General eva and eva4400 iscsi connectivity rules, Operating systems supported, 32 operating systems supported – HP 3000 Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

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Maximum per EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity solution

Description

Configuration

1 mpx100—150 (single-path or multipath)
1 mpx100b—16 (base), 48 (license upgrade 1), 150 (license upgrade
2)
Note that the mpx100/100b can serve both single-path and multipath
LUNs concurrently.

Total number of iSCSI Initiators

150 LUNs maximum

Total number of iSCSI LUNs

8 (see

Figure 10

on page 30)

Total number of iSCSI targets per

initiator

General EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity rules

NOTE:

The EVA iSCSI connectivity option (mpx100) is supported with EVA4000/4100/4400/4400 with
embedded switch /6000/6100/8000/8100, EVA6400/8400 and EVA3000/5000 storage systems.
The EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option (mpx100b) is supported with EVA4400/4400 with embedded
switch storage systems.
Contact an HP storage representative for the latest support information.

Each EVA storage system can have a maximum of two mpx100 or two mpx100b bridges.

Each EVA controller host port can connect to a maximum of two mpx100/100b FC ports.

Both mpx100/100b FC ports can connect only to the same EVA storage system.

Each mpx100/100b FC port can connect to a maximum of one EVA port.

Each iSCSI Initiator can have a maximum of eight mpx100/100b iSCSI targets.

Operating systems supported

Table 6

provides the operating system rules and guidelines.

Table 6 Operating systems

Cluster support

Version

Operating system

OpenVMS
Clusters

For the latest information on operating system version support,
see the product release notes or SPOCK at

http://www.hp.com/

storage/spock

. You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable

access.

HP OpenVMS

None

Apple Mac OS X

Microsoft Windows
Server 2003

Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Windows
2008 Enterprise/Stand-
ard Editions

Configuration rules and guidelines

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