HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array Configuration Guide (T5278-96047, May 2011)
Table Of Contents
- XP Disk Array Configuration Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 HP-UX
- Installation roadmap
- Installing and configuring the disk array
- Installing and configuring the host
- Connecting the disk array
- Configuring disk array devices
- Verifying the device files and drivers
- Creating the device files
- Creating the physical volumes
- Creating new volume groups
- Creating logical volumes
- Creating the file systems
- Setting the I/O timeout parameter
- Creating the mount directories
- Mounting and verifying the file systems
- Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters
- 3 Windows
- 4 Novell NetWare
- 5 NonStop
- 6 OpenVMS
- 7 VMware
- 8 Linux
- 9 Solaris
- Installation roadmap
- Installing and configuring the disk array
- Installing and configuring the host
- Connecting the disk array
- Configuring disk array devices
- Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later
- 10 IBM AIX
- 11 Citrix XenServer Enterprise
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 13 Support and other resources
- A Path worksheet
- B Path worksheet (NonStop)
- C Disk array supported emulations
- D Using Veritas Cluster Server to prevent data corruption
- E Reference information for the HP System Administration Manager (SAM)
- F HP Clustered Gateway deployments
- Glossary
- Index

VMware
This appendix provides information about supported emulations and device type specifications.
Some parameters might not be relevant to your array. Consult your HP representative for information
about supported configurations for your system.
Supported emulations
HP recommends using OPEN-V as the emulation for better performance and features that may not
be supported with the legacy emulations (OPEN-[389LE]).
Table 42 Supported emulations
LUSE & CVSCVSLUSEFixed SizeEmulationArray model
YesYesYesYesOPEN-3
YesYesYesYesOPEN-8XP10000
YesYesYesYesOPEN-9XP12000
YesYesYesYesOPEN-EXP20000
NoNoNoNoOPEN-KXP24000
NoNoYesYesOPEN-L
NoNoNoNoOPEN-M
YesYesNoNoOPEN-V
NOTE: For the XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000 when connected to external storage
devices, HP recommends using OPEN-V as the emulation the array makes visible to the host. This
allows external storage LDEVs to be configured without losing data. Using any other emulation
may cause data loss in the external storage LUNs.
Emulation specifications
Table 43 Emulation specifications (VMware)
Capacity MB*
4
Sectors
per track
Heads# of
cylinders
Sector size
(bytes)
Blocks
(512 bytes)
Product
name
3
Category
2
Emulation
1
2347961533385124806720OPEN-3SCSI diskOPEN-3
70079615996651214351040OPEN-8SCSI diskOPEN-8
704296151001651214423040OPEN-9SCSI diskOPEN-9
1389396151975951228452960OPEN-ESCSI diskOPEN-E
3476196154943951271192160OPEN-LSCSI diskOPEN-L
LUSE
2347*n96153338*n5124806720*nOPEN-3*nSCSI diskOPEN-3*n
7007*n96159966*n51214351040*nOPEN-8*nSCSI diskOPEN-8*n
7042*n961510016*n51214423040*nOPEN-9*nSCSI diskOPEN-9*n
13893*n961519759*n51228452960*nOPEN-E*nSCSI diskOPEN-E*n
34761*n961549439*n51271192160*nOPEN-L*nSCSI diskOPEN-L*n
CVS
Footnote
7
9615Footnote
6
512Footnote
5
OPEN-3-CVSSCSI diskOPEN-3
CVS
150 Disk array supported emulations