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For additional information about EVA maximums, see the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array compatibility reference. A LUN presentation is the number of hosts presented to, regardless of how many adapters are in each host. For example, if a LUN is presented to eight hosts, that LUN has eight LUN presentations. If a LUN is presented to two hosts, that LUN has two LUN presentations. LUNs #001 through #032 are presented to 8-node cluster nl LUNs #033 through #064 are presented to 8-node cluster nl LUNs #065 through #096 are presented to 8-node cluster nl LUNs #097 through #128 are presented to 8-node cluster nl LUNs #129 through #160 are presented to 8-node cluster nl LUNs #161 through #192 are presented to 4-node cluster nl LUNs #193 through #200 are presented to single host = 0256 LUN presentations nl = 0256 LUN presentations nl = 0256 LUN presentations nl = 0256 LUN presentations nl = 0256 LUN presentations nl = 0128 LUN presentations nl = 0008 LUN presentations When all LUNs are presented to all hosts, the number of LUNs multiplied by the number of hosts must not exceed 8,192. Table 129 lists the maximum number of EVA storage systems that can be configured on a single server. There is no limit on the maximum number of EVA storage systems in a SAN. Table 129 EVA single-server maximum configurations Storage systems Operating systems1, 2 EVA storage systems per HBA3 LUNs per HBA target3, 4 EVA3000/5000 Tru64 UNIX 64 EVA4000/4100 IBM AIX 16 EVA6000/6100 EVA8000/8100 NAS EFS Clustered Gateway - Linux Edition 8 SUSE SLES 9 NAS EFS Clustered Gateway - Windows Edition Windows 8 nl Storage Server 2003 Novell NetWare 16 VMware ESX 3.x5 15 VMware ESX 2.5.x5 15 EVA3000/5000 HP-UX 32 EVA4000/4100/4400 EVA5000 Linux (2.6 kernel) 16 EVA6000/6100 Linux (2.4 kernel) 16 EVA8000/8100 OpenVMS 32 Sun Solaris 16 Windows 2000 Windows 2003 16 Windows 2008 255 255 255 64 128 256 (per server) 128 (per server) 255 255 128 255 255 255 (per server) 252 EVA storage system rules

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For additional information about EVA maximums, see the
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array
compatibility reference
.
A LUN presentation is the number of hosts presented to, regardless of how many adapters are in each
host.
For example, if a LUN is presented to eight hosts, that LUN has eight LUN presentations. If a LUN is
presented to two hosts, that LUN has two LUN presentations.
= 0256 LUN presentations
nl
= 0256 LUN presentations
nl
= 0256 LUN presentations
nl
= 0256 LUN presentations
nl
= 0256 LUN presentations
nl
= 0128 LUN presentations
nl
= 0008 LUN presentations
LUNs #001 through #032 are presented to 8-node cluster
nl
LUNs #033 through #064 are presented to 8-node cluster
nl
LUNs #065 through #096 are presented to 8-node cluster
nl
LUNs #097 through #128 are presented to 8-node cluster
nl
LUNs #129 through #160 are presented to 8-node cluster
nl
LUNs #161 through #192 are presented to 4-node cluster
nl
LUNs #193 through #200 are presented to single host
When all LUNs are presented to all hosts, the number of LUNs multiplied by the number of hosts must
not exceed 8,192.
Table 129
lists the maximum number of EVA storage systems that can be configured on a single server. There
is no limit on the maximum number of EVA storage systems in a SAN.
Table 129 EVA single-server maximum configurations
LUNs per HBA target
3, 4
EVA storage systems per HBA
3
Operating systems
1, 2
Storage systems
255
64
Tru64 UNIX
EVA3000/5000
EVA4000/4100
EVA6000/6100
EVA8000/8100
255
16
IBM AIX
255
8
NAS EFS Clustered
Gateway - Linux Edition
SUSE SLES 9
64
8
NAS EFS Clustered
Gateway - Windows
Edition Windows
nl
Storage Server 2003
128
16
Novell NetWare
256 (per server)
15
VMware ESX 3.
x
5
128 (per server)
15
VMware ESX 2.5.
x
5
255
32
HP-UX
EVA3000/5000
EVA4000/4100/4400
EVA5000
EVA6000/6100
EVA8000/8100
255
16
Linux (2.6 kernel)
128
16
Linux (2.4 kernel)
255
32
OpenVMS
255
16
Sun Solaris
255 (per server)
16
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows 2008
EVA storage system rules
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