HP EVA P6000, EVA P6350, EVA P6550, EVA P6300, EVA P6500 Specification
HP EVA P6000 Storage is an enterprise class virtual storage array family for midsized customers at an affordable price. With built in
virtualization, the EVA P6000 is designed to improve capacity utilization and be easy to manage, which lowers the cost of ownership
compared to traditional arrays. These arrays have high performance, scale easily, and are highly reliable and available. EVA P6000 is a
trusted platform for enterprise application consolidation with solutions for Microsoft Exchange and SQL, Oracle, and SAP. It also offers
integration with virtual server platforms from VMware, Microsoft and more, plus broad operating systems support.
The EVA P6000 family supports Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives with a wide range of Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS drives, Large
Form Factor (LFF) SAS drives, or combinations of both, to better match customer storage capacity, performance, power, and
availability needs. The EVA P6000 models are available with Fibre Channel host ports only, or Fibre Channel and 1Gb/s iSCSI host ports,
or Fibre Channel and 10Gb/s iSCSI/FCoE host ports. EVA P6000 is also very energy efficient, with high efficiency power supplies for
both the controllers and disk drive enclosures, with temperature sensing, self-adjusting variable speed fans.
HP P6000 Command View now includes Thin Provisioning, which helps reduce the storage capacity required, to help reduce the number
of disks needed, and thus reduce power and cooling costs. EVA P6000 also offers robust local and remote replication capabilities with
HP P6000 Business Copy and HP P6000 Continuous Access software. P6000 Business Copy now also support Dynamic LUN and RAID
migration, where in one step, the user can change the characteristics of an existing LUN, such as size, RAID type, disk type while the
host I/O operation is active. This feature is useful, for example, to move data to more space efficient storage tiers or to move a heavily
accessed LUN to a different disk group to improve performance.
EVA P6300/P6350 Combo Kits and Starter Kits are also available to help midsize customers with limited storage administration
resources in affordable packages that are simple to order, simple to deploy, and simple to manage. The kits are available for both
factory configuration and for field installation.
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EVA P6350
2C10D
with 120 LFF drives
EVA P6350
2C10D
with 250 SFF drives
EVA P6550
2C20D
with 240 LFF drives
EVA P6550
2C18D
with 450 SFF drives
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 P6000.
The EVA P6300/P6350 can support up to 10 drive enclosures for a total of 120 LFF disks or 250 SFF disks. Combinations of LFF and SFF
drive enclosures, up to 10 drive enclosures, can be supported
The EVA P6500/P6550 can support up to 20 LFF drive enclosures for a total of 240 LFF disks or 18 SFF drive enclosures for a total of 450
SFF disks. Combinations of LFF and SFF drive enclosures, up to 20 drive enclosures, and up to 450 disks, can be supported.
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What's New
New EVA XCS firmware 11200000, with HP P6000 Command View 10.3, provides support for UNMAP for VMware VAAI and
Windows Server 2012, for reclaiming block space on thin provisioned LUNs
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EVA P6300/P6350 EVA P6500/P6550
Controller Model
HSV340 HSV360
Virtual Controller Software
(XCS)
XCS 11200000 (or later version) XCS 11200000 (or later version)
Management Software
P6000 Command View v10.3
(or later version)
P6000 Command View v10.3
(or later version)
Application Environment
Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Exchange, SQL
Local Data Replication - HP Business
Copy EVA
Yes Yes
Remote Data Replication - HP
Continuous Access EVA
Yes Yes
P6000 Command View,
Server Based Management (SBM),
management and configuration
support
Up to 16 EVAs Up to 16 EVAs
P6000 Command View,
Array Based Management (ABM),
management and configuration
support
Per EVA Per EVA
Thin Provisioning EVA
