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Fibre Channel
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Fibre Channel
Technology
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The EVA4400 models are 4Gb/s FC Switched Fabric enabled and are compatible with 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s or
2Gb/s FC Switched Fabric SANs with XCS v9.0. They can co-exist in the same FC SAN with
EVA3000/5000 or EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 FC storage solutions and many other SAN devices. The
EVA4400 with embedded switch model is 8Gb/s FC ready with XCS v9.0. The embedded switch is an
8Gb/s, 10 port B-series SAN switch for a total of 20 ports per controller enclosure.
The EVA4400 takes advantage of the benefits of Fibre Channel (FC) in distance, performance and
connectivity. The use of optical Fibre cabling allows distances between connected segments of a SAN to
be up to 500 meters @ 1 Gb/s; 300 meters @ 2 Gb/s using short wave multi-mode, 150 meters @ 4
Gb/s and up to 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) @ 1 Gb/s when using long wave cable. Storage Area
Networks (SANs) can be constructed using FC switches/directors for fabric connectivity. HP
StorageWorks SAN B-series and C-series switches and directors provide exceptional connectivity while
increasing the effective bandwidth of the network. Supported SAN features include Zoning for
communication isolation and Inter-Switch Links (hops) up to 10 km.
For more information on specific support specifications see the following SAN Infrastructure URL:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html
Transfer Speeds
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Transfer Speeds The EVA4400 Starter Kits and EVA4400 have two FC host ports per HSV300 or HSV300-S controller;
four for a controller pair. Each controller-to-host interface is 4 Gb/s. The HSV300 and HSV300-S
controllers are compatible with 2 Gb/s and 4 Gb/s FC switches (if required), HBAs, servers and other
storage solutions.
Each EVA controller pair interfaces with the M6412 drive enclosures. With 2 device ports per controller
and dual FC I/O modules per drive enclosure, each controller has two connections to each FC drive A
and B port. So each controller has a redundant path to each drive.
Easy Installation
Easy InstallationEasy Installation
Easy Installation The EVA4400 can ship from the factory fully configured. After unpacking, it can be plugged into power
sources, connected to the FC SAN, enabled and configured using HP SmartStart for EVA Storage and
Command View EVA and it is ready for use. Installation and start-up services are not required but are
available separately.
High Availability/ Fault
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Hot pluggable support
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Hot pluggable support
All EVA4400’s are configured with dual HSV controllers that operate in a redundant mode. Each
EVA4400 controller has two FC device ports. For EVA4400, in the event of a path failure, the alternate
paths to the controller can be utilized with the use of multi-path software in the Operating System or in
Secure Path software.
On the EVA4400, each port connects to one FC I/O module on a drive enclosure. Up to eight drive
enclosures can be connected in a FC loop arrangement with a controller pair and connect to one port of
up to 96 drives. With the two FC ports per controller, each controller can connect to both ports on up to
96 disk drives for redundant paths to all 96 drives.
The HSV300 controllers also have dual redundant hot plug power supplies and dual redundant hot plug
blowers. Each controller has hot plug cache batteries to maintain cache contents for up to 96 hours in
case of a total power failure.
The M6412 FC drive enclosure has dual redundant hot plug FC I/O modules that allow the controllers
to distribute I/Os between the two modules and provides redundant paths should either FC I/O module
become unavailable. The enclosure also has dual redundant hot plug power supplies and dual hot plug
blowers. Environmental Monitoring Unit (EMU) functionality is built into the I/O module in the enclosure
QuickSpecs
HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
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HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
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