HP EVA4000/6000/8000 HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt
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- HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 1
HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virtualization Deployment Executive Summary ...2 HP StorageWorks MPX200 Architecture 2 Server Virtualization and SAN based Storage 3 VMware Architecture...3 MPX200 iSCSI Solutions for Traditional VMware Virtualized Environment 3 HP StorageWorks - HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 2
. The EVA Command View manages both the MPX200 and EVA storage array and automatically binds the MPX200 and EVA storage. The HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router extends the Fibre Channel SAN investment with integrated multi-protocol support, allowing customers to incorporate iSCSI servers - HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 3
support up to 1024 iSCSI initiators. Up to 4 EVAs can be connected to the same router MPX200 iSCSI solution enable several options to build virtualization data centers and improve or preserve the ROI. Server Virtualization and SAN based the hardware details and provides services to VMs. In addition, - HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 4
system of the guest OS created on the RDM. While the VMs benefit from VMFS services, as per the application demand, the MPX200 solution provides many individual devices (Vdisks) to those VMs. The MPX200 provides more ESX server connectivity and high performance via the 10G option and is an excellent - HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 5
HP StorageWorks MPX200 Solution - improved implementation methods for VMware This section describes the current technology compared to the improved methods with the EVA and MPX200. Previous methods dictated that the storage initiator, either hardware or software one hypervisor can support up to 35 - HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 6
a single volume extent and the VMFS file system is created. The number of Vdisks in the pool can be one Vdisk or many Vdisks. Because MPX200 supports many Vdisks, it provides more options to pool Vdisks and present them to the ESX servers. 1. You can choose a large single Vdisk and configure VMFS - HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 7
is configured in that dedicated RDM volume. For the data LUNs, the iSCSI software initiator is configured in the guest OS's. The Vdisks are presented to individual of VM management because a larger number of disks are supported in the MPX200 EVA iSCSI solution to allow individual disks for every VM. - HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 8
RDM B, and VM3 in RDM C. Microsoft Windows guest OS is installed in every VM. Microsoft's software iSCSI initiator is configured in every VM. The software iSCSI initiator in the VM is configured to connect to MPX200. The Vdisk D4 is presented to the iSCSI initiator in VM1, Vdisk D5 is presented to - HP EVA4000/6000/8000 | HP StorageWorks MPX200 - Simplified Cost-Effective Virt - Page 9
HP StorageWorks MPX200 Benefits In a virtual server environment, this means that each guest OS can have its own initiator without relying on the hypervisor to secure and manage data LUNs. Storage can be allocated and expanded based on the requirement of each guest OS or application instance. This
Executive Summary
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HP StorageWorks MPX200 Architecture
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Server Virtualization and SAN based Storage
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VMware Architecture
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MPX200 iSCSI Solutions for Traditional VMware Virtualized Environment
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Implementation Option 1
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Implementation Option 2
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HP StorageWorks MPX200 Benefits
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Conclusion
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