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Table 169 10 GbE 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 StoreServ 10000 V-Class
and StoreServ 7000 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 StoreServ
10000 V-Class and StoreServ 7000 storage systems.
3PAR F-Class, T-Class
• “3PAR F-Class, T-Class iSCSI overview” (page 323)
• “3PAR F-Class, T-Class iSCSI support” (page 323)
3PAR F-Class, T-Class iSCSI overview
The 3PAR F-Class and T-Class storage systems are available with different SAN or host interface
options as described in Table 170 (page 323)
Table 170 3PAR F-Class, T-Class host ports
1 GbE iSCSI4 Gb/s FC
Total host ports
1
Model
0 to 80 to 1212F200
0 to 160 to 2424F400
0 to 160 to 6464T400
0 to 320 to 128128T800
1
Fibre Channel and iSCSI host ports are mixable on same 3PAR storage system.
This section describes 3PAR iSCSI support. For information about 3PAR Fibre Channel support,
see “3PAR StoreServ storage rules” (page 249).
3PAR F-Class, T-Class iSCSI support
The 3PAR F-Class and T-Class iSCSI interface option provides 1 GbE iSCSI support (iSCSI module).
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 171 (page 324) provides the operating system and multipath software support.
HP Native iSCSI products 323