Getting Started Guide

About this guide

This guide outlines concepts, tools, and tasks that you might ﬁnd helpful after the initial installation and

conﬁguration of your HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA4400). It include information

about:

• The documentation set

• Supported software applications that can be incorporated into your environment

• Best practices that you will want to address in your environment

• Answers to frequently asked questions

• System maintenance

Intended au

dience

This guide is intended for operators and administrators of storage area networks (SANs) that include HP

arrays. The audience is assumed to be skilled in:

• Storage are

anetworks(SANs)

• Operating systems

Prerequisites

ThisguideassumesyouhaveinstalledandinitiallyconﬁguredyourEVA,andarefamiliarwiththe

following HP products and SAN concepts:

• HP StorageWorks EVA hardware and controller software

• HP StorageWorks HP Command View EVA

• OneormorearraysinaSAN

For a list of supported arrays, management server hardware and software, and replication environments,

including restrictions, see the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array compatibility reference.

4400 Enterprise Virtual Array getting started guide