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HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Overview
The EVA4400 is no longer being sold. However, add-on FC disk enclosures and add-on FC disk drives are still available. And, EVA
software is still available.
The EVA4400 offers an easily deployed enterprise class virtual storage array for midsized customers at an affordable price. With built
in virtualization, it is designed to improve capacity utilization and be easy to manage, which lowers the cost of ownership compared to
traditional arrays. It has high performance, scales easily, and is highly reliable and available. The availability is built on the
EVA4100/6100/8100 architecture that offers 99.999% availability and a dual redundant design. It provides broad operating system
support with proven integration with major applications, such as Microsoft Exchange, Oracle and SAP. The EVA4400 has robust local
and remote replication capabilities with HP Business Copy EVA and HP Continuous Access EVA software.
The EVA4400 delivers real value to customers with cost savings that include easy set up, installation and configuration, and self-repair
capabilities. EVA4400 also offers and embedded switch version and tiered storage, so you can match the value of data to your
business needs with support for solid state drives, high-performing Fibre Channel drives or lower priced FATA drives. With the
flexibility to attach to iSCSI and FC SAN networks, you can deploy networking technologies that make sense for your environment.
With Command View management software and storage provisioning capabilities of Dynamic Capacity Management software,
customers spend less time managing their storage and more time managing their business.
EVA4400 Starter Kits provide the easiest way to order, set up and install the EVA4400. EVA4400 Starter Kits offer midsize customers
with limited storage administration resources, an affordable single part number array package with enterprise-class array
functionality that's simple to order, simple to deploy, and simple to manage. Designed to reduce the complexity and total cost of
ownership of traditional arrays, the EVA4400 is ideal for customers who are looking for a reliable, available, and cost effective storage
solution. EVA4400 Starter Kits include disk drives and Command View EVA unlimited license.
HP offers a full spectrum of complementary HP EVA hardware, software products, solutions and HP services for the EVA4400 including
the MPX200 Multifunction Router which provides 1 GbE and 10 GbE, iSCSI, FCIP, and 10Gb FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)
connectivity; Business Copy EVA; Continuous Access EVA; Dynamic Capacity Management; HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition
Software for path aware performance management; file services and solution integration. In addition, the EVA's 3 year 9 x 5 next
business day warranty provides the base level of service to which you can add appropriate service options. HP Services provide
additional offerings up to Critical Service, the support for mission critical environments.
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Overview
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
EVA4400 2C4D
What's New
The EVA4400 is no longer being sold. However, add-on FC disk enclosures and add-on FC disk drives are still available. And EVA
software is still available.
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HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Product Highlights
Controller Model
Virtual Controller Software
Management Software
Virtual Server Technology Support
Application Environment
Local Data Replication - HP Business
Copy EVA
Remote Data Replication - HP
Continuous Access EVA
Command View EVA Array
management and configuration
support
Application block and file storageYesYesYes
O/S Support
RAID supported
LUN size
Number of controllers
Cache
(per controller pair)
Battery Back-up Cache
Host Connectivity
Number of Host Supported
(Single Path/Dual Path)
Host Ports
Host Port Speed
(per controller pair)
(XCS)
Command View EVA v9.4 or
VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V,
Virtualization and Oracle
Windows Server 2008 HyperV
Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid 0+1,
Vraid5, Vraid 0+5, Vraid 6 &
(SSDs do not support Vraid 0 or
Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI and
4 or 2 embedded FC switches
with ten 8Gb/s FC SAN ports
EVA4400EVA6400EVA8400
HSV300HSV400HSV450
XCS v10.0xxXCS v10.0xxXCS v10.0xx
Command View EVA v9.4 or
v10.0
VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V,
Citrix XenServer, RHEL
Virtual Machine
Oracle, SAP, Microsoft
Exchange, SQL
YesYesYes
YesYesYes
Up to 16 EVAsUp to 16 EVAsUp to 16 EVAs
HP-UX
HP OpenVMS
Windows 2003
Windows 2008
Sun Solaris
Linux
IBM AIX
VMware
Apple Mac OSX
Xen
Cross Vraid Snaps
Vraid 6)
Up to 32TBUp to 32TBUp to 32TB
222
4GB8GB
Yes, up to 96 hoursYes, up to 96 hoursYes, up to 96 hours
Direct Connect
256256256
per controller
4 Gb4 Gb4 Gb
Citrix XenServer, RHEL
Virtualization and Oracle
Oracle, SAP, Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 HyperV
Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid 0+1,
Vraid5, Vraid 0+5, Vraid 6 &
(SSDs do not support Vraid 0 or
Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI and
v10.0
Virtual Machine
Exchange, SQL
HP-UX
HP OpenVMS
Windows 2003
Windows 2008
Sun Solaris
Linux
IBM AIX
VMware
Apple Mac OSX
Xen
Cross Vraid Snaps
Vraid 6)
Direct Connect
88
Command View EVA v9.4 or
v10.0
VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V,
Citrix XenServer, RHEL
Virtualization and Oracle
Virtual Machine
Oracle, SAP, Microsoft
Exchange, SQL
HP-UX
HP OpenVMS
Windows 2003
Windows 2008
Windows Server 2008 HyperV
Sun Solaris
Linux
IBM AIX
VMware
Apple Mac OSX
Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid 0+1,
Vraid5, Vraid 0+5, Vraid 6 &
Cross Vraid Snaps
(SSDs do not support Vraid 0 or
Vraid 6)
14 or 22GB
Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI and
Direct Connect
Xen
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Product Highlights
Device Connectivity
Device Ports
Device Port Speed
Device Path Aggregate Bandwidth
Switched device shelves
Drives per enclosure
Drive types
Supported disks, minimum
Supported disks, maximum
Capacity
Drive capacities and speeds
JBOD Support
Drive Interface
Variable Speed Redundant Blowers
Environmental Monitoring Unit
Regulatory approvals
Fibre Channel Switches & Directors
Warranty
(per controller pair)
(M6412)
(mixed in any enclosure)
(behind XP)
(per controller)
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Redundant FC-AL pairs from
each controller to switched
JBOD for redundant paths to
dual drive ports
4812
4 Gb4 Gb4 Gb
16 Gb32 Gb48 Gb
1 to 8
121212
Solid State Drives (SSD), High
Performance Fibre Channel and
Fibre Attached Technology
Adapted (FATA)
6 SSD, 8 FC and FATA6 SSD, 8 FC and FATA6 SSD, 8 FC and FATA
** The maximum single disk group size is 400TB. So two disk groups are required beyond 400TB.
EVA 4400 Capabilities
Support for Command View v10.0 with integrated Single Pane of Glass management,
with Performance Advisor software for performance monitoring any EVA except the EVA3000/5000
New Thin Provisioning software and Dynamic Capacity Management software
Enhanced Large LUN support including the ability to shrink and grow a LUN greater than 2TB,
integrated with Business Copy and thin provisioning
Easy to install and configure in just a few hours (factory configured unit) with the SmartStart
configuration utility
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Product Highlights
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Virtualization abilities allow for easy management and excellent capacity utilization
Start small and increase capacity as the business grows
Business application and HP BladeSystem Matrix integration
Excellent reliability and availability. HP's data shows that most customers are achieving 99.999%
availability with the EVA 4x00/6x00/8x00
Support for integrated application (block) and file storage solution with EVA file services offerings
Support for dual-ported 4 Gb/s FC disk drives and 4 Gb/s dual-ported Fibre Attached Technology
Adapted (FATA) drives and dual ported 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
Management of up to 1024 LUNs or virtual disks (256 per HBA), for the EVA4400, 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 2TB.
NOTE:
Requires Host Operating System Support.
Virtual disk data load leveling (non-disruptive background activity)
Distributed sparing of disk capacity
Redundant FC-AL loops from each controller to dual disk ports
Support for remote replications between current EVA generations
Migration support via remote replications between current and earlier EVA generations
Dual redundant controller operation for increased fault tolerance
Robust local and remote replication capabilities with Business Copy and Continuous Access EVA
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
Hardware based Virtual RAID (Vraid) provides improved RAID performance and the benefits of
virtualization to grow and shrink RAID volumes (Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid 0+1, Vraid5, Vraid 0+5, Vraid 6
& Cross Vraid Snaps)
NOTE:
Vraid0 should be used with care in select application. It provides no data redundancy and can
result in data loss. Vraid0 is not supported on SSDs.
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)
Online XCS software upgrade capability
Online drive firmware upgrade capability
Supports connection of up to 256 hosts
Multi-Vendor Platform Support
Controller Password Protection for Configuration Control
Selective Storage Presentation and SAN-based Data Zoning (through switches).
HP Command View EVA GUI Interface for management and monitoring (manages up to 16 EVAs).
Monitor and control health, HP EVA end-to-end SAN performance and monitoring, storage
utilization and reporting for all key HP EVA and SAN infrastructure including servers, storage, HP
MSA, HP EML E-series tape, HP ProLiant Storage Servers (NAS), HBAs, switches, applications and
monitor the entire backup from a single interface with HP Storage Essentials
**
*For more information on SmartStart, for EVA see:
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The EVA4400 packaging consists of a 2U FC dual HSV300 controller assembly and 2U 12-bay Model
M6412A FC drive enclosures. (The M6412A drive enclosure is also used by the EVA6400 and EVA8400.) The
EVA4400 is also available with an embedded SAN switch for each controller, for a total of two redundant
switches per enclosure. This SAN switch is an 8Gb/s, 10 port B-series FC switch for a total of 20 SAN ports
per EVA4400 enclosure.
