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1. Drive Specifications 200 GB SLC or MLC SSD 400 GB SLC or MLC SSD 1 6 TB Flash Module Raw capacity User area 196 92 GB 393 85 GB Interface type Dual ported SAS Dual ported SAS 1759 268 capacity of drives and therefore the raw data capacity of the XP P9000 is based on 1K 1000 not 1024 This means that 1 GB 1 000 000 000 bytes not 1024 3 575 GB 2 PB raw 287 GB 1 76 PB usable RAID 1 2D 2D RAID 1 4D 4D RAID 5 3D 1P RAID 5 7D 1P RAID 5 14D 2P RAID 5 28 D 4P RAID 6 6D 2P 65 280 16 GB 1 TB HP UX Open VMS NonStop Solaris VMware AIX Windows NetWare IRIX Linux Mainframe Fibre Channel FCoE FICON 8 to 128 160 by increments of 8 16 This product meets all applicable safety and regulatory specifications Width x Depth x Height 24 0 x 45 1 x 79 0 in 61 0 x 114 5 x 200 6 cm Max Weight 1740 lb 789 kg Width x Depth x Height 23 6 x 45 1 x 79 0 in 60 0 x 114 5 x 200 6 cm Max Weight 1568 lb 711 kg Width x Depth x Height 37 4 x 50 8 x 87 0 in 95 0 X 129 0 X 221 0 cm Max Weight 1740 lb 789 kg DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 57 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Technical Specifications Shipping Dimensions Width x Depth x Height 37 4 x 50 8 x 87 0 in 95 0 X 129 0 X 221 0 cm DKU Rack Max Weight 1568 lb 711 kg Environmental onto aiiai Non operation
2. XP P9000 Software Overview Scalability of the XP P9500 BING INCREMENT MAX Data Drives is Drives a as 2044 Spare Drives is Drives 34 a ae 128 287 GB usable 1 76 PB usable SAS Disk Adapter DKA Pairs i 4 Channel Adapter CHA Pairs i O 10 MostPots ose S w 128 160 Cache ooo tc OB O 178 woes o a o a O 65 280 C A E 6 DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 2 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Standard Features 4 Yh ft Co Ip ay fe Controller Chassis P DAN SSS Orive Chassis ZA RS Front XP P9500 Hardware The XP P9500 hardware consists of one or two DKC racks that will hold up to 256 drives each Each DKC rack can attach to one or two optional DKU racks that each holds up to 384 drives The DKC Rack contains the Controller Chassis and two 128 slot Drive Chassis or 48 slot Flash Module Chassis The DKU Racks contain three 128 slot Drive Chassis or 48 slot Flash Module Chassis DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 3 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Standard Features Channel Adapter CHA Pairs Disk Adapter DKA Sets Cache Memory Channel Adapters CHA pairs provide connections to host or servers that use the XP P9500 for data storage either directly connected to the servers or through SAN switches CHA pairs al
3. Models Product Highlights Support O HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software provides web based automatic monitoring and load balancing for all your XP P9500 Storage Now you can make the most of your arrays by moving high priority tasks to underutilized volumes replicating volumes for backup and recovery and viewing the health of your arrays You set performance goals you set the limits and XP P9000 Auto LUN does the rest It proposes a migration plan and even estimates how much your storage performance will improve when it is done XP P9000 Auto LUN lets you evaluate array usage and determine whether resources are overloaded or out of balance Use its easy to follow menus to define when data is collected and arrays are monitored It makes spotting trends simple using up to 90 days of stored historical data to create up to the minute reports You can even export data to third party analysis tools like Microsoft Excel If resources are overloaded XP P9000 Auto LUN will create a plan to move volumes then stands by for your approval to make changes HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software Base LTU TB515AA HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB515AB HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB515AC HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB515AD HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB515AE HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB515AF HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB515AG HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Softwa
4. HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Overview The HP XP P9500 Storage is bulletproof storage for mission critical converged infrastructure where constant access to data is required even in the event of a disaster Designed for organizations that simply cannot afford any downtime the XP P9500 combines a high performance on line scalable fully redundant hardware platform with unique data replication capabilities integrated with clustering solutions for complete business continuity The XP P9500 can adapt to changing business conditions in minutes instead of months and protect storage investments while increasing data center capacity and lifespan The HP XP P9000 Software Family decreases the complexities of critical data management Through thin provisioning organizations can improve storage utilization Virtualization simplifies the management of diverse systems Smart Tiers improve storage performance and controls costs While consolidation becomes a reality by managing open systems mainframe and HP NonStop applications all on a single XP P9500 With the HP XP P9500 Storage and XP P9000 Software Family organizations can confidently manage their mission critical IT HP XP P9500 Storage DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 1 A Ww v D A wn HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP
5. HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CTG Overview Models Support Prerequisites Licensing Business Continuity Manager Extended CT Group allows the user to maintain data consistency within and across multiple XP P9500 Storage for Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe remote replication operations Included in HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager see section for more information See Service amp Support section e Software HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager required Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe required included with HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Sync and Journal for the XP P9500 Storage See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CTG Software allows the user to maintain data consistency within and across multiple up to four XP P9500 Storage for Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe operations HP XP P9000 Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG SW Base LTU HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG SW 1TB 0 30TB LTU HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG SW 1TB 31 50TB LTU HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG SW 1TB 51 100TB LTU HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access
