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

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Management software support
The MSA 2040 SAN, MSA 1040 FC, P2000 G3 FC, FC/iSCSI, MSA2000fc G2, and MSA2000fc
support target-based management interfaces, including Telnet (CLI), FTP, and a web-based interface.
The web-based interface is supported with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
Tape storage
The following rules apply to tape storage support in a SAN with P2000 G3 FC, FC/iSCSI,
MSA2000fc G2, or MSA2000fc storage systems:
• Overlapping zones are supported with disk and tape.
• Common HBAs for shared disk and tape connections are supported. Shared tape connections
can exist in a disk multipath environment, but there is no multipath support for tape connections
because they are zoned to only one host HBA. For optimal performance, HP recommends
using separate HBAs for disk and tape connections.
• For a VLS, multiple heterogeneous initiators and multiple ports of the VLS device are supported
in the same fabric zone.
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