Manage storage systems for a cluster

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®.
start of changeSite end of change
start of changeSelect 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.end of change
start of changeIP addressesend of change
start of changeSpecify 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.end of change
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.