Hp Command View Eva; Controller Software; Xcs Features And Functionality - HP 6100 User Manual

HP Command View EVA

HP Command View EVA is the software suite through which you configure, manage, and monitor
the Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA). The software suite includes:
HP Command View EVA — Use the graphical user interface for simple or initial configuration
tasks.
HP Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU) — Use the command line interface to script and
run repetitious and complex configuration tasks. See HP Storage Scripting Utility reference
for more information.
HP Command View EVAPerf — Use this tool to monitor array performance.
Storage Management Initiative Specification for Enterprise Virtual Array (SMI-S EVA) — SMI-S
is an industry standard developed by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
SMI-S enables Common Information Model (CIM) capable management software to manage
HP EVA arrays.
See the HP Command View EVA documentation for more information. See
(page 107) for links to these documents.

Controller software

HP Virtual Controller Software (XCS) manages all aspects of storage system operation. XCS provides
scalable capacity on-demand, improves performance, increases disk utilization efficiency, and
allows for easy dynamic storage expansion. XCS is installed on the storage system and is also
included in the XCS for HSV Controller software kit.

XCS features and functionality

Support for up to 240 disk drives per controller pair
Management of up to 1024 virtual disks, ranging in size from 1 GB to 2 TB per virtual disk,
per disk pool
Dynamic capacity expansion in 1 GB increments (requires operating system support)
Virtual disk data load leveling
Distributed sparing of disk capacity
Supports Direct Attach connection to Windows servers without the need for SAN switches
Supports integrated iSCSI connectivity direct for Windows and Linux or through the SAN
Virtually capacity-free snapshots and mirrorclones
Virtually instantaneous snapclones and preallocated snapclones
Dual redundant controller operation for increased fault tolerance
Multipath failover support
Battery backup for cache memory
Asynchronous disk swap (Hot Swap)
Clustered server support
Mirrored write-back cache support
Read-ahead and adaptive read caching support
Virtual RAID storage system (Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid5)
Non-disruptive software upgrade capability
Supports connection of up to 256 hosts
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