Yes Yes
Application block and file storage Yes Yes
O/S Support
HP-UX
HP OpenVMS
Windows 2003
Windows 2008
Windows Server 2008 HyperV
Windows Server 7
Sun Solaris
Linux
IBM AIX
VMware
Apple Mac OSX
Citrix Xen
HP-UX
HP OpenVMS
Windows 2003
Windows 2008
Windows Server 2008 HyperV
Windows Server 7
Sun Solaris
Linux
IBM AIX
VMware
Apple Mac OSX
Citrix Xen
RAID supported
Vraid 0, Vraid 1, Vraid 0+1, Vraid 5, Vraid 0+5,
Vraid 6, & Cross Vraid Snaps
(SSDs do not support Vraid 0)
Vraid 0, Vraid 1, Vraid 0+1, Vraid 5, Vraid 0+5,
Vraid 6, & Cross Vraid Snaps
(SSDs do not support Vraid 0)
LUN size
Up to 32TB Up to 32TB
Number of controllers
2 2
Cache
(per controller pair)
4GB for P6300
8GB for P6350
8GB for P6500
16GB for P6550
Battery Back-up Cache
Yes, up to 96 hours Yes, up to 96 hours
Host Connectivity
Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE, and
Direct Connect Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE, and
Direct Connect Fibre Channel
Number of Hosts Supported
(Single Path/Dual Path)
512/256 512/256
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Host Ports
(per controller pair)
8 FC host ports, or
4 FC host ports and 8 1Gb iSCSI host ports, or
4FC host ports and 4 10Gb iSCSI/FCoE host
ports
8 FC host ports, or
4 FC host ports and 8 1Gb iSCSI host ports, or
4FC host ports and 4 10Gb iSCSI/FCoE host
ports
Host Port Speed
8Gb/s FC
1Gb/s iSCSI
10Gb/s iSCSI/FCoE
8Gb/s FC
1Gb/s iSCSI
10Gb/s iSCSI/FCoE
Device Connectivity
Redundant SAS lanes from each controller to
each SAS drive enclosure for redundant paths
to dual drive lanes
Redundant SAS lanes from each controller to
each SAS drive enclosure for redundant paths
to dual drive lanes
Device SAS Lanes
(per controller pair)
8 16
Device SAS Port Speed
6Gb/s 6Gb/s
Device Path Aggregate Bandwidth
24Gb/s 48Gb/s
Device shelves
1 to 10
2 to 18/20
Drives per SFF enclosure
25 25
Drives per LFF enclosure
12 12
Drive types
(mixed in any enclosure,
by physical SFF or LFF size)
Solid State Drives (SSDs), High Performance
Enterprise 10K rpm and 15K rpm SAS drives
and 7.2K rpm Mid-line SAS drives
Solid State Drives (SSDs), High Performance
Enterprise 10K rpm and 15K rpm SAS drives
and 7.2K rpm Mid-line SAS drives
Supported disks, minimum
6 SAS SSD or
8 SAS Enterprise
8 SAS Mid-line
6 SAS SSD or
8 SAS Enterprise
8 SAS Mid-line
Supported disks, maximum
120 LFF
250 SFF
(25 SFF SSDs)
Or combinations of LFF and SFF up to 10
enclosures
240 LFF
450 SFF
(25 SFF SSDs)
Or combinations of LFF and SFF up to 20
enclosures and/or up to 450 disks
Capacity
P6300 - 1.2 to 300TB (addressable limit)
P6350 - 1.2 to 480TB
1.2 to 960TB
Drive capacities and speeds,
Small Form Factor (SFF)
200GB SFF SAS SSD
400GB SFF SAS SSD
300GB 15K rpm SFF SAS
300GB 10K rpm SFF SAS
450GB 10K rpm SFF SAS
600GB 10K rpm SFF SAS
900GB 10K rpm SFF SAS
1TB 7.2K rpm mid-line SFF SAS
200GB SFF SAS SSD
400GB SFF SAS SSD
300GB 15K rpm SFF SAS
300GB 10K rpm SFF SAS
450GB 10K rpm SFF SAS
600GB 10K rpm SFF SAS
900GB 10K rpm SFF SAS
1TB 7.2K rpm mid-line SFF SAS
Drive capacities and speeds,
Large Form Factor (LFF)
450GB 15K rpm LFF SAS
600GB 15K rpm LFF SAS
2TB 7.2K rpm mid-line LFF SAS
3TB 7.2K rpm mid-line LFF SAS
4TB 7.2K rpm mid-line LFF SAS
450GB 15K rpm LFF SAS
600GB 15K rpm LFF SAS
2TB 7.2K rpm mid-line LFF SAS
3TB 7.2K rpm mid-line LFF SAS
4TB 7.2K rpm mid-line LFF SAS
Read I/O Requests per Second
(IOPs)
45,000 55,000
Maximum throughput
(MB/s)
*
1700 1700
Drive Interface
(per controller)
Four 6Gb/s SAS lanes per controller in
redundant paths to each dual ported drive
Eight 6Gb/s SAS lanes per controller in
redundant paths to each dual ported drive
Variable Speed Redundant Blowers
Yes Yes
Environmental Monitoring Unit
Monitors Power and Temperature Monitors Power and Temperature
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Regulatory approvals
UL, CSA, TUV, FCC, CE MARK, CTICK, BSMI, VCCI UL, CSA, TUV, FCC, CE MARK, CTICK, BSMI, VCCI
Fibre Channel Switches & Directors
Optical Switches and Directors:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html
* More EVA P6000 performance information is available at:
www.hp.com/go/P6000
, Resource Library.
