HP StorageWorks External Storage XP user guide (T1706-96006, June 2006)
Table Of Contents
- HP StorageWorks External Storage XP user guide
- Contents
- About this guide
- 1 Overview of connecting external arrays
- 2 Preparing for External Storage XP operations
- System requirements
- External Storage XP requirements
- Installing External Storage XP
- Preparing for External Storage XP settings
- Powering arrays on or off
- Using mapped external LUs from the host connected to the local array
- Uninstalling External Storage XP
- Limitations on External Storage XP operations
- Figure 11 Example of external LU with 2 TB or less
- Figure 12 External LU capacity is larger than the specified emulation type’s basic capacity (OPEN-3 example)
- Figure 13 External LU capacity is smaller than the specified emulation type’s basic capacity
- Table 4 When external LU’s emulation type is OPEN
- Table 5 When external LU’s emulation type is for mainframes
- Combining External Storage XP with other HP StorageWorks products
- 3 Managing cache with external storage
- Guidelines for using cache with external storage
- Determining, setting, or changing the external LU cache mode
- Partitioning cache for external storage
- Determining the number and size of needed partitions
- Creating Cache partitions
- Changing storage system modes
- 4 External Storage XP panes
- 5 Configuring external LUs
- Overview of configuring external LUs
- Setting an external array’s port
- Setting a local array’s port attributes
- Mapping external LUs (Add LU)
- Setting alternate paths for external LUs
- Adding alternate paths by selecting multiple external LUs (Add Paths)
- Deleting alternate paths by selecting multiple external LUs (Delete Paths)
- Checking an external LU’s status (LDEV Information)
- Disconnecting external arrays or LUs
- Checking the connection status and resuming external LU operations (Check Paths & Restore Vol.)
- Restoring external LUs (LDEV Restore)
- Stopping the use of paths to an external LU by specifying an external array’s WWN (Disconnect Paths)
- Restoring paths to an external LU by specifying an external array’s WWN (Check Paths)
- Changing an external array’s port setting
- Stopping the use of paths to an external LU by specifying a local array’s port (Disconnect Paths)
- Restoring paths to an external LU by specifying a local array’s port (Check Paths)
- Deleting external LU mappings (Delete LU)
- 6 Troubleshooting NAS Blade systems that include external arrays
- 7 Remote command devices
- 8 Troubleshooting External Storage XP
- A Notes on connecting external arrays
- Connecting Thunder 9500V subsystems
- System parameters for connecting Thunder 9500V subsystems
- Relationship between serial numbers in the Device list on the LU Operation pane and Thunder 9500V subsystem models
- Relationship between the WWN of the port on the Thunder 9500V subsystem and the controller
- Path status and examples of recovery procedures (Thunder 9500V subsystems)
- Connecting TagmaStore AMS and TagmaStore WMS subsystems
- System parameters for connecting TagmaStore AMS and TagmaStore WMS subsystems
- Relationship between serial numbers in the Device list on the LU Operation pane and TagmaStore AMS and TagmaStore WMS subsystem models
- Relationship between the WWN of the port on the TagmaStore AMS or TagmaStore WMS subsystem and the controller
- Path status and examples of recovery procedures (TagmaStore AMS and TagmaStore WMS subsystems)
- Connecting XP12000/XP10000 Disk Arrays
- Connecting XP1024/XP128 Disk Arrays
- Connecting XP512/XP48 Disk Arrays
- Connecting HP 200 Storage Virtualization System as external storage
- Connecting EVA arrays
- Connecting Thunder 9500V subsystems
- B Required volume capacity for emulation types
- C Adjusting volume capacity for copy pair setting
- D Using an XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 with an EVA3000/5000 external storage
- E Configuring MSA1000/1500 as external arrays
- Index

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4. In the Port list, select the local array port. External array ports (WWNs) that can configure the path
connecting with the selected local array port appear in Unselected Paths.
5. In the Unselected Paths list, select the port’s WWNs, and click Set. The selected WWNs move to
Selected Paths.
6. Click OK. The Path Setting window appears.
7. Ensure that added paths are applied to the array in the Path Setting window. You can also change the
alternate path setting in this window. For more information, see ”Setting alternate paths for external
LUs” on page 86.
8. Click OK. The Path Setting window closes, and the LU Operation pane appears.
Selected rows in the Device list appear in blue italics. Specified settings appear in the Preset list. To
check setting details, right-click the setting in the Preset list, and select Detail. To cancel settings,
right-click the setting in the Preset list, and select Delete.
9. Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
10.Click OK. Alternative paths added using the Add Paths and Path Setting windows are applied to the
array, and the specified content appears in the Device list.
If errors occur during alternate path definition, failed settings and error codes appear in the Preset list.
To check error messages, right-click the failed setting, and select Detail.
Deleting alternate paths by selecting multiple external LUs (Delete Paths)
You can delete paths for multiple volumes that belong to the same external LU group at one time. To delete
alternate paths for multiple external LUs at one time, select the alternate path in the Delete Paths window,
check the setting in the Path Setting window, and apply the setting to the array.
CAUTION: At least one normal path must be set on each mapped external LU.
NOTE: Use the Delete Paths window to delete paths to multiple external LUs at one time. However, the
deleted path settings might not be applied because of the current path setting of each volume. After you set
the deletion in the Delete Paths window, check whether or not the new path settings can be applied in the
Path Setting window for each external LU. If the setting cannot be applied, the setting from the Delete Paths
window does not appear on the Path Setting window. The setting from the Delete Paths window also does
not appear in the Preset list or in the LU Operation pane.
Figure 54 Delete Paths window
• Port