HP MSA 2040 SAN Storage - Manual (Page 10)

10 Installing and configuring the SRA
NOTE: Because the HP MSA SRA connects VMware SRM with MSA Remote Snap functionality, you
might encounter different terminology that has similar meanings. For example, the VMware user interface
and documentation typically refer to protected and recovery sites. The MSA SMU user interface and
Remote Snap documentation refer to primary and secondary volumes and sites.
SRM requirements
A typical SRM configuration involves two geographically separated sites with TCP/IP connectivity, the
protected site and the recovery site. The protected site is the site that is being replicated to the recovery site
for disaster recovery. Each site contains an HP MSA 2040 or P2000 G3 storage system, VMware ESX
servers, a Virtual Center (vCenter) Server, and a SRM server running VMware Site Recovery Manager
SRM 5.0 or greater software.
Figure 1 Typical SRM configuration showing a protected site and recovery site
Once you have set up the protected site and the recovery site and installed the necessary infrastructure for
networking between the two sites, you can install and configure the software. An overview of the necessary
steps is shown below, with the titles of the appropriate documents where you can find detailed instructions.
See "Related information" (page 23) for links to the document locations.
Installing and configuring MSA storage systems
Ensure that both storage systems have the same host interface (iSCSI or FC or FC/iSCSI Combo)
configuration.
If your MSA storage systems are not already configured:
1. Follow the installation instructions in your HP MSA 2040 User Guide or HP P2000 G3 MSA System
User Guide.
2. Ensure that both storage systems have the same host interface configuration (iSCSI or FC or FC/iSCSI
Combo).
3. Ensure that replication, snapshot, and SRA licenses are installed and enabled on both storage systems
as described in the HP MSA 2040 SMU Reference Guide or the HP P2000 G3 MSA System SMU
Reference Guide.