Hba Configuration; Risks; Limitations; Sun Solaris Configuration - HP StorageWorks 4400 User Manual

HBA configuration

• Host 1 is a single path HBA host.
• Host 2 is a multiple HBA host with multipathing software.
See Figure 31.

Risks

• Single path failure may result in loss of data accessibility and loss of host data that has not been
written to storage.
• Controller shutdown results in loss of data accessibility and loss of host data that has not been
written to storage.
NOTE:
For additional risks, see

Limitations

• HP Continuous Access EVA is not supported with single path configurations.
• Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster.
• Booting from the SAN is not supported.
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Figure 31 SUN Solaris configuration
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