Heterogeneous San Support; Configuration Rules; Heterogeneous Storage System Support; Msa1500 Heterogeneous San Support - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Heterogeneous SAN support

A single MSA1500 supports heterogeneous access with any of the operating systems listed in
120. Standalone servers and clustered servers are supported on the same storage system.
Table 120 MSA1500 heterogeneous SAN support
Storage system
MSA1500
active/active
MSA1500
active/passive
or single
controller
1
For the latest firmware support information, contact an HP storage representative.
2
For the supported operating system versions, see
NOTE:
There are heterogeneous restrictions based on failover mode and clustering.

Configuration rules

Table 121 lists the MSA1500 storage system rules.
Table 121 MSA1500 storage system rules
Rule
nl
number
1
2
3

Heterogeneous storage system support

HP supports HP storage products on shared hosts, and HBAs in HP fabric environments that also have
third-party storage products. A third-party cooperative support agreement between HP Services and
1
Firmware
7x, 6x
5x, 4x
The MSA1500 is supported in all SAN fabric topology configurations described in this guide.
Unless otherwise specified, the MSA1500 can be configured in a SAN using the switch models
listed in this guide. See:
Table 10 (H-series)
Table 18 through Table 22
Table 41 (C-series)
Table 60 and Table 62
Servers that share access to the same storage LUN require special application software (such
as cluster software) to preserve data.
Switches
B-series HP-UX
C-series Linux
H-series Microsoft Windows
M-series VMware ESX (7x firmware only)
B-series Microsoft Windows (5x firmware only)
C-series Novell NetWare (5x firmware only)
Linux
VMware ESX (5x firmware only)
"Heterogeneous server rules" on page 185.
Description
(B-series)
(M-series)
Operating systems
SAN Design Reference Guide
Table
2
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