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About Universal Volume Manager Operations 2-3
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Universal Volume Manager User’s Guide
Target
Port
Port
WWN 0
Port
WWN 1
Mapping
External
Port
Target
Port
External
Port
Local Storage System
Host 1
Fibre-Channel
Interface
Connection
External Storage System
Internal
Volumes
Legend
Host 2
Volumes installed in the storage system
Virtual volumes that do not have physical memory space
Lines showing the concept of mapping
Switch
Figure 2-1 Concept of Universal Volume Manager
By mapping an external volume as an internal volume using Universal Volume
Manager as shown in
Figure 2-1, it becomes possible to operate the external
volume using Storage Navigator as if it is a volume in the local storage
system.