External Storage Xp Requirements; Installing External Storage Xp - HP StorageWorks XP12000 User Manual

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External Storage XP requirements

Table 3 External Storage XP requirements
Item
Required products
Maximum number of external LUs
addressable per local array port
Maximum number of external LUs that
can be connected
Maximum number of FC paths that can
exist to one external LU
Maximum capacity of an external LU
Minimum capacity of an external LU

Installing External Storage XP

To perform External Storage XP operations with Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console, you
must install an External Storage XP license key.
1.
Start Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console for the local array.
2. Enable the External Storage XP options in Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console and
on each External Storage XP array.
Requirement
• HP StorageWorks Command View XP version 2.0 or later, or
XP Remote Web Console
• HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP
(for setup)
• HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP version 01.12.06 or later
(if Business Copy XP is used)
1,024 per port
• For the XP12000, 15,360 volumes can be connected
• For the XP10000/SVS200, 8,192 volumes can be connected
• 1,024 volumes can be connected per port
NOTE:
If you use Snapshot XP, the number of external LUs that can be
connected is as follows:
• For the XP12000:
Number of external LUs + Number of virtual LUs 15,360
• For the XP10000/SVS200:
Number of external LUs + Number of virtual LUs 8,192
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2 TB (4,294,967,296 blocks) per external LU (OPEN-V)
If you specify an external LU that is larger than 2 TB, you can only
access data stored in the field up to 2 TB.
About 38 MB (77,760 blocks) per external LU (non-OPEN-V)
When the volume's emulation type is OPEN-V, minimum capacity
is about 47 MB (96,000 blocks) per external LU.
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