HP VMA SAN Gateway for VMA-series Memory Arrays Release Notes - December 2012

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light (about a minute) and then power up the VMA SAN Gateway. If the VMA SAN Gateway is
powered up before the VMA Array, the VMA array may not identify and be discovered by the VMA
SAN Gateway.
Only SAN attach is supported, meaning that connections from host servers to the SAN Gateway must
connect through a Fibre Channel SAN switch; direct FC attach from host server to SAN Gateway is
not supported.
For a standalone VMA SAN Gateway, one VMA PCIe Pass-Thru card must be ordered with each
VMA-series Memory Array. Note that the VMA PCIe cable is connected to the Primary PCIe port of
the VMA-series Memory Array which is the left-most port when viewing the back of the array.
Figure : VMA-series Memory Array – back view showing PCIe ports
The following figures show how to properly insert the VMA PCIe Pass-Thru and Optional 8Gb FC dual
port adapters. If you specify factory integration (option 0D1) with your order of a VMA SAN
Gateway and one or two VMA-series Memory Arrays, the resulting racked and shipped configuration
will appear as depicted below. See Figure 4 for a single VMA-Series Memory Array configuration
and Figure 5 for correct and supported connection of two VMA-series Memory Arrays.
Figure : Correct connections for one VMA-series Memory Array to one standalone VMA SAN Gateway
If two VMA-series Memory Arrays are connected to a standalone gateway configuration, it is
recommended to add two additional 8Gb FC adaptors, Part Number AJ764A, for a maximum total of
eight FC target ports supported with the VMA SAN Gateway.