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Table 114 HP P6000 Continuous Access heterogeneous SAN configuration rules (continued)
Description
Rule
number
The HP P6000 Continuous Access link supports mixed heterogeneous SAN, HP P6000 Continuous Access,
and OpenVMS host-based shadowing traffic.
7
Two Storage Management Appliance Command View element managers are required: one active and
one either active in standby mode or in powered-off, passive mode. The active appliance and HP P6000
8
Command View can be used for initial setup of HP P6000 Continuous Access storage. Management of
the operational HP P6000 Continuous Access environment is done through the HP Replication Solutions
Manager and other products installed on the Storage Management Appliances.
For more information, see the HP P6000 Continuous Access Implementation Guide, available at http://
h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/conaccesseva/index.html.
When adding EVA storage systems to a zone, use the controller port WWNs when implementing a
straight-cable configuration. Use the storage system WWN when implementing a cross-cable configuration.
9
For more information, see “Cabling” (page 231) and the HP P6000 Continuous Access Implementation
Guide.
Zoning
These zoning rules apply to a heterogeneous SAN with P6000/EVA storage:
• Zoning is required for all operating systems that access P6000/EVA storage systems. See
“Heterogeneous server rules” (page 165).
• P6000/EVA storage can be in multiple operating system zones.
For configurations that support common server access to multiple storage system types, see “Common
server access, different storage system types” (page 209).
Table 115 (page 229) lists zoning rules for heterogeneous SANs with P6000/EVA storage.
Table 115 P6000/EVA configuration zoning rules
DescriptionRule number
If a storage management server resides in the fabric, each operating system type must be in a separate
zone or VSAN. For more information, see “Storage management server integration” (page 230).
1
For C-series switches, each operating system type must be in a separate zone or VSAN.2
Tape storage
The following rules apply to tape storage support in a SAN with P6000/EVA storage:
• Overlapping zones are supported with disk and tape.
• Separate or common HBAs for disk and tape connections are supported.
• For a VLS, multiple heterogeneous initiators and multiple ports of the VLS device are supported
in the same fabric zone.
• HP recommends using a separate tape-to-HBA connection for servers when backups require
more than four DLT8000 tape drives or two Ultrium (LTO) tape drives.
For more information about tape storage support, contact your HP representative.
P6000/EVA SAN boot support
For current storage system support, see the Boot from SAN website at http://
h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/bootsan.html and the SPOCK website at http://
www.hp.com/storage/spock. For the SPOCK website, you must sign up for an HP Passport to
enable access.
Zoning 229