EVA4400 configurations allow a wide range of configuration options, including flexible factory rackmounting options in either a standard 42U cabinet (based on the HP 10000 G2 Series Rack) or a choice of
42U extended and 36U and 22U heights.
In addition to providing twenty 8Gb/s FC SAN port connectivity, the embedded SAN Switches have optional
software components for:
The EVA4400 provides support for industry-leading Operating System platforms including:
HP-UX
HP OpenVMS
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 HyperV
Sun Solaris
Linux
IBM AIX
Novell NetWare
VMware
Apple Mac OSX
Xen
NOTE:
See Operating System, Cluster and High Availability Compatibility matrix for Operating System
version detail.
and look for HP B-Series 8/8
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Product Highlights
Designed for No-SinglePoint-of-Failure
HP SmartStart for EVA
configuration utility
Installation and Startup
The EVA family’s redundant architecture and value added software is designed to eliminate single-pointsof-failure from server to storage in clustered or single server configurations with multi-pathing.
The EVA4400 is easily installable in a few to several hours, depending on the complexity of the
configuration, using HP SmartStart configuration utility for EVA Storage. 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, Command View EVAperf, installs Command View EVA on a
Windows Server 2003 management server and helps provision the EVA4400 storage.
Smaller less complex EVA4400 configurations are customer installable with HP SmartStart. For more
complex environments, an Installation & Start-up service is recommended or may be required. HP
recommends the purchase of the following Installation & Startup services:
NOTE:
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:
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
For an EVA4400 into heterogeneous server environments, including installation of controllers, drive
enclosures, disk drives, installation of Command View / SBM and HP's Remote Connectivity Support
Pack (RSP), purchase the EVA4400 Installation and Startup Service - HA114A1#58D.
For factory configured, factory racked EVA orders and when final installation of just the preconfigured EVA hardware at the customer site is required, purchase the Basic I&S service HA113A1#58D.
For factory configured, factory racked EVA orders, without an existing Command View management
server, purchase the Command View Installation and Startup - HA124A1#5AS. This service includes
LUN design and implementation, HP Insight Remote Support software, and customer orientation
training.
For 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.
Customers who have completed the necessary training or who have gained the necessary
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
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Product Highlights
Remote Replication
Solutions
(Software options)
Local Replication
Solutions
(Software options)
HP Continuous Access provides disaster tolerant replication across a Fibre Channel SAN. Continuous Access
EVA performs real-time replication between HP Enterprise Virtual Arrays of the current and earlier
generations. Continuous Access EVA 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, Continuous Access EVA provides 24x7 protections against disaster like
scenarios, in campus, metro or continental networks. Thus, enabling business protection against
unforeseen events. For additional information about Continuous Access EVA 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:
The HP Business Copy is a local replication application for the EVA family. It incorporates Virtually
Capacity-free Snapshot (Vsnaps), standard snapshots and Snapclone capabilities. Business Copy EVA
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 non-disruptive
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.
HP Business Copy EVA and HP Continuous Access EVA comes complete 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 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.
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
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Product Highlights
Application Integration
with Oracle
HP Insight Control
Storage Module for
vCenter
As an option to HP Business Copy EVA, the user can simply replicate an Oracle database. HP Replication
Solutions Manager will provide 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.
HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter is used to reference the stand-alone storage installation
and the storage components within the overall plug-in package
Storage Module for vCenter support for the EVA allows customers who are using the VMware vSphere
management console, vCenter, to monitor and manage the storage associated with VMware virtual
machines. The HP EVA can be added to vCenter, allowing vCenter administrators to list LUN/volume
connections, determine the storage attributes associated with virtual machines, and monitor the arrays.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
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
Monitor the status and health of HP Storage arrays to provide health and status on their EVA
Manage LUN / volume connections from VMs and ESX servers to the arrays provides the location
and attributes of the EVA within the SAN
Identifies what storage features are available to allow administrators to match the features
available on the EVA to their requirements
Supports mixed array environments including EVA, P4300/4500, MSA and/or XP
Storage Module for vCenter is downloadable from Software Depot:
For more information on HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter visit:
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:
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Product Highlights
Application Solutions
The EVA is the ideal solution for customers running Oracle, Microsoft, SAP environments and those
customers who are deploying virtual server technologies like VMware, Hyper-V, and Oracle Virtual
Machine. HP Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA) delivers virtual storage for the midsize customer with
enhanced performance, better capacity utilization, and easier management of on-demand storage
activities.
For customers, one of the greatest concerns is always database performance. With larger LUNS and Solid
State Disk (SSD) built into the HP EVA, 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.
HP has developed an in-depth understanding of Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and VMware technology by
extensive lab-testing best practices with HP EVAs, HP servers, and management software; high availability
and disaster recovery solutions; and backup and recovery on the Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP application
platforms. As a result, our customers can expect a wide range of operational and business benefits where
they can:
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Achieve optimal performance on an Oracle, Microsoft, SAP platforms
Minimize back windows and simplify recovery of their database and/or application
Significantly improve Exchange messaging recovery points and recovery time
Get predictable operational results
Reduce implementation costs and risks
Gain optimum return on Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP investments
EVA with HP Storage
Essentials Storage
Resource Management
Software Suite
To learn more about specific HP Storage Solutions that are built with Oracle, Microsoft and SAP
environments in mind, visit the solution sites supporting each of these applications.
HP Storage for Oracle hyperlink to:
HP Storage for Microsoft hyperlink to:
HP Storage for SAP hyperlink to:
HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Software Suite and HP Storage Essentials
Performance Edition 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 a portfolio of 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.
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Product Highlights
HP Storage Essentials
SRM Performance Pack
Software and EVA
(end-to end EVA SAN
Performance
Management)
HP 12000 Virtual Library
System EVA Gateway
HP Storage Essentials Performance 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 Enterprise Virtual Array. A unified and simplified interface helps
EVA administrators increase efficiency, troubleshoot performance bottlenecks faster, and quickly visualize
the performance of their EVA storage, hosts and SAN infrastructure with real-time monitoring, historical
trend analysis and trend extrapolation.
For more information on HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition Software visit:
Expanding the power of the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA), the HP 12000 Virtual Library System EVA
Gateway accelerates backup performance in complex SAN environments while improving overall
reliability. Integrating seamlessly into existing backup applications and processes by emulating popular
tape libraries and tape drive formats, the HP VLS12000 EVA Gateway matches the existing data protection
environment, removing the need to change backup software or monitoring policies. Additionally, because
the VLS EVA Gateway uses HP EVAs as the storage pool, ease of use is maintained throughout the system.
By emulating multiple tape drives simultaneously, more backup jobs can be done in parallel resulting in
reduced backup times and, because the data resides on disk, single file restores are exceptionally fast.
The HP Virtual Library System EVA Gateway simplifies your SAN environment by providing more virtual
devices and leveraging existing switches and HP EVA infrastructure. The result is the ability to vastly
increase scale yet reduce the complexity of shared storage while maintaining the manageability of the
system. As your environment changes, the HP Virtual Library System EVA Gateway adapts to it - host
masking and mapping ensure that only the appropriate hosts have access to the HP Virtual Library System.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
EVA FCoE/iSCSI
Connectivity
The HP Virtual Library System EVA Gateway offers advanced features such as Automigration which allows
users to move data under the control of the VLS from the VLS storage to tape or another VLS. The VLS EVA
Gateway will also be able to take advantage of data deduplication when that feature is launched in early
2008. For more information on the VLS EVA Gateway, please visit the link below:
EVA4400 FCoE/iSCSI support is available through the MPX200 Multifunction Router (FC/FCoE/iSCSI). This
powerful solution provides connectivity to an EVA4400 utilizing the EVA's existing Fibre Channel
infrastructure.
An EVA with multi-protocol support also provides network storage at reduced infrastructure costs. Small
and medium businesses now have a lower entry point to take advantage of SAN benefits. Large
enterprises may also deploy multi-protocol SANs in departments and remote offices.
The HP MPX200 Multifunction Router extends the FC SAN investment with integrated multi-protocol
support, allowing customers to incorporate iSCSI servers without requiring additional storage arrays or
management costs. The MPX200 offers simultaneous FCoE, iSCSI and Fibre Channel support with 10GbE
and 8Gb/s FC technology, providing modular multi-protocol SAN designs with increased scalability,
stability, ROI and simpler to manage, secure storage solution for virtualized server environments.
MPX200's enterprise-class high-availability design provides dual hot-plug power supplies and router
blades for no single point of failure. MPX200, integrated in same rack, allows customers to connect up to 4
EVA's to a single MPX200, reducing the complexity and cost of iSCSI connectivity to EVA storage arrays.
Key Benefits
:
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For more information and operating system support:
The EVA also supports X Series Network Storage Systems connected as file/print/iSCSI gateways. The HP
X1800, X3400, X3800 Network Storage Systems each feature Microsoft's Windows Storage Server 2008
operating system that includes Microsoft iSCSI Software Target as a standard feature. Microsoft iSCSI
Software Target leverages existing management expertise and inexpensive Ethernet infrastructure to
deliver IP-based block access to an EVA or Fibre Channel SAN. So X Series Network Storage Systems with
iSCSI target functionality not only add file and print services to your EVA investment, but they help you
save even more by enabling tiered (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) block access for application servers.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Delivering SAN-like benefits over the Ethernet IP network, the HP MPX200 Multifunction Router
enables access to block storage across up to 4 EVA storage systems from an Ethernet IP network.
Extend access to FC SANs across Ethernet networks with the virtues of an FC SAN including:
Consolidated storage
Improved disk utilization
Improved IT efficiency
Provides customers a flexible and cost effective way to connect stranded servers to existing Fibre
Channel storage, increasing return on investment. Allows hundreds of servers to be cost effectively
connected to the EVA using FCoE/iSCSI in addition to Fibre Channel.
