Eva And Eva4400 Iscsi Connectivity Option; Operating System, Multipath Software, And Cluster Support - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

For the latest information on operating system and multipath software support, see the SPOCK website
at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access.
Table 182 lists operating system and multipath software support.
Table 182 Operating system, multipath software, and cluster support
Operating system
Apple Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows
Server 2008, 2003
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Hyper-V
Linux Red Hat, SUSE
Sun Solaris
VMware
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MSCS is only supported with Microsoft DSM

EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Option

The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option allows iSCSI connectivity support for the EVA family of storage
systems. The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option uses Command View EVA management software and
the following hardware:
mpx100 for all EVA models
mpx100b for EVA4400 and EVA4400 (embedded switch)
The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option uses a standard GbE NIC for iSCSI connectivity to servers. You
can purchase this option either included with an EVA or as a field upgrade to your existing EVA.
NOTE:
The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option (mpx100) is supported with EVA4000/4100/4400/4400
(embedded switch)/6000/6100/6400/8000/8100/8400 and EVA3000/5000 storage systems.
The EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Option (mpx100b) is supported with EVA4400 and EVA4400 with
the embedded switch storage systems.
For additional product information, including product documentation, see the HP StorageWorks EVA
iSCSI Connectivity Option link at http://www.hp.com/go/eva.
An EVA storage system can connect simultaneously to iSCSI and Fibre Channel attached hosts. iSCSI
support is provided through a dedicated EVA host port for direct connect (see
135, and Figure
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Multipath software
None
MPIO with HP DSM
MPIO with Microsoft
DSM
Device Mapper
Solaris MPxIO
VMware MPxIO
136) or shared with Fibre Channel through an existing fabric host port for fabric
Figure 137).
Clusters EVA storage system
None
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MSCS
EVA4400/4400 with embedded switch
EVA4000/4100/6000/6100/8000/8100
EVA6400/8400
None
None
None
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