8.5 HP StorageWorks P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide (TA688-96017, September 2010)

Documentation available .......................................................................................................... 26
Online help ....................................................................................................................... 26
HP StorageWorks P4000 SAN Solution user guide ................................................................. 26
HP StorageWorks P4000 Remote Copy user guide ................................................................. 26
HP StorageWorks P4000 Multi-Site HA/DR Solution Pack user guide ........................................ 26
5 Designing a virtual SAN ................................................................... 27
Designing your virtual SAN ........................................................................................................ 27
Configuration requirements .................................................................................................. 27
Best practices .................................................................................................................... 28
Unsupported configurations ........................................................................................... 29
Hardware design for VSA .......................................................................................................... 29
CPU ................................................................................................................................. 30
Memory ............................................................................................................................ 30
Virtual switch or network ..................................................................................................... 30
Controllers and hard drives .................................................................................................. 30
Network adapters .............................................................................................................. 30
Virtual network design ............................................................................................................... 30
Using VSAs with HP StorageWorks SAN Solutions ........................................................................ 31
Cloning VSAs .................................................................................................................... 31
Running managers on physical platforms ............................................................................... 31
Locating VSAs that are running managers on separate physical platforms .................................. 31
Managing performance impact of mixing platforms in clusters .................................................. 31
Adding storage capacity to a VSA .............................................................................................. 31
Create additional disks ....................................................................................................... 32
Requirements ............................................................................................................... 32
Add disks to RAID .............................................................................................................. 32
Changing the disk size on the SAN ................................................................................ 33
Sample configurations ............................................................................................................... 33
Single system configuration .................................................................................................. 33
Two-system configuration ..................................................................................................... 34
Three-system-plus configuration ............................................................................................. 34
6 Support and other resources .............................................................. 37
Contacting HP .......................................................................................................................... 37
Subscription service ............................................................................................................ 37
HP Insight Remote Support Software ............................................................................................ 37
Related information ................................................................................................................... 38
HP websites ....................................................................................................................... 38
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