Unmatched performance: 8 Gbps Fibre Channel, FCoE, 1 GbE and 10 GbE iSCSI connectivity deliver
best in class performance.
FCIP for SAN over WAN:
Data Migration: MPX200 can now enable customers to migrate their data between heterogeneous
storage arrays (offline) Fully integrated EVA and MPX management with Command View EVA
EVA File Services
In addition, any X Series Network Storage Systems are a perfect platform from which to run Command
View EVA. You stretch your investment even further when you host EVA management, file and print
services, and iSCSI connectivity all from the same X Series Network Storage Systems gateway solution.
For more information:
The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services offers scalable file serving performance for medium-sized
customers that cannot afford any downtime for their business-critical applications. The HP 4400 Scalable
NAS File Services is a fully factory configured storage solution that includes an HP Enterprise Virtual Array
4400 (EVA4400) with dual array controllers and 5.4TB of storage, two high performance file serving
nodes, redundant Fibre Channel switches, management and replication software, and support for
Windows or Linux. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services does not have a single point of failure. It allows
customers to transparently increase application throughput far in excess of traditional NAS products and
easily grow storage capacity online without service disruption. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services
offers great total cost of ownership with a low initial purchase price and a shared data architecture that
yields lower management expenses from a single shared pool of file serving nodes and storage
Select ProLiant Storage Servers can be connected to an EVA to add file, print, management, and/or iSCSI
services and boost the value of your array investment. ProLiant DL380 G5 SAN Gateway and SB460c SAN
Gateway Storage Servers are designed to provide highly-available additional data services to an EVA array
http:// www.hp.com/go/X1000
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or SAN, and both feature Microsoft's Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system that
includes a cluster license and Microsoft iSCSI Software Target standard. ProLiant Storage Servers can host
Command View EVA / SBM as well, making them an affordable and flexible way to add functionality and
value to your EVA investment.
For more information:
EVA with HP Systems
Insight Manager Software
HP SIM is the foundation for HP’s unified server-storage strategy - it is packaged as value add software
with EVA, 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://www.docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
http://www.hp.com/go/storageservers
HP and Data Protector
Software
By combining the EVA with Data Protector software, administrators can avoid many of the challenges
associated with virtual server backup:
Server performance degradation as backups impact both the physical server and all of its virtual
machines
Time, effort and risk associated with restoring crash-consistent backups that result from many
current virtual backup methods
The complexity associated with using different tools to back up virtual and physical servers
By providing seamless integration, HP leverages the strengths of both its hardware and software to
provide the most complete and integrated solution for virtual server backup in the industry. Separately,
HP EVA and HP Data Protector solve critical needs that enable customers to achieve the true benefits that
virtualized environments offer, increasing efficiency and lowering costs. Together, HP provides an end to
end solution that is completely automated, managed and controlled from one user interface, for
complete, fast data protection with no impact to the virtual environment. HP is the only vendor providing
this level of automation for VMware or Hyper-V.
Data Protector provides robust support for virtual environments and allows customers to choose any
hypervisor. For VMware and Microsoft virtual environments, the EVA + Data Protector's ZDB/IR offer a
particularly powerful solution. In Hyper-V environments, the Data Protector Zero Downtime Backup agent
creates transportable VSS snapshots which are made available for Instant Recovery. All operations are
performed with zero impact to the Hyper-V host server and virtual machines. For VMware environments,
the ZDB/IR agent first takes a snapshot of data on the virtual machine (VM) and migrates the snapshot to a
proxy host. Backup operations are then performed on the snapshot. ZDB enables customers to instantly
copy data to disk and then, at their convenience, back up that disk copy to tape. This "staged backup"
process enables business applications to stay online 7x24, maintain business-critical application
performance, and protect critical data. These solutions allows administrators to avoid many of the
challenges associated with virtual server backup:
Impact-free backup at all layers
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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.
The EVA4400 provides one of the highest density disk storage solutions in its class of product. The
EVA4400 can be configured in 18U of rack space with eight 2U 12-bay M6412A FC disk enclosures for a
maximum capacity of 96 disk drives and a maximum storage capacity of 96 TB of disk capacity. The
EVA4400 supports the HP 10000 G2 series racks.
The EVA supports 72 GB, 200 GB, and 400 GB dual ported fibre channel enterprise solid state drives (SSDs).
The EVA arrays support mixed drive types (SSDs, high performance, and FATA) within an enclosure. The
solid state drives require their own disk group. The minimum number of SSDs supported is 6 and the
maximum is 8 per array.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
No load on the servers or VMs
Instantaneous recovery of all application data
Manage everything from one, easy-to-use interface, without scripts or 3rd party utilities
10K rpm Drive Support
15K rpm Drive Support
NOTE:
SSD are supported with Vraid 1 and Vraid 5 only. SSDs are supported with Business Copy EVA, but
are not currently supported with Continuous Access EVA.
The EVA supports the 300GB, 450GB, and 600GB reduced power 10K rpm dual-ported 4 Gb/s FC disk
drives. The EVA4400 supports up to 96 disk drives. The EVA4400 array supports single or mixed drive
capacities and types (SSDs, high performance, and FATA) within an enclosure. HP recommends using the
same drive type (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 Fibre
Channel drives are required in a configuration using high performance drives.
The EVA also supports 300GB, 450GB, and 600GB 15K rpm dual-ported 4 Gb/s FC disk drives. The EVA
arrays support single or mixed drive capacities and types (SSDs, high performance and FATA) within an
enclosure. HP recommends using the same drive type (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 Fibre Channel drives are required in a configuration using high performance drives.
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FATA Drive Support
Fibre Channel Technology
The EVA supports 1TB and 2TB dual ported 4 Gb/s Fibre Attached Technology Adapted (FATA) disks. An
EVA will support a full configuration of FATA disk drives. The EVA4400 Starter Kits and the EVA4400 can be
configured with any combination of FATA and high performance disk drives; total raw capacity will vary
based upon the redundancy (Vraid) selected. A minimum of eight FATA drives are required in a
configuration using FATA drives.
FATA drives are designed for lower duty cycle applications such as near on-line data replication for backup. These drives should not be used as a replacement for EVA high performance, standard duty cycle, Fibre
Channel drives. Doing so could shorten the life of the drive.
FATA drives are not recommended in Continuous Access applications as the remote storage location for
local data residing on standard higher speed disk drives. Continuous Access tends to perform fairly high
duty cycle random writes to the remote disk array. Matching remote FATA drives with local FC drives will
impact the performance of your application, and will adversely impact the reliability of the FATA drives.
The EVA4400 models are 4Gb/s FC Switched Fabric enabled and are compatible with 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s or 2Gb/s
FC Switched Fabric SANs with XCS v10.0. They can co-exist in the same FC SAN with EVA3000/5000 or
EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 FC storage solutions and many other SAN devices. The EVA4400 with embedded
switch model is 8Gb/s FC ready. The embedded switch is an 8Gb/s, 10 port B-series SAN switch for a total
of 20 ports per controller enclosure.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Transfer Speeds
Easy Installation
The EVA4400 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 @ 1 Gb/s; 300 meters @ 2 Gb/s using short wave multi-mode, 150 meters @ 4 Gb/s and
up to 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) @ 1 Gb/s when using long wave cable. Storage Area Networks (SANs) can
be constructed using FC switches/directors for fabric connectivity. HP SAN 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:
The EVA4400 Starter Kits and EVA4400 have two FC host ports per HSV300 or HSV300-S controller; four
for a controller pair. Each controller-to-host interface is 4 Gb/s. The HSV300 and HSV300-S controllers are
compatible with 2 Gb/s and 4 Gb/s FC switches (if required), HBAs, servers and other storage solutions.
Each EVA controller pair interfaces with the M6412A drive enclosures. With 2 device ports per controller
and dual FC I/O modules per drive enclosure, each controller has two connections to each FC drive A and B
port. So each controller has a redundant path to each drive.
The EVA4400 can ship from the factory fully configured. After unpacking, it can be plugged into power
sources, connected to the FC SAN, enabled and configured using HP SmartStart for EVA Storage and
Command View EVA and it is ready for use. Installation and start-up services are not required but are
available separately.
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High Availability/ Fault
Tolerance/
Hot pluggable support
All EVA4400s are configured with dual HSV controllers that operate in a redundant mode. Each EVA4400
controller has two FC device ports. For EVA4400, 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 software or in
Secure Path software.
On the EVA4400, each port connects to one FC I/O module on a drive enclosure. Up to eight drive
enclosures can be connected in a FC loop arrangement with a controller pair and connect to one port of up
to 96 drives. With the two FC ports per controller, each controller can connect to both ports on up to 96
disk drives for redundant paths to all 96 drives.
The HSV300 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 M6412 FC drive enclosure has dual redundant hot plug FC I/O modules that allow the controllers to
distribute I/Os between the two modules and provides redundant paths should either FC 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 module in the enclosure
and monitors and reports the condition of the power supplies and fans.
The FC and FATA disk drives have dual FC ports which can be redundantly accessed by each controller. The
drives are hot plug. The drives can be configured, using redundant Vraid1 or Vraid5 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 Vraid1 or Vraid5 protection using the virtual spare.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
EVA Manageability
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 and 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.
The EVA4400 with embedded switch model also includes two 10 port 8Gb/s FC SAN B-series switches.
