HP StorageWorks SN6000 HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager user guid - Page 13

1 Introduction HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager (Simple SAN Connection Manager) is a GUI-based management application for basic handling of SAN components such as host bus adapters (HBAs), switches, and storage arrays (also referred to as "subsystems" in this guide). For managing storage arrays, it uses Microsoft's Virtual Disk Service (VDS). Simple SAN Connection Manager provides simplified storage management for VDS-compliant storage devices in a single, integrated, wizard-based user interface. This user guide is your key to learning and using all of the functionality that Simple SAN Connection Manager offers for streamlining storage management by leveraging the VDS in Windows Server 2003. What's in this guide This introductory chapter of the Simple SAN Connection Manager user guide describes the hardware and software requirements for Simple SAN Connection Manager. Information in the rest of this guide is organized as follows: • Installing, upgrading, and removing Simple SAN Connection Manager, page 15, provides instructions for installing the product initially, upgrading from an earlier product version, and removing the product from a system. • Getting started, page 29, describes the user interface (application window, menu bar, and toolbar), explains how to use the help system, and walks you through the steps for launching the application and performing initial setup of your storage array and switch. • Viewing maps, events, and configurations, page 43, provides procedures for viewing the Physical Connection map, logical unit number (LUN) Assignment map, and the application event log. It also describes how to save a SAN configuration and compare a newer configuration to a saved one. • Managing switches, page 49, provides procedures for viewing network and switch properties, viewing zoning information, updating switch firmware, and configuring IP security. It also describes how to set the switch default zoning, admin password, IP address, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) properties, symbolic name, domain ID, and domain properties. • Managing HBAs, page 75, provides procedures for viewing HBA information, updating the HBA Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) image and driver, creating an alias for an HBA, and manually entering Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI) information. • Managing logical disks (LUNs), page 83, provides procedures for viewing logical disk information and for creating, deleting, and expanding logical disks. In addition, it describes how to assign and unassign a logical disk to a server, and to create an alias name for a logical disk. • Managing servers, page 101, provides procedures for viewing server information, refreshing the server list, setting the server agent password, and creating and managing partitions. • Managing storage subsystems, page 113, provides procedures for viewing subsystem information, managing storage subsystems, refreshing the subsystem list, creating an alias for a subsystem, and configuring a subsystem using a pre-defined template. • Troubleshooting, page 131, provides solutions to some common issues you might encounter. • Glossary, page 137, defines terms used in this guide. In addition, at the end of this guide is an index to help you easily locate information. System requirements Before starting the installation (see Installing, upgrading, and removing Simple SAN Connection Manager, page 15), ensure that your server that will be running Simple SAN Connection Manager meets the following minimum requirements: • For the management station: Windows Server 2003 R2 x64/x86 operating system with Service Pack 2 HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager user guide 13