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Figure 84 P9000/XP storage systems with tape storage in a shared fabric
25140c
XP
P9500
FC bridge
All supported switches
HP-UX Windows Solaris AIX VMware
P9000/XP SAN boot support
P9000/XP LUNs can be booted from the SAN using B-series, C-series, and H-series switches.
switches.
SAN boot through the B-series MP Router is not supported.
Support for booting from the SAN depends on:
• PDC
• Firmware
• HBA
• Operating system and version
• Fibre Channel port speed
For support information, contact your HP representative.
Table 119 (page 238) indicates high-level boot support where at least one combination of storage
system, HBA, operating system type, and switch is supported as a bootable configuration.
Table 119 P9000/XP SAN boot support by operating system
1
XenIRIXIBMAIXOracleSolaris
OpenVMS
2
Tru64UNIX
2,3
WindowsLinuxHP-UX
Storage
systemsSwitches
——•———•••XP7
B-series
C-series
——•••—•••P9500
H-series
4
•—•••••••XP24000
•—•••••••XP20000
•—•••••••XP12000
•—•••••••XP10000
1
Legend: • = supported; — = not supported
2
XP24000/XP20000 boot on OpenVMS and Tru64 requires Alpha Server console 7.3 (or later).
238 P9000/XP storage system rules