HP XP24000, XP20000 Performing XP External Storage Operations, Overview of Setting Operations

5 Performing XP External Storage Operations

This chapter describes setting the external volume using XP External Storage.

•“Overview of Setting Operations” (page 65)

•“Setting Port of External Storage System” (page 66)

•“Setting Port Attribute for Local Storage System” (page 67)

•“Mapping an External Volume Automatically” (page 67)

•“Mapping an External Volume Manually” (page 68)

•“Setting the Cross-subsystem Paths” (page 78)

•“Checking the External Volume Details” (page 85)

•“Turning On or Off the Storage System” (page 88)

•“Disconnecting External Storage System or Disconnecting External Volume” (page 91)

•“Checking Connection Status and Resuming External Volume Operation” (page 93)

•“Stopping the Use of Paths to the External Volume (Disconnect Paths)” (page 94)

•“Restoring the Paths to the External Volume (Check Paths)” (page 95)

•“Changing the Cache Mode Setting of the External Volume” (page 95)

•“Changing the Inflow Control Setting of the External Volume” (page 96)

•“Changing the Port Setting of the External Storage System” (page 97)

•“Editing Mapping Policy” (page 98)

•“Deleting the External Volume Mapping (Delete Volume Command)” (page 99)

Overview of Setting Operations

The following flow chart illustrates XP External Storage setting operations, which make external volumes usable from a host.

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