HP Management Integration Framework software

multiple HP P6000 EVA storage systems. The server on which HP P6000 Command View is installed is called a storage management server.

HP Management Integration Framework software

HP Management Integration Framework software provides storage-related security features and user interface capabilities and is included with HP P6000 Command View.

HP Management Integration Framework software provides the following interfaces and high level features:

•Security interface.

•Enhanced storage-related security integration and Management Group administration.

•Configuration interface.

•Command line tools.

•Automatic discovery of machines on a LAN.

•User interface integration for Management Integration Framework capable products.

Initialization and uninitialization

Initialization

Initialization makes a new storage system ready to use with your hosts. The HP P6000 Control Panel does not include an initialization feature. Storage administrators can initialize a new storage system by using HP P6000 Command View or HP P6000 SmartStart.

Initialization can include one or more of the following actions:

•Establishes the storage system name.

•Creates one or two default disk groups.

•Sets a disk-failure protection level (disk spares).

•Sets the storage system date and time.

Uninitialization

The HP P6000 Control Panel allows storage administrators to uninitialize HP P6000 EVA storage systems. Storage administrators can also use HP P6000 Command View.

CAUTION: Uninitialization deletes all user data and configuration information on the storage system. If you uninitialize a storage system, you must re-initialize it before it can be used for storage again.

When a storage system is uninitialized, certain logical structures are removed and all user data is irretrievably deleted.

•All application data on the storage system is deleted and cannot be recovered.

•All presentation to hosts ends and I/O with the hosts stops.

•All source virtual disks and snapclones are deleted.

•All local replication is stopped. Snapshot and mirrorclone virtual disks are deleted.

•All remote replication is stopped. All DR groups on the storage system are deleted. All virtual disks in the DR groups are deleted. (Remote copies of the virtual disks are not deleted.)

Uninitialization followed by power down

IMPORTANT: If a storage system is uninitialized and then powered down before it is re-initialized, the HP P6000 management module IP address and network configuration information will be lost.

To restore this information, see Reestablishing the storage system IP address.

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