IBM DS6000 Series Introducing the GUI and logical configuration panels, Connecting to your DS6000

Create Storage Complex

Create Storage Units

Define Host Systems and associated Host

Attachments.

Create Arrays by selecting Array Sites. Array Sites are already automatically pre-defined.

Create Ranks and add Arrays in the ranks.

Create Extent Pools, add ranks to Extent Pools and define the server 0 or server 1 affinity.

Create Logical Volumes and add the Logical Volumes to LSSs (LSSs and Address Groups Data Types (FB or CKD are set when a LUN is added to one LSS in an unused Address Group or when one LCU is created in an unused Address Group ).

Create Volume groups: Assign Host Attachments and

Logical volumes to the volume Group you create.

Figure 9-9 Recommended Logical Configuration steps

9.2 Introducing the GUI and logical configuration panels

The IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager is a program interface that is used to perform logical configurations and copy services management functions. The DS Storage Manager program is installed via a GUI (graphical mode) using the install shield. It can be accessed from any location that has network access using a Web browser. This section describes the DS Storage Manager GUI and logical configuration concepts and steps that allow the user a simple and flexible way to successfully configure FB and CKD storage.

9.2.1 Connecting to your DS6000

To connect to the DS6000 through the browser, enter the URL of a PC or the MC you may have purchased. The URL consists of the TCP/IP address as shown in Figure 9-10 on page 164, or a fully qualified name that the DNS server can resolve as shown in Figure 9-11 on page 164.

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