HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 .HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, Pa - Page 250

Rule nl number Description 9 EVA XL storage systems using XCS 5.100 (or later) or XCS 9.000 (or later) are supported in configurations with a combination of fabric attached and direct connect servers (direct connect uses no Fibre Channel switch). This is subject to the system maximum for host connections. EVA XL storage system support includes support for mixed Fibre Channel speeds on different host ports (8 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, and 2 Gb/s) when using 4 Gb/s controllers. • HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows are supported for direct connect. • In a Linux environment, direct connect is supported with Emulex HBAs, except when booting from Itanium servers. Direct connect is not supported with Brocade or QLogic HBAs (except where listed below.). Note the following direct connect restrictions for the EVA6400/8400: • In a Windows environment (4 and 8 Gb), direct connect is supported with Emulex HBAs, except when booting the operating system from the EVA. Direct connect and direct connect boot are supported with QLogic HBAs. Direct connect is not supported with Brocade HBAs. • In a Linux environment, direct connect is supported with Emulex 4 and 8 Gb HBAs, except when booting the operating system from the EVA. Direct connect and direct connect boot are supported with QLogic 8 Gb HBAs. Direct connect is not supported with Brocade HBAs. • In an HP-UX environment, direct connect is not supported with 2 Gb HBAs or Emulex 4 Gb PCI-e HBAs. Direct connect is not supported with Brocade HBAs. Use the EVA OCP to specify the proper topology setting for the controller host ports (EVA4000/4100/6000/6100/6400/8000/8100/8400). • For fabric-Set the applicable HSV controller host ports to Fabric. • For direct connect-Set the applicable HSV controller host ports to Direct Connect. See the EVA4000/4100/6000/6100/6400/8000/8100/8400 storage system documentation for information about the OCP. See the HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array installation guide for information about configuring direct connect. 10 Supports connection of single HBA servers. Contact an HP storage representative for the white paper Connecting Single HBA Servers to the Enterprise Virtual Array without Multipathing Software. Servers without native or layered multipathing software are not supported for HP Continuous Access EVA. 11 Overlapping zones are supported with disk and tape. 12 Overlapping storage port zones are supported if multiple operating systems share an array port. 13 Use storage system LUN presentation to enable/disable LUN access to specific hosts. 14 All host table entries must have the operating system type parameter set (based on the operating system accessing the assigned LUNs). 15 Servers that share access to the same storage LUN require special application software (such as cluster software) to preserve data. For information about configuring the Storage Management Appliance with storage systems in the same SAN fabric, see "Storage management server integration" on page 256. Heterogeneous storage system support HP supports HP storage products on shared hosts, and HBAs in HP fabric environments that also have third-party storage products. A third-party cooperative support agreement between HP Services and 250 EVA storage system rules