.Part 4 SAN Extension and Bridging HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785354-001

Table 171 iSCSI operating system and multipath software support
ClustersMultipath softwareOperating system
MSCS (Windows 2003)3PAR MPIO (Windows 2003)Microsoft Windows Server 2008,
2003
Failover Cluster (Windows 2008)Microsoft MPIO DSM (Windows
2008)
Red Hat native cluster suiteDevice MapperRed Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Citrix
XenServer
Citrix XenServer native cluster suite
Native Solaris clusterSolaris MPxIOSolaris
Native ESX/ESXi cluster solutionVMware MPxIOVMware
All hosts must have the appropriate Host Operation System type parameter set (Host Persona) and
the required host settings described in the corresponding 3PAR Implementation Guide.
For more information, refer to the specific host operating system 3PAR Implementation Guide.
These guides are located at http://www.hp.com/go/bsc (select Manuals→Storage Software→HP
3PAR OS Software).
NOTE: A multipathing driver is required to perform online firmware upgrades on 3PAR storage
systems.
P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA
• “P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA overview” (page 324)
• “P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA iSCSI support” (page 324)
P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA overview
The HP P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA storage systems are available with different SAN or
host interface options:
• Fibre Channel interface only, four 8 Gb/s front end ports per controller
• Fibre Channel and iSCSI, two 8 Gb/s and four 1 GbE front end ports per controller
• Fibre Channel and iSCSI/FCoE, two 8 Gb/s and two 10-GbE front end ports per controller
This section describes iSCSI support. For information about P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA
Fibre Channel support, see “P6000/EVA storage system rules” (page 221). For information about
P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA FCoE support, see “Fibre Channel over Ethernet” (page 62).
P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA iSCSI support
The HP P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550 EVA iSCSI interface options provide 1 GbE iSCSI support
(iSCSI module) or 10-GbE iSCSI support (iSCSI/FCoE module).
iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module
The iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE modules are configured in a dual-controller configuration in the HP P6000
(see Figure 43 (page 74)). Dual-controller configurations provide for high availability with failover
between iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE modules. All configurations are supported as redundant pairs only.
iSCSI connected servers can be configured for access to one or both controllers.
Operating system and multipath software support
For the latest information on operating system and multipath software support, see the HP SPOCK
website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable
access.
Table 172 (page 325) provides the operating system and multipath software support.
324 iSCSI storage