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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 storage Yes Yes Yes
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

EVA4400 EVA6400 EVA8400

HSV300 HSV400 HSV450

XCS v10.0xx XCS v10.0xx XCS v10.0xx

Command View EVA v9.4 or

v10.0

VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V,

Citrix XenServer, RHEL

Virtual Machine

Oracle, SAP, Microsoft

Exchange, SQL

Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Up to 16 EVAs Up to 16 EVAs Up 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 32TB Up to 32TB Up to 32TB

2 2 2

4GB 8GB

Yes, up to 96 hours Yes, up to 96 hours Yes, up to 96 hours

Direct Connect

256 256 256

per controller

4 Gb 4 Gb 4 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

8 8

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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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

4 8 12

4 Gb 4 Gb 4 Gb
16 Gb 32 Gb 48 Gb
1 to 8

12 12 12

Solid State Drives (SSD), High

Performance Fibre Channel and

Fibre Attached Technology

Adapted (FATA)

6 SSD, 8 FC and FATA 6 SSD, 8 FC and FATA 6 SSD, 8 FC and FATA

8 SSD, 96 FC and FATA

.4 to 132TB .4 to 330TB

200GB SSD

400GB SSD
450GB 10K rpm
600GB 10K rpm
300GB 15K rpm
450GB 15K rpm
600GB 15K rpm

1TB FATA
2TB FATA

Yes Yes Yes

Two 4Gb/s FC-AL ports per

controller in redundant pairs,

two paths to each dual ported

drive

Yes Yes Yes

Monitors Power and

Temperature

UL, CSA, TUV, FCC, CE MARK,

CTICK, BSMI, VCCI

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html

3-3-3 9x5 NBD for the array; 3-0-0 parts only for the disk drives

Redundant FC-AL pairs from

each controller to switched

JBOD for redundant paths to

dual drive ports

2 to 18 3 to 27

Solid State Drives (SSD), High

Performance Fibre Channel and

Fibre Attached Technology

Adapted (FATA)

8 SSD, 216 FC and FATA 8 SSD, 324 FC and FATA

**

200GB SSD

400GB SSD
450GB 10K rpm
600GB 10K rpm
300GB 15K rpm
450GB 15K rpm
600GB 15K rpm

1TB FATA
2TB FATA

Four 4Gb/s FC-AL ports per

controller in redundant pairs,

two paths to each dual ported

drive

Monitors Power and

Temperature

UL, CSA, TUV, FCC, CE MARK,

CTICK, BSMI, VCCI

Optical Switches and Directors:

Redundant FC-AL pairs from

each controller to switched

JBOD for redundant paths to

dual drive ports

Solid State Drives (SSD), High

Performance Fibre Channel and

Fibre Attached Technology

Adapted (FATA)

.4 to 550TB

200GB SSD

400GB SSD
450GB 10K rpm
600GB 10K rpm
300GB 15K rpm
450GB 15K rpm
600GB 15K rpm

1TB FATA
2TB FATA

Six 4Gb/s FC-AL ports per

controller in redundant pairs,

two paths to each dual ported

drive

Monitors Power and

Temperature

UL, CSA, TUV, FCC, CE MARK,

CTICK, BSMI, VCCI

**

** 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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reg_R1002_USEN

** For more information on Command View, see:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/cmdvieweva/index.html

EVA4400 Product
Packaging

Embedded SAN Switch
Options

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:

HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array

Adaptive Networking
ISL Trunking
Advanced Performance Monitoring
Fabric Watch
Extended Fabric

Multi-Vendor Platform

For more information on these software component options, see:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/b_switches/index.html

SAN Switch information.

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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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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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 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/erc/downloads/4aa1-5683Enw.pdf

Replication Management

Thin Provisioning

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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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:

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductsList.do?category=NAS

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:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/eva_dcm/index.html

www.hp.com/go/vmware

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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.

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/e-suite/index.html

http://www.hp.com/storage/oracle

http://www.hp.com/storage/microsoft

http://www.hp.com/storage/sap

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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:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/e-suite/index.html

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:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/disk_to_disk/vls/12000vls/index.html

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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QuickSpecs

Product Highlights

For more information and operating system support:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/evaiscsiconnect/index.html

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

For more information:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/scnas_4400/index.html

ProLiant Storage Server Gateways

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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