HP StorageWorks Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge user guide

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Part number: AA-RWFRB-TE Second edition: February 2009

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Contents
About this guide ................................................................................... 7
Intended audience ...................................................................................................................... Related documentation ................................................................................................................ Document conventions and symbols ............................................................................................... HP technical support ................................................................................................................... Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 7 7 7 8 8

1 Overview of SPOCK ........................................................................... 9 2 System concepts .............................................................................. 11

Components ............................................................................................................................ Component types ............................................................................................................... Component instances .......................................................................................................... Configurations .......................................................................................................................... Configuration sets .............................................................................................................. 11 11 11 11 11

3 Getting started ................................................................................ 13

Signing in through HP Passport ................................................................................................... SPOCK home page .................................................................................................................. Using the SAN Compatibility menu ............................................................................................. Using the Getting Started screen ................................................................................................. 13 15 16 17

4 Selecting components for compatibility constraints ................................ 19 5 Drilling down in configuration sets ...................................................... 21
Viewing configuration set details ................................................................................................. 22 Viewing component details ........................................................................................................ 23

6 SAN compatibility scenarios .............................................................. 25 Glossary ............................................................................................ 27 Index ................................................................................................. 29

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1 Welcome to SPOCK screen ...................................................................................... 13 2 HP Passport sign-in screen ........................................................................................ 14 3 SPOCK home page ................................................................................................. 15 4 Unmigrated products screen ..................................................................................... 16 5 Array/OS matrix .................................................................................................... 17 6 Getting Started using SPOCK screen ......................................................................... 18 7 Select box for components with Disk Array selected ..................................................... 19 8 Lowest level for a component selection ....................................................................... 20 9 Supported Configurations screen ............................................................................... 21 10 Configuration Set Detail screen ................................................................................. 22 11 Configuration Set Detail screen with a component type expanded ................................. 23 12 Component Detail screen ......................................................................................... 24 13 Component Detail screen with additional instances selected ......................................... 24

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1 Document conventions ............................................................................................... 7

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About this guide

This guide provides information about: Using the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) application Applying constraints to define your SAN environment when determining interoperability between HP storage area network (SAN) components

Intended audience
This guide is intended for customers and partners of HP with knowledge of: Storage area networks Interoperability concepts regarding SAN components

Related documentation
The SPOCK home page provides links to design guides, application notes, and other helpful documents and resources. See SPOCK home page on page 15 for more information.

Document conventions and symbols

Table 1 Document conventions Convention
Blue text: Table 1 Blue, underlined text: http://www.hp.com

Element
Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses Website addresses Keys that are pressed

Bold text

Text typed into a GUI element, such as a box GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and list items, buttons, tabs, and check boxes Text emphasis File and directory names

Italic text

Monospace text

System output Code Commands, their arguments, and argument values

Monospace, italic text Monospace, bold text

Code variables Command variables Emphasized monospace text

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IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.

NOTE: Provides additional information.

HP technical support
To submit feedback and technical support questions, select Feedback under Contact Us at the bottom of the left menu. NOTE: Alternately, you can click Feedback to SPOCK at the bottom of any SPOCK screen.

Documentation feedback
HP welcomes your feedback. To make comments and suggestions about product documentation, please send a message to storagedocsFeedback@hp.com. All submissions become the property of HP.

About this guide

1 Overview of SPOCK
SPOCK provides the information from which HP internal users, external customers, and partners determine interoperability between HP storage components. This information is used to troubleshoot technical issues at customer sites, help HP sales teams and partners to integrate new products and features into customer configurations, and provide customers with a tool to determine their upgrade and add-on options. SPOCK enables users to define their environment of interest by constraining various component types. For example, a user might constrain their environment of interest to be an XP24000 storage array in a Solaris 10 environment. Alternately, a user might constrain their environment of interest to be any EVA storage array connected to any Brocade switch. As a user constrains their environment, SPOCK lists all configurations that support that environment.