HP Command View EVA provides the capability to manage the EVA Array family in a SAN or direct connect
Fibre Channel host attach configuration. HP Command View EVA software runs on a variety of server
configurations using Windows Server 2003. HP X1800, X3400, X3800 Network Storage Systems are the
perfect platforms from which to run Command View EVA. HP Network Storage Systems allow you to
stretch your investment by combining EVA management, file and print services, and iSCSI connectivity all
on the same platform.
The powerful Command View EVA 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 provide an audit trail. The
Command View EVA media kits and license are required with all EVA models. HP Command View EVA
requires a License to use (LTUs) equal to, or greater than the total raw capacity of each array.
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Performance
Scalability
Fibre Channel host connections provide up to 400MB/s bandwidth for each path. Dual mirrored port write
caching capability, with battery backed cache, maintains optimal availability while assuring data integrity
in the event of a failure.
Each HSV300 controller has two Fibre Channel host ports (four ports in a redundant pair of controllers)
assuring the availability of bandwidth for the most demanding applications. For the Embedded Switch
controllers, the host ports are connected internally to the embedded switches and are not available
externally. Twenty 8Gb/s SAN ports are available externally for SAN connections.
In addition, up to 4GB of cache per controller pair ensures high performance.
A storage management server can manage up to 16 EVA controller pairs (EVA4400, EVA3000s, EVA5000s,
EVA4x00s, EVA6x00s and/or EVA8x00s) in any one fabric. An EVA4400 controller pair will support up to
256 multi-path host connections (up to 1024 HBAs).
The EVA4400 will scale up to 96 disks (96TB using 1TB FATA disk drives, and 57.6TB using 600 GB high
performance disk drives).
Configure to Order (CTO) options and the HP 10000 G2 Series Racks allow even greater server and device
integration, flexibility and scalability for the EVA4400. Data center managers can customize server,
storage and back-up configurations as well as using the residual cabinet U space to mount management
servers, switches and have the peace of mind that it is built with HP factory precision manufacturing.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
EVA as Virtualized
Storage behind the P9500
and XP
HP EVA4400 disk arrays can be connected as external storage devices behind the HP P9500 and XP family
of disk arrays.
The P9500/XP24000/XP20000 simplifies the management of heterogeneous SAN environments through
its ability to support up to 255PB/ 247 PB/ 96 PB respectively of external storage-all configured 'behind' a
single P9500/XP. P9000/XP External Storage software uses advanced virtualization technology to allow
storage administrators to host P9500/XP Disk Array LUNs on externally attached disk arrays. Any Fibre
Channel port from any CHA pair installed in any slot can be used to connect to external storage.
Instead of seeing a confusing collection of dissimilar arrays, host systems perceive all the data to be
stored inside the P9500/XP disk array. In effect, the P9500/XP becomes the storage controller for a
flexible, multi-tiered collection of storage with a range of cost and performance capabilities. By
configuring current or legacy storage systems behind a single P9500/XP24000/XP20000, data can be
moved back and forth dynamically across tiers, all of which is invisible to the applications.
The P9500/XP virtualization feature also reduces the total cost of storage ownership by:
Exploiting common storage management across multiple vendors' systems
Easily deploying a dual-vendor policy
Facilitating simpler and lower cost data migrations
Increasing storage utilization
Extending the life of legacy storage
For more information please refer to the XP24000/20000 External Storage web page at:
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Servers Supported –
Single and Clustered
EVA Required Software
HP servers (HP-UX, ProLiant, ProLiant Storage Servers, AlphaServers)
X86 servers
Dell servers
Sun servers
IBM servers
Apple XsApple Servers (PowerPC and Intel)
Fujitsu Siemens & Primergy Servers (Bx6x0, Rx and Tx)
HP EVA4400 ships with XCS v10.0xx factory installed on new EVAs. XCS v10.0xx also supports the
EVA6400/8400. The base XCS License to use for the EVA is contained in the hardware shipment.
XCS v10.0 controller media download is available from HP.com. These downloads are available for
upgrades of existing EVA4400 or as archival media for the EVA6400/8400. The EVA Release Notes and
Upgrading Product software Guide are also available from the same location.
NOTE:
requirements of all installed Array Integrated Software completely before upgrading. Downgrading the
EVA4400 from XCS 10.0xx to v9.5xx is not supported.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Review the Release Notes and Upgrading Product Software documentation and compatibility
HP Storage Management
Pack for Microsoft
System Center
XCS is available for download at the "software & drivers" link:
HP Command View EVA is required software for the EVA4400. HP Command View EVA requires a License to
use (LTUs) equal to, or greater than the total raw capacity of each array.
Install and configure Command View / SBM and the EVA 4400 with HP SmartStart for EVA Storage. Order
this media kit when ordering an EVA4400.
The HP Management Pack for Systems Center Operations Manager provides seamless integration with
Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager and now System Center Essentials by integrating
predefined discovery and state monitoring policies, event processing rules and tasks, and diagram and
topology views for the storage system.
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Product Highlights
EVA Software Selector
HP Command
View EVA
HP SmartStart
HP Business
Copy EVA
HP Continuous
Access EVA
Dynamic
Capacity
Manager
HP Storage
Essentials Suite
(Heterogeneous,
multivendor)
HP Storage
Essentials
Performance
Edition Software
HP Data
Protector
HP Systems
Insight Manager
HP Storage
Mirroring
EVA Device and
Configuration
Management
infrastructure,
In-context launch
of CV EVA, SAN
asset, config.,
The following matrix will assist in identifying some of the complementary HP software products can be
used along with the EVA to support various business applications. Please see your Sales Representative, or
go to:
Just click on the product name and you will be linked to the product specification URL.
X (Required)
X
X
X
End to end
provisioning
(hosts,
storage)
Discovery,
topology
discovery,
monitoring,
security
http://www.hp.com
Backup
Solutions
X
X
End to end
backup
monitoring/
reporting
XX
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
for more information on these valuable HP software products.
Business
Continuity/
Local
Mirroring
Disaster
Recovery/
Remote
Mirroring
X
X
Storage
Resource
Management
X
Discovery,
topology,
monitoring,
events,
applications,
NAS/SAN, File
monitoring,
reporting,
Performance,
monitor host
clusters
X
Discovery,
topology, EVA
performance
Unified
Server and
Storage
Management
monitor applications
and associated
storage/infrastructure
(Oracle, Microsoft
Exchange Server,
Sybase, Microsoft
SQL, InterSystems
Cache' database and
XX
(Oracle, Exchange,
DB2, Informix, MS
X
(Included
with EVA)
Application
Integration
X
X
SAP ACC)
SQL)
X
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Product Highlights
HP Storage
Management
Pack for
Microsoft
System Center
X
EVA and Value-added Software Compatibility
Model
EVA4400
*HP Command View EVA is required software. HP Command View EVA requires a License to use (LTUs) equal to or greater than the total
raw capacity of each array. If the EVA does not have the proper licensed capacity it will be in violation of the End User License Agreement
(EULA).
**HP Continuous Access EVA and HP Business Copy EVA requires a License to use (LTUs) equal to or greater than the total usable
amount of data being replicated on each array. If the EVA does not have the proper licensed capacity it will be in violation of the End
User License Agreement (EULA).
***HP Replication Solutions Manager Software provides a powerfully simple graphical user interface (GUI) to create, manage and
configure local and remote replication on the entire EVA family. The RSM Software provides a centralized management interface that
integrates with HP Business Copy EVA Software and HP Continuous Access EVA Software for local and remote replication, resulting in a
unique, cost effective disaster recovery solution.