EVA P6000 Additional
Capabilities
Easy to install and configure in just a few hours (for a factory configured unit) with the SmartStart
configuration utility
*
Support for dual-ported 6Gb/s SFF and LFF SAS 10K and 15K rpm enterprise disk drives, dual-ported
6Gb/s SFF and LFF SAS Mid-line disk drives, and dual ported SFF Solid State Drives (SSD)
Array management flexibility with optional deployments of:
Array Based Management with Command View/ABM
Server Based Management with Command View/SBM
Support for Direct Attach connection to Windows, HP-UX, and Linux servers, without the need for
SAN switches, with Command View/ABM
SAN support for the native iSCSI/FCoE option and the MPX200 multi-protocol router with Windows
and Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, VMware.
Management of up to 1024 virtual disks (256 per HBA) for the EVA P6300/P6350 and up to 2048
virtual disks for the EVA P6500/P6550, with LUNs ranging in size from 1GB to 32TB per Virtual disk,
in 1GB increments
Dynamic Capacity Management support to expand (in 1GB increments) and shrink LUNs up to 32TB
NOTE:
Requires Host Operating System Support.
Virtual disk data load leveling (non-disruptive background activity)
Distributed sparing of disk capacity
Redundant SAS connections from each controller to dual disk lanes
Support for remote replication between EVA P6000s, EVA4400/6400/8400s, EVA4100/6100/8100s
and EVA4000/6000/8000s
Migration support via remote replications between EVA P6000s, EVA4400/6400/8400s,
EVA4100/6100/8100s, EVA4000/6000/8000s and migration support only to older EVA3000/5000s
Dual redundant controller operation for increased fault tolerance
High availability with hot plug drives, power supplies, fans, and industry failover software
Multiple Bus Failover Support using industry popular multiple path software
NOTE:
Requires native OS multi-pathing support.
Battery-Back-Up for controller cache memory
Asynchronous Disk Swap (hot swap)
Clustered Server Support
Mirrored Write-Back Cache Support
Read-Ahead and Adaptive Read Caching Support
Support for local replication between Vraid types using Vsnap or Snapclone within a disk group or
using Snapclone across disk groups (and Cross Vraid Snapshot and Snapclone)
NOTE:
Vraid 0 should be used with care in select applications. It provides no data redundancy and
can result in data loss with a drive failure. Vraid 0 is not supported on SSDs.
Online XCS software upgrade capability
Online drive firmware upgrade capability
Multi-Vendor Platform Support
Controller Password Protection for Configuration Control
Selective Storage Presentation and SAN-based Data Zoning (through switches).
Monitor and control health, EVA P6000 end-to-end SAN performance and monitoring, storage
utilization and reporting for all key EVA P6000 and SAN infrastructure including servers, storage, HP
MSA, HP EML E-series tape, HP ProLiant Storage Servers (NAS), HBAs, switches, applications and
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monitor the entire backup from a single interface with HP Storage Essentials
*For more information on P6000 SmartStart see:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/evasmartstart/relatedinfo.html?jumpid=
reg_R1002_USEN
EVA P6000 Product
Packaging
EVA P6000 packaging consists of:
a 2U FC dual HSV340 controller assembly for the EVA P6300/P6350;
a 2U FC dual HSV360 controller for the EVA P6500/P6550;
a 2U 12-LFF bay Model M6612 SAS drive enclosure; and
a 2U 25-SFF bay Model M6625 SAS drive enclosure
EVA P6000 configurations allow a wide range of configuration options, including flexible factory rackmounting options in either a standard 42U cabinet (based on HP Racks) or a choice of 42U extended and
36U and 22U height.
The EVA P6300/P6350 is available in pre-configured Combo Kit or Starter Kit configurations only?. For
more information on these kits see the Configuration Section, Step 1.
Designed for No-SinglePoint-of-Failure
The EVA P6000 family's redundant architecture and value added software is designed to eliminate singlepoints-of-failure from server to storage in clustered or single server configurations with multi-pathing.
HP P6000 SmartStart
configuration utility
The EVA P6000 is easily installable in a few to several hours, depending on the complexity of the
configuration, using HP P6000 SmartStart configuration utility. For Windows 2003 and 2008 application
servers, SmartStart software installs HBA drivers, Multi-pathing I/O (MPIO) drivers, the Storage System
Scripting Utility (SSSU) for Windows, P6000 Command View and optionally, installs P6000 Command View
on a Windows Server 2003 management server and helps provision the storage. HP P6000 SmartStart is
included as part of the P6000 Command View media kit.
