HP XP LUN Configuration and Security Manager Software User Manual

HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP user

guide

for the XP10000/XP12000

Part number: T1714-96003 Second edition: December 2005

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LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP user guide for the XP10000/XP12000

About this guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Firmware versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Subscription service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Helpful web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1 LUN Manager for the XP10000/XP12000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

LU configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Fibre Channel environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Supported emulation types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

LU paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Configuring LU paths in a Fibre Channel environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Host storage domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

16-Port FC/CA CHIP product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Host groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Host modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

LUN Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

RAID Manager command devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Fibre Channel port attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Fibre Channel topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Arbitrated loop physical addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Data transfer speed for Fibre Channel ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Standard, high-speed, and high-speed (2 port) modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

LUN Manager operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Starting LUN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

LUN Manager pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

LU Path tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Fibre Channel folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

LU Path table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

WWN name table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

LDEV table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Defining LU paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Creating host groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Registering hosts in host groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Associating host groups to logical volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing or viewing LU path settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Deleting LU paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing the name and host mode of a host group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Deleting host groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Initializing the host group 0 (zero). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Changing WWNs and nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Deleting HBAs from host groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Deleting unneeded WWNs from the WWN table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Viewing a list of concatenated parity groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Defining alternate paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Copying paths from one Fibre Channel to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Viewing alternate paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Deleting WWNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Applying and removing LUN security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Creating RAID Manager Command Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting an LU as a command device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Stopping the use of an LU as a command device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Applying command device security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Removing command device security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Port Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Starting Port Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Port pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Package tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Port table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Change Port Mode box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting the Fibre Channel Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting Fibre Channel Port Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting the Data Transfer Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Switching to standard or high-speed mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Operational restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Restrictions on LUN Manager operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Restrictions on port operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2 Volume Management for the XP10000/XP12000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Volume Management (LU Size Expansion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Drawbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

LUSE rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

LUSE operations that handle a path-defined LDEV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Volume Size Configuration (VSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

VSC operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Parity group configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Volume to Space operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Install Custom Volume (CV) operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Calculating CV capacity for mainframe systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Calculating CV capacity for open systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Emulation type is OPEN-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Emulation types other than OPEN-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Volume Initialize and Make Volume operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

LUSE operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Starting LUSE operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Volume Management pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

LDEV Information tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

LDEV Information table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Select an LDEV list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Volume Count list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Free LDEVs table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Expanded LDEVs list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Viewing LUSE configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Viewing concatenated parity groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Creating a LUSE volume using the Volume Count list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Creating a LUSE volume using the Select an LDEV list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Creating a LUSE volume using the LDEV information table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Releasing a LUSE volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Changing LUSE capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Resetting an unregistered LUSE volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

VSC Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Starting VSC operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Customized Volume pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Parity Group - LDEV tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Parity Group - LDEV table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Capacity unit list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Viewing VSC configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Viewing concatenated parity groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Converting volumes to space (Volume to Space) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Creating custom volumes (Install CV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Deleting custom volumes (Volume to Space) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Creating initial custom volumes for OPEN-V (Make Volume) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Initializing custom volumes for other than OPEN-V (Volume Initialize) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Formatting LDEVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Formatting all blocked volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Writing to control blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Making external mainframe volumes usable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

To overwrite control blocks in volumes in an external volume group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Operational restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Restrictions on VSC and LUSE operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figures

1 LU paths configuration in a Fibre Channel environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2 16-Port CHIP pair labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3 Host group example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4 Host group example 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5 Host group example 3 (LUN security) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

6 Differences between high-speed and high-speed (2 port) modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

7 LUN Manager pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

8 WWN name table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

9 Add New Host Group pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

10 Add New WWN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

11 Add New WWN dialog box (when registering a host that was previously connected to the disk array) 25

12 Change Host Group dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

13 Change WWN & Nickname dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

14 Check WWNs dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

15 Port pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

16 LUSE configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

17 VSC process (all supported emulation types except for OPEN-V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

18 VSC process (OPEN-V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

19 Parity group configuration for other than OPEN-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

20 Virtual VSC volume configuration for other than OPEN-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

21 Volume Management pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

22 Customized Volume pane (Volume Management screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

23 Install CV pane (1) for OPEN-V (when two or more free spaces are available). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

24 Install CV pane (1) for other than OPEN-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

25 Install CV pane (1) for OPEN-V after clicking Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

26 Install CV pane (1) for other than OPEN-V after clicking Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

27 Install CV pane (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

28 Select an LDEV number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

29 Setting the SSID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

30 Customized volume screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

31 Make Volume pane (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

32 Make Volume pane (1) after clicking Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

33 Make Volume pane (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

34 Select an LDEV number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

35 Volume Initialize pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

36 Select an LDEV number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

37 Write to Control Blocks pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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Tables