6. capacity of Business Copy DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 11 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management HP XP P9000 Remote Web Console Overview Models Licensing Remote Web Console is shipped free of charge with the array firmware on the SVP It is accessible by customers and provides basic single XP P9500 Storage management It can be easily accessed by the XP P9000 Command View AE GUI If Remote Web Console is used as the only array device manager it is accessed via a remote IP URL to the SVP See user manual for more details Also note that the SVP shipped with XP P9500 Storage includes a native CLI SMI S provider NOTE There are 2 separate CLI SMI S providers shipped with XP P9500 Storage now SVP CLI SMI S provider and CVAE CLI SMI S provider The SVP CLI SMI S provider is included with the SVP The CVAE CLI SMI S provider is shipped as a part of XP P9500 Storage Controller and is included on a separate CVAE media kit Users of XP P9500 Storage should use the new SVP SMI S The SVP SMI S will continue to be enhanced and is the recommended provider for the XP P9500 The CVAE SMI S will also support the XP P9500 Storage but will primarily be maintained for XP24000 and older arrays CVAE SMI S will be maintained with bug fixes but in general will not be enhanced beyond CVAE 7 0 unless there are specific business cases At
7. http h20195 www2 hp com v2 GetPDF aspx 4AA3 4141 ENW pdf HP Performance Analysis for the Storage XP EVA Disk Arrays The service provides data collection detailed I O analysis and enhancement recommendations for HP 3PAR Storage disk arrays HP EVA P6000 Storage disk arrays and HP XP P9000 Storage disk arrays http athp hp com portal go 5982 6668 HP Data Replication Solution Services provides for proper implementation of Business Copy for HP Storage SAN Virtualization Services Platform SVSP The service helps your customers manage and control data replication needs by implementing a custom tailored fully integrated and operational data replication solution within their virtualized storage environment data sheet HP Data Replication Solution Services for Business Copy for SVSP http athp hp com portal go 4AA2 9549 www hp com services storage To learn more on HP Storage Services please contact your HP sales representative or HP Authorized Channel Partner HP Care Pack Services are sold by HP and HP Authorized Service Partners e Services for customers purchasing from HP or an enterprise reseller are quoted using HP order configuration tools e Customers purchasing from a commercial reseller can find HP Care Pack Services at www hp com go lookuptool DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 52 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software Technical Specifications
8. requirements for data retention will be met and compliance is not implicitly or explicitly guaranteed Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager See section for more information e Create read only volumes Protect data from being replicated Allow data to be read only by authorized applications Protect datasets from write and read access Protect datasets from query IO scan file system inquiry operations Allow data to be locked down for a specific retention time period Host Agent integration using XP P9000 RAID Manager See Service amp Support section Software XP P9000 RAID Manager version 1 24 13 required for host agent integration e See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section HP XP P9000 External Storage Software Overview Models O HP XP P9000 External Storage allows you to host XP P9500 Storage LUNs on select external storage subsystems XP P9000 External Storage allows you to tier storage capabilities and provision a XP P9500 solution to optimize return on IT investment letting you focus high performance high availability native XP P9500 Storage capacity against your most mission critical data while hosting less critical data on cost optimized external storage subsystems Data stored on external devices connected behind a XP P9500 appear to a server to be stored inside the XP P9500 XP P9000 External Storage provides significant consolidation scalability up to 255 Petabytes PB of external storage can be con
9. 251 500TB LTU TB506AF HP XP P9000 External Storage Software 1TB Over 500B LTU TB506AG HP XP P9000 External Storage Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB506AM Product Highlights e Petabytes of external storage capacity e Interoperability with XP P9000 Business Copy XP P9000 Continuous Access XP P9000 Auto LUN Cache LUN XP P9000 Performance Advisor and Data Retention Utility e External Storage health status information via Remote Web Console or XP P9000 Command View AE e Support for HP MSA 1000 1500 disk systems EVA Disk Arrays XP Disk Arrays and XP P9000 Storage e Support for HDS EMC and IBM disk arrays for data migration or permanent attach requires a local support agreement Please contact your HP Sales Representative for the latest details Support e See Service amp Support section Prerequisites e None Licensing e For XP P9500 Storage Sufficient license capacity must be purchased to cover the usable configured LUN capacity of all externally connected arrays See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section for more details HP XP P9000 Resource Partition Software Overview HP XP P9000 Resource Partition allows role based access control of XP P9500 resources It allows storage administrators to partition XP P9500 resources at Physical and logical level and to assign these resources to sub administrators while retaining overall control Administrators can partition a XP P9500 Storage at a physical level ports hosts LDEVs and Parit
10. Continuous Access Journal e Business Copy for Mainframe included with HP XP P9000 Business Copy For these products customer must purchase license capacity to cover the total open systems and mainframe used capacity Example A customer has a XP P9500 Storage with mainframe and open systems connect They want to use HP XP P9000 Continuous Access to synchronously mirror 2 TB of open systems volumes and Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe to mirror 1 TB of mainframe volumes to another XP P9500 Storage For each array this customer requires at least 3 TB of license capacity of HP XP P9000 Continuous Access which includes Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Licensing for Software used with HP XP P9000 External Storage DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 49 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software Usable Capacity licensed titles Used Capacity licensed titles e HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager License must be purchased to cover externally attached storage capacity e All other XP P9500 Storage usable capacity licensed software Array Manager Auto LUN Performance Advisor Application Performance Extender and Command View AE These titles are licensed only on internal capacity of XP P9500 Storage and therefore are not affected by the presence or absence of externally attached storage Example A custom