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Overview of SPOCK

2 System concepts
Two concepts are crucial to understanding the structure of SPOCK: components and configurations.

Components
Components are the building blocks of SPOCK. Components can be hardware or software.

Component types
Component types are groupings of like components. Some examples of component types are host bust adapters (HBAs), servers, storage management software, and arrays.

Component instances
Component instances are individual occurrences within component types. In the case of an array component type, one example of a component instance is XP10000. Each component instance has attributes that are often unique to each component.

Configurations
Configurations contain components that work together in the SAN.

Configuration sets
Configuration sets are individual occurrences of configurations. An example of a configuration set for an array and operating system configuration is EVA3000/5000 v4.x HP OpenVMS Alpha 7.3-2.

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3 Getting started
Access SPOCK at the following URL: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock The Welcome to SPOCK screen appears.

Figure 1 Welcome to SPOCK screen If you already have an HP passport account, click Log in to SPOCK now. If you do not have an HP passport account, click Register to log in. The HP Passport sign-in screen appears.

Signing in through HP Passport

Everyone who accesses SPOCK needs an HP Passport account.

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Figure 2 HP Passport sign-in screen 1. 2. Enter your User ID and Password, and then click Sign-In. The SPOCK home page appears. If you do not have a login, you can obtain one by clicking New users - please register and following the instructions on the HP Passport new user registration screen.

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SPOCK home page

Figure 3 SPOCK home page The following information is available on the SPOCK home page: Top menu barThis includes links to HP and HP StorageWorks, HP customer service, and HP Passport sign-out and profile edit.

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NOTE: The search feature is for use in non-SPOCK pages. Left menu itemsThese include a link to the SPOCK database (Compatibility Tool), the User Guide, and other HP StorageWorks documents and websites that might help to answer your interoperability questions. Notice sectionThis provides links to interoperability documents that are not in SPOCK. Navigate the product hierarchy once you access the unmigrated products screen (see Unmigrated products screen below). When you select a product, a PDF version of the configuration set appears.

Figure 4 Unmigrated products screen Storage Product LinksThis provides links to HP StorageWorks product pages. Click the expand button to see details. Useful ToolsThis provides a collection of additional links to information of interest to SAN administrators. Using SPOCK Help infoThis provides a link to a Getting Started tutorial to help you navigate SPOCK. AnnouncementsThese are links to updates and new information related to SPOCK.

Using the SAN Compatibility menu

The SAN Compatibility menu contains the following options: Compatibility ToolThis link starts the compatibility scenario building process. See Selecting components for compatibility constraints on page 19 for more information and instructions for use. View by Array/OSThis link creates a matrix listing the compatibility between all arrays and operating systems. Scroll through the matrix to view all compatibility information.

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Figure 5 Array/OS matrix View by <component type>The component types listed are the most commonly constrained component types. See Selecting components for compatibility constraints on page 19 for more information and instructions for use.

Using the Getting Started screen

The purpose of the Getting Started using SPOCK screen is to select components from the left menu and check their compatibility. Once the components are selected, SPOCK displays the configuration sets that contain all of the components. The more components you select, the fewer the number of configuration sets. The Compatibility Tool allows you to set up complex scenarios and find HP-supported configurations based on components. For example, if you have an HBA and switch combination that works for you, the Compatibility Tool provides configurations within which those two components work together. From there, you can determine what other components you should add to your SAN.

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When you select Compatibility Tool or the graphic on the home page, the Getting Started using SPOCK screen appears.

Figure 6 Getting Started using SPOCK screen The Getting Started using SPOCK screen provides a place for you to begin selecting components and building compatibility scenarios. The left menu includes: SPOCK HomeThis link gets you back to the SPOCK home page. Select ComponentsThis is the list of component types in the SPOCK database which are the building blocks for interoperability scenarios. The number of active instances of each type is noted in parentheses. Related ActionsThis section provides the ability to Clear selections, start over if you have already selected components and want to begin with a fresh selection. Related Actions also contains a link to the user guide and the Unmigrated Products page.

