HP StorageWorks XP10000 Owner's Guide

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Glossary
ACP Array control processor. On other XP models, the ACP handles the passing
of data between the cache and the physical drives. On the XP10000, this
function is handled by the disk adapter on the MIX board..
AL Arbitrated loop.
AL-PA Arbitrated loop physical address.
allocation The ratio of allocated storage capacity versus total capacity as a percentage.
“Allocated storage” refers to those LDEVs that have paths assigned to
them. The allocated storage capacity is the sum of the storage of these
LDEVs. Total capacity refers to the sum of the capacity of all LDEVs on
the disk array.
array group A group of 4 or 8 physical hard disk drives (HDDs) installed in an XP disk
array and assigned a common RAID level. RAID1 2d+2d array groups are
made up of 4 HDDs. A RAID1 4d+4d group is two 4 HDD array groups
concatenated together. RAID5 array groups are made up of 4 or 8 HDDs,
depending on whether they are RAID5 3d+1p or RAID5 7d+1p,
respectively. All RAID6 array groups are made up of 8 HDDs (6d+2P).
ASE Application System Engineer.
BC The HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP software program, which enables
you to maintain up to nine internal copies of logical volumes on the disk
array.
C-Track The HP StorageWorks Continuous Track XP software program, which
detects internal hardware component problems on a disk array and
automatically reports them to the HP STC.

HP StorageWorks XP10000 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	StorageWorks XP10000
Category	Disk array system
Language	English