Hardware support, The mpx100/100b data transport, Fibre channel switch hardware support – HP EVA Array iSCSI Connectivity Option User Manual

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FC1

FC2

GE1

GE2

MGMT

HP StorageWorks

mpx100

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EVA

storage system

25164b

D1

GE1

MGMT

IP network

management

(WAN/LAN)

IP network

iSCSI data

(LAN/VLAN)

iSCSI

B

Command

View EVA

A

FC1 FC2

FP1

FP2

FP2

FP1

NIC

Existing

Fibre Channel

HA fabric 1

Discovery

IP address

Presented

iSCSI targets

D1

FP2A

FP2B

FP1A

FP1B

Existing

Fibre Channel

HA fabric 2

mpx100/100b*

*mpx100b supported on EVA4400 only

Figure 6 Fabric iSCSI-Fibre Channel attachment mode

EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity hardware and software

support

This section identifies the hardware, devices, and operating systems compatible with the

mpx100/mpx100b.

Hardware support

The mpx100/100b data transport

The EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI options support both direct connect and Fibre Channel fabric connectivity

through the mpx100/100b to the EVA storage system.

Table 3

shows the connectivity attachment mode supported, based on the EVA storage system model.

Table 3 Connectivity attachment mode supported

EVA storage

system

Array software

iSCSI–Fibre Channel attachment mode

The mpx100b direct connect (

Figure 2

on page 23)

1

EVA4400

XCS 09000000

or later

The mpx100b fabric through a Fibre Channel switch (

Figure 6

)

The mpx100 direct connect (

Figure 1

on page 22)

1

The mpx100 and Windows host direct connect only (

Figure

5

on page 24). All controller host ports are direct connect.

EVA4x00/6x00/

8x00

XCS 6.100 or

later

The mpx100 fabric through a Fibre Channel switch (

Figure 6

)

EVA3000/5000

VCS 4.001 or

later

The mpx100 fabric through a Fibre Channel switch (

Figure 6

)

1

A Fibre Channel switch is not required for the mpx100 and Windows host direct connect or HP Command View EVA iSCSI

deployment. See

Figure 1

,

Figure 2

,

Figure 3

,

Figure 4

, and

Figure 5

for more information.

Fibre Channel switch hardware support

The EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI options are supported with most B-Series, C-Series, and M-Series product

line switches. The EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity options are currently not supported with

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