****Command View v9.4 or later is required to support the MPX200.
XCS Software
XCS v10.0xx
HP Command View
EVA
*
Command View EVA
v9.4
****
HP Continuous
Access EVA
Continuous Access
EVA
**
HP Business Copy
EVA
**
Business Copy EVA
HP Replication
Solution Manager
(RSM)
***
Replication Solution
Manager v 5.0
Operating Systems, Cluster and High Availability Compatibility
Operating System
Microsoft Windows
2003 32-bit
Microsoft Windows
2003 x64
Microsoft Windows
2003 IA64
Microsoft Windows 2008
32-bit, x64
Including Hyper-V
Microsoft Windows 2008
IA64
HP-UX
*
*
All Editions See SPOCK for
details
All Editions See SPOCK for
details
All Editions See SPOCK for
details
All Editions See SPOCK for
details
All Editions See SPOCK for
details
Versions Supported
SP1, R2; SP2
SP1, R2; SP2
SP1; SP2 ; R2
SP1, SP2, R2
SP1, SP2, R2
11i v1 (PA-RISC)
11i v2 (PA-RISC & Integrity)
Cluster Server or
High Availability
Software
Microsoft Cluster
Server
(MSCS ) (2003)
Microsoft Failover
Clusters
(MFCS ) (2008)
Veritas Storage
Foundation & HA
Solutions for
Windows
HP ServiceGuard
HA Versions
Supported
Windows Server
2003
Windows Server
2008
See SPOCK for
details
11.16
11.17
Failover Software
Full featured MPIO,
v3.02/V4.00
available from HP
(2003, 2008)
Microsoft DSM from
Microsoft (2008)
See SPOCK for
details
HP-UX 11.iv3 has OS
native multi-path,
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Product Highlights
Linux
(Includes Open Enterprise Server Linux)
SUSE/SLES10 (IA32, IA64 & x64)- SP1, 2 &
(Includes Open Enterprise Server Linux)
Apple Mac OS X
HP OpenVMS
Sun Solaris
IBM AIX
VMware
Xen
11i v3 (PA-RISC & Integrity)
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 4.7, 4.8
(IA32, IA64 & x64)
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 5.3, 5.4
(IA32, IA64 & x64)
SUSE/SLES9 (IA32, IA64 & x64)- SP4
3 (Includes Open Enterprise Server
Linux)
SUSE/SLES11 (IA32, IA64 & x64)-
Oracle Enterprise Linux V4, 5
10.5
10.6
Alpha: 7.3-2, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Integrity/Itanium: 8.3, 8.3-1H1, 8.4
9 (SPARC)
10 (Proliant, SPARC, x64 & x86)
5.2
5.3
6.1
ESX Server 3.0.x, 3.5 and 4.0
Citrix XenServer V4.1, 5.0 and 5.5
RHEL Virtualization V5.2
Oracle Virtual Machine
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Xen
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Veritas Storage
Foundation & HA
Solutions
HP ServiceGuard for
Linux
Veritas Storage
Foundation & HA
Solutions RedHat
Cluster Services
Novell HA
Extensions
N/AN/A
HP OpenVMS
Clusters
SunCluster
Veritas Storage
Foundation & HA
Solutions
HACMP
Veritas Storage
Foundation & HA
Solutions
MSCS Clustering
Citrix
HP ServiceGuard for
Linux (RHEL and
Oracle Virtual
Machine)
11.18
11.19
11.18
See SPOCK for
versions
7.3-2
8.2
8.2-1
8.3
8.3-1h1
8.4
3.2
See SPOCK for
versions
Native in OS
See SPOCK for
versions
See SPOCK for
versions
V5.0
SGLX 11.18
pvlinks native in
HP-UX and Veritas
DMP
QLogic Failover
driver, available
from HP, Emulex
MultiPulse
available from HP
(RHEL 4.7 and 4.8
)and Device Mapper
v4.4.0 Enablement
Kit from HP
ATTO FC HBA driver
Native in OS
MPxIO for Solaris,
Native in OS
Veritas DMP 5.0
MPIO for IBM AIX,
Native in OS
Veritas DMP 5.0
See SPOCK for
versions
See SPOCK for Guest
OS support
Native Device
Mapper MPIO (Citrix
and RHEL)
*For more specific information on supported versions see the OS support matrix at:
**For more detailed information on Cluster Server Support see the VMware Release Notes
***Follows initial release, check posted Operating Specific Release Notes or software documentation for support.
**** For more specific information on supported versions check posted Operating Specific Release Notes or software documentation for
support
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Product Highlights
Racking Guidelines and
Power Distribution
Power Distribution Units (PDUs) are configured according to the voltage used in the country when the
solution is ordered. These PDUs provide redundant power. They are located in the bottom and back of the
cabinet, taking 1U of rack space.
For the EVA4400, a variety of HP 10000 G2 Series Rack offerings and integration options are available. The
EVA configurator tools utilize a 42U HP 10000 G2 Series Rack as the standard recommendation and will
provide a 200 - 240V PDU and country specific power cords. However, the EVA4400 configurations can be
customized to meet a wide variety of customer needs. The height, width (including the 800mm wide rack)
and types of rack and PDUs can be modified based upon the specific customer need. If other devices, such
as servers, switches or back-up devices are to be installed with the EVA, this can be specified and the
cabinets and PDUs can be modified to support the configuration. The EVA4400 also supports 22U and 36U
racks. The 47U rack is also supported, but not factory configured, because of the cabinet height, which
creates shipping difficulties. It must be assembled on site.
For more information on the HP rack offerings, please see the following URL:
Other PDUs, besides the 200 - 240 V single-phase default PDU, are also supported. This includes 100 - 127
volt single-phase, 200 - 240 volt three-phase, and 380 - 415 volt three-phase PDUs. Monitored PDUs are
also supported.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Total Cost of Ownership
For more information on PDU support, please see the following URL:
When installing the EVA Enclosures in extended depth racks (AF091A, AF092A, AF094A, or AF097A), 1 each
of the longer Power Jumper Cord listed is required for each EVA Controller or Drive Enclosure on the order.
NOTE:
When adding additional devices to existing racks ensure that the installed PDUs will support the
new power requirements.
NOTE:
The EVA does not support communication with an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) device.
However, an EVA can be used with a UPS to extend the cache hold-up time of the EVA past the 96 hours
provided by the cache batteries. The EVA Power Calculator will allow customers to approximate the
electrical load for a given EVA configuration for facilities planning purposes and UPS sizing.
The unique virtual architecture allows up to twice the normal effective capacity utilization of traditionally
architected storage offerings. And with Virtually Capacity-Free Snapshot (Vsnap), significant duplicate
capacity requirements can be eliminated resulting in fewer/smaller storage acquisitions.
The EVA has one of the highest density disk storage solutions in the industry. Additionally, the unique
virtual architecture allows up to twice the normal effective capacity utilization of traditionally architected
storage offerings. And with the virtually Capacity-Free Snapshot (Vsnap), FATA disk drives and the ability
to change Vraid types, significant amount of duplicate capacity requirements can be eliminated, resulting
in fewer/smaller storage acquisitions.
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Warranty and Services
Included with the Product
The EVA4400 comes with a 3-year HP's Global Limited Warranty and Technical Support, which includes 3
years 9x5 hardware support, with next business day (NBD) response.
HP's warranty and support features:
The EVA Fibre Channel Disk Drive warranty is 3 years, parts only.
Online Support
HP online support capabilities include a variety of self-help tools, troubleshooting assistance, and access
to the patch database, firmware/software update packages and documentation. Register with the HP
Business Support Center and the IT Resource Center to receive product specific and proactive notifications
for the EVA4400. For more information go to:
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Online Business Support Center and IT Resource Center
Remote Support
Technical Phone Support
Customer Self Repair (see list below)
Software Limited Warranty
On-site Warranty Service
www.hp.com/support
or:
www.itrc.hp.com
.
Remote Support
HP designed the EVA4400 with support capability to facilitate remote monitoring and email notification of
array errors/events. To take full advantage of HP's remote support solutions and maximize the service
delivery experience, these features must be enabled at time of installation. Additional fault monitoring
software is included in the EVA software media kit.
Technical Phone Support
24x7 telephone technical support is available to assist with Hardware warranty related troubleshooting
and issue resolution. Call HP warranty support: 1-800-474-6836. Qualified technical resources will be your
first point of contact to assist with your service request.
Customer Self Repair
HP designed the EVA4400 to enable the highest degree of Customer Self Repair and parts replacements.
This feature enables maximum support flexibility, while minimizing unit down time. Customer Self Repair
parts come with step by step instructions with additional assistance available online or by phone.
Required Customer Self-Repair (Replacement) Parts List:
Hard disk drives with drive firmware code load.
Controller enclosure power supply.
Controller enclosure fan.
Controller management module
Controller cache battery
Disk enclosure power supply.
Disk enclosure fan.
Bezels.
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Part replacement videos can be viewed at:
EVA Disk Arrays, then HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array, then the particular resource needed.
Software Warranty
If the removable HP Software media on which HP distributes the software proves to be defective in
materials or workmanship within 90-days of purchase, return the media to HP for replacement.
On-site Warranty Service
The HP EVA4400 comes with 3 year on-site warranty support, for those service events not remedied either
remotely or through use of customer self-repair replaceable parts. On-site service is made available at
HP's discretion and scheduled during standard office hours.
For more information about HP's Global Limited Warranty and Technical Support, visit:
HP Care Pack Services. Packaged server and storage services for increased uptime, productivity and ROI.
When you buy HP server and storage products and solutions, it's also a good time to think about what levels of support you may need.
Our portfolio of service options reduce deployment and management worries while helping you get the most out of your server and
storage investments. We take a holistic approach to your environment, bridging servers, blades, storage, software and network
infrastructures with our packaged HP Care Pack Services for servers and storage.
Protect your business beyond the warranty
When it comes to robustness and reliability, standard computing equipment warranties have matured along with technology. Good
news that can also create problems stemming from depending on standard warranties designed to only protect against product
defects and some downtime causes. Using a standard approach to warranty uplifts, such as HP Care Pack Services, helps reduce
downtime risks and provides operational consistency for mission-critical and standard business computing.
HP Care Pack Services: Upgrading or extending standard server and storage warranties cost effectively
HP Care Pack Services offer a standard reactive hardware and software support services suite sold separately, or combined with our
Support Plus and Support Plus 24 services. The portfolio also provides a combination of integrated proactive and reactive services,
such as Proactive 24 Service and Critical Service. In addition with HP Proactive Select, you can acquire the specific proactive constancy
and technical services. HP Proactive Select menu offers a broad set of service options that you can mix and match depending on your
specific requirements. Proactive service options include offers for server, storage, network, SAN device, software, environment and
education services.
HP server and storage lifecycle support services offers a full spectrum of customer care-from technology support to complex
migrations to complete managed services. HP Factory Express provides customization, integration and deployment services for
turnkey solutions. HP Education Services offer flexible, comprehensive training on to help your IT staff get the most out of your server
and storage investments. HP Financial solutions extend innovative financing and cost-effective asset management programs-from
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purchase to equipment retirement.
Learn more:
NOTE:
HP Care Pack Services are sold by HP and HP Authorized Service Partners:
Recommended HP Care Pack Services for optimal satisfaction with your HP product.
3-Year HP Support Plus 24
HP EVA 4400 Disk Array
Installation and Startup
Service
HP Proactive Select
Service
www.hp.com/services/servers
Care Pack Services availability may vary by product and country.
Services for customers purchasing from HP or an enterprise reseller are quoted using HP order configuration tools.
