Instruction Manual

Installation componentsOption
1 mpx100 or mpx100b
1 EULA
1 SR 232 port converter
1 Quick install instructions
1 ReadMeFirst
HP StorageWorks EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Upgrade
Option (parts list)
* 2.0m copper cables are for use in direct-connect configurations only. See Figure 1 through Figure
6 and Figure 8. Copper cables are not supported for fabric attach. Optical cables and SFPs can also
be used for direct connect configurations.
Installing EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity
Select one of the following procedures, depending on your iSCSI option.
To install the HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI option, select the appropriate installation
procedure:
• Fabric attach—Reconfigure the factory-installed EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option to
fabric attachment mode
• Field direct connect—HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option with direct
connect attachment mode
• Field direct connect—HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option with direct
connect attachment mode
• Multipath direct connect—HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI upgrade option for multipath-
ing capability and direct connect attachment mode
• Multipath fabric attach—HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI upgrade option with multipath-
ing capability and fabric attachment mode
Reconfiguring the factory-installed EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option
to fabric attach mode
Figure 1 on page 23 illustrates the factory-installed EVA iSCSI connectivity option and Figure 7 on page
26 illustrates the fabric iSCSI–Fibre Channel attachment mode configuration.
To install fabric attach:
1. Remove the two black Fibre Channel cables connecting the mpx100/100b to the HSV controllers.
2. Insert the SFPs into ports FC1 and FC2 on the mpx100/100b, and into an available FP port on
each HSV controller. Then insert SFPs into four of the available ports on the Fibre Channel switches.
3. Connect one end of an orange Fibre Channel cable to the FC1 port on the mpx100/100b.
Connect the other end of the cable to any available SFP port on the Fibre Channel switch.
4. Connect one end of an orange Fibre Channel cable to the FC2 port on the mpx100/100b.
Connect the other end of the cable to any available SFP port on the Fibre Channel switch.
5. Connect one end of an orange Fibre Channel cable to any available port on the Fibre Channel
switch. Connect the other end of the orange Fibre Channel cable to the available port on the top
HSV controller.
6. Connect one end of an orange Fibre Channel cable to any available port on the Fibre Channel
switch. Connect the other end of the cable to the available FP port on the bottom HSV controller.
7. Set the HSV controller ports to fabric topology.
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