HP 6100 HP 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide (5697-0733, Marc - Page 12
Enterprise Virtual Array description, Features, Ease of management
View all HP 6100 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 12 highlights
1 Enterprise Virtual Array description The HP Enterprise Virtual Array family is a high performance, scaled capacity, on-demand, "virtual" RAID storage system. This storage system is designed for environments where improved storage use and scalability is critical. It meets application-specific demands for consistently high transaction I/O (input/output) and MB data rate performance, and provides seamless capacity expansion, instantaneous replication, and simplified storage administration. The Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) is available in multiple configurations-each optimized for general-purpose commercial environments and high-performance technical computing environments. The solutions include support for multivendor operating system platforms and stringent data center availability enhancements, such as multipathing and clustering. This guide includes information for six Enterprise Virtual Array products: EVA8000/8100, EVA6000/6100, and EVA4000/4100. • EVA8000/8100 - available in multiple configurations ranging from the single-rack 2C2D configuration to the multi-rack 2C18D. The EVA8000 includes two HSV210-A controllers and four Fibre Channel loop switches. The EVA8100 includes two HSV210-B controllers and four Fibre Channel loop switches. • EVA6000/6100 - available in configurations ranging from the 2C4D configuration to the 2C8D configuration. The EVA6000 includes two HSV200-A controllers and two Fibre Channel loop switches. The EVA6100 includes two HSV200-B controllers with two Fibre Channel loop switches. • EVA4000/4100 - available in configurations ranging from the 2C1D configuration to the 2C4D configuration without loop switches. The EVA4000 includes two HSV200-A controllers. The EVA4100 includes two HSV200-B controllers. Multiple EVA4000/4100s can be installed in a single rack. See the HP 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array Hardware Configuration Guide for more information about configurations. See "Related information" (page 107) for links to this document. Features The Enterprise Virtual Array provides many features and enhancements. Ease of management Easy-to-use storage management tools: • Software tools that allow you to manage larger SAN configurations with more servers and more storage solutions • HP-supplied disk drives that conform to the enclosure-initiated Enclosure Services Interface (ESI) • State-of-the-art controller software • Completely integrated configurations with a single part number, plus disk drives and storage system software • Support for integrated iSCSI EVA solution 12 Enterprise Virtual Array description