Installation and Startup
The EVA P6300/P6350 are designed to be Customer Self Installable. The larger and more complex EVA
P6500/P6550 have Installation and Startup (I&S) Services included in the purchase price.
For complex EVA P6300/P6350 environments, an optional Installation & Start-up service is available.
Below are descriptions of the I&S services available:
For factory configured, factory racked EVA P6300/P6350 orders and when final installation of just
the pre-configured EVA P6300/P6350 hardware at the customer site is required, purchase the Basic
I&S service when needed.
For factory configured, factory racked orders, without an existing P6000 Command View
management server, purchase the P6000 Command View Installation and Startup Service. This
service includes LUN design and implementation, HP Insight Remote Support software, and
customer orientation training.
For P6000 Continuous Access configurations, purchase the HP Data Replication Solution ServiceContinuous Access.
For Replication Solutions Manager, purchase the HP Data Replication Solution Service - Continuous
Access EVA or Business Copy EVA.
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NOTE:
Customers who have completed the necessary training or who have gained the necessary
experience with these environments may decide to not purchase the recommended Installation and
Startup services. However some installation and startup services are required.
HP requires the purchase of Installation & Startup services when using:
Storage Essentials purchase the Storage Essentials Solution Service.
Continuous Access, purchase the HP Data Replication Solution Service Continuous Access EVA.
NOTE:
A comprehensive list of Installation & Start-up services can be found at:
www.hp.com/services/storage
Remote Replication
Solutions
(Software and hardware
options)
HP P6000 Continuous Access provides disaster tolerant replication across a Fibre Channel SAN. P6000
Continuous Access performs real-time replication between EVA P6000 of the current and earlier
generations. P6000 Continuous Access provides the highest level of FC SAN data protection to customers
in order to meet disaster tolerant business continuity implementation goals. Through the use of MAN/WAN
Fibre Channel SAN extensions, P6000 Continuous Access provides 24x7 protections against disaster like
scenarios, in campus, metro or continental networks. Thus, enabling business protection against
unforeseen events. For additional information about P6000 Continuous Access visit:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.html
HP Disaster Tolerant Solution for mySAP Business Suite on EVA offers a business continuance solution for
SAP environments, where data integrity and value added functionality are high priorities. Best practices for
implementing remote mirroring of an SAP database as part of an overall data protection strategy with SAP
applications can be found at:
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/erc/downloads/4aa1-5683Enw.pdf
.
Local Replication
Solutions
(Software options)
HP P6000 Business Copy is a local replication application for the EVA P6000 family. It incorporates
Virtually Capacity-free Snapshot (Vsnaps), standard snapshots and Snapclone capabilities. P6000
Business Copy creates point-in-time copies of storage volumes, called Business Continuance Volumes
(BCVs) using the snapshot and cloning capabilities of the array firmware and provides multi-array local
mirror management. This product is indispensable for critical data center operations such as nondisruptive backups, frequent snapshots of high value databases, and data mining. The bottom line
benefits include improved disk capacity utilization and increased business continuity, data availability, and
productivity savings. Additional features include licensing based on replicated (not total raw) capacity and
a new improved management interface.
Replication Management
EVA P6000 local and remote replication is managed 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.
With HP Replication Solutions Manager users easily can manage both remote and local replication across
the full EVA P6000 product family. By virtually removing the complexity associated with both small and
large replication environments, point-in-time copies and remote replication are managed and configured
with just a few mouse clicks. To assist the user, Information on the replication environment is presented in
a variety of views, including an interactive topology manager that allows each user to select their viewing
preference. In addition, HP Replication Solutions Manager provides a scripting interface for additional
flexibility. HP Replication Solutions Manager is included as part of the P6000 Command View media kit.
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Application Integration
with Oracle
As an alternative to HP P6000 Business Copy, the user can simply replicate an Oracle database using HP
Replication Solutions Manager (RSM). RSM provides a graphical interface to view the components of the
database to be replicated, and allow selection of a specified database. The replication manager will
automatically suspend the Oracle application, and take a point in time copy (local or remote) of all
associated array virtual disks. The replication manager will provide the option to restart the original Oracle
database after the replicas have been initiated on the array. The user will be able to utilize the replication
manager to present the replica to another host.
Thin Provisioning
HP P6000 Thin Provisioning provides the ability to create a vdisk such that the operating system sees
more capacity available than is physically allocated by the array. As the OS writes data to the vdisk, the
firmware will automatically allocate more space up to the size of the vdisk.
