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.................................................................7
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
Restoring mount points on Linux servers......................................................................................13
Troubleshooting mount points on Linux servers............................................................................13
Provisioning storage volumes for application servers....................................................................14
Running HP P6000 Command View..........................................................................................14
Adding individual HP P6000 Command View components..........................................................15
Removing a host (unregistering)................................................................................................15
Running switch management software.......................................................................................16
Supported storage systems.......................................................................................................16
VMware servers ....................................................................................................................16
Viewing the log......................................................................................................................17
3 HP P6000 SmartStart concepts..................................................................18
Storage area network..............................................................................................................18
Storage management concepts.................................................................................................18
Application servers.................................................................................................................19
Application storage volumes....................................................................................................20
Disk groups...........................................................................................................................20
Disk group capacity................................................................................................................22
Disk group guidelines and best practices...................................................................................23
Embedded Fibre Channel switches and management software.....................................................24
Embedded Fibre Channel switch zoning....................................................................................25
Host bus adapters - Fibre Channel............................................................................................25
HP license key delivery service.................................................................................................25
HP P6000 Command View software suite..................................................................................26
HP P6000 Command View ABM and SBM versions....................................................................27
HP P6000 iSCSI connectivity option..........................................................................................27
HP P6000 Fibre Channel Enablement Kit (Linux).........................................................................27
HP P6000 support tools..........................................................................................................27
HP P6000 storage system licensing...........................................................................................28
HP P6000 storage management servers....................................................................................29
HP Management Integration Framework software........................................................................30
HP ProLiant Support Packs........................................................................................................30
Initialization of storage systems.................................................................................................30
Mount points..........................................................................................................................31
Mount point persistence on Linux servers....................................................................................31
Physical disk drive capacity......................................................................................................31
Storage capacity FAQ.............................................................................................................32
Storage system capacity..........................................................................................................32
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