HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Installation Manual - VSA 8.0 Quick Start - ESX Version

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• Have a reserved or static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway for the
virtual machine
Overview
When using the demo version, the full suite of features in the SAN/iQ software
is enabled for 30 days. After 30 days, volumes become unavailable if any
licensed features are in use. Licensed features include:
• Clustering
• Snapshots
• Remote Copy
• Multi-site SANs
The VSA can be used for free indefinitely as a single node iSCSI target with
snapshots or Remote Copy. If a configuration is deleted and recreated, the
30-day trial period of licensed features starts again.
If you want to use the VSA fully featured on an ESX Server, simply purchase a
license and follow the instructions in Chapter 2, Chapter: Getting Started
with the VSA for ESX Server to set up a virtual LeftHand SAN in your
environment.
Using the VSA demo comprises the following steps:
• Install a VMware application on a host system.
• Download the VSA to the host system.
• Unzip the downloaded package to a directory on the host system.
• Using VMware, browse to directory containing the virtual machine and
start it.
• Configure the IP address and hostname of the VSA using the
VMware console.
• Install the Centralized Management Console (CMC) on a machine from
which you will administer the SAN.
• Use the CMC to create clusters and storage volumes and try out the
features of the LeftHand SAN.