Creating an SPM group

Prerequisites

A host bus adapter can belong to only one SPM group.

Procedure

  1. Display the Performance Monitor window.

In Storage Navigator:

  1. Select Analytics in Explorer.

  1. Select Performance Monitor in the tree to open the Performance Monitor window.

In Hitachi Command Suite:

  1. Select the Resources tab, and expand the Storage Systems tree.

  1. Right-click the target storage system and then select Performance Monitor.

  1. In the Performance Monitor window, click Server Priority Manager to open the Server Priority Manager window.

  1. Click to change to Modify mode.

  1. In the Server Priority Manager window, click Server Priority Manager. The Server Priority Manager main window appears.

  1. Select the WWN tab.

  1. In the lower-left tree, select and right-click the Storage System folder.

  1. From the pop-up menu, select Add New SPM Group.

  1. In the Add New SPM Group window, enter the name of the SPM group and then select OK. An SPM group is created and an SPM group icon () is added to the lower-left tree.

  1. Select an HBA from the upper-left tree and select an SPM group from the lower-left tree. Next, click Add WWN.

Repeat this operation until all desired HBAs are added to the SPM group.

  1. Click Apply to apply the settings to the storage system.

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