HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.4.0-00 CLI Reference Guide (TB581-96326, December 2012)

AddExternalArrayGroup
AddExternalArrayGroup performs one-to-one mapping of external volumes (volumes in an externally
connected storage system) to internal volumes, and then creates a parity group.
AddExternalArrayGroup also creates an LU in the created external parity group. When you
perform mapping, you can specify multiple paths (alternate paths).
NOTE:
• This command can be used only with P9500 and XP24000/XP20000. The microcode version
required for XP24000/XP20000 is 60-02-40-XX/XX or later.
• Before you can execute this command, both the storage system in which to create an external
parity group and the externally connected storage system must be registered as management
targets of Device Manager.
Parameters
Table 20 AddExternalArrayGroup command parameters
DescriptionStatusParameter name
Serial number of the storage system where you want to create
the external parity group
Required
serialnum
Model of the storage system where you want to create the external
parity group
Required
model
Number of the external parity group
Specify the number of the external parity group to be created.
You can specify an integer from 1 to 16384.
If this parameter is omitted, a value is automatically set by Device
Manager.
Optional
externalgrpnum
Port name of the port to which the external storage system is
connected
If you specify multiple (alternate) paths, use a comma to separate
each entry.
When specifying paths, the parameters portname,
externalwwn, and externallun must all be specified as a
set. The order in which they are specified dictates the path priority.
(The first parameter in the set will become the primary path.)
Make sure that the order and number of the values specified for
these parameters are correct.
Required
portname
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