HP Virtualization Manager 6.0 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide

Figure 4-5 Create logical server storage configuration
Defining a SAN storage entry
The SAN Storage Entry screen allows you to add, modify, or view a SAN storage entry.
You can optionally save the storage entry details you enter on this screen into a storage pool
entry that can be shared by other logical servers.
IMPORTANT: If you configure your Virtual Connect logical server to use a local disk, you
cannot move that logical server. Additionally, after you activate the logical server, you cannot
reactivate it on a different system.
Perform the following steps to define a SAN storage entry.
1. Enter the “SAN storage entry definition” (page 66)
2. Enter the “Port definition” (page 67)
3. Enter the “Volume and path definition” (page 67)
4. Optional: Verify “Validation status” (page 69)
SAN storage entry definition
1. Optional: Change the name of the storage entry by typing in the name box. Each storage
entry is given a unique default name.
2. Optional: Enter a description for the storage entry. If you enter a description and insert the
entry into the storage pool, it is displayed in the Select Pool Entry drop-down menu on
the Modify Storage Configuration tab and the Create Storage Configuration screen.
3. Optional: Change the Maximum Number of Sharers (maximum number of logical servers
that will be allowed to share this storage entry), then click Update Maximum Sharers.
As logical servers share this storage entry, they are assigned one specific server WWN per
port.
4. Optional: Check the Insert Storage Entry into Pool checkbox if you want to save the
storage entry details that you enter on this screen as a storage pool entry.
After inserting the storage entry into the pool, you can view (but not modify) the entry by
pressing View in the Actions column of the Storage Assignments table on the Create:
Storage Configuration screen. If you create a storage entry and add it to a storage pool, you
66 Defining storage for logical servers