San Platform Rules; Blade Servers; General San Platform Rules; Supported Blade Servers - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

SAN platform rules

Table 88 describes SAN platform rules for all SAN server configurations.
Table 88 General SAN platform rules
Rule
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number
1 Any combination of heterogeneous clustered or standalone servers with any combination of
storage systems is supported. The configuration must conform to requirements and rules for each
SAN component, including:
2 All HP and multivendor hardware platforms and operating systems that are supported in a
homogeneous SAN are also supported in a heterogeneous SAN.
In a heterogeneous SAN, define zones by operating system. Storage systems can be in multiple
operating system type zones.
3 Servers can connect to multiple fabrics. The number of supported fabrics per server depends on
the maximum number of Fibre Channel HBAs supported for the server (see
For cabling options for platforms that support high-availability multipathing, see "Cabling" on page 258.

Blade servers

Table 89 lists supported blade servers and switches.
Table 89 Supported blade servers
Blade servers
BL460c
BL465c
BL480c
BL685c
BL860c
BL2xp
BL45p
BL60p
186 Heterogeneous server rules
Operating system
Fabric
Storage system
Mixed storage system types
B-series
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
C-series
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
H-series
M-series
B-series
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem
C-series
M-series
McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem
SAN platform configuration
Switches
Table 129 on page 252).