Use this task to configure, view, and edit storage systems
for DS-Series Metro Mirror Inband, DS-Series Global Mirror, SAN Volume
Controller (SVC) and XIV storage types only. Hitachi/HP Universal
Replicator and EMC Symmetrix do not require the configuration of storage
systems.
A storage system represents the storage
unit or storage controller that hosts or controls one or more disks
or volumes to be replicated in the mirror group. An example of a storage
system is a DS8800 or SAN Volume Controller (SVC) cluster. Every storage
system has a vendor-specific unique identifier. For example, a DS8300
storage system might have a unique identifier of IBM.2107-1300851.
Fields
- Name
- Select a name for an independent unit of enterprise storage that
can provide all required enterprise level storage functions. Enterprise
storage system names include storage units such as Redundant Array
Of Independent Disks (RAID) or FlashCopy FlashCopy®.
Site 
Select the name of the PowerHA® SystemMirror site
where this storage system is located. This property is available only
for SAN Volume Controller (SVC), DS-Series Global Mirror, and DS-Series
Metro Mirror (In-band) storage types.
IP addresses
Specify the IP address or addresses, if necessary,
of the storage system that interacts with host systems. This property
is available only for the SAN Volume Controller (SVC) storage type.
For SVC, you can specify either one or two IP addresses.
- Vendor Identifier
- DS-Series storage image identifier
- XIV storage system identifier
- Select the appropriate storage identifier of the storage system
for which you are configuring the replicated mirror group. The format
of the storage identifier varies based on the type of storage system
that you selected to configure. The list contains those storage systems
of the appropriate type that meet all prerequisites for being available
to manage in PowerHA SystemMirror.
- Storage agents
- Select one or more storage agents from the list of storage agents
that are defined for the cluster. Storage agents are available only
for IBM® DS-Series
Global Mirror and IBM XIV® storage types.