HP Command View EVA Software User Manual
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2 Working with HP P6000 SmartStart..............................................................6
HP P6000 SmartStart features....................................................................................................6
Adding storage to application servers.........................................................................................7
Checking embedded switches with Brocade Web Tools.................................................................8
Checking embedded switches with HP P6000 Command View.......................................................9
Checking HP EVA storage system licenses..................................................................................10
Configuring application servers................................................................................................10
Configuring HP EVA storage management servers.......................................................................11
Initializing supported HP EVA storage systems............................................................................11
Installing HP EVA storage system licenses...................................................................................12
Provisioning storage volumes for application servers....................................................................13
Running HP P6000 Command View..........................................................................................13
Adding individual HP P6000 Command View components..........................................................13
Removing a host (unregistering)................................................................................................14
Running switch management software.......................................................................................15
Supported storage systems.......................................................................................................15
VMware servers ....................................................................................................................15
Viewing the log......................................................................................................................16
3 HP P6000 SmartStart concepts..................................................................17
Storage area network..............................................................................................................17
Storage management concepts.................................................................................................17
Application servers.................................................................................................................18
Application storage volumes....................................................................................................19
Disk groups...........................................................................................................................19
Disk group capacity................................................................................................................21
Disk group guidelines and best practices...................................................................................22
Embedded Fibre Channel switches and management software.....................................................23
Embedded Fibre Channel switch zoning....................................................................................24
Host bus adapters - Fibre Channel............................................................................................24
Host bus adapters - iSCSI.........................................................................................................24
HP license key delivery service.................................................................................................25
HP P6000 Command View software suite..................................................................................26
HP P6000 Command View ABM and SBM versions....................................................................26
HP P6000 iSCSI connectivity option..........................................................................................26
HP P6000 support tools..........................................................................................................26
HP P6000 storage system licensing...........................................................................................27
HP P6000 storage management servers....................................................................................28
HP P6000 MPIO DSM multipath software..................................................................................29
HP P6000 VDS hardware provider software...............................................................................29
HP Management Integration Framework software........................................................................29
HP ProLiant Support Packs........................................................................................................30
Initialization of storage systems.................................................................................................30
Mount points or drive letters.....................................................................................................30
Physical disk drive capacity......................................................................................................30
Storage capacity FAQ.............................................................................................................31
Storage system capacity..........................................................................................................31
Thin provisioning....................................................................................................................32
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