The following are some of the benefits of thin provisioning. It allows customers to:
Purchase only the storage capacity and performance actually needed today
Take advantage of ongoing storage price reductions by delaying purchases until capacity is needed
Save power and cooling costs immediately
Reduce stress by reducing the need to anticipate and justify expenses for resources that might
never be needed
Increase array capacity online, without any impact to the server/application
Increase storage utilization and return on investment immediately (Stop paying for storage that is
never used)
Use virtual storage with your virtual machines
Never extend a File System (FS) again - make the Vdisk larger than needed the first time
Easily shrinking the thin provisioned Vdisk
Capacity Management
HP EVA Dynamic Capacity Management Software is a comprehensive software solution that automates
storage provisioning and improves capacity utilization on the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) family.
Designed for the enterprise market, EVA Dynamic Capacity Management Software uses advanced
automation to automatically "right-size" the file system and storage volumes to ensure the highest levels
of capacity utilization are achieved while reducing ongoing storage administration needs. For more
information about DCM, please see the following:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/eva_dcm/index.html
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Application Solutions
EVA P6000 provides outstanding solutions for customers running Oracle, Exchange, SAP environments
and those customers who are deploying virtual server technologies like VMware. Here are descriptions of
two such solutions:
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
One of the greatest concerns for customers is database performance. With larger LUNs and Solid State
Drives (SSD) available with the EVA P6000, customers get industry leading super fast performance along
with the scalability, availability, and ease of management capabilities they have come to expect from HP
Storage Solutions. Everything a customer depends on when managing their most critical business asset business data.
NOTE:
Maximum array performance using SSDs can be achieved with just 8 SSDs. Adding more SSDs may
not increase performance. However, using up to 25 SSDs can increase the capacity of applications that can
fit into the SSD storage space, allowing the SSD performance to be useful to larger application situations.
Designed to support the global economy (as well as mid-market companies with complex requirements),
Oracle® E-Business Suite (EBS) on the HP BladeSystem server and the HP EVAs help users think globally to
make better decisions; work globally to be more competitive; and manage globally to lower costs,
enhance security and increase performance. This right-sized, affordable business technology is built on a
unified architecture with a single Oracle Database-providing a comprehensive, integrated set of business
management and planning applications that allow organizations to manage their end-to end operations.
Microsoft Exchange 2010
Whether your company is large, small, or mid-sized, improving communication is critical. E-mail is the
leading tool for business communication, and the productivity gains from workplace collaboration can be
enormous. But managing all that information can be a challenge. A unified messaging solution that runs
on HP EVA P6000 along with HP ProLiant servers and Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 enables your
employees to effectively share information across your organization, with customers, suppliers, and
partners.
For additional information on application solutions for the EVA P6000, please go to:
www.hp.com/go/p6000
.
EVA P6000 with HP
Storage Essentials
Storage Resource
Management Software
Suite
HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Suite and HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition SRM Software integrate
with HP Systems Insight Manager to provide end-to-end advanced server and storage management
capabilities. HP Storage Essentials SRM Suite software features a base management console and an
expanding portfolio of value-add plug-in software to assist in managing EVA in heterogeneous SANs
across the enterprise.
HP Storage Essentials Suite delivers integrated heterogeneous and multivendor functionality for network
(Arrays, DAS, SAN, NAS, HBAs, switches) management, storage resource management, reporting, business
application and backup monitoring, capacity metering, provisioning and application infrastructure
monitoring.
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/e-suite/index.html
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HP Standard Edition SRM
Software and EVA P6000
HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition Storage Resource Management Software and Systems Insight
Manager with P6000 Command View / SBM software provides a total solution that allows midsize
businesses with limited IT staff to see the big picture (storage-servers-infrastructure) thereby reducing
SAN complexity by not having to depend on Excel spreadsheets or whiteboards to track and manage SAN
storage and infrastructure. It supports Windows and Linux servers with small to medium HP storage based
SANs including HP EVA P6000, HP P2000, HP NAS, HP EML Tape, HBAs and fabric devices. HP Standard
Edition SRM Software unified server and storage tool-set automates complex and manual storage process
and tasks with auto discovery, visualization and topology mapping for quick device identification,
integrated NAS and SAN management, business application monitoring including Oracle, Microsoft SQL,
Sybase, InterSystems Caché, Microsoft Exchange Server and SAP Adaptive Computing Controller (ACC)
environments path dependency identification, and end-to-end EVA SAN performance monitoring and
analysis. For more information on HP Storage Essentials SRM Standard Edition Software visit:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/std-suite/index.html
HP Storage Essentials
SRM Performance Pack
Software and EVA P6000
(end-to end EVA P6000
SAN Performance
Management)
HP Storage Essentials SRM Performance Pack Software combined with Storage Essentials SRM Enterprise
Edition Software monitors performance along the complete path of business applications through
underlying storage area networks (SAN) components, including host server, host bus adapter (HBA), fabric
switch and EVA P6000. A unified and simplified interface helps administrators increase efficiency,
troubleshoot performance bottlenecks faster, and quickly visualize the big performance picture of their
EVA P6000 storage, hosts and SAN infrastructure with real-time monitoring, historical trend analysis and
trend extrapolation.
