HP StorageWorks XP1024 User manual

HP StorageWorks
Disk Arrays
XP128/XP1024
Owner’s Guide
fifth edition (July 2005)
part number: A7906-96012
This guide describes the general operations, components, specifications, and options for the
HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP128 and Disk Array XP1024.

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HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP128/XP1024 Owner’s Guide
fifth edition (July 2005)
part number: A7906-96012

Contents 3
About this guide 7
Related information 7
Document conventions and symbols 8
HP technical support 8
HP storage website 9
HP sales and authorized resellers 9
Helpful web sites 9
Revision history 10
1Overview 11
Continuous data availability 12
Nondisruptive service and upgrades 13
Connectivity 14
Fibre Channel connectivity 14
ESCON connectivity 15
FICON connectivity 15
iSCSI connectivity 16
Data integrity 17
Summary of features 19
2XP128 hardware 23
General safety guidelines 24
Physical components 26
Control panel 29
Emergency power-off 34
Normal operations 36
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Powering down the disk array 37
Emergency power-off 37
Planned power-off 37
Recovering from a power outage to the disk array 39
Manual restart of the disk array after power is restored 39
Automatic power on restart 40
Specifications 41
Temperature 41
Humidity 41
Mechanical vibration 42
AC line voltage 42
Web site 44
3XP1024 hardware 45
General safety guidelines 46
Physical components 48
Disk control frame 51
Control panel 52
Service processor 52
Disk array frames 53
Available disk drives 54
RAID options 55
Device Manager server (optional) 55
Control panel 57
Emergency power-off 62
Normal operations 64
Powering down the disk array 65
Emergency power-off 65
Planned power-off 66
Recovering from a power outage to the disk array 67
Manual restart of the disk array after power is restored 68
Automatic power on restart 69
Specifications 70
Temperature 70
AC line voltage requirements for the HP Disk Array XP1024
(DKC) 71
AC line voltage requirements for the HP Disk Array XP1024
(DKU) 73

Contents 5
4Optional software products 77
XP array management 78
HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console and Command View
Advanced Edition (AE) 78
Storage management and LUN security 79
HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP 79
Remote and local data replication 80
HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP 80
HP StorageWorks Continuous Access Extension XP 80
HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP 80
Failover and load balancing 81
HP StorageWorks Auto Path XP 81
HP StorageWorks Secure Path 81
Performance management 82
HP StorageWorks Cache LUN XP 82
HP StorageWorks Auto LUN XP 82
HP StorageWorks Performance Advisor XP 82
HP StorageWorks Application Policy Manager XP 83
Network management products 84
HP OpenView SPI for XP Disk Arrays 84
HP OpenView SPI for HP storage devices 84
Mainframe solutions 85
HP StorageWorks Resource Manager XP 85
HP StorageWorks Data Exchange XP 85
5Troubleshooting 87
Monitoring and reporting 88
Troubleshooting flow diagram 89
6Regulatory statements 91
FCC EMC Statement (USA) 92
IEC Statement (Worldwide) 93
EMC Statement (Canada) 94
Spécification ATI Classe A (France) 95
VCCI EMC Statement (Japan) 96
BSMI EMC Statement (Taiwan) 97
RRL EMC Statement (Korea) 98
Harmonics Conformance (Japan) 99
German Noise Declaration 100
Laser Safety 101
Japan DENAN law cordset caution 102

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XP128 Declaration of Conformity 103
XP1024 Declaration of Conformity 104
European WEEE statements 105
Glossary 113
Index 121

About this guide 7
About this guide
This guide is for use by system administrators who have expertise in:
• Disk arrays and RAID technology
• Operating system commands and utilities
• Data processing concepts
• Direct-access storage device subsystems and their basic functions
This document describes the general operations, components,
specifications, and options for the HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP128 and
XP1024.
Unless otherwise noted, the term disk array refers to the HP StorageWorks
XP128 and/or XP1024 Disk Array.
Related information
In addition to this guide, please refer to other documents for this product:
• HP StorageWorks Command View XP for XP Disk Arrays: User Guide
• HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP128 Site Preparation Guide
• HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP1024 Site Preparation Guide
• HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console User Guide
• HP StorageWorks Command View XP Advanced Edition for XP Disk
Arrays User Guide
• HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration
Guide (various operating systems)
To locate these documents, to learn more about HP software products, or to
obtain software updates, visit the HP web site:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/xparrays.html

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Document conventions and symbols
Caution Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to
equipment or data.
Warning
Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in injury or death.
HP technical support
In North America, call technical support at 1-800-633-3600, available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Outside North America, call technical support at the location nearest you.
The HP web site lists telephone numbers for worldwide technical support
at:
http://www.hp.com/support . From this web site, select your country.
Collect the following information before calling:
• Technical support registration number (if applicable)
• Product serial numbers
• Product model names and numbers
• Applicable error messages
Table 1. Document conventions
Convention Element
Blue text (Figure 1)Cross-reference links
Bold Menu items, button names, key names, tab names, and group box names
Italics Text emphasis and document titles
Blue underlined sans serif
font ( www.hp.com )
Web site addresses

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• Operating system type and revision level
• Detailed questions
For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.
HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the
Subscriber’s choice web site at
http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates .
Subscribing to this service provides you with email updates on the latest
product enhancements, newest versions of drivers, and firmware
documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous ohter product
resources.
HP storage website
For the most current information about HP StorageWorks XP products,
visit:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/arraysystems.html .
For information about product availability, configuration, and connectivity,
contact your HP support representative.
HP sales and authorized resellers
To reach HP sales or find a local authorized reseller of HP products, call
1-800-282-6672 or visit the HP How To Buy web site:
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/howtobuy.html
You can also find HP sales and resellers at http://www.hp.com . Click
Contact HP.
Helpful web sites
For third party product information, see the following web sites:
http://www.hp.com/go/storage
http://www.hp.com/support

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Revision history
May 2002 First Edition
Oct. 2002 Second Edition
May 2004 Third Edition
May 2005 Fourth Edition
July 2005 Fifth Edition