HP EVA50000 manuals
EVA50000
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- I ..Architecture
- SAN solutions
- HP SAN implementations
- SAN components
- SAN infrastructure
- Fibre Channel switches
- Design considerations
- Fabric topologies
- Routed SAN fabrics
- Switch models
- Benefits
- Meshed fabric
- Ring fabric
- Core-edge fabric
- Core-edge fabric types
- Core-edge fabric topology types
- Core-edge fabric (4 x 12)
- Topology data access
- H-series switches
- C-series switches
- B-series Meta SAN
- B-series Virtual Fabrics with IFR
- C-series VSANs with IVR
- FCoE fabric topologies
- Data availability
- Levels
- Level 2: single resilient fabric
- Considerations
- Fabric design data availability
- Topology migration
- Migrating a ring fabric SAN
- Fibre Channel routing overview
- Fabric, Virtual Fabric, and VSAN independence
- SAN scaling and routing
- Scaling by routing
- Basic MP Router configuration
- B-series fabric groups
- H-series switch fabric routing
- B-series Virtual Fabric IFR
- Fabric redundancy and routing
- Dual-redundant Meta SAN with 1606 Extension SAN Switch or MP Router
- Supported routing configurations
- Virtual Fabrics connecting core switches
- Routing through an IP network
- High-availability router configurations
- MP Router and MP Router Blade use cases
- Routing use cases
- and FCIP with direct connect devices
- NSPOF configuration with 1606 Extension SAN Switch providing FC routing and FCIP with direct connect devices
- Extension SAN Switch or MP Router consolidating tape backup in a Meta SAN
- II ..Fabric infrastructure rules
- H-series switches and fabric rules
- Model numbering
- Usage
- Servers, operating systems, and storage products
- Fabric rules for H-series switches
- H-series switch TR and remote B-series or C-series fabric rules
- Zoning limits and enforcement
- Zoning enforcement for H-series switches
- B-series switches and fabric rules
- Model naming
- B-series Fibre Channel switches
- B-series Fibre Channel switches and routers
- B-series legacy Fibre Channel switches and routers (part I)
- B-series legacy HP Fibre Channel switches and routers (part II)
- Features
- B-series Fibre Channel switch high-availability feature comparison
- Using B-series Fibre Channel switches as core switches
- Using B-series Fibre Channel switches as edge switches
- Fibre Channel switch fabric rules
- Operating systems and storage products
- B-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules
- Database size rules for B-series Fibre Channel switches
- B-series Encryption Switch fabric rules
- Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade fabric rules
- scalability rules
- Fibre Channel routing, 400 MP Router, and MP Router Blade fabric rules
- Blade, 400 MP Router, and MP Router Blade scalability rules for firmware 5.x/6.x
- MP Router fabric rules
- iSCSI storage device connectivity for the MP Router
- Fibre Channel routing storage device connectivity for the MP Router
- MP Router scalability rules
- MP Router with seven hops
- Core switch addressing mode
- Zoning guidelines for B-series Fibre Channel switches
- B-series FCoE Converged Network switch
- B-series FCoE CN switch high-availability feature comparison
- operating system and storage system support
- rules
- ISL maximums
- C-series switches and fabric rules
- C-series Fibre Channel switches for SAN-OS
- C-series Fibre Channel legacy switches
- C-series Fibre Channel switching module support matrix for SAN-OS
- C-series Fibre Channel switching module support matrix for NX-OS
- C-series Fibre Channel switch high-availability feature comparison
- Using C-series Fibre Channel switches as core switches
- Using C-series Fibre Channel switches as edge switches
- C-series Fibre Channel switch operating system and storage system support
- Fabric rules for C-series Fibre Channel switches
- C-series VSAN high availability
- C-series FCoE Converged Network switches
- C-series Nexus switches for NX-OS
- FCoE Converged Network switch fabric rules
- C-series FCoE Converged Network switch fabric rules
- C-series FCoE CN switch ISL maximums
- M-series switches and fabric rules
- M-series switches
- M-series legacy HP StorageWorks switches
- M-series high-availability feature comparison
- Fibre Channel fabric rules
- Fabric rules for M-series switches
- M-series and McDATA zoning limits
- SAN fabric connectivity rules
- Fiber optic cables
- Gb/s fiber optic cable loss budgets (nominal bandwidth)
- Gb/s fiber optic cable loss budgets (higher bandwidth)
- Storage product interface and transport distance rules
- Gb/s Fibre Channel distance rules (B-series, C-series, and H-series)
