HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays, Reference Manual

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NOTE:
Consider the following VIO requirements:
• For NS1000 and NS1200 servers, expanded ports are available only to customers who have the
HP ESS.
• The VIO enclosure software is not backward compatible and is supported only on H06.08 and
later RVUs.
• Prior to December 2006, the NS1000 and NS14000 servers were shipped with a limited IOAME
configuration known as the IO Core, which consisted of an IOAME with six adapter slots rather
than the usual ten slots. Customer installations with the IO Core configuration will be supported
until December 2011.
Table 91 describes supported NonStop server configurations with IOAMEs.
Table 91 NonStop high-availability configurations using IOAMEs
Maximum availability config-
uration minimum/recommen-
ded
SAN configuration minim-
um/recommended
Direct host attach configura-
tion minimum/recommended NonStop server support
2/4 2/2 0/0 Number of Fibre Channel SAN
fabrics
1/2 1/1 1/1 Number of XP storage systems
2/2 1/1 1/1 Number of IOAMEs
4/4 2/4 2/4 Number of Fibre Channel
ServerNet adapters
Table 92 describes supported NonStop server configurations with VIO enclosures.
Table 92 NonStop high-availability configurations using VIO enclosures (NS1000, NS1200, NS14000, and
NS14200 only)
Maximum availability config-
uration minimum/recommen-
ded
SAN configuration minim-
um/recommended
Direct host attach configura-
tion minimum/recommended
NonStop server support
2/4 2/2 0/0 Number of Fibre Channel SAN
fabrics
1/2 1/1 1/1 Number of XP storage systems
2/2
2/2 2/2 Number of VIO enclosures per
server
2/2 1/2 1/2 Number of 4-port Fibre Chan-
nel PICs per VIO enclosure
Table 93 describes supported NonStop BladeSystem with XP configurations using CLIMs.
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