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The MPX200 Multifunction Router enables organizations to integrate low-cost Ethernet connected servers
with an EVA storage system by bridging the iSCSI protocol to the Fibre Channel protocol. This capability
allows iSCSI servers to leverage shared SAN resources, improving asset utilization and enabling new
applications. This integration greatly reduces the cost of connecting servers to centrally managed storage
and helps provide a cost-effective solution to introduce utility computing into the enterprise.
An EVA with multi-protocol support also provides network storage at reduced infrastructure costs. Small
and medium businesses now have a lower entry point to take advantage of SAN benefits. Large
enterprises may also deploy multi-protocol SANs in departments and remote offices.
Key Benefits:
Delivering SAN-like benefits over the Ethernet IP network, the HP StorageWorks MPX200
Multifunction Router enables access to block storage across up to 4 EVA storage systems from an
Ethernet IP network.
Provides customers a flexible and cost effective way to connect stranded servers to existing Fibre
Channel storage, increasing return on investment.
Enterprise-class high availability design provides dual hot-plug power supplies and router blades
for no single point of failure.
Modular software and hardware design enables easy upgrades to enable additional protocols or
to add more ports.
Unmatched performance: 8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 GbE and 10 GbE iSCSI ports deliver best in
class performance.
Advanced installation and configuration wizards allow set up in less than 25 minutes.
Power efficient: typically dissipates 200W for a dual blade configuration.
Extend access to FC SANs across Ethernet networks with the virtues of an FC SAN including:
Consolidated storage
Improved disk utilization
Improved IT efficiency
The HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option extends the advantages of Fibre Channel SANs into
smaller departments and remote locations. This EVA option allows customers to incorporate iSCSI servers
within SANs without requiring additional storage arrays or management costs. Use the EVA's Command
View software to manage the iSCSI connectivity to the array and mount the iSCSI device in the same rack
as the array.
For more information and operating system support:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/evaiscsiconnect/index.html
The EVA also supports select ProLiant Storage Servers (i.e. NAS) connected as file/print/iSCSI gateways.
The ProLiant DL380 G5 x64 SAN Storage Server and DL585 G2 Storage Server each feature Microsoft's
Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system that includes Microsoft iSCSI Software
Target standard, while other DL380 G5 Storage Server models offer optional support for Microsoft iSCSI
Software Target. Microsoft iSCSI Software Target leverages existing management expertise and
inexpensive Ethernet infrastructure to deliver IP-based block access to an EVA or Fibre Channel SAN. So
ProLiant Storage Servers with iSCSI target functionality not only add file and print services to your EVA
investment, but they help you save even more by enabling tiered (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) block access
for application servers.
In addition, any ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server or DL585 G2 Storage Server is a perfect platform
from which to run Command View EVA. You stretch your investment even further when you host EVA
management, file and print services, and iSCSI connectivity all from the same ProLiant Storage Server
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