Installation Guide

Table 6 Verify compatibility and supported versions
Where do I find it...Use this to...Additional resources
http://www.hp.com/go/
insightmanagement/docs
Refer to the supported HP servers
tables. CloudSystem supports all
HP Insight Management Support
Matrix version 7.3.1
servers supported in the HP Matrix
Operating Environment, version 7.3.1.
• Table 26
• Table 28
• Table 29
• Table 30
The server must have a check in the
Matrix OE column.
http://www.hp.com/go/hpscVerify the compatibility of your servers,
drivers, firmware and software
HP Support Center
SAN and Storage
The table below contains SAN and storage requirements for ephemeral and block storage.
Table 7 Hardware requirements
Find more information...PurposeRequirements
See HP Matrix Operating Environment,
version 7.3.1. http://www.hp.com/
go/insightmanagement/docs
• Chapter 4 Managed system
hardware
This storage is used for provisioned
instances and is defined in the flavor.
When an instance is deleted, this
storage is released.
Ephemeral storage
See HP 3PAR documentationBlock storage allocates storage to
virtual machine instances
Block storage
3 PAR F-Class, P7000, P10000 series
(attach/detach). Storage is presented
Fibre Channel fabric support
to a single instance via the compute
node where the instance is hosted.
• pre-configured zones where
storage system is zoned to the
appropriate virtual machine host
• open zoning where no zoning
configuration is enabled
FC SAN
iSCSI
Flat SAN
NOTE: REST API interface must be
enabled on the HP 3PAR storage
system.
Virtual appliance requirements — CloudSystem virtual appliances
The table below lists all CloudSystem virtual appliances, along with compute, memory and storage
requirements.
Table 8 Hardware requirements
StorageRAMCoresVirtual appliance
160 GB (Thin Provisioned)32 GB8vCPUsFoundation base appliance
Glance image storage of
2–4 TB is provided by a
14 HP CloudSystem installation prerequisites