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EVA6000/6100 storage system connections
Figure 2 (page 12) shows a typical EVA6000/6100 SAN topology:
• The HSV200-A and HSV200-B controllers connect via two host ports (FP1 and FP2) to the
Fibre Channel fabrics. The hosts that will access the storage system are connected to the same
fabrics.
• The HP Command View EVA management server also connects to both fabrics.
• The controllers connect through one loop pair to the drive enclosures. The loop pair consists
of two independent loops, each capable of managing all the disks should one loop fail. Two
FC loop switches are used to connect the controllers to the disk enclosures.
Figure 2 EVA6000/6100 configuration
8 Controller A1 Network interconnection
9 Controller B2 Management server
10 Cache mirror ports3 Non-host
11 FC loop switch4 Host X
12 Drive enclosure 15 Host Z
13 Drive enclosure 26 Fabric 1
7 Fabric 2
EVA4000/4100 storage system connections
Figure 3 (page 13) shows a typical EVA 4000/4100 SAN topology:
• The HSV200-A and HSV200-B controllers connect via two host ports (FP1 and FP2) to the
Fibre Channel fabrics. The hosts that will access the storage system are connected to the same
fabrics.
• The HP P6000 Command View management server also connects to both fabrics.
• The controllers connect through one loop pair to the drive enclosures. The loop pair consists
of two independent loops, each capable of managing all the disks should one loop fail. The
controllers connect directly to the disk enclosures.
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