HP StorageWorks EVA3000 Starter Kit Read Me First (EK-AD570-RN. A01, September 2004)

EVA3000 Star ter Kit features

• This integrated configuration with disk drives is simple, easy, and ensures that the storage

solution com

pletely meets the customer requirements upon arrival.

• The EVA Found

ation Services solution quickly deploys a highly available Enterprise

Virtual Array storage platform into production and delivers ongoing hardware and VCS

support.

• Outstanding self-tuning performance provides consistency in meeting application service

level agreem

ents, allowing your users/clients to accomplish more in less time, scale

capacity on-demand, and minimize data administration overhead.

• State-of-the-art controller software with virtualization technology helps improve

performance, increases disk utilization efficiency, and allows for easy dynamic storage

expansion—

all helping to lower costs.

• The Virtual

ly Capacity-Free Snapshot (Vsnap) function can save storage administrators

significant disk space and improve disk utilization efficiency.

• The Virtually Instantaneous Snapclone copy capability allows immediate use of the clone

copy and can save customers significant time.

• Enhanced versatility and cost effectiveness provided by the ability to perform Snapclones

between hi

gh performance disks and the new FATA disks.

• Support of

HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA — Complete with an improved User

Interface and support for Virtually Capacity Free Snapshot (Vsnap) function which

can save customers significant disk space and improve disk utilization efficiency. HP

StorageWo

rks Business Copy EVA includes Virtually Instantaneous Snapclone copy

capability.

• The EVA allows for increased flexibility and improved capacity utilization by support

for Vraid type change with Cross Vraid Snapshot and Snapclone within the same disk

group and

Cross Vraid Snapclone across disk groups. Cross Vraid Snapclone also

supports changing the Vraid type when Snapcloning from a high performance disk group

to a FATA disk group.

• Easy to use management tools, which allow management of larger SAN configurations

with more

servers and more storage solutions, reducing management time by up to 15

times and substantially lowering costs.

• Through the EVA’s no charge Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) remote monitoring

capabilities, the EVA has the ability to provide self-monitoring and diagnosis as well as

transmi

tting status information to an HP service center for proactive problem resolution.

HP StorageWorks EVA3000 Starter Kit Read Me First