The SRM Performance Pack Software can be ordered separately on a per EVA P6000 basis for existing
Storage Essentials SRM Enterprise Edition customers, and for Storage Essentials SRM Standard Edition
customers the SRM Standard Edition LTU includes licensing to monitor up to 3 EVA P6000s. For more
information on HP Storage Essentials SRM Standard Edition Software visit:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/std-suite/index.html
EVA P6000 with HP
Systems Insight Manager
Software
HP SIM, HP Systems Insight Manager, is the foundation for HP's unified server-storage strategy - it is a
management application and it is derived from the heritage of Compaq Insight Manager, HP Toptools, and
HP Servicecontrol. HP SIM runs on HP Windows, Linux, and HP-UX and provides discovery and
identification, fault management, security administration, asset reporting, and centralized configuration
management across heterogeneous servers, storage and infrastructure. HP SIM is easily extensible,
integrating other HP management products and value-add plug-ins such as the ProLiant Essentials,
Integrity Essentials, and Server Essentials.
HP SIM relies on industry standards like SMI-S, SNMP, SSH, WBEM, and WMI to detect and report
heterogeneous device attributes. HP SIM may also be configured to launch array specific applications for
configuration, reporting and replication. For more information on HP Systems Insight Manager see:
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/index.html?jumpid=go/hpsim
.
HP Virtual Library
System
(VLS)
EVA
Gateway
The VLS EVA Gateway supports the EVA 4x00/6x00/8x00 and the EVA P6000 series. See the VLS QS at:
www.hp.com/go/vls
for further information.
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HP Insight Control
Storage Module for
vCenter
HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter and HP Insight Control for vCenter Server are a pair of HPdeveloped plug-in modules that enable VMware administrators to monitor and manage all of their HP
server, networks, and storage from within the vCenter management console.
For more information, see:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/integration.html
Single-pathing
(Single HBA per host)
Single-pathing (or single HBA per host) support is provided for all supported operating systems (but may
be version dependent). Use of single-pathing, which does not offer a redundant path option, should be
used with care. Failure of the single HBA will result in loss of access for that host until the HBA is replaced.
Enclosure Capacity
EVA P6000s provide high density disk storage solutions. EVA P6000 (HSV340 or HSV360) dual controllers
occupy 2U of space. The 12-LFF bay M6612 SAS disk enclosure and the 25-SFF bay M6625 SAS disk
enclosures each occupy 2U of space. The EVA P6300/P6350 supports up to 120 LFF SAS disks in 12U of
rack space or up to 250 SFF SAS disks in 12U of rack space. The EVA P6500/P6550 supports up to 240 LFF
SAS disks in 42U of rack space or up to 450 SFF SAS disks in 38U of rack space.
Solid State Drive Support
EVA P6000s support 200GB and 400GB dual ported SAS enterprise solid state drives (SSDs). The EVA
arrays support mixed drive types (SSDs, high performance, and mid-line SAS) within an enclosure. The
SSDs require their own disk group. The minimum number of SSDs supported, when used, is 6 and the
maximum is 25 per array.
NOTE:
SSDs support Vraid 1, Vraid 5 and Vraid 6, but do not support Vraid 0. Business Copy features are
also supported. Continuous Access is not supported.
15K rpm Drive Support
The EVA P6000s support 15K rpm dual-ported 6Gb/s SAS disk drives. This includes the 300GB 15K SFF and
the 300/450/600GB 15K LFF drives. The EVA P6000s support single or mixed drive capacities and types
(high performance and Mid-line SAS) within an enclosure. HP recommends using the same drive type and
the same capacity within a disk group because virtualization allocates space proportionate to the highest
capacity drive within the group. A minimum of eight high performance SAS drives are required in a
configuration using high performance drives.
10K rpm Drive Support
EVA P6000 also supports 10K rpm dual-ported 6Gb/s SAS disk drives. This includes the
300GB/450GB/600GB/900GB 10K LFF drives. The EVA P6000s support single or mixed drive capacities and
types (high performance and Mid-line) within an enclosure. HP recommends using the same drive type and
the same capacity within a disk group because virtualization allocates space proportionate to the highest
capacity drive within the group. A minimum of eight high performance SAS drives are required in a
configuration using high performance drives.
