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Hp command view eva, Controller software, Vcs features and functionality – HP 3000 Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

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HP Command View EVA

HP Command View EVA is the primary software application for managing the EVA. HP Command View

EVA is used to perform the following administrative tasks.

Creating virtual disk families, including selection of Vraid level, cache policy, and host

presentation.

Managing the presentation of Vraid drives to hosts.

Managing and monitoring storage system hardware.

Creating snapclones and snapshots of virtual disks.

An online help system is available within the interface, including page-level help.

Controller software

HP StorageWorks Virtual Controller Software (VCS) manages all aspects of storage system operation.

VCS provides scalable capacity on-demand, improves performance, increases disk utilization efficiency,

and allows for easy dynamic storage expansion. VCS is installed on the storage system and is also

included in the VCS for HSV Controller software kit.

VCS features and functionality

Support for up to 240 disk drives per controller pair

Management of up to 1024 virtual disks, ranging in size from 1 GB to 2 TB per virtual disk, per

disk pool

Dynamic capacity expansion (if supported by your operating system)

Virtual disk data load leveling

Distributed sparing of disk capacity

Virtually capacity-free snapshot (Vsnap)

Virtually Instantaneous Snapclone (VIS) and 3–phase Snapclones

Dual redundant controller operation for increased fault tolerance

Multi-path failover support

Battery backup for cache memory

Asynchronous disk swap (Hot Swap)

Clustered server support

Mirrored write-back cache support

Read-ahead and adaptive read caching support

Virtual RAID storage system (Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid5)

Non-disruptive software upgrade capability

Supports connection of up to 256 hosts

Multivendor platform support

Controller password protection for configuration control

Selective storage presentation

SAN-based data zoning

Optional software licensing

HP Business Copy and HP StorageWorks Continuous Access require a separate license for each controller

pair. Instructions for obtaining licenses are included with the software documentation.
Additional information about HP Business Copy and HP Continuous Access can be found online at

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.html

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