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

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• IP-based intersite links (for SVSP Continuous Access)

• Minimum of one host

• Minimum of two HBAs per host or one dual-channel HBA per host

NOTE: Long-distance asynchronous remote mirroring requires an additional domain at the other

site and sufficient IP-based bandwidth between sites. For network requirements for asynchronous

replication, see Table 124 (page 246).

For more information, see “Level 4: multiple fabrics and device paths (NSPOF)” (page 39).

Heterogeneous SAN support

SVSP storage systems support shared access with any combination of operating systems listed in

Table 122 (page 244)

Table 122 SVSP supported operating systems

Operating systemsSwitchesSVSP Firmware

HP-UX

IBM AIX

Microsoft Windows

OpenVMS

Red Hat Linux

Oracle Solaris

SUSE Linux

VMware ESX

Note: For current storage system support, see the SPOCK website

at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an

HP Passport to enable access.

B-series

C-series

H-series

3.0.2 (or later)

Not all operating systems listed are supported with H-series switches.

Configuration rules

Table 123 (page 244) describes SVSP storage system SAN configuration rules.

NOTE: HP SVSP only supports native Fibre Channel. Other interfaces, such as IP, are not supported

as an SVSP transport.

Table 123 SVSP heterogeneous SAN storage rules

DescriptionRule number

HP requires that SVSP deployments implement level 4 NSPOF SANs using two or more separate

fabrics. Each fabric must be composed of switches from a single switch vendor, compatibility

mode is not supported. See “Data availability” (page 38).

Unless otherwise specified, SVSP storage systems can be configured in a SAN using the switch

modules listed in this guide. See the following tables:

• Table 20 (page 94) through Table 22 (page 95) for B-series

• Table 51 (page 142) for H-series

Fabrics must be made of a single switch series and must not be running in compatibility mode.3

An SVSP controller must be correctly zoned in order to achieve the maximum supported

configurations. See the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Best Practices

Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/SVSP (dependent upon the number of DPM groups).

The maximum number of switches and switch hops supported in a fabric with SVSP is based on

the limits for B-series, C-series, and H-series fabrics. All active and standby links must conform to

244 SVSP storage system rules