1 Recommended and minimum firmware versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Host modes for host operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4 AL-PA and loop IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5 LUN Manager tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

6 Fibre Channel port icons for LUN Manager operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

7 LUN icons for LUN Manager operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

8 LDEV icons for LUN Manager operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

9 Host mode options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

10 Channel adapter package icons for Port operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

11 LUN Manager operation restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

12 Port operation restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

13 Creating VSC volumes by Install CV (for OPEN-V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

14 VSC supported emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

15 Install Custom Volume operation parameters for mainframe and open system volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

16 Capacities of open system custom volume sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

17 Management area capacity of mainframe volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

18 Management area capacity of open-system volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

19 Boundary value for RAID levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

20 Capacity of slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

21 Settings for the Make Volume operation (OPEN-V only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

22 LDEV status icons for LUSE operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

23 Parity group status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

24 VDEV status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

25 LDEV status icons for VSC operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

26 Volume status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

27 VSC and LUSE operation restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

About this guide

This guide provides information about:

• ”LUN Manager for the XP10000/XP12000”

•”LU configuration overview” on page 11”

•”Supported emulation types” on page 11

•”LU paths” on page 11

•”Configuring LU paths in a Fibre Channel environment” on page 11

•”16-Port FC/CA CHIP product” on page 13

•”Host groups” on page 13

•”Host modes” on page 14

•”LUN Security” on page 15

•”RAID Manager command devices” on page 16

•”Fibre Channel port attributes” on page 17

•”LUN Manager operations” on page 19

•”Port Operations” on page 31

•”Operational restrictions” on page 34

• ”Volume Management for the XP10000/XP12000”

•”Volume Management (LU Size Expansion)” on page 37

•”Volume Size Configuration (VSC)” on page 38

•”LUSE operations” on page 48

•”VSC Operations” on page 53

•”Operational restrictions” on page 74

Intended audience

This guide is intended for customers and HP-authorized service providers with knowledge of the following:

• Disk array hardware and software

• Data processing and RAID storage subsystems and their basic functions

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for using this product include:

• Knowledge of HP StorageWorks XP disk arrays and storage systems

• Installation of the HP StorageWorks disk array(s)

• Installation of the license key for this product

Firmware versions

The recommended firmware versions, shown below, provide the optimal level of support for the features provided with this product. Older firmware versions can be used; however, product features enabled with newer firmware will not appear.

Table 1 Recommended and minimum firmware versions

XP disk array Minimum Recommended

XP12000 50-04-31-00/00 50-04-41-00/00 or later

XP10000 50-04-31-00/00 50-04-41-00/00 or later

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Document conventions and symbols

Table 2 Document conventions

Convention Element

Blue text: Table 1

Blue, underlined text: (

http://www.hp.com)

Bold text

Italic text

Monospace text

Monospace, italic text

Monospace, bold text

CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses

Web site addresses

• Keys that are pressed

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and list

items, buttons, and check boxes

Text emphasis

• File and directory names

• System output

• Code

• Commands, their arguments, and argument values

• Code variables

• Command variables

Emphasized monospace text

IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.

NOTE: Provides additional information.

TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.

HP technical support

Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP web site:

http://www.hp.com/support/

Collect the following information before calling:

• Technical support registration number (if applicable)

• Product serial numbers

• Product model names and numbers

• Applicable error messages

• Operating system type and revision level

• Detailed, specific questions

For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

Subscription service

HP strongly recommends that customers register online using the Subscriber's choice web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates

Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements, newest driver versions, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous other product resources.

After subscribing, locate your products by selecting Business support and then Storage under Product Category.

Helpful web sites

For additional information, see the following HP web sites:

• http://www.hp.com

• http://www.hp.com/go/storage

• http://www.docs.hp.com

• http://www.hp.com/support/rwc/manuals

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You can connect XP arrays to open system and mainframe hosts using Fibre Channel. Use LUN Manager to configure host groups, logical units (LUs), and Fibre Channel ports.

LU configuration overview

One of the important tasks in logical unit (LU) configuration is to define I/O paths from hosts to LUs. After the paths are defined, the hosts can send commands and data to the LUs and can receive data from them.

LUN Manager can also configure security policies to protect LUs from unauthorized access.

Fibre Channel environment

In a Fibre Channel environment, you must configure the Fibre Channel ports on the disk array. With LUN Manager, you can set addresses and speed, and specify topology for Fibre Channel ports.

Supported emulation types

LUN Manager supports the following device emulation types:

• OPEN-3, OPEN-9, OPEN-8 (XP128/XP1024 only), OPEN-E, OPEN-L, and OPEN-V for open systems

• 3390-3A/B/C and 3380-KA/B/C for mainframe systems

LU paths

After hosts and the disk array are physically connected by cables, switches, and so on, use LUN Manager to establish paths between the hosts and LUs. These paths are called LU paths and they determine which host can access which LU.

