IBM manual Introducing the GUI and logical configuration panels, Connecting to the DS8000

Create Storage Complex.

Create Storage Units (Storage Facility) and define associated

Storage Images (Storage Facility Images).

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 in Extent Pools and define the server 0 or server 1 affinity.

Create Logical Volumes and add the Logical Volumes in 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. Then, assign Host Attachments and

Logical volumes to the Volume Group you create.

Figure 10-9 Recommended logical configuration steps

10.2 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) or as an unattended (silent mode) installation for the supported operating systems. 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.

10.2.1 Connecting to the DS8000

To connect to the DS8000 through the browser, enter the URL of either the default Storage Hardware Management Console (S-HMC) or the optional S-HMC you may have purchased. You can connect through either S-HMC, but we recommend that once you start updating and modifying from one S-HMC, you continue to make your changes through that S-HMC for the duration of the change. The URL consists of the TCP/IP address as shown in Figure 10-10,or a fully qualified name that the DNS server can resolve as shown in Figure 10-11 on page 203.

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