Operating Systems - HP 201723-B21 - StorageWorks Modular SAN Array 1000 Hard Drive Release Note

• One HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch (8 ports active)
• One HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Rack-Mount Kit
• Four rubber mounting feet for the HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch (for desktop
placement, if you are not using the rack-mount kit)
• Ten 8-Gb shortwave fiber optic transceivers
• Six 5-mm LC–LC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel (FC) cables
• Four 8-Gb HP StorageWorks 81Q PCI Express HBAs (PCI-e x8 physical connector)
• Four low-profile HBA mounting brackets
• One standard power cord
• One HP Power Distribution Unit (PDU) power cable
• One serial cable
Products supported
The 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch supports the following storage arrays:
• HP StorageWorks MSA1000 (active/active failover only- firmware 7.x or later)
• HP StorageWorks MSA1500 (active/active failover only- firmware 6.x or later)
• HP StorageWorks MSA2000fc
• HP StorageWorks MSA2000fc G2 (with MSA2300fc G2 controllers)
• HP StorageWorks EVA4000, EVA6000, EVA8000
• HP StorageWorks EVA4100, EVA6100, EVA8100
• HP StorageWorks EVA4400
• HP StorageWorks XP20000/24000
• HP StorageWorks XP10000/12000
The 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch supports the following backup drive solutions:
• MSL6000 with LTO4 drives
• MSL2024, MSL4048, and MSL8096 with LTO4 drives
• EML-e Series with LTO4 drives
• VLS6000, VLS9000
• VLS12000 EVA Gateway
Other supported products
For the latest information on hardware and software products supported with the HP StorageWorks
8/20q Fibre Channel Switch, as well as the 8Gb Simple SAN Connection Kit, see the HP StorageWorks
SAN Design reference guide located at the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide,
or contact an HP storage representative for the latest support information.

Operating systems

The following operating systems are supported with the 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and R2
• Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
• VMware ESX v3.5 U1 and v3.5 U2
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