HP XP20000, XP24000 manual 4

3 Preparing for XP External Storage Operations..............................................	37
System Requirements...............................................................................................................	37
Storage Systems Supported as External Storage Systems.........................................................	37
XP External Storage Requirements........................................................................................	37
Guidelines for XP External Storage Operations...........................................................................	38
Mapping Guidelines..........................................................................................................	38
Recommended Applications According to HDD Type..............................................................	39
Capacity Guidelines..........................................................................................................	40
Guidelines for Mainframe Volumes.......................................................................................	41
Volume Attribute Guidelines................................................................................................	41
Creating LUSE Volume Guidelines........................................................................................	42
Maintenance Guidelines for an External Storage System.........................................................	43
Performance and Status Guidelines......................................................................................	43
RAID Level Considerations...................................................................................................	43
AMS 2000 Series Guidelines..............................................................................................	43
Installing and Uninstalling XP External Storage...........................................................................	44
Installing XP External Storage..............................................................................................	44
Uninstalling XP External Storage..........................................................................................	44
Starting XP External Storage.....................................................................................................	45
4 Using the XP External Storage GUI.............................................................	46
Volume Operation Window.....................................................................................................	46
Volume Operation Tree.......................................................................................................	49
Volume Operation List (When Subsystem or Product Name is Clicked)......................................	50
Volume Operation List (When Path Group is Clicked)..............................................................	51
Preview Dialog Box............................................................................................................	54
Path Operation Window..........................................................................................................	55
Path Operation Tree...........................................................................................................	58
Path Operation List (When Subsystem is Clicked)....................................................................	58
Path Operation List (When Product Name is Clicked)..............................................................	60
Path Operation List (When Port or WWN is Clicked)..............................................................	60
Port Operation Window..........................................................................................................	61
Port Operation Tree............................................................................................................	63
Port Information List............................................................................................................	63
5 Performing XP External Storage Operations..................................................	65
Overview of Setting Operations................................................................................................	65
Setting Port of External Storage System......................................................................................	66
Setting Port Attribute for Local Storage System............................................................................	67
Mapping an External Volume Automatically...............................................................................	67
Mapping an External Volume Manually.....................................................................................	68
Add Volume Dialog Box.....................................................................................................	70
Set External Volume Parameter Dialog Box............................................................................	72
LDEV Mapping (Auto) Dialog Box........................................................................................	73
LDEV Mapping (Manual) Dialog Box....................................................................................	74
SSID Dialog Box................................................................................................................	75
Example: How to Map LDEVs Automatically..........................................................................	77
Example: How to Map LDEVs Manually................................................................................	77
Setting the Cross-subsystem Paths..............................................................................................	78
Configure Cross-subsystem Paths Dialog Box..........................................................................	79
Configuring the Cross-subsystem Path....................................................................................	81
Changing the Configured Cross-subsystem Path Priority...........................................................	82
Canceling the Cross-subsystem Path Configuration..................................................................	83

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