaying State Information
    • Displaying Paths Information
  • Viewing the Physical Disks Spares Tab
  • Viewing the Physical Disks Alerts Tab
  • Viewing System Fans
• 22 Working with the Host Manager
• 23 Viewing_Hosts
  • Overview of All Hosts
  • Overview of a System's Hosts
  • Viewing Host Information
    • Upper Pane
      • Hosts Tab
      • Host Explorer Tab
    • Lower Pane
    • Host Summary Details
    • VLUN Details
      • Active VLUNs
      • VLUN Templates
      • Path Summary
      • Virtual Volumes Details
      • Link Errors Details
      • Host Explorer Details
  • Viewing Paths
    • Upper Pane
    • Lower Pane
    • Active VLUNs
    • VLUN Templates
    • Path Summary
  • Viewing Unassigned Paths
  • Viewing Host Sets
  • Viewing Host Set Details
• 24 Working with Hosts
  • Creating Hosts
  • Editing Hosts
  • Removing Hosts
  • Adding Hosts to Host Sets
• 25 Exporting Virtual Volumes
• 26 Working with Host Sets
  • Creating Host Sets
  • Editing Host Sets
  • Removing Host Sets
  • Exporting Virtual Volumes
• 27 Working with the Provisioning Manager
• 28 Viewing Provisioning for All Systems
  • Summary Tab
  • Alerts Tab
• 29 Viewing Provisioning for a Single System
  • Summary Tab
  • Tasks Tab
    • Upper Pane
    • Lower Pane
  • Alerts Tab
• 30 Working with Common Provisioning Groups
  • Viewing Common Provisioning Groups
  • Viewing the Common Provisioning Group Summary Tab
  • Viewing the CPGs Tab
    • Upper Pane
      • Displaying Summary Information
      • Displaying Allocation Information
      • Displaying Capacity Information
      • Displaying Raw Capacity Information
      • Displaying Alert Information
    • Lower Pane
      • Summary Tab
      • Settings Tab
      • Virtual Volumes Tab
      • Logical Disks Tab
      • Layout Tab
      • Alerts Tab
  • Viewing the Common Provisioning Group Layout Tab
  • Viewing the Common Provisioning Group Alerts Tab
  • Creating Common Provisioning Groups
  • Editing a Common Provisioning Group
  • Creating Similar Common Provisioning Groups
  • Saving a Common Provisioning Group as a Template
  • Compacting a Common Provisioning Group
  • Removing a Common Provisioning Group
• 31 Working with Virtual Volumes
  • Viewing Virtual Volumes
  • Viewing the Virtual Volumes Summary Tab
  • Viewing the Virtual Volumes Tab
    • Upper Pane
      • Displaying Summary Information
      • Displaying Allocation Information
      • Displaying Capacity Information
      • Displaying Raw Capacity Information
      • Displaying History Information
      • Displaying Remote Copy Information
      • Displaying Space History Information
    • Lower Pane
      • Summary Tab
      • Settings Tab
      • Advanced Tab
      • Logical Disks Tab
      • SCSI Reservations Tab
        • SCSI-2 Reservations Tab
        • SCSI-3 Reservations Tab
      • VLUNs Tab
        • Active LUNs Tab
        • VLUN Templates Tab
        • Path Summary Tab
      • Hosts Tab
      • Layout Tab
      • Hosts Tab
      • Alerts Tab
  • Viewing the Virtual Volumes Layout Tab
  • Viewing the Virtual Volumes Alerts Tab
  • Creating Virtual Volumes
  • Creating Virtual Volumes (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks)
  • Editing Virtual Volumes
  • Editing Virtual Volumes (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks)
  • Creating Similar Virtual Volumes
  • Saving a Virtual Volume as a Template
  • Exporting Virtual Volumes
  • Creating a Remote Copy Group from Virtual Volumes
  • Adding a Virtual Volume to a Remote Copy Group
  • Moving a Virtual Volume to Another Domain
  • Removing Virtual Volumes
  • Tuning Virtual Volumes
  • Restarting Tuning a Virtual Volume
  • Rolling Back a Tuned Virtual Volume
• 32 Working with Virtual Volume Sets
  • Viewing Virtual Volume Sets
  • Viewing a Single Virtual Volume Set
  • Creating Virtual Volume Sets
  • Editing a Virtual Volume Set
  • Adding a Virtual Volume to a Virtual Volume Set
  • Exporting Virtual Volume Sets
  • Removing a Virtual Volume Set
• 33 Working with VLUNs
  • Viewing VLUNs
  • Active VLUNs Tab
    • Displaying Summary Information
    • Displaying Remote Copy Information
  • VLUN Templates Tab
    • Upper Pane
    • Lower Pane
  • Path Summary Tab
  • Creating VLUNs
  • Removing VLUNs
• 34 Working with Templates
  • Viewing Templates
    • Upper Pane
    • Lower Pane
  • Creating Virtual Volume Templates (Thinly Provisioned)
  • Editing a Virtual Volume Template (Thinly Provisioned)
  • Creating a Virtual Volume Template (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks)
  • Editing a Virtual Volume Template (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks)
  • Creating Common Provisioning Group Templates
  • Editing a Common Provisioning Group Template
  • Copying a Template
  • Creating Similar Templates