• Up to 256 LU paths can be defined for a host group in a Fibre Channel environment

• Up to 1,024 LU paths can be defined for a Fibre Channel port for the XP10000/XP12000 array

• Up to 256 host groups can be defined for a Fibre Channel port for the XP10000/XP12000 array

• Up to 65,536 host groups can be defined for one disk array (256 x 256)

• Up to 255 hosts can be included in all the host groups for one Fibre Channel port

Configuring LU paths in a Fibre Channel environment

Before defining LU paths, you must classify server hosts by host storage domains. For example, if Linux and Windows host type. When this is done, register the host bus adapters for each host type in the appropriate host storage domain.

Host storage domains

A host storage domain can contain only hosts that are connected to the same port and cannot contain hosts that are connected to different ports. For example, if two Windows hosts are connected to port 1A and three Windows hosts are connected to port 1B, you cannot register all five Windows hosts in one host storage domain. You must register the first two Windows hosts in one host storage domain and the remaining three Windows hosts in another host storage domain.

After server hosts are classified into host storage domains, you must associate host storage domains to logical volumes. In Figure 1, the host storage domain hg-lnx is associated with the logical volumes 00:00,

® hosts are connected to the disk array, you must create a separate host storage domain for each

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00:01, and 00:02. LU paths are defined between the two hosts in the hg-lnx group and the three logical volumes.

Por t Host Storage Domain Host Groups

Figure 1 LU paths configuration in a Fibre Channel environment

LUN Manager lets you define paths between a single server host and multiple LUs. In Figure 1, both hosts in the hg-lnx host storage domain can access the three available LUs.

LUN Manager lets you define paths between multiple server hosts and a single LU. In Figure 1, the LU identified as CU-LDEV 00:00 is accessible to the two hosts in the hg-lnx host storage domain.

In Figure 1, the LUs associated with the hg-lnx domain are addressed by numbers 0 to 2. The address number of an LU is referred to as the logical unit number (LUN). When HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP and other optional features manipulate LUs, they use LUNs to specify the LUs to be manipulated.

You can add, change, and delete LU paths when the system is operational. For example, if new disks or server hosts are added to your disk array, you can add new LU paths. If an existing server host is to be replaced, you can delete the corresponding LU paths before replacing the host. You do not need to restart the system when you add, change, and delete LU paths.

If a hardware failure (such as a CHA failure) occurs, there is a chance that some LU paths are disabled and some I/O operations are stopped. To avoid this, the system administrator can define alternate LU paths. If one LU path fails, the alternate path takes over the host I/O.

In a Fibre Channel environment, up to 1,024 LU paths can be defined for one host storage domain. Up to 1,024 LU paths can be defined for one port.

NOTE: You cannot define an LU path to LUN On Demand volumes or volumes reserved by Auto LUN XP.

• Up to 256 host storage domains can be created for one Fibre Channel port. Up to 57,344 host storage

domains can be created for one disk array. The maximum number of ports per subsystem is 224.

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• Up to 255 host groups can be created for one Fibre Channel port.

• You cannot define any LU path to journal volumes.

• You cannot define any LU path to pool volumes.

16-Port FC/CA CHIP product

Although there is not a significant performance gain compared to the 8-port FC/CA CHIP product, the primary advantage of the 16-port FC/CA CHIP product is its increased FC connectivity (or port count).

High-speed mode is currently unavailable on the 16-port FC/CA CHIP product.

Odd/even LUN data path handling through the processor does not exist on the XP10000/XP12000. There is no odd/even LUN mapping issue associated with this product. Each processor of the 16-port CHIP product handles the data flow of two ports (eight total processors for 16 total ports = two ports per processor).

For load balancing, the two ports serviced by a processor should be considered as one port. Although volumes can be mapped to both ports handled by a processor, the I/O will go through one processor. For redundancy and performance reasons, consider distributing the load across multiple CHIPs.

When deciding whether to map volumes to ports (LUN mapping) for host connectivity, after considering load balancing across processors, there is no reason to not use all 16 ports immediately. After considering load balancing among processors, there is no reason not to use both ports in the I/O path of one processor or to use both ports in the I/O path of a processor.

Figure 2 16-Port CHIP pair labeling

Port numbering is as follows: Cluster 1 uses CL1-* and CL3-*, while Cluster 2 uses CL2-* and CL4-*, where * is an alphabetical character designation of the port such as A, B, C, and so on. Ports A, for example, CL1-A and CL3-A, share the same processor for I/O purposes.

Host groups

Begin by grouping server hosts into host groups. For example, if HP-UX and Windows hosts are connected to the disk array, you must create a separate host group for each host type. When this is done, register the hosts in their corresponding host groups. After hosts are classified into host groups, associate the host groups with LUs.

