Document Outline

• HP EVA 4000/6000/8000 and EVA 4100/6100/8100 User Guide
• Contents
• 1 Enterprise Virtual Array startup
  • EVA8000/8100 storage system connections
  • EVA6000/6100 storage system connections
  • EVA4000/4100 storage system connections
  • Direct connect
  • iSCSI connection configurations
    • Fabric connect iSCSI
    • Direct connect iSCSI
  • Procedures for getting started
    • Gathering information
      • Host information
    • Setting up a controller pair using the OCP
      • Entering the WWN
      • Entering the WWN checksum
      • Entering the storage system password
    • Installing HP P6000 Command View
    • Installing optional EVA software licenses
• 2 Enterprise Virtual Array hardware components
  • Physical layout of the storage system
  • Fibre Channel drive enclosures
    • Enclosure layout
    • I/O modules
      • I/O module status indicators
    • Fiber Optic Fibre Channel cables
    • Copper Fibre Channel cables
    • Fibre Channel disk drives
      • Disk drive status indicators
      • Disk drive status displays
      • Disk drive blank
    • Power supplies and blowers
      • Power supplies
      • Blowers
    • Drive enclosure EMU
      • Controls and displays
      • EMU functions
      • EMU monitoring functions
      • EMU displays
      • EMU indicator displays
      • Using the alphanumeric display
        • Alphanumeric display description
        • Display groups
      • EMU pushbutton status indicators
      • Audible alarm operations
        • Audible alarm patterns
        • Controlling the audible alarm
      • Enabling the audible alarm
      • Muting or unmuting the audible alarm
      • Disabling the audible alarm
      • Enclosure number feature
        • En description
        • Enclosure address bus
        • Enclosure address bus connections
      • Error Condition Reporting
        • Error condition categories
        • Error queue
        • Error condition report format
        • Navigating the error condition display
          • Analyzing condition reports
      • Reporting group feature
        • Reporting group numbers
  • Fibre Channel loop switches
    • 30-10022-01 loop switch
      • Power-on self test (POST)
    • 30-10010-02 loop switch
      • Power-on self test (POST)
      • Reading the switch status indicators
      • Problem isolation
  • HSV controllers
    • High availability features
    • Operator control panel
      • Status indicators
      • Navigation buttons
      • Alphanumeric display
      • Displaying the OCP menu tree
      • Displaying system information
      • Displaying versions system information
      • Shutting down the system
      • Shutting the controller down
      • Restarting the system
      • Uninitializing the system
      • Password options
      • Changing a password
      • Clearing a password
    • Power supplies
    • Blowers
    • Cache battery
    • HSV controller cabling
  • Racks
    • Rack configurations
    • Power distribution
      • PDUs
        • PDU 1
        • PDU 2
      • PDMs
      • Rack AC power distribution
      • Rack System/E power distribution components
        • Rack AC power distribution
    • Moving and stabilizing a rack
• 3 Enterprise Virtual Array operation
  • Best practices
  • Operating tips and information
    • Reserving adequate free space
    • Using FATA disk drives
    • Changing the host port topology
    • Host port connection limit on B-series 3200 and 3800 switches
    • Enabling Boot from SAN for Windows direct connect
    • Windows 2003 MSCS cluster installation
    • Connecting to C-series switches
    • HP Insight Remote Support software
  • Failback preference setting for HSV controllers
    • Changing virtual disk failover/failback setting
  • Storage system shutdown and startup
    • Shutting down the storage system
    • Starting the storage system
  • Saving storage system configuration data
  • Adding disk drives to the storage system
    • Creating disk groups
    • Adding a disk drive
      • Removing the drive blank
      • Changing the Device Addition Policy
      • Installing the disk drive
      • Checking status indicators
      • Adding the disk to a disk group
  • Handling fiber optic cables
• 4 Configuring application servers
  • Overview
  • Clustering
  • Multipathing
  • Installing Fibre Channel adapters
  • Testing connections to the EVA
  • Adding hosts
  • Creating and presenting virtual disks
  • Verifying virtual disk access from the host
  • Configuring virtual disks from the host
  • HP-UX
    • Scanning the bus
    • Creating volume groups on a virtual disk using vgcreate
  • IBM AIX
    • Accessing IBM AIX utilities
    • Adding hosts
    • Creating and presenting virtual disks
    • Verifying virtual disks from the host
  • Linux
