Limitations
• HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations.
• Single HBA path at the host server is not part of a cluster, unless in a VMware High Availability
Cluster.
• Booting from the SAN is supported on single path HBA servers.
Figure 71 VMware configuration
5. SAN switch 11. Network interconnection
6. SAN switch 22. Single HBA server (Host 1)
7. Controller A3. Dual HBA server (Host 2)
8. Controller B4. Management server
Mac OS configuration
For information about Mac OS connectivity, see Mac OS X Fibre Channel connectivity to the HP
StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Storage System Configuration Guide (to download, see
“Related documentation” (page 179)).
Failure scenarios
HP-UX
Failure effectFault stimulus
Extremely critical event on UNIX. Can cause loss of system disk.Server failure (host power-cycled)
Short term: Data transfer stops. Possible I/O errors.
Long term: Job hangs, cannot umount disk, fsck failed, disk corrupted,
need mkfs disk.
Switch failure (SAN switch disabled)
Short term: Data transfer stops. Possible I/O errors.
Long term: Job hangs, cannot umount disk, fsck failed, disk corrupted,
need mkfs disk.
Controller failure
Short term: Data transfer stops. Possible I/O errors.
Long term: Job hangs, cannot umount disk, fsck failed, disk corrupted,
need mkfs disk.
Controller restart
Mac OS configuration 147
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