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Glossary

AL

Arbitrated loop.

AL-PA

Arbitrated loop physical address.

array group

A group of 4 or 8 physical hard disk drives (HDDs) installed in an XP disk

 

array and assigned a common RAID level. RAID1 array groups are made

 

up of 4 HDDs (2D+2D). A RAID1 group is two 4 HDD array groups

 

concatenated together (4D+4D). RAID5 array groups are made up of 4 or 8

 

HDDs, depending on whether they are RAID5 3D+1P or RAID5 7D+1P,

 

respectively. All RAID6 array groups are made up of 8 HDDs (6D+2P).

BC

HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP. BC lets you maintain up to nine local

 

copies of logical volumes on the disk array.

CA

HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP. CA lets you create and maintain

 

duplicate copies of local logical volumes on a remote disk array.

Command View

HP StorageWorks Command View XP, a software product for managing XP

(CVXP)

arrays. Command View runs on a Windows-based management workstation.

Command View XP

HP StorageWorks Command View XP Advanced Edition, installs on the

Advanced Edition

user-provided Device Manager server and provides a browser-based

(CVXP AE)

platform from which you can manage the XP family of disk arrays—even

 

globally distributed arrays.

command device

A volume on the disk array that accepts Continuous Access or Business Copy

 

control operations which are then executed by the disk array.

CU

Control Unit. Contains LDEVs and is approximately equivalent to SCSI

 

Target ID.

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Contents Sixth edition July Part number A5951-96015 XP128 XP1024 XP10000 XP12000Sixth edition July 2005 part number A5951-96015 Contents Troubleshooting Disk arrays About this guideIntended audience PrerequisitesContact HP Related documentationHP storage website HP sales and authorized resellersHP technical support Bold Document conventionsRevision history That USE of the Software is AT Your Sole RISK. HP Warranty statementAbout this guide Page Installation Features and requirements Fibre Channel interface Failover Device emulation typesRAID Manager command devices Snmp configurationInstallation procedures Setting the host mode for the disk array ports Install and configure the disk arrayPage Mode Level Description and Usage Software Setting the System Option ModesFibre Address Configuring the Fibre Channel portsFabric and Connection parameter settings Install and configure the host Installing and configuring the HBAsLoading the OS and software Clustering and fabric zoning SAN Defining the paths Connect the disk arrayPage Example Verifying HBA installationTo verify device recognition Verifying device recognitionCxtydz where Page Configure disk array devices Verifying the device files and drivers Claimed Busnexus Creating the device files # lsdev Character Block Driver Class 188 Sdisk Disk Example of a completed device data table To create the physical volumes Creating the physical volumesTo create volume groups Creating new volume groups# mknod /dev/vg06/group c 64 Vgda Lvextend Creating logical volumesTo create logical volumes LvremoveOPEN-L = To create file systems Creating the file systemsRepeat for each logical volume on the disk array To change the I/O timeout parameter Setting the I/O timeout parameterCreating the mount directories To create a mount directory for each logical volumeTo mount and verify the file systems Mounting and verifying the file systemsTo set up and verify the auto-mount parameters Setting and verifying the auto-mount parametersParameter Name Enter Page Troubleshooting Error conditions Pvcreate for example, /dev/rdsk With vgcreateNewfs for example, /dev/vg01/r/vo/x Host hangs or devices are Contact Information Calling the HP support centerPage Worksheets Path worksheet Disk array device emulations Supported emulations Luse Device type specificationsPage Disk array device emulations MPE Luse device parametersPhysical Max Extent Extent size Device type Size PE OPEN-8/9/E-CVS Scsi TID map for Fibre Channel adapters Value Reference information for SAM Configuring the devices using SAM Reference information for SAM To change the maximum number of volume groups Setting the maximum number of volume groups using SAMArray group Command ViewCommand View XP Command deviceFailover Host modeDisk controller unit Disk cabinet unit Emulation modesRemote console PC OPEN-xPath PortRemote Control RC VolumeRemote Web Console Index Page Index