Customers purchasing from a commercial reseller can find HP Care Pack Services at
http://www.hp.com/go/lookuptool
For a higher return on your server and storage investment, HP Support Plus 24 provides integrated
hardware and software support services designed specifically for your technology. Available 24x7, this 3year combined reactive support option delivers onsite hardware support and over-the-phone software
support around-the-clock. Leverage the full strength of HP Technology Services - customers can trust the
services professionals at HP to work collaboratively with them, putting our strategic and technical knowhow to work across their entire infrastructure.
Improve uptime with responsive hardware and software services
Enjoy consistent service coverage across geographically dispersed sites
Update HP software at a predictable cost
Increase customer satisfaction-with no interoperability gaps
For an efficient start, HP EVA 4400 Disk Array Installation and Startup Service - provides deployment of
your EVA 4400 Disk Array, Command View EVA and remote support tools into your storage environment to
help get you up and running quickly. In today's new era of business technology, technology must produce
thousands of business outcomes. Today's HP Technology Services portfolio helps customers manage their
technology in action-because when technology works, business works.
Installation and startup by an HP technical specialist
Availability of an HP service specialist to answer basic questions during delivery
Delivery of the service at a mutually convenient scheduled time
Verification prior to installation that all service prerequisites are met
HP Proactive Select Service improves your IT performance and manageability through the use of cost
effective flexible services. HP provides technical expertise and best practices to accelerate ROI of your
technology investment. Selectable proactive services span a wide range of technology and process
services - a flexible way to purchase proactive services that fit your particular environment and situation.
and
www.hp.com/services/storage
HP Proactive Select Service is technology agnostic and purchased in addition to your choice of underlying
reactive support.
Access to a list of flexible and customizable proactive service activities
Enhance customers' in-house IT team with complementary assistance from HP
Improved time to solution
Reduce business risk and project costs by accessing HP specialists
Simplify IT operational procedures by leveraging HP best practices
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Optional HP Care Pack Services that will enhance your HP product experience.
HP Entry Storage Data
Migration Service for
Windows
HP Performance Analysis
for the XP/P9000/EVA
Disk Arrays
For customers who need to safely migrate Windows data within their TCP/IP networks with minimal
impact to their operations:
You have a need to migrate data between Windows servers within your TCP/IP network. Or you have a
need to migrate storage for your Windows servers. Or both. And you need to accomplish these migrations
efficiently while minimizing risk at the same time.
HP Entry Storage Data Migration Service for Windows offers you a cost competitive and convenient way to
accommodate data migration triggered by a need to refresh or consolidate storage, or to create different
storage tiers. This service offers a migration cost in line with the costs of storage products in small and
medium-sized storage environments. The service is delivered via a skilled HP service specialist with special
consideration for data availability, integrity, and ongoing operational performance during the transfer
process.
For customers who need to increase performance, stability and availability of their XP/P9000/EVA arrays:
Enhancing the return on your HP Disk Array investment requires informed configuration and management
decision-making. That, in turn, calls for an in-depth understanding of the performance level your array is
delivering. HP's experienced storage specialists can help.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Capitalize on HP Services XP/P9000/EVA knowledge and know-how.
HP Performance Analysis for the XP/EVA Disk Arrays provides automated data collection, detailed I/O
analysis, and expert recommendations for throughput enhancement. It offers a quick, convenient way to:
Increase XP/P9000/EVA performance, stability, and availability by identifying potential bottlenecks
and effective solutions for avoiding them
Establish a baseline for future performance analysis and change management
Make sound proactive decisions on XP/P9000/EVA system capacity planning
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eSupport
Customer Technical
Training
HP eSupport is a portfolio of technology-based services that assist you with managing your business
environment - from the desktop to the data center.
Support Portal
The HP support portal provides one-stop access to the information, tools and services you need to
manage the daily operations of your IT environment.
Features include
Access to certain features of the support portal requires an HP service agreement. To access the support
portal, visit:
HP Education Services
In today's cost-conscious business environment, IT professionals, developers, consultants and users face
an interesting challenge: how to keep up with the latest technologies and expand important skills while
delivering profitable results on current projects. To help address this challenge, HP offers innovative
training solutions that help keep you up-to-date on virtualization, server, storage, Insight Control, Citrix,
Microsoft® and open source/Linux-related topics-while spending less time away from business-critical
activities.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
:
Access to self-solve tools (including search technical knowledge base)
Efficient logging and tracking of support cases
Collaboration with other business and IT professionals
Download of patches and drivers
Access to diagnostic tools
Proactive notification of relevant information
http://www.hp.com/support
HP Services Awards
Additional Services
Information
HP Technology Services continues to be recognized for service and support excellence by customers,
partners, industry organizations and publications around the world. Recent honors and award reflect our
services team's dedications, technical expertise, professionalism and uncompromising commitment to
customer satisfaction.
To learn more on HP ProLiant servers, HP BladeSystem servers and HP storage products, please contact
your HP sales representative or HP Authorized Channel Partner. Or visit:
www.hp.com/services/bladesystem
or
http://www.hp.com/services/storage
www.hp.com/services/proliant
or
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M6412A FC Drive
Enclosures & Accessories
Expansion Options
HP M6412A Fibre Channel Drive Enclosure
Select up to eight M6412A drive enclosures to expand EVA4400 configurations. Drive
enclosures may be:
NOTE:
Hazardous Substance) requirements. The M6412 met an earlier version of the RoHS
requirements. They are functionally equivalent otherwise.
NOTE:
required per EVA4400 when using those drive types; a minimum of 6 Solid State Drives
are required per EVA4400 when using those drive types.
Additional M6412A drive enclosures (AG638A) can be ordered to expand an EVA4400
configuration.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
1.
Ordered for on-site capacity additions to existing EVA4400 configurations.
2.
Ordered for field installation of complete EVA4400 configurations in conjunction
with the EVA4400 Starter Kits.
3.
This drive enclosure is compatible with EVA4400/EVA6400/EVA8400 arrays only.
Up to eight drive enclosures are supported with each pair of HSV300 or HSV300-
S controllers. The M6412A is a 2U dual-redundant FC Loop 12-bay disk enclosure
with mounting hardware, and the necessary copper FC cables for connecting to
an HSV300 or HSV300-S Controller pair.
The M6412A drive enclosure meets the very latest RoHS (Restriction of
A minimum of 8 disk drives per Fibre Channel type or FATA drive type are
AG638B
1.
Ordered for on-site capacity additions to existing EVA4400 configurations.
2.
Ordered for field installation of complete EVA4400 configurations in conjunction
with the EVA4400 Starter Kits into the supported HP cabinets and racks
described in Step 3 or into qualified 3rd party rack systems by HP Global
Services.
Up to eight drive enclosures are supported with each pair of HSV300 controllers. The
M6412A is a 2U dual-redundant FC Loop 12-bay disk enclosure with mounting
hardware, and the necessary copper FC cables for connecting to an HSV300 Controller
pair.
Order additional hard disk drives using the SKU's listed in Step 5. The EVA4400 supports
up to 96 hard disk drives.
NOTE:
Minimum of 8 disk drives per Fibre Channel or FATA drive types per EVA4400.
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Firmware and Management Software
Controller Firmware and
Installation and
Management Software
HP EVA4400 is factory installed with XCS v10.0xx. Media kits and licenses are required to support HP
Command View EVA, HP Continuous Access EVA and HP Business Copy EVA. EVA4400 Starter Kits contain
(1) Command View EVA unlimited license for EVA4400.
HP EVA4400 XCS v10.0xx controller media download is available from HP.com. These downloads are
available as archival media for the EVA4400 from the following link:
HP Command View EVA / SBM v10.0 or / ABM v9.4 or v10.0 supports the EVA4400 and XCS v10.0xx. An HP
Command View License-to-Use (LTU) must be purchased for each EVA controller pair. Each HP EVA must
be licensed with the appropriate HP Command View LTU(s) to be in compliance with the End User License
Agreement (EULA) and the Command View license monitoring function.
The Command View licensed capacity per EVA must be equal to, or greater than the total raw capacity of
each EVA. HP Command View EVA may be purchased in increments of a 1TB LTU (one or multiple 1TB LTUs
based upon the EVA's raw capacity), or an HP Command View Unlimited Capacity LTU may be purchased
which will support up to the maximum raw storage capacity of the EVA. The license to use requirements
are the same whether using Command View EVA SBM and/or ABM. One license applies to both.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
HP SmartStart for EVA
configuration utility
OPTIONAL SOFTWARE
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.html
Install and configure the EVA4400 using HP SmartStart for EVA Storage configuration utility, which runs on
Windows Server systems. This software installs necessary drivers on Windows Server 2003 and 2008
application servers and Command View EVA / SBM v9.4 or v10.0 on a Windows Server 2003 management
server, as well as provisions the storage. During installation, click to accept the terms of the HP
SmartStart for EVA* Storage configuration utility End User License Agreement (EULA). No separately
orderable LTU is required for HP SmartStart for EVA Storage.
: EVA4400 optional software can be found at the following URL:
Hard Disk Drives
Drives can be added when additional capacity is required. Use these SKUs whenever ordering hard disk drives for the EVA 4400, when
adding additional capacity. Note that these SKUs apply ONLY to the EVA4400/EVA6400/EVA8400 and can't be used with other EVA
models.
HP FC
and FATA Drives
NOTE:
A minimum of eight (8) high performance FC or FATA or 6 solid state drives are
required per EVA4400.
HP StorageWorks EVA M6412A 200GB 4Gb Fibre Channel 2-port Solid State Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA M6412A 400GB 4Gb Fibre Channel 2-port Solid State Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA M6412A 450GB 10K Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA M6412A 600GB 10K Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA M6412A 300GB 15K Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA M6412A 450GB 15K Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA M6412A 600GB 15K Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA M6412A 1TB FATA Hard Disk Drive
AW571A
AW572A
AP731B
AP732B
AG690B
AG803B
AJ872B
AG691B
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HP EVA M6412A 2TB FATA Fibre Channel Dual Port Hard Disk Drive
NOTE:
appropriate.