11. Customer has a 26 5TB usable capacity system with existing 27TB installed license capacity of XP P9000 Auto LUN They then install more drives and configure 4 TB additional usable capacity bringing the total usable storage capacity of the array up to 30 5 TB In this case the customer requires at least 3 5 TB 30 5 TB 27 TB additional license capacity of XP P9000 Auto LUN in order to cover the new total usable capacity of the array Rounding 3 5 TB up to the nearest TB they customer needs to purchase 4 TB license capacity for a total of 31 TB Because the total capacity is 31 TB the upgrade capacity is purchased from the 31 to 50 TB band Quantity Description Product Number 4 HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB515AC Usable Capacity licensed Software Titles For usable capacity licensed titles customers license the use of the software by purchasing License products that cover them for the amount of total usable storage capacity present on their array i e for the total capacity of all the LDEVs configured in the array In other words usable capacity is based upon the total usable capacity of all created LDEVs Total Usable Capacity Allocated LDEVs Unallocated LDEVs Reserved Capacity Note that Usable Capacity for software licenses is to be calculated in binary TiB A factor of 1024 is to be used for converting from raw to usable capacity Example Customer has a XP P9500 Storage with 100TB physical raw capacity The en
12. Dual Port Hard Drive HP XP P9500 146GB 6G SAS 15K rpm SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port Hard Drive HP XP P9500 300GB 6G SAS 15K rpm SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port Hard Drive HP XP P9500 200GB SAS SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port SLC Solid State Drive HP XP P9500 400GB SAS SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port SLC Solid State Drive HP XP P9500 200GB SAS SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port MLC Solid State Drive HP XP P9500 400GB SAS SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port MLC Solid State Drive A maximum of 128 SSDs are supported in one XP P9500 HP XP P9500 Flash Module Chassis DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 AV458A AV459A AV460A AV461B AV462A AV463A AV464A AV465B AV466A AV467A AV468A AV474A AV475A AV476A AV482A AV483A AV490A AV491A AV492A AV493A AV375A Page 55 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software Technical Specifications 48 slot complete Flash Module Chassis HP XP P9500 60Hz DKU Rack Flash Module Jumper Cable Kit AV377A Flash Module Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 50Hz DKU Rack Flash Module Jumper Cable Kit AV378A Flash Module Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 China DKU Rack Flash Module Jumper Cable Kit AV381A Flash Module Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 Standard DKC to First Flash Module Chassis Cable AV381A Cable to connect the DKC to the 1st Flash Module Chassis in a DKC Rack HP XP P9500 High performance DKC to First Flash M
13. Each XP P9500 can be a custom configuration For more information please contact your reseller or authorized HP representative to work with the requirements to configure the product correctly HP XP P9500 Storage The XP P9500 is a Structured Solution Product SSP This product number AV399A is a zero price ordering mechanism that is used as an umbrella product to indicate to the ordering system that this is a new XP P9500 order HP XP P9500 Storage DKC Module 0 Controller Base Rack Includes Controller Chassis with 1 Cache Memory Adapter pair 1 Processor Blade pair 1 Express Switch Adapter pair 1 SVP CLI SMI S LTU and basic Power Supplies Space for 2 128 slot Drive Chassis or 48 slot Flash Module Chassis HP XP P9500 Storage DKC Module 1 Controller Base Rack Includes Controller Chassis with 1 Cache Memory Adapter pair 1 Processor Blade pair 1 Express Switch Adapter pair 1 DKC Hub kit 1 Inter controller Cable and basic Power Supplies Space for 2 128 slot Drive Chassis or 48 slot Flash Module Chassis HP XP P9500 Storage DKU Base Drive Rack Space for 3 128 slot Drive Chassis or 48 slot Flash Module Chassis HP XP P9500 3 phase 24A 60Hz with Cords Power Distribution Unit Power Distribution Units with 2 power cords HP XP P9500 3 phase 16A 50Hz with Cords Power Distribution Unit Power Distribution Units with 2 power cords HP XP P9500 1 phase 24A 60Hz with Cords Power Distribution Unit Power Distribution Units with 4 power cord
14. FICON for system z or ZHPF is an enhancement of the FICON channel architecture which also means compatibility with certain standards such as Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling standard FC FS Fibre Channel Switch Fabric and Switch Control Requirements FC SW and Fibre Channel Single Byte 4 FC SB 4 standards Enhancements have been made to the z Architecture and the FICON interface architecture to deliver improvements for online transaction processing OLTP workloads ZHPF is implemented exclusively in System z10 When High Performance FICON is exploited by the FICON channel the z OS operating system and the control unit the FICON channel overhead will be reduced This is achieved by simplification of the protocol and by reducing the number of information units processed resulting in more efficient use of the fiber link HP XP P9000 for Compatible High Perf FICON R Connectivity SW LTU TB517A See Service amp Support section A frame license is provided for XP P9500 Storage DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 41 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software Many XP P9000 software titles are licensed based on some measure of the storage capacity of the system This structure allows customer costs for software to scale with the cost for their hardware solution In all cases a 1TB increment is t
15. Journal 4x4 Ext CG SW 1TB 101 250TB LTU HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG SW 1TB 251 500TB LTU HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG SW 1TB Over 500TB LTU HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG SW 1TB Day Meter LTU See Service amp Support section e Software HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager required TB556AA TB556AB TB556AC TB556AD TB556AE TB556AF TB556AG TB556AM Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe required included with XP P9000 HP Continuous Access Journal e For XP P9500 Storage TB556AA AB AC AD AE AF AG licensed on one XP P9500 based on total capacity of the P VOLs associated with Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe For multiple arrays managed under the same Business Continuity Manager sum all of the Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe P VOLs for all of the arrays and purchase the licenses based on the overall total unlike other XP P9000 software licenses that are licensed per array See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 40 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Mainframe Connect Tools HP XP P9000 for Compatible High Perf FICON R Connectivity Software Overview Models Support Licensing High Performance
16. P9000 Storage It reduces total cost of ownership by enabling collaboration among team members and by increasing the efficiency of storage administrators It can be used together with the Remote Web Console software shipped free with every HP XP P9500 Storage In an environment with many HP XP P9000 Storage with complex replication or with a need to migrate data among tiers of storage HP XP P9000 Command View AE provides the device management capability you need It allows you to manage multiple HP XP P9000 Storage from a central location It provides the ability to install optional plug in applications for enhanced functionality like visualizing complicated replication environments or non disruptively migrating data between tiers of storage HP XP P9000 Command View AE includes a Command Line Interface CLI to automate disk array configuration and management and includes an SMI S provider to interface with SRM software XP P9000 Command View AE also includes the Provisioning Manager functionalities Provisioning Manager was a Separate product in the previous generation XP software portfolio With XP P9000 Provisioning Manager product has been integrated with XP P9000 CVAE The CVAE CLI SMI S capabilities are conveniently included with the XP P9500 Storage Controller There is also a native CLI SMI S included with the SVP for XP P9500 Storage Refer to the Remote Web Console section for more details on the differences of the 2 CLI SMI S capabilitie
