QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Overview The HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) family is an enterprise class storage array system designed to aggregate and automate your array management tasks to manage more storage capacity with fewer resources. The EVA is designed specifically for customers in the business critical, enterprise marketplace and is a scalable, highly available and highly reliable "virtual" array storage solution.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Overview EVA6400 2C18D EVA8400 2C27D These drawings are informational only. The actual configuration may differ depending on the number of disk enclosures chosen and the components being racked with the EVA. The EVA6400 can support up to 18 drive enclosures for a total of 216 disks. The EVA8400 can support up to 27 drive enclosures in two racks for a total of 324 disks.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights EVA4400 Controller Model HSV300 Virtual Controller XCS v10.0xx Software (XCS) Management Software Command View EVA v9.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Host Ports (per controller pair) Host Port Speed Device Connectivity Device Ports (per controller pair) Device Port Speed Device Path Aggregate Bandwidth Switched device shelves (M6412-A) Drives per enclosure Drive types (mixed in any enclosure) Supported disks, minimum Supported disks, maximum Capacity Drive capacities and speeds 4 or 2 embedded FC switches with 8 8 ten 8Gb/s FC SAN ports per controller 4 Gb 4 Gb 4 Gb Redundant FC-AL
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights NOTE: See Operating System, Cluster and High Availability Compatibility matrix for Operating System version detail. *The maximum single disk group size is 400TB. So two disk groups are required beyond 400TB.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Monitor and control health, HP EVA end-to-end SAN performance and monitoring, storage utilization and reporting for all key HP EVA and SAN infrastructure including servers, storage, HP MSA, HP EML E-series tape, X Series Network Storage Systems, HBAs, switches, applications and monitor the entire backup from a single interface with HP Storage Essentials SRM Standard Edition Software Enterprise Virtual Array Product Packaging The EVA Pro
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Multi-Vendor Platform The EVA6400/EVA8400 provide support for industry-leading Operating System platforms including: HP-UX HP OpenVMS Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Sun Solaris Linux Red Hat SUSE/SLES (including Open Enterprise Server) Oracle Enterprise Linux IBM AIX VMware Apple Mac OSX Xen Citrix Xen RHEL Virtualization Oracle Virtual Machine NOTE: See Operating System, Cluster and High Availabilit
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights High Performance with data compression and load balancing Support for FCIP for SAN extension Bridges SANs for all FC Fabrics Supports two Ethernet and two Fibre Channel ports Concurrent FC and IP traffic in High Availability mode Integrated management with HP mpx Manager Supports High Availability Options Fabric and Direct Attach support http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/index.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Replication Management HP Business Copy EVA and HP Continuous Access EVA comes complete with HP Replication Solutions Manager, a graphical user interface and scripting environment, that greatly simplifies storage management by creating, running, and managing storage replication jobs using controller based snapshots, clones and remote mirroring.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Application Solutions The EVA is the ideal solution for customers running Oracle, Microsoft, SAP environments and those customers who are deploying virtual server technologies like VMware, Hyper-V, Xen and Oracle Virtual Machine. HP Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA) delivers virtual storage for the midsize customer with enhanced performance, better capacity utilization, and easier management of on-demand storage activities.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights HP Storage Essentials HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition Software monitors performance along the complete path of Performance Edition business applications through underlying storage area networks (SAN) components, including host (end-to end EVA SAN server, host bus adapter (HBA), fabric switch and Enterprise Virtual Array.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights same rack, allows customers to connect up to 4 EVA's to a single MPX200, reducing the complexity and cost of iSCSI connectivity to EVA storage arrays. Modular multi-protocol SAN designs using MPX200 increase scalability, stability, and ROI on storage infrastructure.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Linux SUSE Apple Mac OS X (via iSCSI Initiator from ATTO Technology) Sun Solaris Supports High Availability Multi-path Options for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, and VMware Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP for SAN over WAN connectivity) Supports FCIP for SAN over WAN remote data replication using HP Storage Works Continuous Access EVA software 1GbE FCIP routes. Only 1GbE ports can be configured for FCIP routes, even on a 10GbE blade.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights For more information: http:// www.hp.com/go/X1000 http:// www.hp.com/go/X3000 EVA File Services File services for the EVA are supported through the use of the EFS Clustered Gateway. Using File services with the EVA eliminates having to manage silos of storage, File Services for the EVA creates a single, integrated storage solution that provides both easy to manage application (block) services and scalable files services.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights EVA with HP Systems HP SIM is the foundation for HP's unified server-storage strategy - it is packaged as value add software Insight Manager Software with EVA, it's a management application and is derived from the heritage of Compaq Insight Manager, HP Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Enclosure Capacity The EVA provides a high density disk storage solution. The EVA6400 and EVA8400 in the 42U HP 10000 G2 Series Rack supports up to 18 2U 12-bay M6412-A FC disk enclosures for a maximum capacity of 216 disk drives and a maximum storage capacity of 216 TB in a single rack.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights FATA Drive Support The EVA supports 1TB dual ported 4 Gb/s Fibre Attached Technology Adapted (FATA) disk. An EVA will support a full configuration of FATA disk drives. A minimum of eight FATA drives are required in a configuration. FATA drives are designed for lower duty cycle applications such as near on-line data replication for back-up.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Fault Recovery -- HP Continuous Access EVA for Disaster Tolerance Applications HP Continuous Access EVA remote copy functionality is available for use with the EVA6400/8400arrays. Continuous Access EVA is a controller-based application that performs real-time replication between HP Enterprise Virtual Arrays.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights from independent power circuit breakers, independent power lines from the power company and even independent power companies. Integration HP EVA6400/8400 models are 4Gb/s FC Switched Fabric "enabled" and can operate on 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s or 2Gb/s FC Switched Fabric SANs. They can co-exist in the same FC SAN with previous generations of EVA, FC storage solutions and many other SAN devices.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Scalability A storage management server can manage up to 16 EVA controller pairs (EVA4400/6400/8400, EVA4100/6100/8100s), EVA4000/6000/8000 and EVA3000/5000s in any one fabric. An EVA controller pair will support up to 256 host connections (up to 1024 HBAs). The EVA6400 will scale up to 216 disks in a single rack (216TB using 1TB FATA disk drives, and 130TB using 600 GB high performance disk drives).
