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HBA configuration
• Host 1 is a single path HBA.
• Host 2 is a dual HBA host with multipathing software.
See Figure 34 (page 86).
Risks
• Single path failure may result in data loss or disk corruption.
Limitations
• HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations.
• Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster.
• Booting from the SAN is not supported.
Figure 34 Xen configuration
5. SAN switch 11. Network interconnection
6. SAN switch 22. Single HBA server (Host 1)
7. Controller A3. Dual HBA server (Host 2)
8. Controller B4. Management server
Linux (32-bit) configuration
NOTE: The information in this section also applies to RHEL Xen configurations.
86 Single path implementation