Hba Configuration; Risks; Limitations - HP 6400/8400 User Manual

becomes an ordinary virtual disk, you may present that virtual disk as you would any other
ordinary virtual disk.

HBA configuration

Host 1 is a single path HBA host.
Host 2 is a multiple HBA host with multi-pathing software.
See Figure 32 (page

Risks

Single path failure will result in loss of connection with the storage system.
Single path failure may cause the server to reboot.
Controller shutdown puts controller in a failed state that 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 on single path HBA servers.
Figure 32 Windows Server (32-bit) configuration
1 Network interconnection
2 Host 1
3 Host 2
4 Management server
1 16 Single Path Implementation
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"Windows Server failure scenarios" (page
5 SAN switch 1
6 SAN switch 2
7 Controller A
8 Controller B
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