Document Outline

• HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide
• Contents
• 1 EVA6400/8400 hardware
  • M6412A disk 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 blank
  • Controller enclosures
    • Operator control panel
      • Status indicators
      • Navigation buttons
      • Alphanumeric display
  • Power supplies
  • Blower module
  • Battery module
  • HSV controller cabling
  • Storage system racks
    • Rack configurations
  • Power distribution–Modular PDUs
    • PDUs
      • PDU A
      • PDU B
    • PDMs
    • Rack AC power distribution
    • Rack System/E power distribution components
      • Rack AC power distribution
  • Moving and stabilizing a rack
• 2 Enterprise Virtual Array startup
  • EVA8400 storage system connections
  • EVA6400 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
• 3 EVA6400/8400 operation
  • Best practices
  • Operating tips and information
    • Reserving adequate free space
    • Using FATA disk drives
    • Using solid state disk drives
    • QLogic HBA speed setting
    • EVA6400/8400 host port negotiates to incorrect speed
    • Creating 16 TB or greater virtual disks in Windows 2008
    • Importing Windows dynamic disk volumes
    • Losing a path to a dynamic disk
    • Microsoft Windows 2003 MSCS cluster installation
    • Managing unused ports
    • Changing the host port connectivity
  • Failback preference setting for HSV controllers
    • Changing virtual disk failover/failback setting
    • Implicit LUN transition
  • 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
  • Handling fiber optic cables
  • Using the OCP
    • 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
• 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
    • HBA drivers
    • 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)/Oracle 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
    • Configuring the EVA6400/8400 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
    • Verifying virtual disks from the host
    • HP EVA P6000 Software Plug-in for VMware VAAI
      • System prerequisites
      • Enabling vSphere Storage API for Array Integration (VAAI)
      • Installing the VAAI Plug-in
        • Installation overview
        • Installing the HP EVA VAAI Plug-in using ESX host console utilities
        • Installing the HP VAAI Plug-in using vCLI/vMA
        • Installing the VAAI Plug-in using VUM
          • Importing the VAAI Plug-in to the vCenter Server
          • Installing the VAAI Plug-in on each ESX/ESXi host
          • Verifying VAAI status
      • Uninstalling the VAAI Plug-in
        • Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using the automated script (hpeva.pl)
        • Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using vCLI/vMA (vihostupdate)
        • Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using VMware native tools (esxupdate)
  • Windows
    • Verifying virtual disk access from the host
    • Setting the Pending Timeout value for large cluster configurations
• 5 Customer replaceable units
  • Customer self repair (CSR)
    • Parts only warranty service
  • Best practices for replacing hardware components
    • Component replacement videos
    • Verifying component failure
    • Identifying the spare part
  • Replaceable parts
  • Replacing the failed component
  • Replacement instructions
• 6 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
    • Subscription service
    • Documentation feedback
  • Related information
    • Documents
    • HP websites
  • Typographic conventions
  • Rack stability
  • Customer self repair
• A Regulatory compliance notices
  • Regulatory compliance identification numbers
  • Federal Communications Commission notice
    • FCC rating label
      • Class A equipment
      • Class B equipment
    • Declaration of Conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
    • Modification
    • Cables
  • Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)
    • Class A equipment
    • Class B equipment
  • European Union notice
  • Japanese notices
    • Japanese VCCI-A notice
    • Japanese VCCI-B notice
    • Japanese VCCI marking
    • Japanese power cord statement
  • Korean notices
    • Class A equipment
    • Class B equipment
  • Taiwanese notices
    • BSMI Class A notice
    • Taiwan battery recycle statement
  • Turkish recycling notice
  • Vietnamese Information Technology and Communications compliance marking
  • Laser compliance notices
    • English laser notice
    • Dutch laser notice
    • French laser notice
    • German laser notice
    • Italian laser notice
    • Japanese laser notice
    • Spanish laser notice
  • Recycling notices
    • English recycling notice
    • Bulgarian recycling notice
    • Czech recycling notice
    • Danish recycling notice
    • Dutch recycling notice
    • Estonian recycling notice
    • Finnish recycling notice
    • French recycling notice
    • German recycling notice
    • Greek recycling notice
    • Hungarian recycling notice
    • Italian recycling notice
    • Latvian recycling notice
    • Lithuanian recycling notice
    • Polish recycling notice
    • Portuguese recycling notice
    • Romanian recycling notice
    • Slovak recycling notice
    • Spanish recycling notice
    • Swedish recycling notice
  • Battery replacement notices
    • Dutch battery notice
    • French battery notice
    • German battery notice
    • Italian battery notice
    • Japanese battery notice
    • Spanish battery notice
• B Error messages
• 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
    • UPS Selection
    • 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