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Servers Supported - Single HP servers (HP-UX, ProLiant, AlphaServers) and Clustered X86 servers Dell servers Sun servers IBM servers Apple XsApple Servers (PowerPC and Intel) Fujitsu Siemens & Primergy Servers (Bx6x0, Rx and Tx) EVA Required Software HP EVA6400/8400 ships with XCS V9.534 factory installed on new EVAs. XCS V9.534 also supports the EVA4400. The base XCS End User License for the EVA is contained in the hardware shipment.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights multivendor) HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition Software HP Data Protector HP Systems Insight Manager HP Cluster Extension EVA HP Metrocluster with Continuous Access EVA/ Continentalclusters HP Storage Mirroring HP System Copy Software for SAP (hosts, infrastructure, storage) monitoring/ reporting monitoring, events, applications, NAS/SAN, File monitoring, reporting, Performance, monitor host clusters Discovery, topology X
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights EVA and Value-added Software Compatibility Model XCS Software HP Command View EVA* EVA HP Continuous HP Business Access EVA** Copy EVA** EVA EVA HP Cluster Extension EVA HP Replication Solution Manager (RSM)*** (RSM) EVA4400/6400/8400 XCS v10.0xx Command View Continuous Business Copy Cluster Replication EVA v9.4xx**** Access EVA EVA Extension EVA Solution v9.4xx Manager v 5.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Apple Mac OS X HP OpenVMS SUSE/SLES10 (IA32, IA64 & x64)- SP1, SP2 (Includes Open Enterprise Server Linux) SUSE/SLES11 (IA32, IA64 & x64)(Includes Open Enterprise Server Linux) Oracle Enterprise Linux V4, 5 10.5 10.6 Alpha: 8.2, 8.3 Integrity/Itanium: 8.3, 8.3-1H1,8.4 Sun Solaris 8 (SPARC) 9 (SPARC) 10 (SPARC & x86) IBM AIX 5.2 5.3 6.1 VMware ESX Server 3.0.x, 3.5 and 4.0 Xen Citrix XenServer V4.1, 5.0 and 5.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Product Highlights Racking Guidelines and Power Distribution Power Distribution Units (PDUs) are configured according to the voltage used in the country when the solution is ordered. These PDUs provide redundant power. They are located in the bottom of the rack, taking 2U of rack space. To reclaim the 2U of rack space required by the PDUs, they may be moved to the rear of the rack using the PDU Pivot Bracket Kit. It is factory or field installable.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information Warranty and Services The EVA6400/8400 comes with a 3-year HP's Global Limited Warranty and Technical Support, which Included with the Product includes 3-years 9x5 hardware support, with next business day (NBD) response.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information Technical Phone Support 24x7 telephone technical support is available to assist with Hardware warranty related troubleshooting and issue resolution. Call HP warranty support: 1-800-474-6836. Qualified technical resources will be your first point of contact to assist with your service request.
