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Hba configuration, Risks, Limitations – HP EVA P6000 Storage User Manual

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becomes an ordinary virtual disk, you may present that virtual disk as you would any other
ordinary virtual disk.

HBA must be properly configured to work in a single HBA server configuration. The user is
required to:

Download and extract the contents of the TAR file.

HBA configuration

Host 1 is a single path HBA host.

Host 2 is a multiple HBA host with multipathing software.

See

Figure 78 (page 156)

.

Risks

Single path failure may result in loss of data accessibility and loss of host data that has not
been written to storage.

Controller shutdown results in loss of data accessibility and loss of host data that has not been
written to storage.

NOTE:

For additional risks, see

“Oracle Solaris” (page 165)

.

Limitations

HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations.

Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster.

Booting from the SAN is not supported.

Figure 78 Oracle Solaris configuration

5. SAN switch 1

1. Network interconnection

6. SAN switch 2

2. Single HBA server (Host 1)

7. Controller A

3. Dual HBA server (Host 2)

8. Controller B

4. Management server

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