HP EVA P6000, User Manual

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Contents
1 P6300/P6500 EVA hardware....................................................................13
SAS disk enclosures................................................................................................................13
Small Form Factor disk enclosure chassis...............................................................................13
Front view....................................................................................................................13
Rear view.....................................................................................................................13
Drive bay numbering.....................................................................................................13
Large Form Factor disk enclosure chassis...............................................................................14
Front view....................................................................................................................14
Rear view.....................................................................................................................14
Drive bay numbering.....................................................................................................14
Disk drives........................................................................................................................15
Disk drive LEDs.............................................................................................................15
Disk drive blanks...........................................................................................................15
Front status and UID module................................................................................................16
Front UID module LEDs...................................................................................................16
Unit identification (UID) button........................................................................................17
Power supply module..........................................................................................................17
Power supply LED..........................................................................................................17
Fan module.......................................................................................................................17
Fan module LED............................................................................................................18
I/O module......................................................................................................................18
I/O module LEDs..........................................................................................................19
Rear power and UID module...............................................................................................19
Rear power and UID module LEDs...................................................................................20
Unit identification (UID) button........................................................................................21
Power on/standby button...............................................................................................21
SAS cables.......................................................................................................................21
Controller enclosure................................................................................................................21
Controller status indicators..................................................................................................24
Controller status LEDs.....................................................................................................25
Power supply module..........................................................................................................26
Battery module..................................................................................................................27
Fan module.......................................................................................................................27
Management module.........................................................................................................28
HSV controller cabling............................................................................................................28
Storage system racks ..............................................................................................................29
Rack configurations............................................................................................................29
Power distribution units............................................................................................................30
PDU 1..............................................................................................................................30
PDU 2..............................................................................................................................30
PDMs...............................................................................................................................31
Rack AC power distribution.................................................................................................31
Moving and stabilizing a rack..................................................................................................32
2 P6300/P6500 EVA operation....................................................................35
Best practices.........................................................................................................................35
Operating tips and information................................................................................................35
Reserving adequate free space............................................................................................35
Using SAS-midline disk drives..............................................................................................35
Failback preference setting for HSV controllers.......................................................................35
Changing virtual disk failover/failback setting..................................................................37
Implicit LUN transition.........................................................................................................37
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