NOTE:
10K rpm disk drives draw less power than their 15K rpm counterparts. So these disk drives are good
choices for customers looking to cut their power requirements and who do not need the performance of
15K rpm disk drives.
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7.2K Mid-line Drive
Support
The EVA P6000 also supports 7.2K dual ported 6Gb/s mid-line SAS drives. This the 1TB 7.2K SFF 6Gb/s
mid-line SAS, and the 2/3TB 7.2K LFF 6Gb/s mid-line SAS drives. EVA P6000 supports a full configuration
of mid-line disk drives and can be configured with any combination of mid-line and high performance disk
drives; total raw capacity varies based upon the redundancy (Vraid) selected. A minimum of eight mid-line
SAS drives are required in a configuration using mid-line SAS drives.
Mid-line SAS drives are designed for lower duty cycle applications such as near on-line data replication for
back-up. These drives should not be used as a replacement for EVA P6000 high performance, standard
duty cycle, SAS drives. Doing so could shorten the life of the drive.
Fibre Channel Technology
EVA P6000 models are enabled for 8Gb/s FC Switched Fabric and are compatible with 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s, or
2Gb/s FC Switched Fabric SANs. They can co-exist in the same FC SAN with EVA3000/5000 or
EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 FC storage solutions and many other SAN devices. Direct Connection from EVA P6000
to servers is also supported.
Direct Connection from an EVA to a Virtual Connect FC module is not supported. The EVA must connect to a
FC switch, which can then be connected to the Virtual Connect FC module.
EVA P6000 takes advantage of the benefits of Fibre Channel (FC) in distance, performance and
connectivity. The use of optical Fibre cabling allows distances between connected segments of a SAN to be
up to 500 meters @ 2Gb/s using short wave multi-mode and OM3 cables, up to 384 meters @ 4Gb/s and
OM3 cables, and up to 150 meters @ 8Gb/s and OM3 cables, and up to 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) @ 8Gb/s
or 4Gb/s when using long wave transceivers. Storage Area Networks (SANs) can be constructed using FC
switches/directors for fabric connectivity. HP SAN H-Series, B-series and C-series switches and directors
provide exceptional connectivity while increasing the effective bandwidth of the network. Supported SAN
features include Zoning for communication isolation and Inter-Switch Links (hops) up to 10 km.
For more information on specific support specifications see the following SAN Infrastructure URL:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html
Transfer Speeds
The EVA P6000s have 8Gb/s FC host ports per HSV340 or HSV360 controller pair. The models have:
FC only, have 8 FC ports, four for each controller.
FC and 1Gb/s iSCSI (1GbE), have four FC ports, two for each controller, and eight 1Gb/s iSCSI ports,
four for each controller.
FC and 10Gb/s iSCSI/FCoE (10GbE) have four FC ports, two for each controller, and four 10Gb/s
iSCSI/FCoE ports, two per controller.
The EVA P6000 controllers are compatible with 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s FC switches, HBAs, servers and
other storage solutions.
Each EVA P6000 controller pair interfaces with the M6612 and M6625 drive enclosures via 6Gb/s SAS
connections. With two SAS device connectors per controller and dual SAS I/O modules per drive enclosure,
each controller has two connections to each SAS drive A and B port. So each controller has two redundant
paths to each SAS enclosure I/O module and two redundant paths to each drive in each enclosure.
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High Availability/ Fault
Tolerance/
Hot pluggable support
All EVA P6000 models are configured with dual HSV controllers that operate in a redundant mode. Each
controller has either four redundant FC paths; or two redundant FC paths and four redundant 1Gb/s iSCSI
paths; or two redundant FC paths and two redundant 10Gb/s iSCSI/FCoE paths. In the event of a path
failure, the alternate paths to the controller can be utilized with the use of multi-path software in the
Operating System.
Each EVA P6300/P6350 controller has two SAS connectors, each carrying two SAS signals. With the HP
P6300/P6350, one SAS cable, carrying two redundant SAS signals, connects to one SAS I/O module on a
drive enclosure; and the second SAS cable, carrying two more redundant SAS signals, connects to the other
SAS I/O module of a drive enclosure. For the EVA P6300/P6350, up to ten drive enclosures can be
connected in a SAS daisy-chain arrangement with a controller pair. At the end of the daisy chains, each
chain is then connected to the second EVA P6300/P6350 controller.
