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High Availability Topology
The high availability topology increases the availability of the single system distance
topology by protecting against single points of HP Fibre Channel-AL Hub failure with the
use of redundant HP Fibre Channel-AL Hubs connected to each other. Adding a second HP
Fibre Channel-AL Hub also increases the number of hosts and disk arrays that can be
connected to a single Fibre Channel-AL.
Each instance of the high availability topology uses the following hardware components:
• Two to four host systems or servers
• Two Fibre Channel I/O adapters per host
• Two 10-port HP Fibre Channel-AL Hubs
• Two controller modules per disk array
• Maximum of six dual-controller module disk arrays in a four-host Fibre Channel-AL or
Maximum of eight dual-controller module disk arrays in a two-host Fibre Channel-AL
• Maximum 500 m fibre optic cable distance on each connection between each host and
HP Fibre Channel-AL Hub and between each HP Fibre Channel-AL Hub and disk array,
for a total Fibre Channel-AL cable length not to exceed 5000 m
As its name implies, the high availability topology supports only dual-controller module
disk arrays (
Figure 39
). The objective of this topology is to use redundant hardware
components to provide high availability, so disk arrays with single controller modules are
not supported. All hardware components and paths are redundant. If any hardware failure
occurs, I/O communication between host and disk array can be completed through another
path.
In this topology each host uses two Fibre Channel I/O adapters and each disk array uses
dual controller modules. One adapter in each host and one controller module in each disk
array connect to one HP Fibre Channel-AL Hub, forming one Fibre Channel-AL. The second
adapter in each host and the second controller module in each disk array connect to the
second HP Fibre Channel-AL Hub, cabled into a separate Fibre Channel-AL. This creates
two redundant Fibre Channel-ALs.
Summary of Contents for Surestore Disk Array 12h - And FC60
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Page 36: ...36 Array Controller Enclosure Components Figure 9 Controller Enclosure Front View ...
Page 41: ...Array Controller Enclosure Components 41 Product Description Figure 13 Controller Fan Module ...
Page 44: ...44 Array Controller Enclosure Components Figure 15 Power Supply Fan Module ...
Page 68: ...68 Capacity Management Features ...
Page 117: ...Topologies for HP UX 117 Topology and Array Planning Figure 39 High Availability Topology ...
Page 122: ...122 Topologies for HP UX Figure 40 High Availability Distance and Capacity Topology ...
Page 126: ...126 Topologies for HP UX Figure 41 Campus Topology ...
Page 130: ...130 Topologies for HP UX Figure 43 Four Hosts Connected to Cascaded Switches ...
Page 142: ...142 Topologies for Windows NT and Windows 2000 ...
Page 158: ...158 Installing the Disk Array FC60 Figure 54 Enclosure EIA Positions for System E Racks ...
Page 161: ...Installing the Disk Enclosures 161 Installation Figure 56 Disk Enclosure Contents ...
Page 172: ...172 Installing the Controller Figure 62 Controller Enclosure Package Contents ...
Page 174: ...174 Installing the Controller Figure 63 Mounting the Controller Enclosure ...
Page 234: ...234 Adding Disk Enclosures to Increase Capacity ...
Page 274: ...274 Managing the Disk Array Using SAM Unassigned disks selected as hot spares ...
Page 345: ...HP UX Diagnostic Tools 345 5 HP UX DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS Overview 346 Support Tools Manager 347 ...
Page 350: ...350 Support Tools Manager Figure 90 mstm Interface Main Window ...
Page 358: ...358 Support Tools Manager ...
Page 440: ...440 FCC Statements USA Only ...
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