*Controller Firmware XCS 10.0xx or later is required to support the 2TB FATA drive.
** The EVA4400 has a maximum addressability limit of 132TB. 2TB drives, or 2TB drives
and other capacity drives, can exceed this addressability limit. With 2TB drives alone,
using Vraid 5, with 80% efficiency, 82 drives can be supported. With 2TB drives, using
Vraid 6, with 66% efficiency, a maximum array of 96 drives can be supported. With 2TB
drives, using Vraid 0,
a maximum of 66 drives can be supported.
Disk drive Bulk
Pack shipping
Bulk Pack Shipping Option
Customers ordering disk drives that are not factory configured have the option of
getting the drives shipped in a bulk pack package in quantities of 10 drives per package.
NOTE:
bulk pack. One bulk pack must be ordered for each 10 drives. The drive part numbers
must be entered directly after the bulk pack part number. 0D1 will appear after the disk
drive part number to indicate that the drives are linked to the bulk pack. The bulk pack
shipping option is for the Americas and APJ regions only.
NOTE:
individual drive shipping packages.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
* **
0D1 will appear after this part number to indicate factory integration where
which is strongly recommended not be used with FATA drives,
All drives ordered with a disk drive bulk pack option must be the same type per
Quantities of disk drives ordered that are not multiples of 10 will be shipped in
,
BV898A
519137-B21
(Americas & APJ
only)
Cables and SFPs
HP EVA Loopback
Connector
FC cable – Copper SFP
SFPs
8 Gb/s SFP
(Small Form- Factor Profile
Transceiver)
HP EVA Loopback Connector
Contains one Loopback connector. The loopback connector is used when an EVA host
port is not cabled to a switch or HBA (for direct connect).
NOTE:
All EVA host ports must be filled with either a cable or loopback connector.
The following cables are used with the M6412 drive enclosure but are not necessary for
new installations. These cables are for use inside the cab between the controllers and
drive enclosures if replacement cables are required
Cable FC Copper SFP 0 .6m
Cable FC Copper SFP 2m
The EVA4400 controllers without embedded switches come with 4Gb SFPs in each FC
port. The EVA4400 controllers with embedded switches come with 8Gb SFPs in each FC
port.
The following tables show the distances available with various cables and transceivers.
HP 8Gb Shortwave B-series FC SFP+ 1 Pack for use with EVA4400 embedded switch
model
Distance - Maximum
8Gb performance
OM2 CableOM3 Cable
50 meters
150 meters150 meters
PremierFlex Cable
AJ706A
321624-B21
324394-B21
AJ716A
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4Gb performance
2Gb performance
4 Gb/s SFP
(Small Form- Factor Profile
Transceiver
FC Cables
PremierFlex OM4
FC cables
(LC to LC)
PremierFlex OM3+
FC cables (optional)
(LC to LC)
FC cable - OM3
LC-LC type cables
FC cable - OM2
LC-LC type cables
)
HP 4Gb Shortwave B-series FC SFP 1 Pack for use with EVA4400 without embedded
switch model.
Distance - Maximum
4Gb performance
2Gb performance
NOTE:
Before selecting the FC cables to connect between the controllers and the
switches, check to see what kind of connectors are on the switches that will be
connected to the controllers. The SFP connector can support 8Gb I/Os, 4Gb I/Os, 2Gb
I/Os and/or 1Gb I/Os.
NOTE:
One of these cables (either LC to SC or LC to LC) or an EVA Loopback connector is
required per FC port of each HSV controller.
Premierflex OM3+ cables are still supported, but are no longer sold.
NOTE:
SFP - Small Form-Factor Profile on the ports of the EVA4x00/6x00/8x00. One of
these cables (LC to LC) is required per FC port used of each HSV controller.
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FC cable - 1 Gb to 2 Gb/s
(optional)
(LC to SC)
Optional Software
Remote Replication
Software
Local Replication
Software
Capacity Management
Software
HP Storage Essentials
Performance Edition
Software
NOTE:
switches, check to see what kind of connectors are on the switches that will be
connected to the controllers. The SFP connector can support 8Gb I/Os, 4Gb I/Os, 2Gb
I/Os and/or 1Gb I/Os.
NOTE:
HSV controller.
FC Short Wave 2-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb)
FC Short Wave 5-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb)
FC Short Wave 15-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb)
FC Short Wave 30-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb)
FC Short Wave 50-Meter Cable, LC/SC (1Gb to 2Gb)
HP Continuous Access EVA is a controller-based application that performs real-time replication between
HP enterprise virtual arrays. For more information, see Continuous Access description earlier in this
document. Please see the product URL for ordering information and part numbers:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.html
HP Business Copy EVA is a local replication software product for the EVA family providing Snapshot and
clone set-up and management. Business Copy EVA is sold by utilized capacity. For more information, see
the Business Copy description earlier in this document. See the product URL for ordering information and
part numbers:
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. For
more information, see the DCM description earlier in this document. See the product URL for ordering
information and part numbers:
HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition Software provides path aware performance management for
your EVA Disk Array. Performance Editions includes 150 MAPs and one MAL for Oracle, DB2, Informix, SQL
Server, or Exchange. For more information, see the Storage Essentials product description earlier in this
document.
Storage Essentials Performance Edition Media and License to Use (LTU)
HP Storage Essentials SW Media
HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition 150 MAP LTU
Add on Storage Essentials Suite plug-in products for Storage Essentials Performance Edition
HP Storage Essentials SRM Enterprise Edition 50 MAP LTU
HP Report Optimizer
HP Storage Essentials Provisioning Manager 50 MAP LTU
HP Storage Essentials File System Viewer 1 TB LTU
HP Storage Essentials Database Viewer 1 MAL LTU
HP Storage Essentials Exchange Viewer 1 MAL LTU
HP Storage Essentials Backup Manager 1 TB LTU
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Before selecting the FC cables to connect between the controllers and the
One of these cables (either LC to SC or LC to LC) is required per FC port of each
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Configuration
VMware Site Recovery
Manager
NOTES:
1.
Refer to the HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition Software QuickSpec for product and licensing details:
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is designed to automate the recovery process and the remote
replication of HP Continuous Access EVA with Enterprise Virtual Arrays. The solution provides central
management through VMware Virtual Center and enables more frequent testing. This solution also
leverages your existing recovery site hardware to reduce operational cost of training. It is a solution that is
fully integrated with HP servers, HP Storage and HP Services, providing mid-market customers with a total
business continuity solution. For more information:
HP Data Protector Software provides an end to end solution that is completely automated, managed and
controlled from one user interface, for complete, fast data protection with no impact to the virtual
environment. HP is the only vendor providing this level of automation for VMware or Hyper-V.
The EVA File Services and MPX200 Multifunction Router options provides superior storage consolidation, management and total cost
of ownership. The EVA File Services support both block and file data concurrently with high availability and scalable performance. The
MPX200 Multifunction Router Option extends the FC SAN investment with integrated multi-protocol support, allowing customers to
incorporate iSCSI servers without requiring additional storage arrays or management costs
Ordering an EVA-File Server or iSCSI Connectivity Option is easy. The EVA File Services and iSCSI Connectivity Option will be factory
integrated into EVA4400 configurations.
HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services Base Model
The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services offers scalable file serving performance for medium-sized customers that cannot afford any
downtime for their business-critical applications. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services is a fully factory configured storage solution
that includes an HP Enterprise Virtual Array 4400 (EVA4400) with dual array controllers and up to 12 TB of storage standard, two high
performance file serving nodes, redundant Fibre Channel switches, management and replication software, and support for Windows or
Linux. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services does not have a single point of failure. It allows customers to transparently increase
application throughput far in excess of traditional NAS products and easily grow storage capacity online without service disruption.
The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services offers great total cost of ownership with a low initial purchase price and a shared data
architecture that yields lower management expenses from a single shared pool of file serving nodes and storage.
HP 4400 Scalable NAS File
Services for Windows
HP 4400 Scalable NAS for Windows includes
EVA4400 Dual Controller with Embedded SW
M6412A FC HDD Enclosure
Two HP DL360G6-Windows X5500 Network Storage Gateway Nodes w/24 GB RAM each
HP ProCurve Switch 2910
Command View for EVA Unlimited License
Business Copy for EVA and 1 TB License
42U 10000 Series Rack
TFT7600 Rackmount Keyboard and Monitor
SmartStart for HP EVA Storage
AN595B
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Short Wave Transceivers, Ethernet interconnect cables and FC interconnect cables.
Factory Integration and pre-configuration.
NOTE:
or
HP 4400 Scalable NAS File
Services for Linux
HP 4400 Scalable NAS for Linux includes
Two HP DL360G6 Linux X5500 Network Storage Gateway Nodes w/24 GB RAM each
Short Wave Transceivers, Ethernet interconnect cables and FC interconnect cables.
Factory Integration and pre-configuration.
NOTE:
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Installation and Startup is included.
AN596B
EVA4400 Dual Controller w/Embedded SW
M6412A FC HDD Enclosure
HP ProCurve Switch 2910
Command View for EVA Unlimited License
Business Copy for EVA and 1 TB License
42U 10000 Series Rack
TFT7600 Rackmount Keyboard and Monitor
SmartStart for HP EVA Storage
Includes redundant power supplies.
HP Storage Works MPX200 Multifunction Router 1 GbE Upgrade Blade.