17. See Service amp Support section DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 8 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management Prerequisites e XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Management Station provided separately by customer Please contact your HP Sales Representative for the latest details O Windows Server 2008 32 bit and x64 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Windows 7 32 bit and x64 Windows Server 2003 32 bit and x64 Windows Server 2003 SP1 32 bit Windows Server 2003 SP2 32 bit and x64 Windows XP Professional SP2 SP3 Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Vista SP1 32 bit SUSE Linux 10 32 bit and x64 VMware Hyper V O 1GHz CPU minimum 2 GHz CPU or faster is recommended O 1GBRAM minimum 2 GB or greater is recommended O 4GB free drive space minimum 5 GB or greater is recommended Atleast one Ethernet LAN card connected to network Licensing e For XP P9500 Storage License to use is based on the total internal usable capacity of the XP P9500 being managed e As more LDEVs are configured in the array additional licensing for XP P9000 Command View AE must also be purchased to cover the newly configured LDEVs e The HP XP P9000 Command View AE CLI SMI S License is included with the XP P9500 Storage It entitles you to use the SMI S provider and the core command line interface CLI of HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Softwa
18. Software Mainframe Connect Tools The following XP P9000 mainframe software products a wide range of functionality when a XP P9500 Storage is deployed in mainframe connect environments HP XP P9000 for Data Exchange Overview HP XP P9000 for Data Exchange Software allows seamless data exchange between mainframe and open systems hosts It provides management of data format and code conversions and allows information sharing across computing platforms Models Models HP XP P9000 for Data Exchange Software LTU T1620AE Product Highlights e Mainframe and open systems data managed and stored on single XP P9500 Storage e Automatic data format and code conversions e Supports HP UX Windows Linux Sun Solaris and AIX Operating Systems Support See Service amp Support section Licensing License to use on a per server basis per server connected to one XP P9000 Storage One License required for each server running XP P9000 for Data Exchange Software Hitachi Virtual Logical Volume Image VLVI Manager for Mainframe Overview Hitachi VLVI Manager improves data access performance by reducing logical device contention and host 1 0 queue times particularly when several frequently accessed files are located on the same volume It enables better utilization of the physical storage capacity of the XP P9500 Storage and reduces the amount of administrative effort required to balance I O workloads On the XP P9500 Storage Hitachi VLVI Manager formats
19. XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy SW 1TB Over SOOTB LTU TB538AG HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy SW 1TB Day Meter LTU TB538AM See Service amp Support section e Licensing on one XP P9500 Storage based on total capacity of XRC P VOLs Also add the total capacity of the XRC S VOLs on the array if reverse copy will be used for recovery operations e See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section HP XP P9000 for FlashCopy Mirroring Overview Models HP XP P9000 for FlashCopy Mirroring Software provides snapshot capability for local copy of mainframe volumes It enhances data availability for mainframe data and improves productivity by providing IBM FlashCopy compatible point in time copies within an HP XP P9500 Storage As soon as a copy is created it becomes available for use The copy can be either virtual or physical If a virtual copy is specified it remains a pointer based copy that only saves the changes from the original However if a physical copy is specified a full copy will be completed in the background while both the source and the copy remain available for access For additional availability FlashCopy can be combined with Business Copy for Mainframe Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe and HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy FlashCopy Space Efficient Storage space required by copies can be saved with FlashCopy Space Efficient FlashCo
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21. by permitting a mainframe host system to issue multiple I O requests in parallel to individual logical devices within the XP P9500 Storage Models HP XP P9000 for Compatible Parallel Access Volumes Software Base LTU TB537AA HP XP P9000 for Compatible PAV Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB537AB HP XP P9000 for Compatible PAV Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB537AC HP XP P9000 for Compatible PAV Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB537AD HP XP P9000 for Compatible PAV Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB537AE HP XP P9000 for Compatible PAV Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB537AF HP XP P9000 for Compatible PAV Software 1TB Over SOOTB LTU TB537AG HP XP P9000 for Compatible PAV Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB537AM Support See Service amp Support section Licensing e For XP P9500 Storage Licensing based on total used mainframe LDEV capacity e See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section HP P9000 XP for Compatible Hyper PAV Software Overview Greatly reduces the number of PAV aliases needed per logical subsystem while maintaining response times PAV aliases are only bound to PAV bases for the duration of a single 1 0 operation thus reducing the number of aliases needed Models HP XP P9000 for Compatible Hyper PAV Software LTU TB536A Support See Service amp Support section Prerequisites e Software HP XP P9000 for Compatible Parallel Access Volumes required Licensing Licensed on a per array basis Hitachi Logical Volume Divider for Mainframe also known as Dataset Replicatio
