7.2K Mid-line Drive
Support
The EVA P6000 also supports 7.2K dual ported 6Gb/s mid-line SAS drives. This the 1TB 7.2K SFF 6Gb/s
mid-line SAS, and the 2/3TB 7.2K LFF 6Gb/s mid-line SAS drives. EVA P6000 supports a full configuration
of mid-line disk drives and can be configured with any combination of mid-line and high performance disk
drives; total raw capacity varies based upon the redundancy (Vraid) selected. A minimum of eight mid-line
SAS drives are required in a configuration using mid-line SAS drives.
Mid-line SAS drives are designed for lower duty cycle applications such as near on-line data replication for
back-up. These drives should not be used as a replacement for EVA P6000 high performance, standard
duty cycle, SAS drives. Doing so could shorten the life of the drive.
Fibre Channel Technology
EVA P6000 models are enabled for 8Gb/s FC Switched Fabric and are compatible with 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s, or
2Gb/s FC Switched Fabric SANs. They can co-exist in the same FC SAN with EVA3000/5000 or
EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 FC storage solutions and many other SAN devices. Direct Connection from EVA P6000
to servers is also supported.
Direct Connection from an EVA to a Virtual Connect FC module is not supported. The EVA must connect to a
FC switch, which can then be connected to the Virtual Connect FC module.
EVA P6000 takes advantage of the benefits of Fibre Channel (FC) in distance, performance and
connectivity. The use of optical Fibre cabling allows distances between connected segments of a SAN to be
up to 500 meters @ 2Gb/s using short wave multi-mode and OM3 cables, up to 384 meters @ 4Gb/s and
OM3 cables, and up to 150 meters @ 8Gb/s and OM3 cables, and up to 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) @ 8Gb/s
or 4Gb/s when using long wave transceivers. Storage Area Networks (SANs) can be constructed using FC
switches/directors for fabric connectivity. HP SAN H-Series, B-series and C-series switches and directors
provide exceptional connectivity while increasing the effective bandwidth of the network. Supported SAN
features include Zoning for communication isolation and Inter-Switch Links (hops) up to 10 km.
For more information on specific support specifications see the following SAN Infrastructure URL:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html
Transfer Speeds
The EVA P6000s have 8Gb/s FC host ports per HSV340 or HSV360 controller pair. The models have:
FC only, have 8 FC ports, four for each controller.
FC and 1Gb/s iSCSI (1GbE), have four FC ports, two for each controller, and eight 1Gb/s iSCSI ports,
four for each controller.
FC and 10Gb/s iSCSI/FCoE (10GbE) have four FC ports, two for each controller, and four 10Gb/s
iSCSI/FCoE ports, two per controller.
The EVA P6000 controllers are compatible with 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s FC switches, HBAs, servers and
other storage solutions.
Each EVA P6000 controller pair interfaces with the M6612 and M6625 drive enclosures via 6Gb/s SAS
connections. With two SAS device connectors per controller and dual SAS I/O modules per drive enclosure,
each controller has two connections to each SAS drive A and B port. So each controller has two redundant
paths to each SAS enclosure I/O module and two redundant paths to each drive in each enclosure.
QuickSpecs
HP EVA P6000 Storage
Product Highlights
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