Each EVA P6500/P6550 controller has two SAS connectors, each carrying four SAS signals. A Y-SAS cable is
used to split the signals into two branches, each with two SAS signals. One branch of the Y-cable, carrying
two redundant SAS signals, connects to one SAS I/O module on a drive enclosure; the second branch of the
Y-cable goes to a SAS I/O module on a second drive enclosure. Similarly, a second Y-SAS cable, carrying
two more redundant SAS signals per branch, connects to the other SAS I/O module of each of the two drive
enclosures. For the EVA P6500/P6550, up to twenty LFF SAS drive enclosures or eighteen SFF SAS drive
enclosures or combinations of LFF and SFF SAS enclosures (up to 20 enclosures as long as a 450 drive
count is not exceeded) can be connected in a SAS daisy-chain arrangement with a controller pair. At the
end of the daisy chains, each chain is then connected to the second EVA P6500/P6550 controller, again
using Y-SAS cables.
Within the SAS drive enclosures, one I/O module connects to one port of each SAS drive in the enclosure;
and the other I/O module connects to the second port of each SAS drive.
The HSV340 and HSV360 controllers also have dual redundant hot plug power supplies and dual
redundant hot plug blowers. Each controller has hot plug cache batteries to maintain cache contents for up
to 96 hours in case of a total power failure.
The M6612 and M6625 SAS drive enclosures have dual redundant hot plug SAS I/O modules that allow the
controllers to distribute I/Os between the two modules and provides redundant paths should either I/O
module become unavailable. The enclosure also has dual redundant hot plug power supplies and dual hot
plug blowers. Environmental Monitoring Unit (EMU) functionality is built into the I/O modules in the
enclosures and monitors and reports the condition of the power supplies and fans.
The SAS SSD, enterprise SAS, and mid-line SAS disk drives have dual SAS lanes which can be redundantly
accessed by each controller. The drives are hot plug. The drives can be configured, using redundant Vraid
1, Vraid 5, or Vraid 6 protection so that a drive failure will not cause loss of data. Optional virtual sparing
can be configured so that a drive failure will trigger an automatic rebuild of the Vraid 1, Vraid 5, or Vraid 6
protection using the virtual spare drive(s).
NOTE:
SSDs do not support Vraid 0.
All EVAs have dual redundant power distribution. Two independent power cords distribute power through
two Power Distribution Units (PDUs) to each side of the EVA cabinets, to each power supply of the
controllers and to each power supply of the drive enclosures. Each cabinet power cord can be connected to
independent power sources. For maximum availability, a customer should provide redundant power from
independent power circuit breakers, independent power lines from the power company and even
independent power companies. Battery -backed UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) or independent
power generators can also be deployed.
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EVA Manageability
HP P6000 Command View provides the capability to manage EVA P6000 family in a SAN or direct connect
Fibre Channel host attach configuration. HP P6000 Command View / SBM software runs on a variety of
server configurations using Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition or Standard
Edition. See the Command View QS at: www.hp.com/go/commandview for a list of servers that support
Command View.
The powerful P6000 Command View/SBM provides an easy mechanism to manage up to 16 EVA units in a
SAN configuration. Industry leading security enhancements in Command View now allows administrators
to take advantage of Windows domains and local groups. Command View integrates with Windows Active
Directory to authorize and authenticate users. In addition, all user actions and events that change system
state are logged. Administrators can now use the audit logging capabilities to see who did what and when.
The P6000 Command View media kits and license are required with all EVA P6000 models. HP P6000
Command View requires a License to use (LTU) for each array.
P6000 Command View / ABM is also available for EVA P6000. It runs on the EVA P6000's ABM module and
does not require a management server. It manages only the EVA P6000 that it is running on. It supports
Command View functions as well as Business Copy functions, but not Continuous Access functions.
Performance
Fibre Channel host connections provide up to 800MB/s bandwidth for each 8Gb/s path.
Dual mirrored port write caching capability between the controller pair, with battery backed cache,
maintains optimal availability while assuring data integrity in the event of a failure.
Each HSV340 or HSV360 controller has four Fibre Channel host ports (eight FC ports in a redundant pair of
controllers), or two Fibre Channel host ports and four 1Gb/s iSCSI ports (four FC ports and eight iSCSI
ports), or two Fibre Channel host ports and eight 10Gb/s iSCSI/FCoE ports (four FC ports and four
iSCSI/FCoE ports) in a redundant pair of controllers, assuring the availability of bandwidth for the most
demanding applications.
In addition, 4GB of cache per HSV340 controller pair and 8GB of cache per HSV360 controller pair helps
ensure high performance.
Servers Supported Single and Clustered
HP servers (HP-UX, ProLiant, ProLiant Storage Servers, AlphaServers)
X86 servers
Dell servers
Sun servers
IBM servers
Apple XApple Servers (PowerPC and Intel)
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