Instruction Manual

Contents
Aboutthisguide .......................... 13
Overview......................................... 13
Intendedaudience................................... 13
Relateddocumentation................................. 13
Conventions ....................................... 14
Documentconventions ................................. 14
Textsymbols ..................................... 14
Equipmentsymbols................................... 14
Rackstability ....................................... 15
Gettinghelp ....................................... 15
HPtechnicalsupport.................................. 15
HPstoragewebsite .................................. 16
HPauthorizedreseller ................................. 16
1Systemdescription......................... 17
Introduction........................................ 17
Key features and benefits.................................. 17
Virtualization ..................................... 18
Storagesystemcomponents................................. 19
CommandViewEVA.................................. 20
Interfacelayout .................................. 20
CommandViewEVAonlinehelp........................... 21
Virtualcontrollersoftware................................ 21
VCS benefits ................................... 22
VCSfeaturesandfunctionality............................ 22
Optionalsoftwarelicensing............................. 22
Hardware ...................................... 22
Physicallayoutofthestoragesystem ......................... 23
FibreChanneldriveenclosure............................ 24
FibreChannelloopswitches............................. 24
EVA5000HSV110controllers ............................ 25
EVA3000HSV100controllers............................ 26
Rack....................................... 27
HostsandtheEnterpriseVirtualArray........................... 28
SANconsiderations .................................. 29
2Startupandoperation ....................... 31
EVA5000storagesystemconnections............................. 31
EVA3000storagesystemconnections............................. 32
Proceduresforgettingstarted ................................ 32
GatheringInformation ................................. 33
Hostinformation.................................. 33
Additionaldocumentation.............................. 33
FailbackPreferenceSettingforHSVcontrollers....................... 45
Changingvirtualdiskfailover/failbacksetting....................... 36
Obtainingalicensekey ................................ 36
BusinessCopyEVA ................................ 36
ContinuousAccessEVA............................... 36
Settingupthestoragesystemhardware.......................... 36
EnteringdatausingtheOCP .............................. 37
Enterprise Virtual Array 3000/5000 user guide (VCS 3.110)
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