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In Figure 3, the host group hpux01 is associated with six LUs. LU paths are defined between the three hosts in the hpux01 group (WWN_1, WWN_2, WWN_3) and the six logical units LUN00-LUN05.

Figure 3 Host group example 1

Figure 4 Host group example 2

LUN Manager can define paths between a single host and multiple LUs. In Figure 4, each of the three hosts in the host group hpux01 can access the six LUs. LUN Manager can also define paths between multiple hosts and a single LU.

Hosts can be members of only one host group for a given port. Host group definitions and members apply only to the port that they are defined for.

Host modes

As part of registering hosts in host groups, you will be asked for the host mode. Use Table 3 to determine the host mode.

Table 3 Host modes for host operating systems

Host mode Host operating system

00 Red Hat Linux, IRIX, or Windows1 (Standard)

01 - 03 Reserve

04 DYNIX/ptx (Sequent)

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Table 3 Host modes for host operating systems (continued)

Host mode Host operating system

05 OpenVMS

06 Reserve

07 Tru64

08 HP-UX or Windows

09 Solaris®

0A NetWare

0B Reserve

0C Windows

3, 4

0D, 0E Reserve

0F AIX®

10 - 19 Reserve

1A - 1F Reserve

20 - 29 Reserve

2A, 2B Reserve

2C Windows Extension

3, 4

2D - 2F Reserve

29 Solaris

1. For Windows with any FC HBAs when MSCS is not needed.

2. For Windows with D8602 FC HBAs with or without MSCS.

3. For Windows with Emulex or QLogic FC HBAs with or without MSCS.

4. If you register Windows server hosts in a host group, verify that the host mode of the host group is 0C: Windows or 2C: Windows Extension. If you are thinking about creating LUSE volumes, such as expanded LUs, consider setting the host mode 2C: Windows Extension to the host group. If the host mode is 0C: Windows and an LU path is defined for a volume, you cannot execute LUSE operations on the volume without unmapping the volume first.

5. When registering Sun Cluster server hosts in the host group (Use this host mode both VERITAS Cluster Server and Sun Cluster are used).

LUN Security

To protect data from unauthorized access, apply security policies to LUNs. LUN Manager can apply LUN security to ports to safeguard LUs. If a port has the External attribute, you cannot apply LUN security to the port.

If LUN security is applied, it limits which host can access which LUs. A host can only access LUs associated with its host group. Hosts cannot access LUs associated with other host groups.

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In Figure 5, the hosts in the hpux-G01 group can access LUN0 and LUN1 associated with the same host group, but cannot access LUN0 and LUN1 in the winG02 host group. The hosts in hpuxG01 can only access the two LUs, identified by 01:05 and 02:01; the hosts cannot access the LUs 02:00 and 02:02.

Figure 5 Host group example 3 (LUN security)

If LUN security is disabled, the hosts will not be able to access most of the LUs. Hosts will have access to only those LUs defined in host group 0.

By default, LUN security is disabled on a port, so host group 0 is the only accessible host group reserved for the port. Initially it contains no LUs or WWNs.

When security is disabled, only LUs defined in host group 0 are accessible to hosts connected to the port, regardless of any WWNs that may be defined for a host group. After security is enabled, WWNs are used, permitting or restricting access based on WWN.

If you have more than one host group defined on a port, you can locate host group 0 by disabling LUN security from the port. When done, the tree display will “gray” out all host groups except host group 0.

RAID Manager command devices

To use RAID Manager commands for Business Copy XP and Continuous Access XP operations, you must designate at least one LDEV on the disk array as a command device. A command device receives RAID Manager commands entered from hosts. When you enter a RAID Manager command from a host, the command is transferred to the target device via the command device.

If you want to restrict access to LUs and by RAID Manager, you can apply command device security in LUN Manager.

Restrictions

You cannot use the following LDEVs as command devices:

• Volumes that do not have read/write access

• Volumes reserved by Auto LUN

• Continuous Access XP volumes

• BC volumes

• External LUs

• Flex Copy volumes

• Volumes on which VMA is set

• Virtual volumes

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If you want to use a LUSE volume as a command device, you must specify only the first LU as the command device.

Fibre Channel port attributes

In Fibre Channel environments, you must configure and set addresses for the Fibre Channel ports. You can enhance system performance by adjusting the data transfer speed at the Fibre Channel ports and changing the channel adapter mode.

Fibre Channel topologies

Fibre Channel provides the following topologies:

• Fabric: Uses a fabric switch to connect a large number of devices. Each device has the full bandwidth

of 100 MB/sec.

• FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop): A shared-bandwidth topology that can connect up to 126

devices (AL ports).

• Point-to-point: A simple Fibre Channel topology in which two devices are connected directly.

