Item

Description

 

 

Ext. VOL Status

Status of the operation executed to the external volume or

 

status of the connection of the mapping path. For the

 

displayed status descriptions, see Table 6 (page 51). To

 

check status of each LDEV in the external volume, view the

 

VLL window.

 

 

Progress

Appears when the Status is Cache Destage. The progress

 

status of destaging processing is displayed in 1% to 99%.

 

 

Characteristic2

Extended identification number of the external volume. This

 

information is used for identifying volumes in the EVA

 

storage system.

 

For details about Characteristic2, see “Connecting External

 

Storage Systems” (page 134).

 

 

Pop-up menu

Right-click a row in the External Volumes list (at the top of

 

the window) to perform the following operations:

 

• Mapping Path Information: Opens the Mapping Path

 

Information dialog box. This dialog box allows you to

 

see the list of the mapping paths set to the selected

 

external volume. See “Checking the External Volume

 

Details” (page 85).

 

• LDEV Information: Opens the LDEV Information dialog

 

box. This dialog box allows you to see the emulation

 

type and the capacity of the selected external volume.

 

See “Checking the External Volume Details” (page 85).

 

• Delete Volume: Cancels the mapping of the selected

 

external volume. See “Deleting the External Volume

 

Mapping (Delete Volume Command)” (page 99).

 

• Disconnect Volume: Disconnects the selected external

 

volume. See “Disconnecting an Individual External

 

Volume (Disconnect Volume Operation)” (page 92).

 

• Check Paths & Restore Volume: Reconnects the selected

 

external volume. See “Checking Connection Status and

 

Resuming External Volume Operation” (page 93).

 

• Change Cache Mode: Changes the cache mode set to

 

the selected external volume. See “Changing the Cache

 

Mode Setting of the External Volume” (page 95).

 

• Inflow Control: Allows you to select whether to stop

 

writing to the cache memory when it is impossible to

 

write to the selected external volume. See “Changing

 

the Inflow Control Setting of the External Volume”

 

(page 96).

 

 

The Cross-system Paths list provides the following information:

Table 7 Cross-subsystem Paths List Details

Item

Description

 

 

Priority

Priority of the cross-subsystem paths, where 1 indicates the

 

cross-subsystem path with the highest priority.

 

 

Port

The port number in the local storage system connecting to

 

the external storage system.

 

 

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