HP P6000 SmartStart User Guide (Windows) (T5494-96559, October 2012)

Embedded Fibre Channel switch zoning

HP P6000 SmartStart can be used with HP EVA4400 storage systems that contain embedded

switches. See Embedded Fibre Channel switches and management software.

• Embedded switches can use zoning. However, HP P6000 SmartStart does not identify switch

zoning problems. If you are not familiar with switch zoning, or do not require zoning, HP

recommends not changing the default configuration of no zoning.

• If configured with zones, HP P6000 SmartStart will work with the switches if the zoning is

correctly implemented.

Brocade Web Tools switch management software

You can use Brocade Web Tools Switch Explorer to view embedded switch zoning information.

For the procedure to access zoning information, see Checking embedded switches with Brocade

Web Tools.

The following documents include information on configuring switches and fabrics. See Related

documentation for links to these documents.

• Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide supporting Fabric OS 6.1 (for Fibre Channel

switches)

• Brocade SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class User Guide

• HP Enterprise Virtual Array Installation Guide

• HP Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide

• HP Fabric OS 6.1.x Administrator Guide

Host bus adapters - Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBA) are interface cards with software drivers that connect

servers to a storage area network using Fibre Channel protocol.

HP P6000 SmartStart can check for the presence of supported HBA drivers on servers, but does

not install the drivers. HP recommends that you use HP ProLiant Support Packs to install drivers for

HP server hardware, or follow the vendor’s process for non-HP servers.

A server can have two or more HBAs and multipath software to provide redundant paths to storage

systems. See HP P6000 MPIO DSM multipath software.