When configuring the disk array, use LUN Manager to specify whether the hosts and the disk array are connected by a fabric switch. Also, you must specify FC-AL or point-to-point in the LUN Manager pane. The default is FC-AL.

If you are using a fabric switch, consult the switch’s documentation to learn whether FC-AL or point-to-point should be used. Some fabric switches require that you specify point-to-point to get the system running.

Arbitrated loop physical addresses

You will need to set addresses for Fibre Channel ports. When addressing Fibre Channel ports, you can use AL-PA (arbitrated loop physical address) or loop IDs as the addresses (see Table 4).

Table 4 AL-PA and loop IDs

AL-PA Loop ID AL-PA Loop ID AL-PA Loop ID AL-PA Loop ID

EF 0 B2 32 72 64 3A 96

E81 B13371653997

E42 AE346E663698

E2 3 AD 35 6D 67 35 99

E1 4 AC 36 6C 68 34 100

E0 5 AB 37 6B 69 33 101

DC 6 AA 38 6A 70 32 102

DA 7 A9 39 69 71 31 103

D9 8 A7 40 67 72 2E 104

D6 9 A6 41 66 73 2D 105

D5 10 A5 42 65 74 2C 106

D4 11 A3 43 63 75 2B 107

D3 12 9F 44 5C 76 2A 108

D2 13 9E 45 5A 77 29 109

D1 14 9D 46 59 78 27 110

CE 15 9B 47 56 79 26 111

CD 16 98 48 55 80 25 112

CC 17 97 49 54 81 23 113

CB 18 90 50 53 82 1F 114

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Table 4 AL-PA and loop IDs (continued)

AL-PA Loop ID AL-PA Loop ID AL-PA Loop ID AL-PA Loop ID

CA 19 8F 51 52 83 1E 115

C9 20 88 52 51 84 1D 116

C7 21 84 53 4E 85 1B 117

C6 22 82 54 4D 86 18 118

C5 23 81 55 4C 87 17 119

C3 24 80 56 4B 88 10 120

BC 25 7C 57 4A 89 0F 121

BA 26 7A 58 49 90 08 122

B9 27 79 59 47 91 04 123

B6 28 76 60 46 92 02 124

B5 29 75 61 45 93 01 125

B4 30 74 62 43 94

B3 31 73 63 3C 95

Data transfer speed for Fibre Channel ports

As disk array operation continues, you may notice that a larger amount of data is transferred at some ports and a smaller amount is transferred at other ports. To improve system performance, set a faster data transfer speed for ports where a larger amount of data is transferred, and a slower data transfer speed for ports where a smaller amount of data is transferred.

Standard, high-speed, and high-speed (2 port) modes

The channel adapter boards can operate in standard, high-speed, or high-speed (2-port) mode. Standard mode is the default. If a channel adapter board satisfies certain conditions, you can set it to high-speed or high-speed (2 port) mode to improve port performance.

NOTE: High-speed (2 port) mode is available only if firmware version 21.06.22 or later is installed on

the disk array.

High-speed mode can be applied to channel adapter boards that satisfy the following conditions:

• Only one port is planned for use.

• All ports take the same Fibre topology option (on or off).

• All ports take FC-AL as the Connection option.

• All ports use different port addresses and no matching addresses.

• All ports take the same port attribute (Initiator, RCU target, or Target).

If high-speed mode is applied to a channel adapter board, only one of the ports on the channel adapter board can be used. This port can exclusively use channel processors and fibre optic processors (FOPs) that would otherwise be reserved for the other ports. Balancing the workload on the processors can improve system performance.

If high-speed (2 port) mode is applied to a four-port channel adapter board, two ports out of the four ports cannot be used. The remaining two ports can exclusively use channel processors and FOPs that would otherwise be reserved for the other two ports.

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Figure 6 shows an example of High Speed mode applied for one or two port clocks when the channel

adapter board has 8 ports. In case that the channel adapter board has 16 ports, you can also apply High Speed mode in the same way though there are four port blocks.

Figure 6 Differences between high-speed and high-speed (2 port) modes

If High Speed mode is applied to the four ports in a port block, only two of the ports can be used for connecting the host. These two ports can exclusively use channel processors and fibre optic processors (FOPs) that would otherwise be reserved for the other two ports. Therefore, system performance improves. By balancing workloads on processors, you can expect a greater improvement in system performance.

Before changing the configuration of a port that is being used, perform a backup operation. You cannot switch between standard and high-speed while you are online to the hosts.

LUN Manager operations

This section includes procedures for performing the most common LUN Manager operations.

Starting LUN Manager

Click LUN Manager in the left pane. The LUN Manager pane appears.

The Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console main pane must be in Modify mode to use LUN Manager. When the background color of the icon on the right of the pane is light yellow, Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console is in Modify mode. When the background color is gray, Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console is in View mode. If you click the grayed icon when the Unlocked icon is displayed, the icon changes to light yellow and the mode changes to Modify. For more information about changing modes, see the HP StorageWorks Command View XP User Guide for XP Disk Arrays or the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console User Guide for XP12000/XP10000.

