HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 Concepts Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction.............................................................................................10

Audience...............................................................................................................................10

User Interfaces.......................................................................................................................10

Units of Measure....................................................................................................................10

Related Documentation............................................................................................................10

Typographical Conventions......................................................................................................11

Advisories..............................................................................................................................11

2 Overview................................................................................................12

3PAR Storage Concepts and Terminology..................................................................................12

Physical Disks....................................................................................................................13

Chunklets..........................................................................................................................13

Logical Disks.....................................................................................................................13

Common Provisioning Groups..............................................................................................14

Virtual Volumes..................................................................................................................14

Fully-Provisioned Virtual Volumes.....................................................................................14

Thinly-Provisioned Virtual Volumes...................................................................................14

Physical Copies.............................................................................................................14

Virtual Copy Snapshots..................................................................................................15

Exporting Virtual Volumes..............................................................................................15

HP 3PAR InForm OS Software..................................................................................................15

InForm OS Software Suite...................................................................................................15

Optional Software Features.................................................................................................16

Host-Based Software..........................................................................................................17

Common Criteria....................................................................................................................18

3 HP 3PAR Storage System Users...................................................................19

User Accounts........................................................................................................................19

Local User Authentication and Authorization...............................................................................20

LDAP User Authentication and Authorization...............................................................................20

Domain User Access...............................................................................................................20

4 LDAP......................................................................................................21

Overview..............................................................................................................................25

Active Directory.................................................................................................................21

OpenLDAP........................................................................................................................21

LDAP Users............................................................................................................................21

LDAP Server Data Organization................................................................................................22

LDAP and Domains.................................................................................................................22

LDAP Authentication and Authorization......................................................................................23

Authentication...................................................................................................................23

Simple Binding.............................................................................................................23

SASL Binding................................................................................................................23

Authorization.....................................................................................................................23

Authorization on Systems Using Virtual Domains....................................................................24

5 HP 3PAR Virtual Domains..........................................................................25

Overview..............................................................................................................................25

Domain Types........................................................................................................................25

Domain Type.....................................................................................................................26

Users and Domain Rights.........................................................................................................26

Object and Domain Association Rules.......................................................................................26

The Default and Current Domains.............................................................................................26

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