Upper Pane Information

Virtual Volume

Name of the virtual volume.

Type

Virtual volume type, this depends on the mirroring type or lack of. Type will be one of the following: Linear, Standard Mirror, AP Mirror, 3PAP Mirror, CP Mirror, or Mirror w/Traveller (Traveller-enabled virtual volume). For AP Mirror type, BOOT = Bootable option selected, or MFB = Manual Failback selected.  

Logical Size

Size of the virtual volume that the application servers see when mapped.

Primary SDS

The storage server that the application servers will communicate with first.

(After the primary server receives I/Os from the application server, if the virtual volume is a mirror, data is next copied to the secondary server (the other server involved in the mirror). If a tertiary mirror is created, three storage servers will be involved.)

# of mappings

Number of application servers that are being server the virtual volume.

Attributes

Additional features set in the Properties dialog box, such as Write Through Mode (WTM) refer to the Write Through Mode, and Replace Volume on Failure (HS), refer to Configuring Hot Spare Replacements.

Mapped to

Name of the initiator to which the virtual volume is mapped. With CP, two names appear— initiator and clustered partner.

Recovery Priority

The mirror recovery set for the virtual volume to prioritize their recovery. The default recovery rate is 0 (low) and the highest priority is 3. Refer to Setting Mirror Recovery Priority.

Channel Selected

Lower-right Pane Information

Presented Virtual Volume

Name of the virtual volume mapped to the selected channel. If the virtual volume is type AP or MPIO (3PAP), the primary or secondary volumes designation will be listed. For mapping icon information, refer to SANmanager Icons. Mappings can be changed in the Mapping Properties dialog box, with the exception of secondary MPIO/AP mappings which are unavailable ( greyed out).

SDS

Name of the primary storage server.

Domain

Name of the domain that the channel belongs to.

Target Channel

Name of the storage server end of the channel.

LUN

SCSI identifier of a logical unit (corresponding to a virtual disk) of a storage device. Can be changed in Mapping Properties dialog box.

Logical Size

Size of the virtual volume that the application servers see when mapped, displayed in MB.

Note: The previous release had an option to Soft Size, but this is no longer necessary. There is no longer a need to use multiple sources to a single destination for Snapshot as a means to reduce the amount of storage assigned.

Access Rights

Can be set in Mapping Properties dialog box to Read-Write or Read-only. Read-Write is the default.

Selection

Pane

Context Menu Items

Virtual Volume

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Delete – use to deletes an unmapped virtual volume. (Traveller rollback virtual volumes can only be deleted from the Traveller server.)

Rename – use to rename an unmapped virtual volume.

Split – refer to Splitting a Mirror.

Split Tertiary – refer to Splitting a Tertiary Mirror.

Properties - refer to Virtual Volumes Properties.

Application Server folder

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New Application Server – refer to Adding Application Servers to the SAN.

Application server name

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New Application Server – refer to Adding Application Servers to the SAN.

New AppServer Channel – refer to Manually Adding Channels to Application Servers.

Delete – refer to Deleting Application Servers from the SAN.

Properties – use to change the application server type. Refer to Adding Application Servers to the SAN

Storage server name

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Delete – deletes the storage server. Refer to Deleting Storage Servers from the Region.

Properties – use to view all the properties of the storage server. Refer to Storage Server Properties.

Storage server (SDS)

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Protect All Volumes – causes the storage server to take control of unallocated disks and unformatted partitions for use with the storage system.

Release All Volumes –  causes the storage server to release control of unmapped volumes, volumes marked “previously used,” or hot spares. All alias names will be lost.

Mirror Paths – refer to Specifying the Mirror Path. (Must be configured before virtual volume mirrors are created.)

Delete – deletes the storage server. Refer to Deleting Storage Servers from the Region.

Properties – use to view all the properties of the storage server. Refer to Storage Server Properties.

Channel

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Properties – displays the Channel Properties; can change the channel name in this dialog box.

Channel name

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Delete – deletes the channel from the configuration.

Rename  - renames the channel alias. Refer to Changing Channel Aliases.

Replace – refer to Replacing Channels and Replacing Channels That Use Soft WWNs.

Properties – displays the Channel Properties, where the channel name can be changed.

Mapping

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Unmap – removes the connection to the virtual volume that was previously mapped. Refer to Unmapping a Virtual Volume.

Properties – displays the Mapping Properties, where target channels used in the mapping can be changed.