HP ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for Enterprise Virtual Array Enhanced DT Supplement Guide

Cluster Installation
Continuous Access
Refer to the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Operations Guide for
detailed information on CA, including any restrictions. Table 2-1 outlines the
restrictions that are specific to the HA/F500 Enhanced DT cluster configuration.
Table 2-1: CA Restrictions
Restriction Comment
Maximum of eight storage systems on SAN
Storage system is visible to only one Command
View EVA instance at a time
A disk group must contain at least eight physical
drives.
For best availability, disk drives in the group
should be multiples of eight.
Refer to the HP Continuous Access EVA Design
Reference Guide, Disk Group and Vdisk
Availability Considerations.
There is a maximum of eight remote copy sets
per DR group.
Each HSV controller pair can support 240
physical disk drives.
One DR group supports a maximum of eight
copy sets.
Dual HSV controllers can support up to 512
Vdisks in a storage pool.
One storage system supports a maximum of 64
copy sets (or DR group members).
Vdisk capacity can range from 1 GB to 2 TB.
Each storage system cannot contain more than
32 TB of presented virtual disks capacity.
All servers must have at least one pair, and not
more than three pair, of single channel FCA, or
the equivalent in dual channel FCA.
No support provided for servers with only one
single port FCA at this time.
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