22. capacity This is the sum of total capacity of mainframe base LDEVs data volumes that will be defined with ALIASES via the Remote Web Console at the time PAV is installed and base volumes that are accessed by Hyper PAV if HyperPAV is installed e HP XP P9000 for FlashCopy Mirroring e HP XP P9000 for FlashCopy Space Efficient e HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy XRC total capacity of XRC P VOLs Also add the total capacity of XRC S VOLs if reverse copy will be used for recovery operations e HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager total capacity of the P VOLs associated with Business Copy for Mainframe Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe and Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe for all XP P9000 Disk Arrays managed under the same Business Continuity Manager e Hitachi Business Continuity Manager Extended CT Group total capacity of the P VOLs associated with Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe for all of the arrays managed under the same Business Continuity Manager e HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG total capacity of the P VOLs associated with Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe for all of the arrays managed under the same Business Continuity Manager For these titles customers license the use of the software by purchasing License products that cover them for the amount of storage capacity actually used by the software title in question NOTE For
23. data migration functionality of XP P9000 Auto LUN When integrated with HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Tiered Storage Manager reports Array Group Busy Rates allowing you to consider performance implications before migrating data NOTE If you require automatic performance based migration purchase HP XP P9000 Auto LUN HP XP P9000 Auto LUN includes data migration functionality and performance monitoring functionality Only the data migration functionality of XP P9000 Auto LUN is included with HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Models HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software Base LTU TB585AA HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB585AB HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB585AC HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB585AD DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 9 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB585AE HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB585AF HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB585AG HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB585AM Transparent migration no need to disrupt or quiesce applications Non disruptive to users Migrates data for both Internal or External Storage MSA EVA XP P9000 Provide persistent v
24. helps drive business success and mitigates risk with constant data availability HP has developed an in depth understanding of Oracle Microsoft SAP and VMware technologies by extensive lab testing best practices with the HP XP P9000 Storage HP servers and management software high availability and disaster recovery solutions and backup and recovery on the Oracle Microsoft and SAP application platforms As a result our customers can expect a wide range of operational and business benefits where they can e Maintain Hardware Redundancy Every XP P9000 array is redundant hot swappable and can be upgraded online e Achieve Data Loss Protection to monitor the array around the clock for unseen issues and investigate and resolve problems proactively and immediately e Increase utilization efficiency and reduce storage costs with HP Thin provisioning e Increase return on investment with reduced cooling and power requirements along with increased reliability and storage density with HP SMART Tiering e Easily integrate to existing Oracle Microsoft SAP and VMware environments with choice of FC iSCSI or SAS attached controllers To learn more about specific HP Storage Solutions that are built with Oracle Microsoft SAP and VMware environments in mind visit the solution sites supporting each of these applications HP Storage for Oracle hyperlink to http www hp com storage oracle HP Storage for Microsoft hyperlink to http www hp c
25. one license of HP Metrocluster with XP P9000 Continuous Access HP XP P9000 Cluster Extension Software Overview Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites Licensing O HP XP P9000 Cluster Extension Software offers protection against system downtime to critical applications for enterprise customers using the HP XP P9000 Storage family It allows for hands free failover failback of server storage system It detects failures and automatically manages recovery without human intervention offering comprehensive disaster tolerance against application downtime from fault failure or site disaster HP XP P9000 Cluster Extension Software resurrects your critical applications at a remote site within seconds minutes after a failover event over both metropolitan and global distances XP P9000 Cluster Extension works seamlessly with your open system clustering software HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Software and your XP P9500 Storage storage system to provide a highly available IT system NOTE Similar functionality exists for HP UX servers with HP Metrocluster software HP XP P9000 Cluster Extension Software Windows LTU TB534A HP XP P9000 Cluster Extension Software Linux LTU TB535A e Automatic failover failback recovery solution for native clusters on Red Hat and SUSE Linux Microsoft Cluster Service MSCS for Windows e Seamless integration of remote mirroring with server clusters e Fully scripted turnkey solution for disaster recovery
26. one or more of the LDEVs on a selected volume into free space That free space on the resulting volume can either be used to install one or more variable sized custom volumes or left as free space for future use Models Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager see section for more information Support See Service amp Support section Licensing e XP P9500 Storage Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager see section for more information Business Copy for Mainframe Overview Provides local multi mirroring for mainframe volume types Models Included with HP XP P9000 Business Copy see section for more information Support See Service amp Support section Licensing e XP P9500 Storage Included with HP XP P9000 Business Copy see section for more information DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 35 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP Q ul ckSpecs XP P9000 Software Mainframe Connect Tools Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Overview Provides Synchronous copy mode remote mirroring for mainframe volume types Models Included with HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous and XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal see section for more information Support See Service amp Support section Licensing e XP P9500 Storage Included with HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous and XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal see section for more information Continuous Access Journal for Main
27. specifications Copyright 2012 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein For drives 1 GB 1 billion bytes Actual formatted capacity is less DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 58
