Operating systems and storage products
The fabric rules for B-series switches and MP Routers apply to SANs that include the operating systems
and storage products listed in Table 26.
Table 26 B-series Fibre Channel switch operating system and storage system support
Storage productsOperating systems
• EVA8400/6400
• EVA4400/4400 (embedded switch)
• EVA8100/8000/6100/6000/4100/4000
• EVA5000/3000
• MSA2000fc G2 (MSA2300fc)/MSA2000fc
• MSA1500/1000
• P2000 G3 FC
• VA7410/7400/7110/7100
• XP24000/20000
• XP12000/10000
• XP1024/128
• XP512/48
• Continuous Access EVA
(see “HP Continuous Access EVA SAN integration” on page 254)
• XP Continuous Access
• HP-UX
• OpenVMS
• Tru64 UNIX
• Apple Mac OS X
• IBM AIX
• Linux
• Microsoft Windows
• Novell NetWare
• Sun Solaris
• VMware ESX
For current operating system and storage system support, see the SPOCK website at http://
www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access.
See “Heterogeneous server rules” on page 185 and the following storage system rules chapters:
• MSA storage system rules, page 235
• EVA storage system rules, page 247
• XP and VA storage system rules, page 263
B-series Fibre Channel switch and fabric rules
The following fabric rules apply to all B-series Fibre Channel SANs. They also apply, in general, to
HP XP Continuous Access and HP Continuous Access EVA configurations. However, additional rules
apply to HP Continuous Access implementations. See the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA
Planning Guide for detailed information.
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