Nonstop; Supported Emulations; Emulation Specifications - HP XP20000/XP24000 Configuration Manual

NonStop

This appendix provides information about supported emulations and emulation specifications.
Some parameters might not be relevant to your array. Consult your HP representative for information
about supported configurations for your system.

Supported emulations

HP recommends using OPEN-V as the emulation for better performance and features that may not
be supported with the legacy emulations (OPEN-[389LE]).
Table 38 Supported emulations
XP model
XP128
XP1024
XP10000
XP12000
XP20000
XP24000

Emulation specifications

Table 39 Emulation specifications (NonStop)
Device type
OPEN-3
OPEN-8
OPEN-9
OPEN-E
OPEN-L
OPEN-V
1
The availability of an emulation depends on the disk array.
2
OPEN-V is a variable device type. The maximum configurable LDEV size depends on the RAID
level and size of physical disks configured in the array. The minimum size is 46 MB.
3
The array capacity displayed by an operating system may be slightly different from the values
listed.
146 Disk array supported emulations
Emulation Fixed Size
OPEN-3 Yes
OPEN-8 Yes
OPEN-9 Yes
OPEN-E Yes
OPEN-K No
OPEN-L Yes
OPEN-M No
OPEN-V No
1
Capacity (GB)
LUSE
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
3
2.29
6.84
6.87
13.56
33.94
2
Footnote
CVS LUSE & CVS
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No No
No No
No No
Yes Yes