HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition Software - Manual (Page 21)

User Guide 7
The following figure provides an overview of the SAP ACC integration library, the functions
implemented and the vendor integration point available.
Figure 5 Overview of the SAP ACC library
Keep in mind the following about Figure 5, “Overview of the SAP ACC library,” on page 7:
• The platform-specific modules are provided by each platform hardware/operating system
support team. For HP-UX these modules are provided by the HP SAP consulting and integration
team for HP-UX. For Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms the modules are provided by the
SAP support team.
• The storage-specific modules are provided by each storage vendor, but storage-specific modules
can also be platform-specific. The Application Integration Software for SAP ACC distributes this
storage-specific module for HP StorageWorks arrays.
Virtual IP address
Adaptive Computing uses the concept of assigning a unique IP address and network name to the
application, and by doing this, it separates the application from the physical host IP address. The
process of using virtual IP addresses for applications is commonly used in all cluster systems, and all
major operating system releases support the overloading of a network interface card with multiple IP
addresses. The advantage here is you can always access the application through one unique name,
no matter where the application is running.