Planning The Mpx200 Installation; Mpx200 Blade Configurations - HP StorageWorks MPX200 User Manual

Planning the MPX200 installation

Before installing the MPX200, it is important to define the requirements for iSCSI server connectivity
and MPX200 multifunction usage. You should consider present and future needs as they relate to the
following MPX200 configuration attributes:
• Simultaneous operation
You can configure the MPX200 chassis with a single blade or dual blades to run up to two oper-
ations simultaneously per blade as shown in
• iSCSI operation
• Dual-blade configurations are for high availability
• Total number of initiators
• Number of paths required per initiator
• Use of Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
• Use of iSCSI ports
• Load balancing
• 10-GbE initiators
Table 2 MPX200 blade configurations
Single blade chassis (blade1/blade2)
iSCSI/empty
iSCSI-FCIP/empty
iSCSI-DMS/empty
FCIP/empty
DMS/empty
1
Dual-blade iSCSI configurations are always configured for high availability.
2
Dual-blade FCIP configurations can be configured for separate operation or high availability.
3
Dual-blade DMS (data migration services) configurations are always configured for separate operation.
NOTE:
For more information on data migration, see the HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router
Data Migration Solution Guide .
Table 3 describes the MPX200 supported configuration maximums for ports, blades, and chassis.
24 MPX200 Multifunction Router overview
Table 2.
Dual-blade chassis (blade1/blade2)
1
iSCSI/iSCSI
1
iSCSI-FCIP/iSCSI-FCIP
1
iSCSI-DMS/iSCSI-DMS
2
FCIP/FCIP
3
DMS/DMS
1
iSCSI-DMS/iSCSI-FCIP
1
iSCSI-FCIP/iSCSI-DMS