- Gb/s Fibre Channel distance rules (B-series and C-series switches)
- Gb/s Fibre Channel distance rules (B-series, C-series, and M-series switches)
- ATM extension Fibre Channel distance rules
- FCIP extension IP network distance rules
- SAN fabric switch interoperability rules
- Interoperable, heterogeneous switch fabrics
- Infrastructure factors
- III ..Host and storage system rules
- Heterogeneous server rules
- SAN platform rules
- HP c-Class BladeSystem Virtual Connect
- HP VC-FC connectivity guidelines
- BladeSystem with Brocade Access Gateway mode
- Failover policy and failback policy
- AG mode considerations
- BladeSystem with Cisco N_Port Virtualization mode
- Failover policy
- NPV mode connectivity guidelines
- Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem using NPV with FlexAttach
- HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure considerations
- HBA NPIV connectivity guidelines
- NonStop servers (XP only)
- NonStop high-availability configurations using IOAMEs
- NonStop BladeSystem with XP high-availability configurations using CLIMs (HP Integrity NonStop NB50000c BladeSystem only)
- Minimum direct host attach IOAME configuration for XP storage systems
- Minimum direct host attach CLIM configuration for XP storage systems
- Minimum SAN VIO configuration for XP storage systems (NS1000, NS14000)
- SAN IOAME configuration with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems
- SAN CLIM configuration with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems
- for XP storage systems
- for XP storage systems (NS1000, NS14000)
- SAN CLIM configuration (two cascaded switches) with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems
- HP-UX SAN rules
- HP-UX multipathing coexistence support
- HP OpenVMS SAN rules
- HP OpenVMS multipathing coexistence support
- Host-based volume shadowing
- HP Tru64 UNIX SAN rules
- HP Tru64 UNIX multipathing coexistence support
- Apple Mac OS X SAN rules
- IBM AIX SAN configuration rules
- IBM AIX multipathing coexistence support
- Linux SAN rules
- Microsoft Windows SAN rules
- Microsoft Windows multipathing coexistence support
- Novell NetWare SAN rules
- NetWare multipathing coexistence support
- Sun Solaris SAN rules
- Sun Solaris multipathing coexistence support
- VMware ESX SAN rules
- Xen Citrix SAN rules
- Heterogeneous SAN storage system coexistence
- Common server, common HBA
- P2000 and MSA storage system rules
- Heterogeneous SAN support
- Configuration rules
- Zoning
- Management software support
- Homogeneous SAN support
- Heterogeneous storage system support
- Maximums
- HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000
- MSA1000 heterogeneous SAN support
- Tape storage
- EVA storage system rules
- EVA heterogeneous SAN support
- EVA single-server maximum configurations
- EVA data migration
- HP Continuous Access EVA SAN integration
- EVA SAN boot support
- Storage management server configuration rules
- Cabling
- EVA4000/4100/6000/6100 and EVA3000/5000 VCS 4x straight-cable high-availability configuration
- EVA4400 9x straight-cable configuration
- Dual-channel HBA configurations
- Single PCI slot with dual-channel HBA and two switches
- XP and VA storage systems
- XP and VA heterogeneous SAN support
- XP and VA storage system rules
- XP and VA storage systems with tape storage in a shared fabric
- XP and VA SAN boot support
- SAN Virtualization Services Platform
- Software
- Fabric rules
- Continuous Access SVSP V2.1
- Enterprise Backup Solution
- IV ..SAN extension and bridging
- SAN extension overview
- SAN extension technology
- SAN-iSCSI bridging technology
- Fibre Channel long-distance technology
- Wavelength division multiplexing
- WDM overview
- WDM system characteristics
- Third-party WDM products
- Extended fabric settings for Fibre Channel switches
- B-series trunking and WDM
- H-series switch settings
- Multi-protocol long-distance technology
- FCIP mechanisms
- FCIP shared-link configuration
- FCIP network considerations
- FCIP gateways
- Third-party QoS and data encryption FCIP products
- FC-SONET network considerations
- HP SAN extension products summary and usage
- HP IP Distance Gateway
- IP Distance Gateway configuration examples
- IP Distance Gateway high-availability configuration with one or two long-distance links
- IP Distance Gateway basic FCIP configuration with single-path connectivity
- Highly redundant pairs of gateways, two long distance links
- HP Continuous Access EVA 3-site configuration with four mpx110 gateways
- HP Continuous Access EVA 3-site configuration with six mpx110 gateways
- connectivity
- MPX200 Multifunction Router with FCIP
