Hp Command View EVA Software User Manual

HP P6000 SmartStart 4.3User Guide (Windows)AbstractThis document describes use of HP P6000 SmartStart and is intended for users and administrators inv

3. Click Next on the Important Information window.The Main Menu window opens.4. Select Start now to access all configuration options.The Configuration

2. Click Next on the Welcome window.3. Click Next on the Important Information window.The Main Menu window opens.4. Select Start now to access all con

IMPORTANT: If you need to control how disk groups are created on a storage system, donot use HP P6000 SmartStart for initialization. Instead, use HP P

Provisioning storage volumes for application serversTo provision and mount application storage volumes, the wizard can:• Check the registration of an

2. Click Install HP P6000 Command View suite .The HP P6000 Command View installer is run, enabling you to add individual components.For information on

Running switch management softwareYou can run Brocade Fibre Channel switch management software from HP P6000 SmartStart.Considerations• Use of Brocade

• If VMDirectPath is available, the fcinfo tool must be installed for HP P6000 SmartStart todiscover the HBA. You can install fcinfo from the P6000 Sm

3 HP P6000 SmartStart conceptsStorage area networkA storage area network (SAN) provides centralized disk storage for your servers. The basiccomponents

a server allows you to manage multiple HP P6000 storage systems and all models. The sever onwhich HP P6000 Command View is installed is called a stora

The following is a brief summary of requirements for using HP P6000 SmartStart with an applicationserver. Detailed requirements are in HP SPOCK. See R

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most HP P6000 models, the online disk type consists of Fibre Channel physical disks. In somemodels, the online disk type consists of Serial Attached S

RemarksEnhancedtypeBasictypeControllersoftwaredefault. HP P6000 Command View indicatesthe type.Disk are created as the basic type. HP P6000Command Vie

• Total capacity. Shows the formatted physical disk drive capacity of the disk group.• Allocated capacity. Shows the amount of disk group capacity tha

Disk group best practices• Use fewer groups. In most cases, one group for each disk type is best. This allows the storagesystem to write data simultan

Embedded Fibre Channel switch zoningHP P6000 SmartStart can be used with HP EVA4400 storage systems that contain embeddedswitches. See Embedded Fibre

HP license key delivery serviceHP P6000 SmartStart can retrieve HP P6000 license keys from the HP License Key Delivery Serviceand install them in HP P

HP P6000 Command View software suiteThe HP P6000 Command View software suite includes the following products:• HP P6000 Command View software — For ma

IMPORTANT: The support tools cannot be installed directly on HP P6000 storage systems.However, you can install them on a server in the same LAN as the

HP Thin Provisioning licensing includes:• Ability to create virtual disks that limit the allocation of physical storage to the amount thatapplications

The following is a brief summary of requirements for a management server. Detailed requirementsare in the HP Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Re

Contents1 Introduction...5What's new...

HP ProLiant Support PacksHP recommends using HP ProLiant Support Packs with HP servers.HP ProLiant Support PacksHP ProLiant Support Packs for Windows

See also Disk group capacity, Storage system and storage network capacity and Virtual diskcapacity.Storage capacity FAQ• Does the HP P6000 Command Vie

existing virtual disks. It does not include space on physical disks that are not members of adisk group.• Allocated capacity. The storage space that i

Thin provisioning is licensed per HP P6000 storage system. The license allows you to create anunlimited number of thin provisioned virtual disk, of an

Using HP P6000 SmartStart on Server 2, you would:• Create a 130 GB virtual disk and mount it as drive G.• Create a 30 GB virtual disk and mount it as

Vraid overviewVraid is an HP term for implementing RAID storage (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). Virtualdisks with HP Vraid use three key RAID

Disk groups with large physical disksIMPORTANT: If a disk group includes large physical disks (for example, 1 TB or larger), HPrecommends using Vraid6

virtual disk's disk group. Individual data blocks and copies of data blocks are written to differentphysical disks to provide redundancy.Vraid5A

remaining data chunks and the parity chunks. The data on a Vraid6 virtual disk will not be lost if2 physical disks in the disk group fail.38 HP P6000

4 Support and other resourcesRelease historyHP P6000 SmartStart releases:New featuresVersionReleaseSee “What's New”4.32013 (Sep)• Software suppor

Virtual disks and virtualization...33Virtual disk capac

New featuresVersionReleaseservers in HP SmartStart EVA Storage version 3.3.3.22010 (Feb)• Linux application server support. Support is added forLinux

New featuresVersionReleasesoftware version 09003000 is added.Initial release1.02008 (Jan)Contacting HPHP technical supportFor worldwide technical supp

Websites• HP.comhttp://www.hp.com• HP storagehttp://www.hp.com/go/storage• HP manualshttp://www.hp.com/support/manuals• HP download drivers and softwa

GlossaryThis glossary provides the spelled-out form of technical abbreviations and acronymsfound in this document. The glossary does not include defin

IndexAadding HP P6000 Command View components, 13application servers, 18Ddisk groupsallocation , 22best practices and guidelines, 22concepts, 19disk t

1 IntroductionWhat's newHP P6000 SmartStart version 4.3 includes the following new or updated features and support,compared to version 4.2. See t

2 Working with HP P6000 SmartStartHP P6000 SmartStart featuresHP P6000 SmartStart is a DVD/CD-based wizard that helps you configure your HP P6000 SANa

• Initialize newly installed HP P6000 EVA storage systems◦ Check the initialization of storage systems or use the wizard to initialize a new storagesy

Checking embedded switches with Brocade Web ToolsCheck the status and zoning of embedded Fibre Channel switches in HP EVA4400 storage systemsby runnin

8. To view status details, click the Status button. The Switch Health page appears.9. To view zoning information, in the Task pane, select Zone Admin.