Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 (Non-Platform Software Release C.65.00 (30216-90291)

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Data Center Management

HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H on the HP 3000

Rich Bassett

Walt McCullough

Commercial Systems Division

Site, Software and Hardware Requirements

The following is a summary of Site, Software and Hardware requirements for support of

the HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H.

Device installation and support is to be provided by HP. For detailed information on the

support and conﬁguration of the Model 12H AutoRAID, ﬁeld support personnel should

consult the updated version of the following documents:

• HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H -- System Administrators Guide for HP-UX, MPE/iX

and Microsoft Windows NT

• Users and Service Manual

• Control Panel Quick Reference Card

These documents are located on the following external web page:

http://www.hp.com/essd/model12H_alldocs.html

NOTE

The ARMserver software will be provided as a patch for MPE/iX 6.5.

AutoRAID Conﬁguration Requirements

• Model 12H AutoRAID is supported using ﬁrmware revision 56

• Controller Mode should be set to Normal

• X Controller to be connected to the HP 3000, Y controller unconnected and terminated

• Rebuild priority should be set to High

• Loginal Unit Number (LUN) (0) must be conﬁgured

Host Hardware/Firmware Requirements

• Support will only be allowed on a dedicated SCSI bus, with no other types of devices

(homogeneous bus environment).

• Daisy chaining of two or more model 12H is supported within the recommended SCSI

conﬁguration.

NOTE

Recommended SCSI Conﬁguration: Maximum of 15 LDEVs per SCSI bus

(Maximum of 8 LDEVs for performance.) Having 9 or more LDEVs conﬁgured

will cause performance degeneration under high I/O loads.