- MPX200 Multifunction Router FCIP configuration examples
- MPX200 basic FCIP configuration with one or two long-distance links
- MPX200 high-availability configuration with one or two long-distance links
- B-series 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade
- requirements
- Extension SAN Switch configuration examples
- B-series 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade
- MP Router and MP Router Blade configuration examples
- B-series MP Router
- B-series MP Router features and requirements
- B-series MP Router configuration examples
- Redundant MP Routers and FCIP connections
- Multiservice Modules
- SAN extension best practices for Continuous Access EVA
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways with XCS 09x
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and B-series switches with XCS 09x
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and C-series switches with XCS 09x
- Continuous Access EVA with XCS 6.x
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and B-series switches with XCS 6.x
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and C-series switches with XCS 6.x
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and M-series switches with XCS 6.x
- Continuous Access EVA with VCS 4.x
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and B-series switches with VCS 4.x
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and C-series switches with VCS 4.x
- XP Continuous Access
- XP Continuous Access protocols and source-target replication pairing
- XP Continuous Access Asynchronous replication rules
- XP Continuous Access Journal configuration
- XP Continuous Access 3DC configuration
- XP Continuous Access direct storage-to-storage configurations for Fibre Channel and ESCON
- XP Continuous Access single-switch and multi-switch Fibre Channel configurations
- XP Continuous Access ESCON director configuration
- XP Continuous Access WDM configurations
- XP Continuous Access ATM and SONET/SDH configurations
- XP Continuous Access ATM and SONET/SDH products
- XP Continuous Access FCIP configuration
- XP Continuous Access FCIP and iFCP configurations
- Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways with XP Continuous Access
- XP Continuous Access FCIP gateway support
- XP Continuous Access iFCP gateway support
- OpenVMS host-based volume shadowing
- Certified third-party WDM products
- iSCSI storage
- iSCSI and Fibre Channel
- iSCSI naming
- SendTargets command
- Security
- iSCSI boot
- MPX200 configuration options
- MPX200 single-blade multi-EVA configuration
- MPX200 dual-blade multi-EVA configuration
- MPX200 iSCSI rules and supported maximums
- EVA storage system rules and guidelines
- Command View EVA and MPX200 management rules and guidelines
- EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Option
- Direct connect iSCSI-Fibre Channel attachment mode configuration
- Hardware support
- mpx100/100b data transport
- Software support
- Multipath software
- Continuous Access EVA
- Operating systems and network interface cards
- EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Options supported maximums
- HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 2000i
- Server support
- Maximum configurations
- MSA1510i support
- Blade overview
- Storage systems
- iSCSI initiators
- Operating systems and network interface controllers
- C-series iSCSI
- C-series Fibre Channel and IP configuration with the IP module
- HP Network Teaming
- C-series management applications
- HP ProLiant Storage Server iSCSI Feature Pack
- HP ProLiant Storage Server iSCSI Feature Pack support
- HP ProLiant Storage Server iSCSI license upgrade options
- Designing a Microsoft Exchange solution with iSCSI Feature Pack
- Supported load with Exchange
- HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Storage Server configuration
- Storage server and SAN integration
- Configuration and zoning rules
- Hardware
- V ..Storage security, best practices, and support information
- Storage security threats
- Security technologies
- IP SAN security technologies
- Key management
- Resource protection
- Security validation
- Assessing security risks
- C-series SAN-OS security
- C-series IP SAN security
- B-series Encryption Switch and Encryption FC Blade security
- B-series Fabric OS security
- Data protection
- Best practices
- Design specification
- ISL ratio
- Fibre Channel switch configuration
- Zoning enforcement
- Zoning by operating system
- EBS zoning
- Cascaded fabric expansion
- Fabric segmentation errors
- Independent fabric merge
- Contacting HP
- Related information
- Typographic conventions
- Customer self repair
- Glossary
- Index