Manual

HP Command View E
VA
HP Command View EVA is the primary software application for managing the EVA. HP Command View
EVA is used to per form the following administrative tasks.
• Creating virtual disk families, including selection of Vraid level, cache policy, and host
presentation.
• Managing the presentation of V raid drives to hosts.
• Managing and m onitoring storage system ha rdware.
• Creating snap
clones and snapshots of virtual disks.
An online help
system is available within the interface, including page-level help.
Controller software
HP StorageWorks Virtual Controller Software (VCS) manages all aspects of storage system operation.
VCS provides scalable capacity on-demand, improves performance, increases disk utilization efficiency,
and allows for easy dynamic storage expansion. VCS is installed on the storage system and is also
included in the VCS for HSV Controller software kit.
VCS feature
s and functionality
• Support for up to 240 disk d rives per controller pair
• Managemen
t of up to 1024 virtual disks, ranging in size from 1 GB to 2 TB per virtual disk, per
disk pool
• Dynamic capacity expansion (if supported by your operating system)
• Virtual di
skdataloadleveling
• Distributed sparing of disk capacity
• Virtually capacity-free snapshot (Vsnap)
• Virtuall
y Instantaneous Snapclone (VIS) and 3–phase Snapclones
• Dual redundant controller operation for increased fault tolerance
• Multi-path failover support
• Battery
backup for cache memory
• Asynchronous disk swap (Hot Swap)
• Clustered server suppor t
• Mirror
ed write-back cache support
• Read-ahead and adaptive read caching support
• Virtual RAID storage system (Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid5)
• Non-di
sruptive soft ware upgrade capability
• Supports connection of up to 256 hosts
• Multivendor platform support
• Contr
oller password protection for configuration control
• Selective storage presentation
• SAN-based data zoning
Optional software licensing
HP Business Copy and HP StorageWorks Continuous Access require a separate license for each controller
pair. Instructions for obtaining licenses are included with the software documentation.
Additional information about HP Business Copy and HP Continuous Access can be found online at
h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.html.
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Enterprise Virtual Array description