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“Optional Software” on page 6
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“Management-Related Service” on page 6
You specify the functionality you require, and the compact CD installs the necessary
software.
Management Software
The web-based management software is the primary interface for configuring and
managing the array. The management software consists of a suite of tools that you
install on an external management host. The management host must be a Sun
workstation running the Solaris 8, Solaris 9, or Solaris 10 Operating System (OS).
The management software enables the storage administrator to manage the array
from any system with a web browser that is on the same network as the
management host. For a list of supported browsers, see the release notes.
The management software, labeled Sun StorageTek Configuration Service in the
graphical user interface (GUI), provisions and maintains the storage for data hosts.
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Storage pools are collections of volumes that share a profile defining the common
configuration of the volumes.
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Storage profiles define the characteristics of a storage pool. You can choose one
from the set of preconfigured profiles or create a new one.
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Volumes are divisions of a storage pool, consisting of virtual disks, representing
the storage space that is used by the data hosts in the environment.
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Virtual disks, also called redundant array of independent disks (RAID) sets, are
collections of locations in the memory of more than one physical disk. The storage
array handles a virtual disk as if it were an actual disk.
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Host groups are a collection of hosts that will share access to the same volumes.
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Snapshots are copies of the data in a volume. They offer a high-availability
alternative to backups because you do not need to take the array offline to create
the snapshot, and you can store the snapshots in less space than the original data.
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Volume copies are copies of the complete contents of one data volume that are
located on another data volume on the same array.
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Replication sets are the association between primary and secondary volumes.
The secondary volume contains a complete copy of the data on the primary
volume. The data replication software continuously replicates the data between
volumes in a replication set.
Sun StorageTek Array Administration Guide • May 2006