Solution Overview
- Product Features and options
- Key EVA values and Virtualization technology
- HP StorageWorks HSV controller and disk drive enclosures
- Functional and physical layout of the EVA solution
- Low/Middle/High End configurations (EVA 4x00/6x00/8x00)
- Capacity matrix
- HSV controller and disk drive enclosures interconnects and indicators
- Controller software versions and upgrades
- Command view EVA installation and operation
- Storage Management Server (SMS)
- Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU)
- HP Command View EVA Perf
- Licensing, Warranty and Services
HSV Controllers
- Controller features and redundancy
- Operator Control Panel (OCP) operations
- Configuring the World Wide Name and checksum on the arrays
- Password installation for the OCP
- Enclosure host and port identification
- Controller and drive shelf status LED summary
- Customer Self Repair (CSR) - HSV controller
- Dual redundancy of the various components
- EVA Power Up and down Procedure
- Optical and copper cables and transceivers overview for Fibre communication
Disk Drive Enclosures
- Drive enclosure models and configurations
- Customer self repair operations for the drive enclosure
- Drive enclosure indicators and connections from front and rear views
- EMU functions, LED status displays and display and pushbutton operations
- Enclosure Address Bus EAB and Environmental Monitoring Unit EMU functions
- Redundant component configurations
Command View EVA Introduction
- Command View EVA overview
- EVA Management Server requirements
- Browsing to the SMS (versions 3x and 5x)
- HP system management homepage connection to Command View
- Installation and configuration of Command View EVA versions 6.x - 9.x
- Licensing of the various versions of command View
- Firmware and management software for the EVA 4400
Basic Concepts and Terminology
- Virtual storage overview
- Powering the Storage System off and on sequence
- Storage system
- Disk group configurations, default disk group and metadata content
- Distributed virtual RAID (VRAID) technology
- Hosts and Virtual disk overview
Storage System Configuration
- Configuration guidelines, controller code loads and upgrades
- Gathering preliminary host information and configuration of host connections
- Perform an un-initialize of the storage system
- Perform storage discovery and initialization
- Disk group creation and configuration guidelines
- Creation and deletion of virtual disks, presentation and configurations
- Cache Policies and configurations
Host System Configuration
- Operating system support
- Co-existence with other EVA models
- Installing and configuring hosts
- Host properties
- Presenting Storage (LUN mask/map)
- Verifying LUN presentation
HP StorageWorks Multi-Path Solutions
- Automatic Path Failover and Load Balancing
- Supported multi-path solutions
- HP MPIO DSM (Windows only)
- Installing and management of Secure Path (HP-UX)
Active-Active Failover
- Overview of active-passive and active-active failover modes
- Virtual disk ownership and transitions
Advanced Concepts and Terminology
- Virtual storage terminology overview
- Redundant Storage Sets (RSS) configuration
- Physical disk volumes and space allocation
- Supported Raid Disk Configurations
- Virtual disk map, data location and leveling
- Disk failure protection levels
Storage System Scripting Utility
- SSSU description, architecture and terms
- Installing and starting the SSSU (6.x/7.x/8.x
- Command Structure
- File paths and naming contentions
Local and Remote Replication
- Array-based data replication from Command View
- Creating and using Snapshot, Snapclones and Mirrorclones
- Container creation and operation
- Traditional features, operation and properties
Business Copy and Continuous Access Operations using Replication Solution Manager
- Replication Solution Manager overview, installation and operation
- RSM replica jobs creation
- Advanced features
Performance Monitor
- EVA performance monitoring tool operation
- EVAPerf Perfmon and CLI counters
- Output file formats
- HP time line visualizer
Upgrading EVA Software
- Controller code load
- On-line and off-line disk drive code load
Event Management
- Troubleshooting techniques and approach
- Event handling, logs and processing
- Management agent, controller and termination event log features
- Event monitoring with Command View EVA
- Event log filtering
- Windows application event log
- Automated event management
- Configuring event notification
- HP services automated monitoring and HP Remote monitoring installation (EVA)
- HP "WEBES/SEA architecture
- Remote hardware event management
- ISEE security
- OSEM architecture
Configuration Best Practices Summary
- Best practices for optimizing availability
- Robust Availability Configuration rules
- Disk Drive removal and replacement operation
- Best practices for optimizing performance and cost
- Rules on mixing drive types
- Snapshot working space requirements
Appendix A - EVA 4x00/6x00/8xxx and 4100/6100/8100 Additional Information
Appendix B - EVA 4400 Additional Information
Appendix C - EVA 6400/8400 Additional Information |
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