Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.5 PowerPatch 2 (Software Release C.75.02) (30216-90352)

Chapter 3
Technical Articles
HP SureStore Virtual Array 7110 and 7410 on the HP e3000
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— F/W SCSI Device Adapter HP28696A. Firmware version 3728
— SCSI-FC Fabric Router A5814A #003. Firmware version 8.01.0A
— HSSDC Gigabit Interface Converters (GBIC)
— Fibre optic cable: 62- or 50-micron fibre optic cable with dual SC connector
OR
— A/N-Class (PCI based systems):
— A6795A PCI- 2Gbit Card -- LC Cable interface
— No additional GBIC for Card, Device still requires one.
— LC/SC Fibre Channel Cable such as A5750A-008 or C7530A
— HP e3000 Software Requirements
— MPE/iX 7.0 plus MPEMXF8 (or superceding patch or PPT)
— MPE/iX 7.5 plus MPEMXF8 (or superceding patch or PPT)
—SYSGEN product ID is HPDARRAY.
— Host Diagnostic Support
— No host based diagnostics are supported. Diagnostic functions are accomplished via Command
View SDM Product running on NT or HP-UX host.
— Offline Diagnostic Support. No specific support for Offline Diagnostic support. Basic functions
such as "ODE Mapper" will be able to identify and the Logical Units configured on the VA7100 as
SCSI Disks.
Additional MPE Specific information on disk array utilization and FC configuration information can be found
in the “High Availability” section of the vCSY external web site:
http://jazz.external.hp.com/mpeha/papers/index_papers.html
Recommended items for customers deploying va family disk arrays include:
Table 3-2
High Availability
FailOver/iX
(Web based training
slide show with
audio)
http://jazz.external.hp.com/mpeha/papers/
HAFO_training_session/HAFO_training_session.html
Router White Paper (Important
information for
A5814A-003
SCSI-FC Router)
http://jazz.external.hp.com/mpeha/papers/
router_paper01.htm
MPE Disk Performance
White Paper
(General discussion
of disk performance
issues)
http://jazz.external.hp.com/mpeha/papers/
off_white_2004.html
How-To Papers (Other HA related
subjects)
http://jazz.external.hp.com/mpeha/howto/
index_howto.html