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Table 89 HP Tru64 UNIX storage system, HBA, and multipath software coexistence support
1
XP
EVA4100/6100/8100
2
Native multipathing driver
SS
Native multipathing
driver
XP24000/20000,XP12000/10000
1
Legend: S = same server and HBA
2
EVA4100/6100/8100 requires XCS firmware 6.cx (or later).
For more information about storage system coexistence, see “Heterogeneous SAN storage system
coexistence” (page 208).
Apple Mac OS X SAN rules
This section describes the SAN rules for Apple Mac OS X.
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.
Table 90 (page 196) describes the SAN configuration rules for Apple Mac OS X.
Table 90 Apple Mac OS X SAN configuration rules
Apple Mac OS X SAN rulesStorage systems
EVA4100
• Zoning is required when Mac OS X is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems.
EVA4400
• Supports active/active and active/passive failover mode. A multipathing driver is embedded in the
host adapter driver.
EVA6100
• Supports multipathing high-availability configuration in multiple fabrics or in a single fabric with zoned
paths.
EVA6400
EVA8100
P6000/EVA rules
1
• Command View host entry operating system: Apple Mac OS X
Note:
EVA8400
P6300 EVA
P6350 EVA
P6500 EVA
For XCS 6.100 (or later) and for XCS earlier than 09003000, select Custom from the Operating System
Type list, and then enter 00000002024000A8 as the Custom type.
P6550 EVA
Multipathing rules
EVA4100
EVA4400
• HP recommends zoning single Host Adapter port WWPN with single array port WWPN.
EVA6100
• Single Host Adapter port WWPN zoned with multiple array port WWPNs to the same array is
supported.
EVA6400
• Single Host Adapter port WWPN zoned with multiple arrays is supported.
EVA8100
• I/O load balancing can span multiple Host Adapter ports.
EVA8400
P6300 EVA
P6000/EVA rules
1
P6350 EVA
• Celerity FC-82EN, dual channel, x8 PCI Express
P6500 EVA
• Celerity FC-84EN, quad channel, x8 PCI Express
196 Heterogeneous server rules