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NOTE: Storage partition administrators can display information or operate only within the allocated SLPR.

For more information about SLPRs, see the HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition User Guide.

Figure 7 LUN Manager pane

LUN Manager pane

The LUN Manager pane contains the tabs listed in Table 5.

Table 5 LUN Manager tabs

Tab Use this tab to...

LUN Manager Define LU paths and apply LUN security for logical volumes.

Port Configure ports by setting the topology and port addresses (”Starting Port

LU Path tree

The LU Path tree on the upper left of the LUN Manager tab lists Fibre Channel ports in the disk array and hosts connected to them. Hosts are identified by nicknames and WWNs and are classified by host groups.

The LU Path tree may contain different folders: Fibre Channel, and so on.

Fibre Channel folder

The following Fibre Channel port icons are used in the LU Path tree:

Table 6 Fibre Channel port icons for LUN Manager operations

Icon Status

A short-wave port in standard mode without LUN security

A short-wave port in standard mode with LUN security

Operations” on page 31).

A long-wave port in standard mode without LUN security

A long-wave port in standard mode with LUN security

A short-wave port in high-speed mode without LUN security

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Table 6 Fibre Channel port icons for LUN Manager operations (continued)

Icon Status

LU Path table

On the right side of the LU Path tree is a table that displays LU Path information about the hosts in the tree. The table contains the following information:

• LUN: LUNs (address numbers) assigned to LUs, which are LDEVs that can be accessed by hosts. If no

Table 7 LUN icons for LUN Manager operations

Icon Status

A short-wave port in high-speed mode with LUN security

A long-wave port in high-speed mode without LUN security

A long-wave port in high-speed mode with LUN security

paths are defined, the other table columns are blank. The following icons indicate status.

A logical volume to which an LU path is defined

An expanded LU

A command device

A command device with security enabled

A LUN to which no LU path is defined

• CU:LDEV: The CU image and LDEV numbers. If an LDEV number ends with #, the logical volume is an

external LU. If an LDEV number ends with V, the logical volume is a virtual volume.

• Emulation: Emulation type for each LDEV

• Capacity: Size of each LDEV

• RAID: RAID level for each LDEV. If the logical volume is an external LU or virtual volume, the RAID

column displays a hyphen (-) instead of a RAID level.

• Paths: Number of alternate paths, if any

• VMA:Access Attribute: Access attribute of each LDEV. If a VMA is set on a logical volume, VMA:

appears at the beginning of the access attribute.

WWN name table

Figure 8 WWN name table

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When you select a Fibre Channel port in the LU Path tree, the WWN table appears in the lower-left corner of the LUN Manager pane. The WWN table lists host bus adapters that are connected to Fibre Channel ports on the disk array.

The table contains the following information:

• A list of ports

• Host Group: Host groups are used to classify servers (hosts) connected to the disk array. You can create

• Name: Indicates nicknames for hosts. Nicknames can be specified in the LUN Manager pane.

• WWN: Each worldwide name represents one host.

LDEV table

The LDEV table in the lower-left corner of the LUN Manager tab lists LDEVs in the disk array. The LDEV table does not list Auto LUN-reserved LDEVs.

The table contains the following information:

• A list of CU images

• LDEV: A combination of the CU image number and LDEV number that identifies an LDEV. If an LDEV

Table 8 LDEV icons for LUN Manager operations

host groups in the LUN Manager pane.

number ends with #, the logical volume is an external LU. If an LDEV number ends with V, the logical volume is a virtual volume.

The following icons indicate LDEV status:

Icon Status

Normal logical volume

Expanded LU

A VSC volume

A command device

A command device with security enabled

• Emulation: Emulation type for each LDEV

• Capacity: Size of each LDEV

• RAID: RAID level for each LDEV. If the logical volume is an external LU or a virtual volume, the RAID

column displays a hyphen (-) instead of a RAID level.

• Parity Group: Displays names of parity groups. If a parity group name begins with E, the parity group

consists of one or more external LUs. If a group name begins with V, the group is a V-VOL group consisting of one or more virtual volumes.

• Paths: The number of alternate paths, if any

• VMA:Access Attribute: Access attribute of each logical volume. If a VMA is set on a logical volume,

VMA: appears at the beginning of the access attribute.

Buttons

• Apply: Applies settings in the pane to the disk array

• Cancel: Cancels settings in the pane

• Add LU Path: Adds LUs to LU Path table

• Add WWN: Registers host bus adapters in a host group. Applies to Fibre Channel ports only.