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4 Selecting components for compatibility constraints

SPOCK organizes components in a hierarchical structure. To search compatibility, you can constrain the component by hierarchy, instance, or version. For example, you can constrain an array by family, such as EVA, or by individual instance, such as HP StorageWorks 5000 Enterprise Virtual Array, or by version, such as HP StorageWorks 5000 Enterprise Virtual Array on controller HSV110 running with VCS 4.100. It is best to begin the constraint process by selecting from the left menu the component type that is at the highest level that you know exists in your compatibility scenario (for example, Operating System or Disk Array). Once you select your first component, you can select another component type in the left menu to add to your compatibility scenario. 1. From the Getting Started using SPOCK page, under Select Components in the left menu, select the component type you want to constrain. You can also click the component type under View by Component from the SPOCK home page. A box displays the highest levels of the component type. For example, Disk Array will display choices such as AiO, EVA, MSA, and XP.

Figure 7 Select box for components with Disk Array selected 2. To select lower-level components, click Refine next to the component. If Refine does not appear, you have reached the lowest level in the hierarchy.

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Figure 8 Lowest level for a component selection NOTE: The Select Components list changes the number of available components based on the constraints you select. The more constraints you select, the lower the number of available components. This reflects the narrowing of possible compatible components as you refine more of your selections. 3. 4. To navigate back through your chosen hierarchy, click the links at the top of the selection list. To view a detailed list at the current hierarchy level without selecting a component for constraint, click Show List. The detail in the list varies, depending on the level of the component hierarchy displayed. To select a component at any level, click Add to Selection. SPOCK displays the versions of the selected component in Selections as well as configuration sets in which they appear on the Supported Configurations screen. See Drilling down in configuration sets on page 21 for detailed information about configuration set results. To add more components to your compatibility scenario, repeat this procedure, beginning with step 1. NOTE: The more components you select, the smaller the list of supported configurations. This is because SPOCK finds fewer and fewer configuration sets in which all of the selected components appear.

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5 Drilling down in configuration sets

The Supported Configurations screen appears when you click Add to Selection from the component selection box. Only configuration sets that match the selections you made will appear in Selections, and provide detail for only those components you selected. The Supported Configurations screen also appears when you click any of the selections under View by Solution from the SPOCK home page.

Figure 9 Supported Configurations screen The Supported Configurations screen has the following features: A list of configuration sets that match your criteriaAll of the configuration sets can be expanded to view the components that match the criteria chosen. If there is more than one page, click Next in the lower right-hand corner to page to more configurations. A link to view configuration set detailsFor more information on viewing configuration set details, see Viewing configuration set details on page 22. NOTE: If you navigate away from the Supported Configurations screen, the compatibility scenario you selected is no longer available and cannot be obtained by using the Back button on your web browser. In order to obtain the compatibility scenario again, you need to start the selections from the beginning.

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 A remove feature to eliminate the component selection from the resultsWhen you click remove next to the component in the selection criteria, the screen refreshes and shows only the components selected before the one removed. For example, if you selected a disk array, and then an operating system, and then a switch, removing the operating system also removes the switch. The supported configurations may change due to the change in component version selection. NOTE: Select Clear selections, start over in the left menu to remove all of your selections and return to the Getting Started using SPOCK screen.

Viewing configuration set details

Configuration set details can be viewed by selecting a configuration set from the Supported Configurations screen. 1. To view configuration set detail, expand the configuration set, and then click View the complete <configuration set name> configuration. The Configuration Set Detail screen appears in a new window.

Figure 10 Configuration Set Detail screen The Configuration Set Detail screen organizes the configuration set by component type with the number of component instances within the configuration noted in parentheses. The screen also displays notes and links associated to the entire configuration set. 2. To print the configuration set, click Download results as a PDF. NOTE: You need Adobe Reader to view PDFs. Go to http://www.adobe.com/ to obtain a free version. 3. 4. Select Save as once the PDF is created to save it to a local or network drive. To view individual instances of the components, expand the component type.