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QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules Step 1 - Choose an EVA Model Base and Factory-Integration Information Multiple Product Racking Configuration Storage Centric Racking configuration Enterprise Virtual Array 6400 DA - 13206 Worldwide — Version 17 — August 30, 2011 Page 32
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules Multiple Product Racking Configuration Storage Centric Racking configuration Enterprise Virtual Array 8400 Models Enterprise Virtual Array 6400/8400 Independent Components The following components are available worldwide.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules Storage Centric Racking configuration which provides an easy configuration path to expand in the field and supports maximum storage density. Choose the part number that meets your needs. NOTE: All EVA host ports must be filled with either a cable or loopback connector.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules HP EVA6400 FC/FCoE/iSCSI Dual Controller Array Storage Centric HP EVA6400 Fibre Channel and FC/FCoE/iSCSI host Dual Controller Array Storage Centric Includes (1)4U Controller assembly with (2) HSV400 controllers, MPX200 Multifunction Router (Includes (1) chassis, (1) 10 - 1 GbE blade, redundant power and cooling modules, rail kit, accessory kit, and documentation), mounting hardware cables, controller moun
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules The M6412 is a 2U dual-redundant FC Loop 12-bay point to point disk enclosure with mounting hardware, and the necessary copper FC cables for connecting to an HSV Controller pair. NOTE: An EVA requires a minimum of 8 drives per Fibre Channel or FATA drive type or 6 solid state drives per EVA4400/6400/8400.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules Enterprise Virtual Array Expansion Cabinet Example Configurations for EVA8400 EVA6400 0C9D EVA8400 0C9D Expansion Cabinet Components AF002A 1 1 252663-XXX AP712A* 2 (minimum HV) 4 (minimum LV) 2 2 (minimum HV) 4 (minimum LV) 3 AG638B 9 9 Description EVA 42U HP 10000 G2 Series Rack Country/component requirement specific HP EVA8400 Expansion Rack Accessory Kit M6412-A FC Drive Enclosure * Use 1 AP712A
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules EVA6400 Upgrade HP EVA8400 Controller Array EVA8400 Yes SKUs Required AJ758A or AJ847A Download3 See URL1 See URL1 See URL2 See URL2 See URL2 See URL2 See URL2 HP EVA4400/6400/8400 XCS v9.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules when required. The EVA6400 and EVA8400 array controllers are also available for field installation. HP Global Services or a trained EVA service provider can perform the on-site installation. When calculating available U-space, assume that no space will be placed between the mounted components. For redundancy, order PDUs in quantities of two.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules increments of a 1TB LTU (one or multiple 1TB LTUs based upon the EVA's raw capacity), or an HP Command View Unlimited Capacity LTU may be purchased which will support up to the maximum raw storage capacity of the EVA. OPTIONAL SOFTWARE: SOFTWARE EVA6400/8400 optional software can be found at the following URL: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules HP EVA Loopback Connector HP EVA Loopback Connector Contains one Loopback connector. The loopback connector is used when an EVA host port is not cabled to a switch or HBA (for direct connect). NOTE: All EVA host ports must be filled with either a cable or loopback connector. FC cable - Copper SFP The following cables are used with the M6412 drive enclosure but are not necessary for new installations.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules FC cable - 1Gb to 2Gb/s FC Short Wave 2-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb) (optional) FC Short Wave 5-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb) (LC to SC) FC Short Wave 15-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb) FC Short Wave 30-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb) FC Short Wave 50-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb) 221691-B21 221691-B22 221691-B23 221691-B26 221691-B27 Optional Software EVA Storage Management / User Interface NOTE:
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules For more information, see Continuous Access description earlier in this document. Please see the product URL for ordering information and part numbers: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.html Local Replication Software HP Business Copy EVA is a local replication software product for the EVA family providing Snapshot and clone set-up and management. Business Copy EVA is sold by utilized capacity.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules For information on ordering file services components see: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12667_div/12667_div.html http://h18006.www1.hp.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules EVA Loopback Connector The loopback connector is used when an available EVA host port is not used. NOTE: All EVA host ports must be filled with either a cable or loopback connector. AJ706A MPX200 Multifunction Router 10 - 1 GbE Upgrade Blade Includes (1) 10 - 1 GbE blade to mount in existing chassis, accessory kit, and documentation.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Configuration Information and Configuration Rules Optical cables Distance using short-wave 10GbE at 10GbE or 8 Gbps FC optical transceivers at 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 8 Gbps connection speed: 10GbE: OM3 fiber: 300m OM2 fiber: 50m 8 Gbps FC: OM3 fiber: 150 m OM2 fiber: 50 m 4 Gbps FC: OM3 fiber: 380 m OM2 fiber: 150 m 2 Gbps FC: OM3 fiber: 500 m OM2 fiber: 300 m The EVA Connectivity and Back-up offerings HP 12000 Virtual Expanding the power of the HP Enterpri
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Technical Specifications EVA6400 and EVA8400 Operating Temperature 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C) - Reduce rating by 1° F for each 1000 ft altitude (1.8° C/1,000 m) -40° to 150° F (-40° to 66° C) Shipping Temperature 10% to 90% non-condensing Humidity 5% to 90% non-condensing Shipping Humidity Up to 8,000 ft (2,400 m) Altitude Not to exceed 500,000 particles per cubic foot of air at a size of 0.
QuickSpecs HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays Technical Specifications NOTE: This data represents fully populated drive shelves with 15K rpm disk drives. Other drive types may vary slightly.