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Defining LU paths

To configure a Fibre Channel environment, complete the following major steps:

1. Find the WWNs of the host bus adapters connected to the Fibre Channel ports.

2. Create host groups (”Creating host groups” on page 23).

3. Register hosts in host groups (”Registering hosts in host groups” on page 24).

4. Associate host groups to logical volumes (”Associating host groups to logical volumes” on page 26).

Creating host groups

You can connect multiple server hosts of different platforms to one port of your disk array. When configuring the system, you must group server hosts connected to the disk array by host groups. For example, if HP-UX and Windows hosts are connected to a port, create a host group for each host type.

1. Start LUN Manager, and display the LUN Manager pane (Figure 7).

2. In the LU Path tree, locate the port and verify that LUN security is enabled.

NOTE: If the port icon has a key ( ), LUN security is enabled.

If LUN security is not enabled, right-click the port and select Disable->Enable in the shortcut menu.

3. After LUN security is enabled, right-click the port in the LU Path tree and select Add New Host Group.

The Add New Host Group dialog box appears.

Figure 9 Add New Host Group pane

4. In the Group Name box, enter the host group name.

NOTE: It is convenient to name each host group after the host platform. For example, if you are

creating a host group for Windows NT Host group names are case sensitive and can have up to 32 characters.

5. In the Host Mode list, select a host mode. Host groups on the same port can have different host modes.

6. If necessary, select Option, and select the host mode options. For detailed information about host mode

options, see Table 9 on page 24.

NOTE: After you select Option, the pane expands to display check boxes. The check boxes are

numbered sequentially from left to right. The left-most check box on the upper row is #0, and the check box immediately to the right is #1, and so on. The numbers indicate option numbers; select check box #0 to select option #0.

7. Click OK. The host group name and the host mode appear in blue in the LU Path tree.

8. In the LUN Manager main pane, click Apply. A confirmation message appears.

® hosts, the host group name could be WNT or WinNT.

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9. Click OK. The settings are applied to the disk array.

The next step is to register hosts to the appropriate host group.

Table 9 Host mode options

No. Host Mode option When to select option

2VERITAS Database

Edition/Advanced Cluster

6 TPRLO When all the following conditions are satisfied:

7Automatic

recognition function of LUN

12 Undisplay function of

ghost LUN

13 SIM report at link

failure

14 HP TruCluster with

TrueCopy function

When VERITAS Database Edition/Advanced Cluster for Real Application Clusters or VERITAS Cluster Server 4.0 (I/O fencing function) is used

• The host mode 0C Windows or 2C Windows Extension is used

• The Emulex host bus adapter is used

• The mini-port driver is used

• TPRLO=2 is specified for the mini-port driver parameter of the host bus adapter

When all the following conditions are satisfied:

• The host mode 00 Standard or 09 Solaris is used

• SUN StorEdge SAN Foundation Software Version 4.2 or later is used

• You want to automate recognition of increase and decrease of devices when a

genuine SUN HBA is connected

When all the following conditions are satisfied:

• The host mode 08 HP is used

• You want to suppress creation of device files for devices to which the paths are

not defined

When the user wants to be informed by SIM (service information message) that the number of link failures detected between ports exceeds the threshold.

When all the following conditions are satisfied:

• The host mode 07 Tru64 is used

• You want to use TruCluster to set a cluster to the Continuous Access XP P-VOL

and S-VOL, respectively

CAUTION: Do not select options other than those listed in Table 9.

Registering hosts in host groups

Before you can set LU paths, you must register hosts in host groups. For example, if HP-UX and Windows hosts are connected to a port, you must register them separately in two different host groups.

When registering a host, you can assign a nickname to the host bus adapter. If you assign a nickname, you will be able to easily identify each host bus adapter in the LUN Manager main pane. Although WWNs are also used to identify each host bus adapter, a nickname is more helpful because you can name host bus adapters after the host installation site or the host owners.

When using nicknames, note the following:

• A nickname can consist of up to 32 ASCII characters (letters, numerals, and symbols). You cannot use

the following characters for nicknames:

\ / : , ; * ? " < > | ~

• You cannot use the space character for the first or the last nickname character.

• Nicknames are case sensitive. For example, hp and HP are different nicknames.

To register hosts in a host group:

1. Start LUN Manager, and display the LUN Manager pane (Figure 7).

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2. In the LU Path tree, locate the port the host group belongs to and verify that LUN security is enabled.

NOTE: If the port icon has a key ( ), LUN security is enabled.

If LUN security is not enabled, right-click the port and select Disable->Enable in the shortcut menu.

3. If the desired host has never been connected via a cable to another port in the disk array, skip to

step 9.

4. In the Port list on the upper right corner of the WWN table (Fibre Channel), select the port to which the

desired host is connected.

5. Select the desired host bus adapter from the WWN table.

6. Select a host group from the tree, and click Add WWN. The Add New WWN (Fibre Channel) dialog

box appears.

