Shared Storage - HP D5970A - NetServer - LCII Configuration Manual

Storage
Local
Physical drive location
Disk drives
Controller
SCSI bus

Shared Storage

Host Bus Adapter:
Model
No. of HBA
Driver
SPU I/O slot
Disk Array Controller:
Model
No. of controllers
Microcode
Disk Array Storage:
Model
No. of cabinets
Controller
Disk capacities:
ArrayGUIde
RAID levels
Logical units
Hot spares
Power Supply
RAID arrays
Shared Storage Cables (Fiber Optics)
Cables for the Short Wave
Port of either a Short or
Long Wave Hub
Cables for the Long Wave
Port of a Long Wave Hub
SPU internal drive bays or HP external drive cabinet (e.g., HP Rack
Storage/8 or /12)
Must be HP
SPU embedded controller or any controller, any number, manufacturer or
driver in I/O slot P1 for NetRAID local storage (except NetRAID 1 or 3).
See SPU I/O slots above.
Any HP cables that meet SCSI specifications and any SCSI bus speed
A5246A HP Fibre Channel Adapter Kit for NT
1 – 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.)
2.xx
st
P3 (1 HBA) and P4 (2
SP630/FC Storage Processor (ordered with A3661B or A3662B)
1 – 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.)
9.45.03 or greater
A3661B HP High Availability Disk Array Model 30/FC.
See Shared Storage Configurations.
1 – 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.)
4 GB, 8.8 GB, 17.8 GB
Version 1.7.0 or greater
1, 1/0, 3 and 5
Logical units within each array must be numbered from 0 – 7.
Recommend assigning logical unit numbers 8 or greater
3
Different size or speed disks are allowed in the same RAID array but
are not recommended in the same logical unit.
A3583A 2 meter FC cable,
A3531A 16 meter FC cable,
A3735A 50 meter FC cable,
A3736A 100 meter FC cable,
Any cable 500 meters per segment that conforms to ANSI X3.230-
1994 Fibre Channel Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3.
Any cable 2 kilometers that meets ANSI X3.230-1994 Fibre Channel
Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3.
3
nd
HBA)