Fabric Rules; Storage Rules - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Minimum of one HP Command View EVA server (EVA) or one MSA ACI/ASU (MSA)
Minimum of one host
Minimum of two HBAs per host or one dual-channel HBA per host
NOTE:
Long-distance asynchronous remote mirroring requires an additional domain at the other site and
sufficient IP-based bandwidth between sites. See
replication.
For more information, see

Fabric rules

HP SVSP is supported in SAN fabrics with B-series or C-series switches. For Fibre Channel switch
support, see "B-series switches and fabric
"C-series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric
NOTE:
HP SVSP only supports Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel switching when using multiprotocol routers,
Multiprotocol Services Modules, and Multiservice Modules. Other interfaces, such as IP, are not
supported as an SVSP transport.

Storage rules

The following HP arrays are supported by HP SVSP:
EVA3000/5000
EVA4000/4100/4400
EVA6000/6100
EVA8000/8100
EVA6400/8400
HSG80 (data import only)
MSA1000
MSA1500
MSA2000
MSA2000fc G2 (MSA2300fc)
MSA2000fc
NOTE:
SVSP does not support LUNs presented to iSCSI hosts.
For information about supported vendor arrays, contact an authorized HP representative.
Table 137
Level 4: multiple fabrics and device paths (NSPOF)
rules" on page 93 and
for network requirements for asynchronous
on page 56.
rules" on page 135.
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