Figure 10 Add New WWN dialog box

7. To assign a nickname to the host bus adapter, enter the nickname in the Nickname box and click OK.

NOTE: If you select two or more host bus adapters, the Add New WWN dialog box displays

repeatedly to let you assign a nickname to each selected HBA (see Figure 11). If you do not need to assign nicknames to HBAs, select the The remaining WWNs do not need names check box, and click OK. If you select this option, the Add New WWN dialog box does not prompt you for additional nicknames.

Figure 11 Add New WWN dialog box (when registering a host that was previously connected to the disk

array)

8. Skip to step 12. If the desired host has never been connected via a cable to any port in the array, only

step 9 through step 11 apply.

9. Right-click the host group and select Add New WWN. The Add New WWN dialog box appears (see

Figure 10).

10.Select the desired host bus adapter from the WWN list. If the host bus adapter is not in the list, enter

the WWN in the box.

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11.If necessary, enter a nickname for the host bus adapter.

12.Click OK. The new WWN and nickname appear below the selected host group in the LU Path tree.

13.Click Apply in the LUN Manager main pane. A confirmation message appears.

14.Click OK. The settings are applied to the disk array.

NOTE: For Fibre Channel environments only: If the WWN table (located in the lower-left corner of the

pane) includes a host that you want to register, you can register the host by selecting the host group in the LU Path tree, selecting the host from the WWN table, and then clicking Add WWN.

Associating host groups to logical volumes

You can use LUN Manager to define LU paths by associating host groups to logical volumes. For example, if you associate a group of three hosts with logical volumes, LU paths are defined between the three hosts and the logical volumes.

1. Start LUN Manager, and display the LUN Manager pane (Figure 7).

2. In the LU Path tree on the LUN Manager main pane, select a host group.

3. In the CU list above the LDEV table, select a CU number. The LDEV table shows LDEVs in the CU.

4. In the LDEV table, select one or more LDEVs. Press the Ctrl key to select multiple LDEVs.

5. In the LU Path table, select the LUs.

6. Click Add LU Path. A dialog box prompts you to confirm the LU Paths to be defined.

7. Click OK. The settings are shown in blue in the LU Path table.

8. Click Apply in the LUN Manager main pane. A confirmation message appears.

9. Click OK. The settings are applied to the disk array.

Changing or viewing LU path settings

Deleting LU paths

NOTE: Do not remove LU paths when host I/O is in progress.

1. Start LUN Manager, and display the LUN Manager pane (Figure 7).

2. In the LU Path tree on the LUN Manager main pane, select a port.

3. In the LU Path table, select one or more LUNs to which LDEVs are assigned (If an LDEV is assigned to a

LUN, the columns to the right of the LUN column are not empty).

4. Right-click the selected port and select Release LU Path. A dialog box displays information about the LU

paths to be deleted.

5. Click OK. The settings are shown in blue in the LU Path table.

6. Click Apply in the LUN Manager main pane. A confirmation message appears.

7. Click OK. The settings are applied to the disk array.

Changing the name and host mode of a host group

Before changing the host mode of a host group, back up the data on the host group’s port. The operation for changing host mode should not be destructive, but data integrity cannot be guaranteed without a backup.

To change the host mode for host group 0, port security can be enabled or disabled. For all other host groups, you must enable port security before changing the host mode.

1. Start LUN Manager, and display the LUN Manager pane (Figure 7).

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LU configuration overview

Fibre Channel environment

Supported emulation types

LU paths

Configuring LU paths in a Fibre Channel environment

Host storage domains

Figure 1 LU paths configuration in a Fibre Channel environment

16-Port FC/CA CHIP product

Figure 2 16-Port CHIP pair labeling

Host groups

Figure 3 Host group example 1

Figure 4 Host group example 2

Host modes

Table 3 Host modes for host operating systems

LUN Security

Figure 5 Host group example 3 (LUN security)

RAID Manager command devices

Restrictions

Fibre Channel port attributes

Fibre Channel topologies

Arbitrated loop physical addresses

Table 4 AL-PA and loop IDs

Data transfer speed for Fibre Channel ports

Standard, high-speed, and high-speed (2 port) modes

Figure 6 Differences between high-speed and high-speed (2 port) modes

LUN Manager operations

Starting LUN Manager

Figure 7 LUN Manager pane

LUN Manager pane

Table 5 LUN Manager tabs

LU Path tree

Fibre Channel folder

Table 6 Fibre Channel port icons for LUN Manager operations

LU Path table

Table 7 LUN icons for LUN Manager operations

WWN name table

Figure 8 WWN name table

LDEV table

Table 8 LDEV icons for LUN Manager operations

Buttons

Defining LU paths

Creating host groups

Figure 9 Add New Host Group pane

Table 9 Host mode options

Registering hosts in host groups

Figure 10 Add New WWN dialog box

Associating host groups to logical volumes

Changing or viewing LU path settings

Deleting LU paths

Changing the name and host mode of a host group