Owner's manual

Contents
Aboutthisguide ......................... 13
Overview......................................... 13
Intendedaudience................................... 13
Relateddocumentation................................. 13
Documentconventionsandsymbols ............................. 14
Rackstability ....................................... 15
HPtechnicalsupport.................................... 15
HP-authorizedreseller ................................. 15
Helpfulwebsites ................................... 15
1EnterpriseVirtualArraydescription................. 17
IntroductiontotheEnterpriseVirtualArray........................... 17
Featuresandenhancements................................. 17
Easeofmanagement.................................. 18
Dataavailability.................................... 18
Performance ..................................... 18
Scalability ...................................... 18
Operatingsystemsupport................................ 19
Faultmanagementanddiagnostics............................ 19
EVAremotesupporttools................................ 19
Storagesystemcomponents................................. 19
HPCommandViewEVA ................................ 20
Controllersoftware................................... 20
XCSfeaturesandfunctionality............................ 20
Optionalsoftwarelicensing............................. 20
Hardware ...................................... 21
Physicallayoutofthestoragesystem ......................... 21
FibreChanneldriveenclosure............................ 21
FibreChannelloopswitches............................. 22
HSV210andHSV200controllers .......................... 22
Racks ...................................... 22
2EnterpriseVirtualArraystartup .................. 25
EVA8000storagesystemconnections............................. 25
EVA6000storagesystemconnections............................. 26
EVA4000storagesystemconnections............................. 27
Directconnect....................................... 28
Proceduresforgettingstarted ................................ 29
Gatheringinformation ................................. 29
Hostinformation.................................. 29
SettingupacontrollerpairusingtheOCP......................... 30
EnteringtheWWN ................................ 30
EnteringtheWWNchecksum............................ 31
Enteringthestoragesystempassword......................... 31
InstallingHPCommandViewEVA ............................ 32
InstallingoptionalEVAsoftwarelicenses ......................... 32
3EnterpriseVirtualArrayoperation ................. 33
Bestpractices....................................... 33
4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array user guide
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