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Figure 11 Configuration Set Detail screen with a component type expanded Component details appear to the right of the component. If notes exist for a component, the icon appears. To view the notes from this screen, place your cursor over the notes icon. 5. Click the component instance to view the Component Detail screen. See Viewing component details on page 23 for more information. A new window opens. Close the window to return to the Configuration Set Detail screen.

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Viewing component details

Component details are available from the Configuration Set Detail screen. See Viewing configuration set details on page 22 for more information. 1. Click the component of interest. NOTE: For yes/no fields, the component detail shows a check for yes, and blank for no. Otherwise, blank fields indicate no value was entered. The Component Detail screen opens and displays detail for the latest component instance and all of its supported configurations.

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Figure 12 Component Detail screen 2. To view other instances of the component, expand Additional instances of this component. The number of additional instances is noted in parentheses.

Figure 13 Component Detail screen with additional instances selected 3. To obtain the list of supported configurations for another instance while remaining on the Component Detail screen, click Select next to the instance. The Supported Configurations list changes based on your selection. To view configuration set details, see Viewing configuration set details on page 22.

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6 SAN compatibility scenarios

This section describes the result needed and how to accomplish it. Question: I have a configuration set. What other components are supported within it? Answer: From the Configuration Set Detail screen, expand each component type to view component instances. See Viewing configuration set details on page 22 for more information. Alternately, you can select the Download as a PDF option at the bottom of the Configuration Set Detail screen to produce a PDF to save or print. The PDF lists all components found in the configuration set, along with corresponding notes and links if any exist. Question: I have a list of components. Which configuration sets support them? Answer: Select the components from the left menu (see Selecting components for compatibility constraints on page 19 for instructions). Once SPOCK presents the list of components, the Supported Configurations screen appears. See Drilling down in configuration sets on page 21 for more information. Question: I have several configuration sets. Which components are supported by all of them? Answer: As you select components from the left menu, the Supported Configurations screen will display only those configuration sets that contain all of the selected components. The more you refine your component selections, the fewer configuration sets are displayed. See Selecting components for compatibility constraints on page 19 for more information. Question: I have a component. What other components and configuration sets will that component work with? Answer: Begin by selecting the component type from the left menu and continue to refine your selections to whatever level of detail you need. Once you add the component to your selection, the Supported Configurations screen appears. In that screen, you can link to configuration sets that contain your component. Those configuration sets list all other components that work with your selected component. See Viewing configuration set details on page 22 for more information.

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Glossary
component component instance Components are the building blocks of SPOCK and can be hardware or software. Component instances are individual occurrences within component types. In the case of an array component type, one example of a component instance is XP10000. Each component instance has attributes that are often unique to each component. Component types are groupings of like components. Some examples of component types are HBAs, servers, storage management software, and arrays. Configuration sets consist of components that work together in the SAN. An example of a configuration set for an array and operating system is EVA3000/5000 v4.x HP OpenVMS Alpha 7.3-2. Storage area network. Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge. An application that stores interoperability relationships between HP StorageWorks components.

component type configuration set

SAN SPOCK

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Index
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audience, 7 HP technical support, 8 HP Passport, 13

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Compatibility constraints, 19 Add to Selection, 20 Refine, 19 Select box, 19 Show List, 20 compatibility scenarios, 25 Compatibility Tool, 18 component, 11 Component Detail screen, 24 Additional instances, 24 component instance, 11 component type, 11 configuration, 11 configuration set, 11 Configuration Set Detail screen, 22 components, 23 Download results as a PDF, 22 conventions document, 7

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Logging in, 13

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related documentation, 7

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SPOCK home page, 15 overview, 9 Supported Configurations screen, 21 components, 23

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technical support HP, 8

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document conventions, 7 related documentation, 7 documentation providing feedback, 8 Download results as a PDF, 22

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Unmigrated products screen, 16

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Welcome to SPOCK screen, 13

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Getting Started screen, 17 Related Actions, 18 Select Components, 18

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help obtaining, 8

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