28. the following product bundles individual titles are licensed based on Usable or Used capacity depending on how they are licensed separately e HP XP P9000 Array Mgr With Thin Provisioning Software When purchased as an upgrade to installed capacity select the band that includes the quantity that is the sum of MINIMUM Array Manager installed capacity Thin Provisioning installed capacity DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 44 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software new Array Manager with Thin Provisioning capacity e HP XP P9000 External Storage with Thin Provisioning Software When purchased as an upgrade to installed capacity select the band that includes the quantity that is the sum of MINIMUM External Storage installed capacity Thin Provisioning installed Capacity new External Storage with Thin Provisioning capacity Meter based Term Licenses Meter based Term Licenses are available for the following software titles HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software HP XP P9000 Array Manager With Thin Provisioning Software HP XP P9000 External Storage Software HP XP P9000 External Storage with Thin Provisioning Software HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software includes Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Jour
29. their solution they determine that they will mirror 70 LUNs of equal LDEV size with one copy each for the first 30 LUNs and two copies each for the other 40 LUNs Each LUN LDEV is roughly 14 5 GB in size Each source LUN is a P Vol and each copy LUN is an S Vol The customer must purchase license capacity to cover all LUNs being managed as a XP P9000 Business Copy P Vol or S Vol In this case the total used capacity would be calculated as follows e Used Capacity P Vol source LUNs S Vols copy LUNs 70 x 14 5 GB 1 x 30 x 14 5 GB 2 x 40 x 14 5 GB 1 015 GB 1 595 GB 2 610 GB Dividing by 1024 to convert to TB gives 2 55 TB Rounded to the next highest TB 3 TB used capacity For HP XP P9000 Business Copy using Snapshot replication Used capacity is defined as the total capacity of all logical volumes that are P Vols Snapshot source plus Pool Volume where all Copy on Write data is stored This amount represents the true usable capacity of these volumes corresponding with the configured LDEV sizes i e it excludes RAID mirroring overhead The Pool Volume size is estimated by understanding 1 the size of data that will be changed for each P Vol per generation of Snapshot V Vol X 2 the number of generations of Snapshots that will be created retained Y 3 the number of P Vols that will have Snapshots taken Z The Pool volume size XxYxZ rounded up to the next TB DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 201
30. used to convert an installed Continuous Access Synchronous product to Continuous Access Journal product Example 1 A customer with a XP P9500 Storage has 10TB of Continuous Access Sync installed and no Continuous Access Journal installed They wish to convert 5TB of the Continuous Access Sync capacity into Continuous Access Journal They must purchase 5TB of Continuous Access Conversion as follows Quantity Description Product Number 1 HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software Base LTU TB523AA 5 HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software 1TB 0 30TB TB523AB LTU After installing these licenses the XP P9000 will have 5TB of Continuous Access Journal and 5TB of Continuous Access Sync 5TB of Continuous Access Sync has been converted to Continuous Access Journal Example 2 A customer has a XP P9500 Storage with 10TB of Continuous Access Sync installed and no Continuous Access Journal installed They wish to convert all of the 10TB of Continuous Access Sync capacity into Continuous Access Journal and add 26TB more of Continuous Access Journal They must purchase 10TB of Continuous Access Conversion and 26TB of Continuous Access Journal as follows Quantity Description Product Number 1 HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software Base LTU TB523AA 10 HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software 1TB 0 30TB TB523AB LTU 26 HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB578AC After installing these licens
31. with Permanent LTU and 4TB is covered with Meter licenses 4TB LTU for 180 Days 720 TB Days Meter LTU Note that to use Meter based Term licenses customer needs to have Base license and 1TB Permanent license installed on the array For HP XP P9000 External Used capacity is defined as the total capacity of all logical volumes that are physically hosted on mapped Storage to an external storage subsystem e g MSA EVA and XP Disk Arrays This amount represents the true usable capacity of these volumes corresponding with the configured LDEV sizes i e it excludes RAID mirroring overhead Example A customer wishes to deploy a XP P9500 Storage The customer wishes to use HP XP P9000 External Storage to host a portion of the data on an externally connected EVA storage system For their solution they determine that they will host 140 LUNs of equal LDEV size on the EVA Each LUN LDEV is roughly 14 5 GB in size The customer must purchase license capacity to cover all the LUNs being hosted on the EVA In this case the total used capacity would be calculated as follows e Used Capacity logical capacity of all externally hosted volumes 140 x 14 5 GB 2 030 GB Dividing by 1024 to convert to TB gives 1 98 TB Rounded to the next highest TB 2 TB of External Storage license capacity is required For Data Retention Used capacity is defined as the amount of logical storage capacity on the array that is managed by the Utility Volume Retention softw
32. with XP P9500 Storage It is no longer bundled with XP P9000 Array Manager DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 14 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software Overview HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software allows you to supply storage capacity to your applications from a pool of virtualized storage By enabling you to allocate your anticipated future storage capacity needs from virtual storage HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software reduces the amount of physical drive capacity initially required As utilization of physical drive space increases over time you can purchase more drive capacity as it is needed and install it without affecting your applications By removing the guessing from capacity planning HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning reduces the cost of volume management Models HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software Base LTU TB527AA HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB527AB HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB527AC HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB527AD HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB527AE HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB527AF HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software 1TB Over SOOTB LTU TB527AG HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB527AM Product Highlights e
