Heterogeneous San Support; Configuration Rules; Eva Heterogeneous San Support; Eva Storage System Rules - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Heterogeneous SAN support

EVA HSV-based controller storage systems support shared access with any combination of operating
systems listed in
Table 127 EVA heterogeneous SAN support
Storage systems
EVA3000/5000
EVA4000/4100
EVA6000/6100
EVA8000/8100
EVA4400
EVA6400/8400
1
EVA4100/6100/8100 requires XCS firmware 6.110 minimum.
2
Contact an HP storage representative for switch model and operating system support when using XCS 09x or 6x.
3
For the supported operating system versions, see
4
The H-series switches are not supported with EVA3000/5000 VCS 3x and has limited operating system support (see
12 on page 87).
5
The EVA6400/8400 and EVA4400 are not supported with Novel NetWare or with Tru64 UNIX.

Configuration rules

Table 128 lists configuration rules for heterogeneous SAN storage with EVA storage systems.
Table 128 EVA storage system rules
Rule
nl
number
1 EVA storage systems are supported in all SAN fabric topology configurations described in this
guide.
2 Unless otherwise specified, EVA storage systems can be configured in a SAN using the switch
models listed in this guide. See the following tables:
Note: Contact an HP storage representative for switch model support for EVA storage systems
when using XCS 09x or 6x.
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EVA storage system rules

Table 127.
1 2
Firmware
VCS 4x, 3x
XCS 6x
XCS 09x
XCS 0950x
Table 10 (H-series switches)
Table 18 through Table 22
Table 41 (C-series)
Table 60 and Table 62 (M-series)
Switches
B-series Apple Mac
C-series HP-UX
4 IBM AIX
H-series
Microsoft Windows
M-series
Novell NetWare
OpenVMS
Red Hat Linux
Sun Solaris
SUSE Linux
Tru64 UNIX
VMware ESX
Note: For the latest information on
storage system support, see the SPOCK
website at
spock. You must sign up for an HP
Passport to enable access.
"Heterogeneous server rules" on page 185.
Description
(B-series)
3
Operating systems
5
5
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