HP P6000 HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide (593079-001, June - Page 141

Risks • For nonclustered nodes with a single path HBA, a path failure from the HBA to the SAN switch will result in a loss of connection with storage devices. NOTE: For additional risks, see "OpenVMS" (page 149). Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations. Figure 66 OpenVMS configuration 1. Network interconnection 2. Single HBA server (Host 1) 3. Dual HBA server (Host 2) 4. Management server 5. SAN switch 1 6. SAN switch 2 7. Controller A 8. Controller B Xen configuration Requirements • Switch zoning or controller level SSP must be used to ensure each single path HBA has an exclusive path to its LUNs. • All nodes with direct connection to a disk must have the same access paths available to them. • Single path HBA server can be in the same fabric as servers with multiple HBAs. • In the use of snapshots and snapclones, the source virtual disk and all associated snapshots and snapclones must be presented to the single path hosts that are zoned with the same controller. In the case of snapclones, after the cloning process has completed and the clone becomes an ordinary virtual disk, you may present that virtual disk as you would any other ordinary virtual disk. HBA configuration • Host 1 is a single path HBA. • Host 2 is a dual HBA host with multipathing software. Xen configuration 141