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This page provides product documentation for the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G series and F series models VSP F350, F370, F700, F900, and VSP G130 (available in select markets in APAC), G350, G370, G700, G900.
Configure your VSP system with the management of your choice - service processor (SVP) or the embedded management interfaces, or see Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System RF (SVOS RF) to simplify storage management and build private or hybrid cloud solutions faster.
- About Your System
- Learn the advantages and specifications for the new additions to the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G and F series systems. Modernize your data center with hybrid-flash midrange cloud solutions (G series) and all-flash enterprise cloud solutions (F series).
- Site Preparation
- Successful installation of the storage system requires careful pre-installation planning. Proper planning will help provide for a more efficient installation and greater reliability, availability, and serviceability. This guide describes the pre-installation activities and the responsibilities for customers.
- Installation
- The information described on this page is intended for customers who have selected the self-installation option for their VSP G130, VSP G350, VSP G370 or VSP F350, VSP F370 system. The self-installation option is not available for VSP G700, VSP G900 and VSP F700, VSP F900 systems.
- System Management Using Embedded Interfaces
- Hitachi Storage Advisor Embedded enables single-system management and storage monitoring. This guide describes storage management and monitoring use cases using an intuitive graphical user interface, high-performing REST APIs, and CLI embedded natively in the storage system.
- Getting started with storage system management
- Setting up the storage system environment
- Setting up user accounts and permissions
- Configuring storage resources
- Configuring a global-active device environment
- Replicating data
- Exporting storage system performance information
- Expanding volumes and pools
- Monitoring the storage system
- Changing the clock and network settings
- Transferring and downloading audit logs
- Managing pools
- Managing servers
- Managing snapshots
- Overview of the REST API
- Overview of embedded CCI
- Export Tool 2
- Managing volumes
- Switching to server management that uses Storage Advisor Embedded
- System Management with SVP
- For Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E990 or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G130, G/F350, G/F370, G/F700, G/F900 storage systems, the basic network and system settings configured during the initial setup can be modified using the maintenance utility. This embedded graphical user interface can be launched from any supported storage management software in use. For a storage system configuration that includes SVP, more robust system administration features are enabled through the Device Manager - Storage Navigator software. This guide provides all the information you need to manage your storage system settings using Device Manager - Storage Navigator.
- Accessing the storage system
- Changing the administrator password
- Setting up a secure (SSL) connection
- Setting the SMI-S function
- Managing users and user groups
- Managing resource groups
- Managing users using the maintenance utility
- Setting up user authentication
- Monitoring alerts and events
- Setting up email notifications
- Logging
- Setting the date and time
- Configuring the network settings
- Setting storage system information
- Managing license keys
- Report examples: table view
- Report examples: graphical view
- Report examples: CSV files
- About SNMP
- Configuring SNMP traps
- SNMP supported MIBs
- SNMP failure trap reference
- Adding a message on the login screen
- Audit log file format
- Audit logs quick reference
- Downloading dump files
- Force release system lock
- Working with reports
- Service Information Message (SIM) overview
- SIM code lists
- System option modes (SOMs)
- REST API Reference Guide
- Overview of the REST API
- Common operations in the REST API
- User management and access control
- Parity group management
- Volume allocation
- Pool management
- Optimizing I/O performance
- Managing ShadowImage pairs
- Managing Thin Image pairs
- Configuring a remote copy environment
- Managing TrueCopy pairs or Universal Replicator pairs
- Managing global-active device pairs
- Performing Volume Migration operations
- Performing Universal Volume Manager operations
- Initial settings for a storage system
- Encrypting data
- Monitoring storage systems
- Managing resources by using virtual storage machines
- Sample coding
- Getting configuration information (including additional information) from the storage system cache
- Implementing retry processing
- Operations performed on QoS groups by using REST API requests that include simple in the request line
- Notes and restrictions