.Part 3 Host and Storage System Rules HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785353-001

Table 105 MSA 2040 SAN, MSA 1040 FC, P2000 G3 FC, FC/iSCSI, MSA2000fc G2, and MSA2000fc
maximum configurations
Snapshots and
clones
1
LUN sizeLUNsHostsDrivesOperating systemsStorage systems
64 standard
(maximum 512
snapshots)
Up to 64 TB
depending
on vdisk
configuration
51264
48 3.5-in LFF
99 2.5-in SFF
Microsoft Windows 2008
Hyper-V 2012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6
MSA 1040 FC
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
VMware 5
64 standard
(maximum 512
snapshots)
Up to 64 TB
depending
on vdisk
configuration
51264
96 3.5-in LFF
199 2.5-in SFF
Apple OS X
HP-UX 11.31
Microsoft Windows 2008, Hyper-V
2012
MSA 2040 SAN
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
VMware 5
64 standard
(maximum 512
Up to 64 TB
depending
51264
96 3.5-in LFF
149 2.5-in SFF
Apple OS X
HP-UX 11.23, 11.31
P2000 G3 FC
P2000 G3
FC/iSCSI
snapshots, clones or
remote snaps)
on vdisk
configuration
OpenVMS 8.3, 8.3-1H1
Citrix Xen Server HP Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
2008, Hyper-V 2012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 11
VMware ESX 3.5, 4.0
Oracle Solaris 10
Up to 255 snapshots
or clones
Up to 64 TB
depending
51264
60 3.5-in LFF
99 2.5-in SFF
HP-UX 11.23, 11.31
OpenVMS 8.3, 8.3-1H1
MSA2000fc G2
(MSA2312fc
/MSA2324fc)
on vdisk
configuration
Citrix Xen Server HP Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
2008, Hyper-V 2012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 11
VMware ESX 3.0, 3.5, 4.0
Oracle Solaris 10
Up to 64 snapshots
16 TB
256
2
6448
Citrix Xen Server HP Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
2008, Hyper-V 2012
MSA2000fc
(MSA2012fc
/MSA2212fc)
Up to 128 volume
copies
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10
VMware ESX 3.0, 3.5, 4.0
Oracle Solaris 10
1
Snapshots and clones require an additional license.
2
A single controller supports 128 LUNs. Two controllers are required for the maximum of 256 LUNs.
Contact an HP storage representative for a configuration review to determine support for
configurations that exceed the stated limits.
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