33. 00 Software Business Continuity Solutions HP DBUtil Overview HP DButil is a command line utility to facilitate application consistent replication of a Microsoft SQL Server database HP DButil commands place the database in a transactionally consistent state and suspend write operations while HP replication software is used to copy the database Other HP DButil commands then resume the database and normal write operations HP DButil now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system HP DButil can be downloaded at no charge from the following site http h20000 www2 hp com bizsupport TechSupport SoftwareDescription jsp lang en amp cc us amp switem co 62583 1 amp jumpid reg_R1002_USEN HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter Overview HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter allows customers who are using vCenter to better monitor and manage the storage associated with VMware virtual machines HP can be added to vCenter allowing vCenter administrators to list LUN volume connections determine the storage attributes associated with virtual machines and monitor the status and health of the arrays Features and Benefits 1 Monitor the status and health of HP arrays Administrators managing their virtual machine environment can get additional information about the health and status of their HP arrays This information helps in diagnosing problems and communicating with storage administ
34. 2 Page 47 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software For HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Example Based on a customer s total storage need they have 300 P Vols each sized at 100GB 30 000GB dividing by 1024 to convert to TB gives 29 3 TB rounded to the next highest TB 30TB total The customer wants to keep 7 generations of Snapshot V Vols Finally it has been estimated that 4 7GB of data will be updated between each generation The customer must purchase license capacity to cover all LUNs being managed as a Snapshot XP P9000 P Vol or V Vol In this case the total used capacity would be calculated as follows e Used Capacity P Vol source LUNs Pool volume size 30TB 4 7GBx7x300 9 870GB dividing by 1024 to convert to TB gives 9 64 TB rounded to the next highest TB 10TB for a total licensing requirement of 40TB Snapshot requires a V Vol management area in Shared Memory The Shared Memory requirement for the V Vol management area is the sum of the P Vol information capacity requirement the Pool Volume information capacity requirement See the Snapshot Users Guide for complete details regarding configuring Shared Memory for Snapshot Shared Memory requirement for XP P9500 Storage refer to the configuration guide to understand the Shared Memory requirements for XP P9500 Storage HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion licenses are
35. 20000 XP12000 and XP10000 Disk Arrays resulting in minimal Recovery Point Objective RPO Recovery Time Objective RTO This configuration provides protection against widespread disasters that may affect an entire region Please contact your HP representative for details Software e HP UX 11iv1 or higher The 3 Data Center capability is available only on HP UX 11i v2 or higher e HP Serviceguard e XP P9000 Continuous Access XP P9000 Continuous Access Sync or XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal e XP P9000 RAID Manage One license needed for every clustered environment HP Continentalclusters Overview HP Continentalclusters software provides the highest levels of disaster tolerance by eliminating the cluster itself as a single point of failure It uses data replication technologies to provide application recovery across multiple widely separated HP UX Serviceguard clusters The Continentalclusters product provides the ability to monitor a Serviceguard cluster and recover mission critical applications to a remote Serviceguard cluster should the monitored cluster become unavailable or if there is a disaster at the cluster site Continentalclusters allows for a semi automatic push button type of recovery When a cluster failure or a site disaster is detected Continentalclusters generates a notification An operator upon receipt of a notification can start the recovery of applications at a recovery cluster using a single Continentalclus
36. 4 December 4 2012 Page 30 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Business Continuity Solutions HP Metrocluster with XP P9000 and XP Continuous Access Overview Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites Licensing HP Metrocluster with XP P9000 and XP Continuous Access seamlessly integrates XP P9000 Storage remote replication capabilities with HP Serviceguard on HP UX It provides automatic and bi directional failover failback of business critical data and applications between data centers HP Metrocluster with XP P9000 and XP Continuous Access supports XP P9000 Storage in a Two Data Center configuration When combined with the HP Continentalclusters product HP Metrocluster with XP P9000 and XP Continuous Access can also be used to replicate data and to perform application recovery across three data centers using the following storage devices XP P9500 XP24000 XP20000 XP12000 and XP10000 For more information please refer to hittp www hp com go dt HP Metrocluster with XP P9000 and XP Continuous Access B8109CA e Extends protection provided by a Serviceguard cluster to cover disasters that affect the whole data center e Functions as an automatic failover failback disaster recovery solution for HP Serviceguard on HP UX e When combined with the HP Continentalclusters product provides the ability to replicate data across three data centers with XP P9500 XP24000 XP
37. Conversion Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB523AD HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB523AE HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB523AF HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB523AG Product Highlights e Remote data mirroring between XP P9500 XP Disk Arrays e Enables a wide range of remote mirroring solutions e XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Synchronous copy mode e XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Asynchronous copy mode using drive based Journal file e Fast failover failback for seamless reliable mirroring recovery e Provides data consistency for Open Mainframe VOLs in a Multi DKC 3 Data center multi target configuration e Supports 3DC Continuous Access Journal x Continuous Access Journal configuration e Host Agent integration using XP P9000 RAID Manager e XP P9500 Storage XP P9000 Continuous Access Sync includes licenses for Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe providing synchronous remote replication for mainframe volume types e XP P9500 Storage XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal includes licenses for Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe and Cont Access Journal 3DC amp 4x4 for Mainframe providing asynchronous journal based remote replication for mainframe volume types Support See Service amp Support section Licensing See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section HP XP P9000 RAID Manager
