HP ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for Enterprise Virtual Array Setup and Installation Guide

Overview of the ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for Enterprise Virtual Array
HP Fibre Channel Storage Switches
The ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 supports the use of HP Fibre Channel storage
switches. The ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 allows use of the:
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Fibre Channel SAN Switch 8
Fibre Channel SAN Switch 16
Fibre Channel SAN Switch 8-EL
Fibre Channel SAN Switch 16-EL
Fibre Channel SAN Switch (2 Gb) 16
Fibre Channel SAN Switch Integrated 32
Fibre Channel SAN Switch Integrated 64
SAN Director 64 (1 Gb) Switch
Fibre Channel Adapters
The FCA is a PCI card that connects one ProLiant server to an HP Fibre Channel
Switch, to which the Enterprise Virtual Array storage subsystem and the second
server are also connected. Each ProLiant server requires two FCAs.
Storage Subsystem
The StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array storage subsystem consists of two HSV
controllers and the physical disks. The Enterprise Storage System uses a new
virtualization technology that moves beyond traditional RAID. In this new
virtualization technology, the physical disks are organized into disk groups. A disk
group is a pool of raw capacity from which the administrator can allocate the
capacity and data protection characteristics of a virtual disk. The virtual disk will be
presented as a logical unit to a host for application use. The virtual disks that the
controllers present to the host computers are created using the capacity of all the
drives in the disk group.
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