    • Driver failover mode
    • Installing a Qlogic driver
    • Upgrading Linux components
      • Upgrading qla2x00 RPMs
      • Detecting third-party storage
      • Compiling the driver for multiple kernels
    • Uninstalling the Linux components
    • Using the source RPM
    • Verifying virtual disks from the host
  • OpenVMS
    • Updating the AlphaServer console code, Integrity Server console code, and Fibre Channel FCA firmware
    • Verifying the Fibre Channel adapter software installation
    • Console LUN ID and OS unit ID
    • Adding OpenVMS hosts
    • Scanning the bus
    • Configuring virtual disks from the OpenVMS host
    • Setting preferred paths
  • Oracle Solaris
    • Loading the operating system and software
    • Configuring FCAs with the Oracle SAN driver stack
      • Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver
      • Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver
    • Fabric setup and zoning
    • Oracle StorEdge Traffic Manager (MPxIO)/Sun Storage Multipathing
    • Configuring with Veritas Volume Manager
    • Configuring virtual disks from the host
      • Verifying virtual disks from the host
      • Labeling and partitioning the devices
  • VMware
    • Installing or upgrading VMware
    • Configuring the EVA with VMware host servers
    • Configuring an ESX server
      • Loading the FCA NVRAM
      • Setting the multipathing policy
      • Specifying DiskMaxLUN
      • Verifying connectivity
    • Verifying virtual disks from the host
• 5 Customer replaceable units
  • Customer self repair (CSR)
    • Parts only warranty service
  • Best practices for replacing hardware components
    • Component replacement videos
    • Verifying component failure
    • Procuring the spare part
      • Replaceable parts
    • Replacing the failed component
    • Returning the defective part
• 6 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
  • Subscription service
  • Documentation feedback
  • Related information
    • Documents
    • Websites
  • Document conventions and symbols
  • Rack stability
  • Customer self repair
• A Regulatory notices and specifications
  • Regulatory notices
    • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) notice
      • FCC Class A certification
      • Class A equipment
      • Class B equipment
      • Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
      • Modifications
      • Cables
    • Laser device
      • Laser safety warnings
      • Compliance with CDRH regulations
    • Certification and classification information
    • Canadien notice (avis Canadien)
      • Class A equipment
      • Class B equipment
    • European union notice
    • Notice for France
    • WEEE Recycling Notices
      • English notice
      • Dutch notice
      • Czechoslovakian notice
      • Estonian notice
      • Finnish notice
      • French notice
      • German notice
      • Greek notice
      • Hungarian notice
      • Italian notice
      • Latvian notice
      • Lithuanian notice
      • Polish notice
      • Portuguese notice
      • Slovakian notice
      • Slovenian notice
      • Spanish notice
      • Swedish notice
    • Germany noise declaration
    • Japanese notice
      • Harmonics conformance (Japan)
    • Taiwanese notice
    • Japanese power cord notice
    • Country-specific certifications
  • Storage system specifications
    • Physical specifications
    • Environmental specifications
    • Power specifications
• B EMU-generated condition reports
  • Condition report format
  • Correcting errors
    • Drive conditions
      • 0.1.en.01 CRITICAL condition—Drive configuration or drive link rate
      • 0.1.en.02 INFORMATION condition—Drive missing
      • 0.1.en.03 INFORMATION condition—Drive software lock active
      • 0.1.en.04 CRITICAL condition—Loop a drive link rate incorrect
      • 0.1.en.05 CRITICAL condition—Loop b drive link rate incorrect
    • Power supply conditions
      • 0.2.en.01 NONCRITICAL Condition—Power supply AC input missing
      • 0.2.en.02 UNRECOVERABLE condition—Power supply missing
      • 0.2.en.03 CRITICAL condition—Power supply load unbalanced
    • Blower conditions
      • 0.3.en.01 NONCRITICAL condition—Blower speed
      • 0.3.en.02 CRITICAL condition—Blower speed
      • 0.3.en.03 UNRECOVERABLE condition—Blower failure
      • 0.3.en.04 UNRECOVERABLE condition—Blower internal
      • 0.3.en.05 NONCRITICAL condition—Blower missing
      • 0.3.en.06 UNRECOVERABLE condition—No blowers installed
    • Temperature conditions
      • 0.4.en.01 NONCRITICAL condition—High temperature
      • 0.4.en.02 CRITICAL condition—High temperature
      • 0.4.en.03 NONCRITICAL condition—Low temperature
      • 0.4.en.04 CRITICAL condition—Low temperature
      • 0.4.en.05 UNRECOVERABLE condition—High temperature