Includes:
(1) 1 GbE blade
accessory kit
documentation
For multi-path (redundant blade for high availability) order both part numbers. The
second hardware blade installs into the chassis that is included with AP771A or AP773A.
NOTE:
HP recommends use of the same blade option type (1 GbE or 10 - 1GbE) in a
common chassis to ensure balanced performance in a redundant configuration.
HP MPX200 Multifunction Router 10 - 1 GbE Base Chassis
Includes:
AP771A
AP772A
AP773A
(1) chassis
(1) 10 - 1 GbE blade
rail kit
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Configuration
Includes redundant power supplies.
HP Storage Works MPX200 Multifunction Router 10 - 1 GbE Upgrade Blade. Includes:
For multi-path (redundant blade for high availability) order both part numbers. The
second hardware blade installs into the chassis that is included with AP773A or AP771A.
NOTE:
common chassis to ensure balanced performance in a redundant configuration.
HP 12000 Virtual Library
System EVA Gateway
Expanding the power of the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA), the HP 12000 Virtual
Library System EVA Gateway accelerates backup performance in complex SAN
environments while improving overall reliability. For more information on the VLS EVA
Gateway, please visit the link below.
HP recommends use of the same blade option type (1 GbE or 10 - 1GbE) in a
AH814B
SAN Components
The HP SAN integrates best-in-class storage networking components to deliver a complete connectivity platform for end-to-end
network storage solutions. HP's fabric portfolio includes: HBAs, directors, switches, SAN extenders, NAS heads, iSCSI routers, and
fabric software. HP SAN Infrastructure components deliver the network storage infrastructure for the Adaptive Enterprise.
For details on SAN infrastructure components and storage compatibility information, please visit:
http://hp.com/go/san
Legacy EVA Hardware
Hard Disk Drives
HP FC Drives
FC Loop Switch Kits
NOTE:
Four (4) disk drives, either size/type, are required per disk enclosure per system.
These drives support EVA3000/5000, EVA4000/6000/8000 and EVA4100/6100/8100.
HP StorageWorks EVA 450GB 10K Fibre Channel Factory Installed Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA 600GB 10K Fibre Channel Factory Install Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA 300GB 15K Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA 450GB 15K rpm Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive
HP StorageWorks EVA 600GB 15K rpm 2/4Gb FC-AL 1 inch Dual-port Hard Disk Drive
HP StorgeWorks EVA 1TB FATA Add on Hard Disk Drive
NOTE:
There is a minimum order requirement, with the first installation of FATA add-on
drives on an EVA, a minimum of 8 FATA drives are required to create the new Near
Online disk group.
Select M5314B drive enclosures to expand EVA configurations Drive enclosures may be
ordered for on-site capacity additions to existing EVA3000/5000/4000/6000/8000
configurations.
AP729B
AP730B
AG425B
AG804B
AP751B
AG883A
AD542B
*
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NOTE:
enclosures) creates an EVA6000.
Up to 18 drive enclosures are supported with each pair of HSV210B (EVA8100) with 4
loop switches.
M5314B FC Drive Enclosure
The M5314B is a 3U dual-redundant FC Loop 14-bay disk enclosure with mounting
hardware, and the necessary copper FC cables for connecting to an HSV200 or HSV200A Controller pair.
NOTE:
drive types
Select M5314C drive enclosures to expand EVA4100/6100/8100 configurations: Drive
enclosures may be:
Compatible with EVAs (EVA4100/6100/8100 arrays only). Without a loop switch pair, up
to four drive enclosures are supported with each pair of HSV200B controllers (EVA4100,
EVA4100 Starter Kits, EVA4100/6100 Controller Assembly). An HSV200B controller with
a loop switch pair supports 1to 8 M5314C Drive Enclosures.
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Addition of the loop switch pair to an HSV200B controller pair (with 1 to 8 drive
Minimum of 8 disk drives, of any size, are required per Fibre Channel or FATA
1.
Ordered for on-site capacity additions to existing EVA4100/6100/8100
configurations.
AD542C
*
NOTE:
Addition of the loop switch pair to an HSV200B controller pair (with 1 to 8 drive
enclosures) creates an EVA6100.
Up to 18 drive enclosures are supported with each pair of HSV210B (EVA8000) with 4
loop switches.
M5314C FC Drive Enclosure
The M5314C is a 3U dual-redundant FC Loop 14-bay disk enclosure with mounting
hardware, and the necessary copper FC cables for connecting to an HSV200B and
HSV210B Controller pair.
NOTE:
Minimum of 8 disk drives, of any size, are required per Fibre Channel or FATA
drive types
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Operating Temperature
Shipping Temperature
Humidity
Shipping Humidity
Operating Vibration
Non-operating Vibration
Shipping Vibration
(packaged, on shock pallet)
Operating Shock
Non-operating Shock
Shipping Shock
(packaged, on shock pallet)
Altitude
Air Quality
50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C) - Reduce rating by 1° F for each 1000 ft altitude (1.8° C/1,000 m)
-40° to 150° F (-40° to 66° C)
10% to 90% non-condensing
5% to 90% non-condensing
Sine 5-10 Hz 0.020" (0.5mm) double amplitude displacement, 10-500 Hz 0.1g, Random 10-500Hz at 0.15
Grms
Sine 10-150 Hz 0.3g, Random 10-500 Hz at 0.5 Grms
Sine 5-150 Hz 0.5g, Random 0.86 Grms from 5-300 Hz, consisting of 5-100 Hz at 0.0059 g2/Hz and 100300 Hz at 0.000049 g2/Hz
5g half-sine 10mSec
8g half-sine 10mSec
Horizontal: 10-deg incline at 1m/Sec, Vertical rotational edge 0.15m
Up to 8,000 ft (2,400 m)
Not to exceed 500,000 particles per cubic foot of air at a size of 0.5 micron or larger
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
EVA4400
Power Data
NOTE:
use different plugs, voltages, etc. For more information on PDU support, please see the following URL:
11A @ 200V-240V AC, 50/60Hz, 5.5A per power cord (2 PDUs)
22A @ 100-127V AC, 60/50Hz, 11A per cord (2 PDUs)
North America - 208 or 230V or 120V
Europe - 230V
Japan - 206V or 108V
Latin America - 208 or 240V
187 to 256V or 100 to 127V
North America 60 Hz, Europe 50 Hz, Japan 50 or 60 Hz, Latin America 60K or 50Hz
maximum configuration
EVA4400
.
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Enterprise Virtual Array 4400
NOTE:
This data represents fully populated
drive shelves with 450GB 15K rpm disk
drives under typical heavy load
performance. Other drive types may vary
slightly.
NOTE:
At idle, the system operates at
approx. 15% less power than at typical.
Typical
Failover
Mode
Total System Wattage without
embedded switches
Total System BTU/hour
Input Current per plug, 230V
Input Current per plug, 208V
Input Current per plug, 115V
Input Current per plug, 100V
In Rush Current (A) per plug, 208V
Input Current (A), 230V
Input Current (A), 208V
Input Current (A), 115V
Input Current (A), 100V
HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
2C1D2C2D2C3D2C4D2C5D2C6D2C7D2C8D
35961587111271383163918952151
12252098297138444716558964627335
0.81.42.02.53.13.74.34.9
0.91.52.22.83.54.14.75.4
1.62.84.05.26.47.58.79.9
1.93.34.76.07.48.8
70100130149168178188200
1.52.53.64.75.76.87.98.9
1.62.84.05.26.47.58.79.9
3.05.17.39.5
3.56.08.5
11.013.616.118.621.2
11.713.816.018.2
10.111.5
Typical
Failover
Mode
NOTE:
to disk drives in a production environment)
NOTE:
across two or more PDUs.
NOTE:
http://www.hp.com/servers/powercalculator
* Total system wattage would increase by 85 watts with the embedded switch option. Input current would increase as well.
Enterprise Virtual Array EVA4400 Product Dimensions, Weight and Clearance
Total System Wattage with
embedded switches
Total System BTU/hour
Input Current per plug, 230V
Input Current per plug, 208V
Input Current per plug, 115V
Input Current per plug, 100V
Input Current (A), 230V
Input Current (A), 208V
Input Current (A), 115V
Input Current (A), 100V
Typical is described as a system in normal steady state operation. (I.e., both PDUs operating normally, the array reading/writing
For the lower voltages, PDUs may not be able to support the maximum power/current and the power/current may be divided
For more detailed information on a specific configuration and drives please utilize the EVA Power Calculator at:
44169795312091465172119772233
15042377325041234996586967427615
1.01.62.22.73.33.94.55.0
1.11.72.43.03.74.35.05.6
2.03.24.45.66.77.99.1
2.43.75.16.57.89.2
1.82.94.05.06.17.28.29.3
2.03.24.45.66.87.99.1
3.75.48.0
4.36.89.4
10.212.414.616.718.9
11.914.417.019.522.0
10.612.0
10.3
10.3
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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and
services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial
errors or omissions contained herein.
For hard drives, 1 GB = 1 billion bytes (10003 or 109). Actual usable capacity can be less, based on Vraid types used.
Height
in/cm
78.75 (200.03)
3.5/8.89
3.5/8.89
Width
in/cm
23.7 (60.3)
17.6/44.70
17.6/44.70
Depth
in/cm
40.2 (102.2)
24.5/62.3
23.75/60.33
Max Weight
lb/kg
860 (390.09)
48/21.8
57/25.86
Req. Front
Clearance
in/cm
30 (76.2)
N/AN/A
N/AN/A
Req. Rear
Clearance
in/cm
30 (76.2)
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