HP P6000 User Manual

Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................7
Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................7
HP P6000 Command View software suite....................................................................................7
HP P6000 Command View features............................................................................................8
Server-based and array-based management.................................................................................8
HP Management Integration Framework....................................................................................10
User interface.........................................................................................................................11
Storage systems point of view..............................................................................................12
Settings point of view.........................................................................................................13
Accessing HP P6000 Command View.......................................................................................14
Internet Protocol support..........................................................................................................15
2 Managing security and passwords.............................................................16
Server-based HP P6000 Command View security groups.............................................................16
Array-based HP P6000 Command View security groups..............................................................16
Password protection for storage systems.....................................................................................16
Enabling management of a password-protected storage system.....................................................17
Disabling management of a password-protected storage system....................................................17
Setting a password for HP EVA storage systems..........................................................................18
Reestablishing communication with a password-protected storage system.......................................18
Single sign-on from HP Systems Insight Manager........................................................................19
3 Licensing HP P6000/EVA storage systems...................................................20
Licenses to use and license keys................................................................................................20
Activating an instant-on license.................................................................................................22
Retrieving licenses...................................................................................................................22
Entering license keys...............................................................................................................22
Importing licenses...................................................................................................................23
Deleting incorrectly entered license keys....................................................................................24
Displaying temporary license expiration date.............................................................................24
4 Provisioning storage..................................................................................25
Disk groups...........................................................................................................................25
Disk group capacity................................................................................................................27
Redundancy (Vraid) levels........................................................................................................28
Virtual disks...........................................................................................................................29
Hosts....................................................................................................................................31
Presentation...........................................................................................................................32
Online virtual disk migration....................................................................................................32
Mirrorclone migration..............................................................................................................32
Thin provisioning....................................................................................................................32
5 Replicating storage...................................................................................34
HP P6000 Business Copy software...........................................................................................34
Snapclones.......................................................................................................................34
Snapshots.........................................................................................................................35
Mirrorclones .....................................................................................................................36
Containers........................................................................................................................38
Optimizing replication performance..........................................................................................39
Planning for host I/O workloads..........................................................................................39
Optimizing snap creation....................................................................................................39
Using containers (preallocation)...........................................................................................39
Minimizing snapclone workloads.........................................................................................40
Contents 3

HP P6000 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	P6000
Category	Storage
Language	English