HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage Concepts Guide Abstract This Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) concepts guide is for all levels of system and storage administrators who plan storage policies, configure storage resources, or monitor the storage usage of HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems. Part Number: QL226-10567 Published: December 2018 Edition: 1 © Copyright 2007-2018 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP Notices The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Confidential computer software. Valid license from Hewlett Packard Enterprise required for possession, use, or copying. 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Contents HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage.....................................................................8 Overview..............................................................................................................................................8 Physical Disks (PD).............................................................................................................................9 Chunklets.............................................................................................................................................9 Logical Disks (LD)............................................................................................................................... 9 Common Provisioning Groups (CPG)................................................................................................. 9 Virtual Volumes (VV)........................................................................................................................... 9 Fully Provisioned Virtual Volumes (FPVV)..............................................................................10 Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volumes (TPVV)............................................................................10 Physical Copies...................................................................................................................... 10 Virtual Copy Snapshots.......................................................................................................... 10 Logical Unit Number............................................................................................................... 11 HPE 3PAR software licensing...................................................................12 Types of HPE 3PAR All-inclusive Software License..........................................................................12 All-inclusive Single-System HPE 3PAR Software License..................................................... 12 HPE 3PAR All-inclusive Multi-System Software License........................................................13 Data at Rest Encryption software license...............................................................................14 HPE 3PAR All-inclusive Software Matrix........................................................................................... 14 HPE 3PAR Transition License (Old to New)......................................................................................15 HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage system users........................................... 17 User account roles.............................................................................................................................17 Local user authentication and authorization......................................................................................18 LDAP user authentication and authorization..................................................................................... 18 Domain user access..........................................................................................................................18 Strong passwords..............................................................................................................................18 Time-based passwords...........................................................................................................19 Encrypted ciphertext passwords.............................................................................................19 Ciphertext exports........................................................................................................19 Ciphertext password modification................................................................................19 Password mode......................................................................................................................20 Two-factor authentication for StoreServ Management Console........................................................20 Performing password tasks......................................................................21 Exporting ciphertext...........................................................................................................................21 Changing the ciphertext password.................................................................................................... 21 Setting or changing the password mode........................................................................................... 21 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol...................................................22 Active Directory................................................................................................................................. 22 OpenLDAP........................................................................................................................................ 22 Red Hat Directory Server.................................................................................................................. 22 LDAP users....................................................................................................................................... 22 LDAP server data organization..........................................................................................................23 3 LDAP and Virtual Domains................................................................................................................23 LDAP authentication and authorization............................................................................................. 23 LDAP authentication...............................................................................................................24 Simple binding............................................................................................................. 24 SASL binding............................................................................................................... 24 LDAP authorization.................................................................................................................24 Authorization on systems using virtual domains.....................................................................25 HPE 3PAR Virtual Domains.......................................................................26 Domain types.....................................................................................................................................26 Users and domain rights....................................................................................................................27 Object and domain association rules.................................................................................................27 Default and current domains............................................................................................................. 27 Ports and hosts..........................................................................................28 About ports........................................................................................................................................ 28 Active and inactive hosts...................................................................................................................29 Host addition and removal.................................................................................................................29 Legacy host personas....................................................................................................................... 29 Host Explorer Software agent............................................................................................................29