HP XP P9000 External Storage Access Manager User Guide (AV400-96607, January 2014)

• Direct and switch connections are supported.
• Use target ports in the primary and secondary storage systems to connect with the host Fibre
Channel ports.
Initiator ports cannot be used for host connections.
For more information about port attributes, see the topic on configuring host interface ports
in the HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous User Guide.
• The following table shows maximum, minimum, and recommended number of data paths,
logical paths, and ports for ESAM.
RecommendedMax.Min.ItemCategory
2 or more41Path between primary/secondary systems and a
host.
Physical Data
Paths
2 or more81Data path from primary to secondary system.
2 or more81Data path from secondary to primary system.
2 or more81Path between primary/secondary systems and
quorum disk.
2 or more81From primary to secondary system.Logical Paths
2 or more81From secondary to primary system.
2 or more81Mapping path (path between primary/secondary
system and quorum disk).
641Secondary system target port that can be
connected to an initiator port.
Ports
161Initiator port that can be connected to a secondary
system target port.
Remote Web Console requirements
The following requirements must be met to ensure that you are able to use RWC to manage the
system:
• RWC is required for ESAM.
• You can connect a RWC computer to both the primary and secondary storage system.
• You must have storage administrator authority to perform ESAM tasks. If you do not, you will
only be able to view ESAM information.
• To perform any ESAM task, make sure RWC is in Modify Mode.
For more information, see the HP XP P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide.
External storage systems
You can use HP storage systems, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) storage systems, and
other vendors' storage systems (such as IBM or EMC) as connectable external storage systems.
Hosts will recognize these volumes as internal volumes of the P9500 storage system.
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