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HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager user guide 13
1Introduction
HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager (Simple SAN Connection Manager) is a GUI-based
management application for basic handling of SAN components such as host bus adapters (HBAs),
switches, and storage arrays (also referred to as “subsystems” in this guide). For managing storage arrays,
it uses Microsoft’s Virtual Disk Service (VDS). Simple SAN Connection Manager provides simplified
storage management for VDS-compliant storage devices in a single, integrated, wizard-based user
interface.
This user guide is your key to learning and using all of the functionality that Simple SAN Connection
Manager offers for streamlining storage management by leveraging the VDS in Windows Server 2003.
IMPORTANT: Simple SAN Connection Manager (SSCM) version 2.10 can manage HP StorageWorks
8/20q Fibre Channel Switches with active transparent router ports (TR_Ports); however, SSCM cannot
manage or discover remote switches or devices in the remote fabric. The SSCM Physical Connection map
(see Viewing a Physical Connection map on page 43) displays the remote fabric as a grayed-out switch,
but SSCM cannot manage the switch. To present Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) to remote devices, use the
QuickTools™ web applet and the storage management interface.
Simple SAN Connection Manager versions 2.00 and earlier do not support the management of fabrics
that include HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switches with active TR_Ports, and may disrupt
communication between the HP StorageWorks 8/20q and the remote fabric. If you intend to manage the
SAN using SSCM, be sure you are using version 2.10 or later.
What’s in this guide
This introductory chapter of the HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager user guide describes
the new features and hardware and software requirements for Simple SAN Connection Manager.
Information in the rest of this guide is organized as follows:
• Installing, upgrading, and removing Simple SAN Connection Manager, page 15, provides instructions
for installing the product initially, upgrading from an earlier product version, and removing the product
from a system.
• Getting started, page 29, describes the user interface (application window, menu bar, and toolbar),
explains how to use the help system, and walks you through the steps for launching the application and
performing initial setup of your storage array and switch.
• Viewing maps, events, and configurations, page 43, provides procedures for viewing the Physical
Connection map, logical unit number (LUN) Assignment map, and the application event log. It also
describes how to save a SAN configuration and compare a newer configuration to a saved one.
• Managing switches, page 49, provides procedures for viewing network and switch properties, viewing
zoning information, updating switch firmware, and configuring IP security. It also describes how to set
the switch default zoning, admin password, IP address, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
properties, symbolic name, domain ID, and domain properties.
• Managing HBAs, page 75, provides procedures for viewing HBA information, updating the HBA Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) image and driver, creating an alias for an HBA, and manually entering
Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI) information.
• Managing logical disks (LUNs), page 83, provides procedures for viewing logical disk information and
for creating, deleting, and expanding logical disks. In addition, it describes how to assign and
unassign a logical disk to a server, and to create an alias name for a logical disk.
• Managing servers, page 101, provides procedures for viewing server information, refreshing the server
list, setting the server agent password, and creating and managing partitions.
• Managing storage subsystems, page 115, provides procedures for viewing subsystem information,
managing storage subsystems, refreshing the subsystem list, creating an alias for a subsystem, and
configuring a subsystem using a pre-defined template.