4-6 Using the Universal Volume Manager GUI
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Universal Volume Manager User’s Guide
Ext. VOL Status: Status of the operation executed to the external
volume or status of the connection of the mapping path. The displayed
items are shown in the following table. To check status of each LDEV in
the external volume, you need to view the VLL window.

Table 4-3 Status of the External Volume Displayed in the Ext. VOL Status

Displayed Item Description
Normal The path is normal.
- The status of the mapping path is not retrieved yet. Click Status: Disable
in the Volume Operation window to display the status of the mapping path.
Unknown The status of the mapping path is unknown.
Blockade The mapping path is blocked.
Warning There are mapping paths whose status is not normal. Check the status of
the mapping paths in the Mapping Path Information dialog box.
Checking The processing of check ing the mapping path status is in progress.
Cache Destage The writing processing of all the data in cache memory to the volume is in
progress.
Disconnect Connecting to the external storage system or the external volume is
intentionally stopped using the Disconnect Subsystem command or the
Disconnect Volume command.
Information Area
Information according to the contents of the External Subsystem on the
Volume Operation window is displayed in the information area, as follows:
Total Number of Ext. Subsystems: the number of external storage
systems that have the mapped external volumes.
Total Number of Ext. Volumes: the number of the mapped external
volumes and the number of the external volumes that can be mapped.
Pop-up menu
The External Subsystem does not have a pop-up menu that can be
displayed.
Volume Operation List (When Path Group is Clicked)
When you click a path group in the Volume Operation tree, the external
storage system information and the cross-subsystem path information is
displayed in the list.