  • Removing a Template
• 35 Working with Virtual Copies
  • Viewing Virtual Copies
  • Creating a Virtual Copy
  • Editing a Virtual Copy
  • Removing a Virtual Copy
  • Creating a Consistency Group Virtual Copy
  • Creating a Batch Virtual Copy
  • Promoting a Virtual Copy
• 36 Working with Physical Copies
  • Viewing Physical Copies
  • Creating a Physical Copy
  • Editing a Physical Copy
  • Removing a Physical Copy
  • Creating a Consistency Group Physical Copy
  • Stopping a Physical Copy
  • Resynchronizing a Physical Copy
  • Promoting a Physical Copy
• 37 Working with the Layout Grid Manager
• 38 Viewing Layout Information for All Systems
  • Viewing the Layout Grid for a Single System
  • Viewing the Virtual Volume Layout Grid
  • Viewing the CPG Layout Grid
  • Viewing the Logical Disk Layout Grid
• 39 Viewing the Virtual Volumes Layout Screen
• 40 Viewing the CPGs Layout Screen
• 41 Viewing the Logical Disks Layout Screen
  • Viewing the By Logical Disk Screen
    • Navigation Tree
  • Summary Pane
    • Logical Disk Layout Pane
• 42 Working with the Remote Copy Manager
• 43 Viewing Remote Copy Information
  • Viewing Available Remote Copy Systems
  • Viewing Remote Copy System Ports
    • RC Ports Tab
    • RCIP Tab
    • RCFC Tab
    • Inventory Tab
  • Viewing Configured Remote Copy Systems
    • Summary Tab
    • Remote Copy Link Performance Chart
    • Tasks Tab
    • Alerts Tab
  • Viewing Remote Copy Groups
  • Viewing Remote Copy Virtual Volumes
  • Viewing Remote Copy Links
  • Viewing Remote Copy Targets
• 44 Configuring Remote Copy
  • Configuring Remote Copy Ports
  • Configuring 1-to-1 Remote Copy
  • Configuring 1-to-N Remote Copy
  • Configuring N-to-1 Remote Copy
  • Configuring Synchronous Long Distance Remote Copy
  • Pinging RCIP Links
  • Configuring and Pinging the Remote Copy Links
  • Pinging the Remote Copy Links
• 45 Working with Remote Copy Groups
  • Creating Remote Copy Groups
  • Starting Remote Copy Groups
  • Stopping Remote Copy Groups
  • Syncing Remote Copy Groups
  • Editing Remote Copy Groups
  • Removing Remote Copy Groups
• 46 Working with Remote Copy Links
  • Creating Remote Copy Links
  • Removing Remote Copy Links
  • Pinging RCIP Links
  • Configuring and Pinging the Remote Copy Links
  • Pinging the Remote Copy Links
• 47 Working with Remote Copy Targets
  • Creating Remote Copy Targets
  • Editing Remote Copy Targets
  • Removing Remote Copy Targets
• 48 Remote Copy Disaster Recovery
  • Failover Remote Copy Groups
  • Switch Failover Remote Copy Groups
  • Revert Remote Copy Groups
  • Recover Remote Copy Groups
  • Restore Remote Copy Groups
• 49 Working with the Performance Manager
• 50 Viewing_Performance
  • Viewing Performance Over Time
  • Viewing Instantaneous Statistics
• 51 Creating a New Chart
• 52 Saving a Chart
• 53 Editing a Chart
• 54 Working with the Event Manager
• 55 Viewing the Alerts Summary
• 56 Viewing System Alerts
  • Upper Pane
  • Lower Pane
    • Removing System Alerts
    • Viewing System Events
    • Filtering Events
• 57 Working with the Task Manager
• 58 Viewing the Tasks Summary
• 59 Displaying Tasks
• 60 Removing Tasks
• 61 Cancelling Tasks
• 62 Working with the Security Manager
• 63 Viewing the Security System Summary Screen
• 64 Working with Users
  • Viewing Users
  • Creating Users
  • Editing Users
  • Removing Users
• 65 Working with Domains
  • Viewing Domains
    • Viewing Domains for All InServs
    • Viewing Domains for a Single Server
  • Viewing the Domains Summary Tab
  • Viewing the Domains Tab
    • Summary Information
    • Raw Capacity Information
  • Creating Domains
  • Editing Domains
  • Removing Domains
  • Viewing Domain Sets
  • Creating Domain Sets
  • Editing Domain Sets
  • Removing Domain Sets
  • Moving Objects from One Domain to Another Domain
  • Working with Connections
  • Viewing User Connections
  • Removing User Connections
• 66 Working with the Hardware Inventory Manager
• 67 Viewing the Hardware Inventory Summary Tab
• 68 Viewing the Node Subsystems Tab
  • Viewing the Node Subsystems Controller Nodes Tab
  • Viewing the Node Subsystems CPUs Tab
  • Viewing the Node Subsystems Internal Drives Tab
  • Viewing the Node Subsystems Physical Memory Tab
  • Viewing the Node Subsystems Adapter Cards Tab
  • Viewing the Node Subsystems SFPs Tab
  • Viewing the Node Subsystems Power Supplies Tab
  • Viewing the Node Subsystems Batteries Tab
• 69 Viewing the Cage Subsystems Tab
  • Viewing the Cage Subsystems Drive Cages Tab
  • Viewing the Cage Subsystems Interface Cards Tab
  • Viewing the Cage Subsystems SFPs Tab
  • Viewing the Cage Subsystems Magazines Tab
  • Viewing the Cage Subsystems Physical Disks Tab
  • Viewing the Cage Subsystems Power Supplies Tab
• 70 Viewing the All Tab
• Glossary