    • EMU conditions
      • Resetting the EMU
      • 07.01.01 CRITICAL condition—EMU internal clock
      • 07.01.02 UNRECOVERABLE condition—EMU interrupted
      • 0.7.01.03 UNRECOVERABLE Condition—Power supply shutdown
      • 0.7.01.04 INFORMATION condition—EMU internal data
      • 0.7.01.05 UNRECOVERABLE condition—Backplane NVRAM
      • 0.7.01.10 NONCRITICAL condition—NVRAM invalid read data
      • 0.7.01.11 NONCRITICAL condition—EMU NVRAM write failure
      • 0.7.01.12 NONCRITICAL condition—EMU cannot read NVRAM data
      • 0.7.01.13 UNRECOVERABLE condition—EMU load failure
      • 0.7.01.14 NONCRITICAL condition—EMU enclosure address
      • 0.7.01.15 UNRECOVERABLE condition—EMU hardware failure
      • 0.7.01.16 INFORMATION condition—EMU internal ESI data corrupted
      • 0.7.01.17 UNRECOVERABLE condition—Power shutdown failure
      • 0.7.01.18 UNRECOVERABLE condition—EMU hardware failure
      • 0.7.01.19 UNRECOVERABLE condition—EMU ESI driver failure
    • Transceiver conditions
      • 0.F.en.01 CRITICAL condition—Transceiver incompatibility
      • 0.F.en.02 CRITICAL condition—Transceiver data signal lost
      • 0.F.en.03 CRITICAL condition—Transceiver fibre channel drive enclosure bus fault
      • 0.F.en.04 CRITICAL condition—Transceiver removed
      • 0.F.en.05 CRITICAL condition—Invalid fibre channel character
    • CAN bus communication port conditions
      • Resetting the EMU
      • 1.1.03.01 NONCRITICAL condition—Communication error
      • 1.1.03.02 INFORMATION condition—Recovery completed
      • 1.1.03.03 INFORMATION condition—Overrun recovery
    • Voltage sensor and current sensor conditions
      • 1.2.en.01 NONCRITICAL condition—High voltage
      • 1.2.en.02 CRITICAL condition—High voltage
      • 1.2.en.03 NONCRITICAL condition—Low voltage
      • 1.2.en.04 CRITICAL condition—Low voltage
      • 1.3.en.01 NONCRITICAL condition—High current
      • 1.3.en.02 CRITICAL condition—High current
    • Backplane conditions
      • 8.2.01.10 NONCRITICAL condition—Backplane NVRAM read
      • 8.2.01.11 NONCRITICAL condition—Backplane NVRAM write failure
      • 8.2.01.12 NONCRITICAL condition—Backplane NVRAM read failure
      • 8.2.01.13 NONCRITICAL condition—Backplane WWN is blank
    • I/O Module conditions
      • 8.7.en.01 CRITICAL condition—I/O module unsupported
      • 8.7.en.02 CRITICAL condition—I/O module communication
      • 8.7.en.10 NONCRITICAL condition—I/O module NVRAM read
      • 8.7.en.11 NONCRITICAL condition—I/O module NVRAM write
      • 8.7.en.12 NONCRITICAL condition—I/O Module NVRAM read failure
      • 8.7.en.13 NONCRITICAL condition—I/O module removed
    • Host conditions
• C Controller fault management
  • Using HP P6000 Command View
  • GUI termination event display
    • GUI event display
    • Fault management displays
      • Displaying Last Fault Information
      • Displaying Detailed Information
      • Interpreting fault management information
• D Non-standard rack specifications
  • Rack specifications
    • Internal component envelope
    • EIA310-D standards
    • EVA cabinet measures and tolerances
    • Weights, dimensions and component CG measurements
    • Airflow and Recirculation
      • Component Airflow Requirements
      • Rack Airflow Requirements
    • Configuration Standards
  • Environmental and operating specifications
    • Power requirements
      • UPS Selection
    • Environmental specifications
    • Shock and vibration specifications
• E Single Path Implementation
  • High-level solution overview
  • Benefits at a glance
  • Installation requirements
  • Recommended mitigations
  • Supported configurations
    • General configuration components
    • Connecting a single path HBA server to a switch in a fabric zone
    • HP-UX configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
    • Windows Server (32-bit) configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
    • Windows Server (64-bit) configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
    • Oracle Solaris configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
    • Tru64 UNIX configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
    • OpenVMS configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
    • Linux (32-bit) configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
    • Linux (64-bit) configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
    • IBM AIX configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
    • VMware configuration
      • Requirements
      • HBA configuration
      • Risks
      • Limitations
  • Failure scenarios
    • HP-UX
    • Windows Server
    • Oracle Solaris
    • OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX
    • Linux
    • IBM AIX
    • VMware
• Glossary
• Index