HP StorageWorks IBM AIX Kit V3.0B for Enterprise Virtual Array Installation and Configuration Guide (AA-RUHAB-TE, October 2003)

Understanding the Enterprise Virtual Array
19IBM AIX Kit V3.0B for Enterprise Virtual Array Installation and Configuration Guide
■ IBM AIX
■ Linux
■ Novell NetWare
Be sure you are running a supported version of each operating system in your
SAN (see the platform-specific release notes for details).
Figure 1 on page 20 shows an overall SAN architecture for the Enterprise Virtual
Array. The control center for the Enterprise Virtual Array is Command View
EVA, which resides on a management appliance. The management appliance is
accessed from a browser anywhere on the network.
The hosts are components of the Enterprise Virtual Array storage systems. These
host servers attach to the storage pools of the Enterprise Virtual Array and use the
virtual disks just like any other disk resource. To the host server, virtual disks
appear the same as other storage system disk resources.