HP StorageWorks NAS Data Path Manager Software - Manual (Page 10)

NAS Data Path Manager
10 hp StorageWorks NAS Data Path Manager Installation and User’s Guide
Note: Data Path Failover and failover packages are different NAS 8000 features.
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Data Path Failover is the ability of your system to use alternate fibre-channel paths to
get information to your storage in case all of the preferred paths fail. Data Path
Failover can be installed and used on any NAS 8000 (version 1.6.0 or later) high
availability (HA) or non-HA system, with the correct firmware revision. Please
contact your HP Service Representative for firmware information or updates.
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Failover packages appear only on NAS 8000 systems with high availability (HA).
Using failover packages, your system can transfer control of data, per failover
package, to a different NAS 8000 server if one server fails. For more information
on failover packages, please see the NAS 8000 User’s Guide.
Graphical User Interface
Once NAS Data Path Manager is installed on a NAS 8000 server, additional items
will appear in Command View NAS, the NAS 8000 graphical user interface. This
allows the administrator to view and manage NAS Data Path Manager
functionality on the NAS 8000 using the same interface used to perform all other
storage management tasks.
System Requirements
NAS Data Path Manager has the following system requirements.
■ HP StorageWorks NAS 8000 system, (hpNasOs) version 1.6.0 or later
■ Fibre-channel storage devices
■ Host bus adapters (HBAs) connected to your fibre-channel storage devices
■ HBA firmware v3.90a7 or later
■ VA710x, VA740x, VA741x, XP, EMA, and/or EVA storage arrays