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Contents

Aboutthisguide ......................... 11

Overview......................................... 11

Intendedaudience................................... 11

Relateddocumentation................................. 11

Documentconventionsandsymbols ............................. 12

Rackstability ....................................... 13

HPtechnicalsupport.................................... 13

HP-authorizedreseller ................................. 13

Helpfulwebsites ................................... 13

Subscribingtoproactiveupdates............................. 14

HPproductdocumentationsurvey .............................. 14

1EnterpriseVirtualArraydescription................. 15

IntroductiontotheEnterpriseVirtualArray........................... 15

Featuresandenhancements................................. 15

Easeofmanagement.................................. 16

Dataavailability.................................... 16

Performance ..................................... 16

Scalability ...................................... 16

Operatingsystemsupport................................ 17

Faultmanagementanddiagnostics............................ 17

EVAremotesupporttools................................ 17

Storagesystemcomponents................................. 17

HPCommandViewEVA ................................ 18

Controllersoftware................................... 18

VCSfeaturesandfunctionality............................ 18

Optionalsoftwarelicensing............................. 18

Hardware ...................................... 19

Physicallayoutofthestoragesystem ......................... 19

FibreChanneldriveenclosure............................ 19

FibreChannelloopswitches............................. 20

HSV110andHSV100controllers .......................... 20

Racks ...................................... 21

2EnterpriseVirtualArraystartup .................. 23

EVA5000storagesystemconnections............................. 23

EVA3000storagesystemconnections............................. 24

Proceduresforgettingstarted ................................ 25

Gatheringinformation ................................. 25

Hostinformation.................................. 26

SettingupacontrollerpairusingtheOCP......................... 26

EnteringtheWWN ................................ 27

EnteringtheWWNchecksum............................ 27

Enteringthestoragesystempassword......................... 28

InstallingHPCommandViewEVA ............................ 28

InstallingoptionalEVAsoftwarelicenses ......................... 29

3EnterpriseVirtualArrayoperation ................. 31

Bestpractices....................................... 31

Enterprise Virtual Array 3000/5000 user guide