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2 Requirements and specifications
This chapter provides basic system requirements. In addition to the information here,
Continuous Access Synchronous” (page 15)
provides many specifications, recommendations, and
restrictions for the elements of a Continuous Access Synchronous system that require attention
before setting up and using Continuous Access Synchronous.
System requirements and specifications
The following table describes general system requirements.
Requirement
Item
XP7 Storage
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Number of CUs: 255
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Range of CUs: 0x00 to 0xfe
XP7 supports OPEN-3, OPEN-8, OPEN-9, OPEN-K, OPEN-E, OPEN-L, and OPEN-V.
Supported emulation types
RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID6 configurations.
RAID levels supported
XP7 can be connected to:
Supported storage systems
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XP7 (80-01-22-00/02 or later)
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P9500 (70-06-xx-xx/xx or later)
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XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array (60-08-4x-xx/xx or later)
When pairs in a consistency group belong to multiple XP7s, XP24000/XP20000 Disk
Array cannot be used.
See
“Requirements for XP7 with earlier model storage systems” (page 15)
for more
information.
Continuous Access
Synchronous
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Must be installed on primary and secondary system.
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Separate license codes are required for each storage system.
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Synchronous only. XP7 does not support Asynchronous.
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Can co-exist with Continuous Access Synchronous Z.
For information about exceeding licensed capacity and license expiration, see the HP
XP7 Remote Web Console User Guide.
None.
Other required licenses
However, when combining Continuous Access Synchronous and Thin Provisioning, the
following licensed capacity limitations apply:
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If using a Thin Provisioning THP V-VOL (virtual volume) for the Continuous Access
Synchronous P-VOL or S-VOL, the capacity of the allocated pages for the THP V-VOL
will be counted as the licensed capacity of Continuous Access Synchronous.
•
If the actual licensed capacity exceeds the available licensed capacity, Continuous
Access Synchronous can be used as usual for 30 days. After 30 days, only split or
release operations will be allowed.
Required. Contact your HP account team for assistance.
Additional shared memory
For supported OS versions, see the HP SPOCK website:
for latest the information.
Supported host platforms
A maximum of eight data paths are supported from primary system CU to secondary
system CU.
Data path
Fibre Channel, direct or with switch connections. See
Remote paths are established for each path group of primary and secondary storage
systems. A maximum of 8 remote paths are supported for each path group, and a maximum
Remote paths
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