Risks; Limitations; Windows Server (32-Bit) Configuration; Requirements - HP 6400/8400 User Manual

Risks

Disabled jobs hang and cannot umount disks.
Path or controller failure may 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 P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single-path configurations.
Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster.
Booting from the SAN is not supported.
Figure 31 HP-UX configuration
1 Network interconnection
2 Host 1
3 Host 2
4 Management server

Windows Server (32-bit) configuration

Requirements

Switch zoning or controller level SSP must be used to ensure each single path HBA has an
exclusive path to its LUNs.
Single path HBA server can be in the same fabric as servers with multiple HBAs.
Single path HBA server cannot share LUNs with any other HBAs.
In the use of snapshots and snapclones, the source virtual disk and all associated snapshots
and snapclones must be presented to the single path hosts that are zoned with the same
controller. In the case of snapclones, after the cloning process has completed and the clone
"HP-UX failure scenarios" (page
5 SAN switch 1
6 SAN switch 2
7 Controller A
8 Controller B
127).
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