Heterogeneous SAN support
A single MSA1500 supports heterogeneous access with any of the operating systems listed in Table
120. Standalone servers and clustered servers are supported on the same storage system.
Table 120 MSA1500 heterogeneous SAN support
Operating systems
2
SwitchesFirmware
1
Storage system
HP-UX
Linux
Microsoft Windows
VMware ESX (7x firmware only)
B-series
C-series
H-series
M-series
7x, 6xMSA1500
active/active
Microsoft Windows (5x firmware only)
Novell NetWare (5x firmware only)
Linux
VMware ESX (5x firmware only)
B-series
C-series
5x, 4xMSA1500
active/passive
or single
controller
1
For the latest firmware support information, contact an HP storage representative.
2
For the supported operating system versions, see “Heterogeneous server rules” on page 185.
NOTE:
There are heterogeneous restrictions based on failover mode and clustering.
Configuration rules
Table 121 lists the MSA1500 storage system rules.
Table 121 MSA1500 storage system rules
Description
Rule
nl
number
The MSA1500 is supported in all SAN fabric topology configurations described in this guide.1
Unless otherwise specified, the MSA1500 can be configured in a SAN using the switch models
listed in this guide. See:
• Table 10 (H-series)
• Table 18 through Table 22 (B-series)
• Table 41 (C-series)
• Table 60 and Table 62 (M-series)
2
Servers that share access to the same storage LUN require special application software (such
as cluster software) to preserve data.
3
Heterogeneous storage system support
HP supports HP storage products on shared hosts, and HBAs in HP fabric environments that also have
third-party storage products. A third-party cooperative support agreement between HP Services and
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