38. N LDEV is roughly 14 5 GB in size Each source LUN is a P Vol and each copy LUN is an S Vol On both the primary and secondary the customer must purchase license capacity to cover all LUNs being managed as XP P9000 Continuous Access P Vols plus S Vols In this case the total used capacity would be calculated as follows e Onthe Primary array Used Capacity P Vol source LUNs 70 x 14 5 GB 1 015 GB Dividing by 1024 to convert to TB gives 0 99 TB Rounded up to the next highest TB 1 TB total used capacity e Onthe Secondary array Used Capacity S Vol copy LUNs 70 x 14 5 GB 1 015 GB Dividing by 1024 to convert to TB gives 0 99 TB Rounded up to the next highest TB 1 TB total used capacity Therefore for the primary and secondary XP P9000s the customer must purchase at least 1 TB worth of license capacity on each array Used capacity is defined as the total capacity of all logical volumes that are either Local Copy P Vols BC source or traditional S Vols BC copy or POOL Vols where Snapshot data is stored This amount represents the true usable capacity of these volumes corresponding with the configured LDEV sizes i e it excludes RAID mirroring overhead Example Based upon their total storage need a customer requires a 5 TB raw capacity XP P9500 Storage The customer also requires XP P9000 Business Copy for the purpose of online backup and application testing and all of the copy LUNs will be traditional full size volumes For
39. NOTE Because of the band pricing structure if your configuration is near the top of a band compare the price of the entry point of the next higher band to see if it might provide a lower price For example consider 30TB of XP P9000 Array Manager 30TB is at the top of the first band If you move up to the next band and buy 31TB instead you will find that the price for 31TB is actually lower than the price for 30TB For new software Purchase the Base License and then purchase all capacity licenses from the capacity band that matches purchase the total capacity required Example Customer purchases an 18TB raw capacity XP P9500 Storage Consider that total usable capacity based on the capacity of all configured LDEVs is 12TB Customer wants HP XP P9000 Auto LUN In this case customer will need to purchase 12TB of Auto LUN LTUs To provide for 12TB license capacity for the software the customer would order the following Quantity Description Product Number 1 HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software Base LTU TB515AA 12 HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB515AB DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 42 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software For license capacity The customer purchases additional license product from the band that matches the sum of the currently upgrades installed capacity plus the desired upgrade capacity Example
40. Over 500TB LTU TB541AG See Service amp Support section See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section Thin Provisioning for Mainframe is a pre requisite for FlashCopy Space Efficient HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Overview Models Support Prerequisites Licensing HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager provides centralized and automated management of Business Copy for Mainframe Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe and Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe XP P9000 Business Continuity Manager includes Business Continuity Manager Extended CT Group functionality allowing you to maintain data consistency within and across multiple XP P9000 Storage for Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe operations XP P9000 Business Continuity Manager also includes Logical Volume Divider also known as Dataset Replication for Mainframe HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Server Software LTU TB553A HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software Base LTU TB554AA HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB554AB HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB554AC HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB554AD HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB554AE HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB554AF HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager SW 1TB Ove
41. Overview HP XP P9000 RAID Manager provides OS specific host based software initiated from a server via a command line interface that allows full user control of HP XP P9000 Continuous Access and HP XP P9000 Business Copy from the host server XP P9000 RAID Manager also provides functionality for synchronized operation with cache and OS etc If launching from a host using scripts a consulting engagement may be recommended XP P9000 RAID Manager also provides host agent command support for HP Data Retention Utility LUN Security XP Extension based solutions see Data Retention Utility for more information Models IIncluded with XP P9000 Array Manager N A Product Highlights e Host resident integration of XP P9000 Software Support e See Service amp Support section Licensing e NA product provided at no charge DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 28 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software High Availability and Data Replication Software HP Secure Path for HP UX Windows Overview See HP Secure Path QuickSpecs for detailed information on this offering http h18006 www1 hp com products sanworks secure path specifications html Hitachi HDLM for VMware Hitachi HDLM for IBM AIX Hitachi HDLM for Sun Solaris Hitachi HDLM for Windows Hitachi HDLM for Linux Overview Models Product Highlights Support Licensing Hitachi HDLM for VMware Hitachi HDLM for IBM AIX Hi
42. P P9000 Replication Manager Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB584AF HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 1TB Over SOOTB LTU TB584AG e Replication Manager supports business continuity by simplifying replication management and monitoring e Displays replication status configuration and correlation of pair volumes e Provides early warnings for any potential problems e Eliminates tedious manual data entry e See Services Support section Hardware o HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Management Station see HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software section for details e Software Requires the CLI SMI S portion of Command View AE The full Command View AE implementation is not required The CLI SMI S functionality can be obtained from any of the following a HP XP P9500 Storage HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition a Licensed per XP P9500 Storage If customers want to manage all replication pairs Business Copy pairs Continuous Access pairs XP P9000 Replication Manager licensed capacity must be greater than or equal to the sum of the purchased license capacities of the following replication products installed on that array HP XP P9000 Business Copy HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Sync and HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal However if customers want to manage replication pairs belonging to a specific product only say only Business Copy pairs then Replication Manager license is needed only to cover the purchased license
43. P XP P9000 Array Manager With Thin Provisioning Software Overview Models Product Highlights Support Licensing HP XP P9000 Array Manager With Thin Provisioning Software is a bundle of XP P9000 Array Manager and XP P9000 Thin Provisioning products It allows the customers to purchase both the titles at a significant discount as compared to buying both the products separately HP XP P9000 Array Mgr with Thin Prov Software Base LTU TB524AA HP XP P9000 Array Mgr with Thin Prov Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB524AB HP XP P9000 Array Mgr with Thin Prov Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB524AC HP XP P9000 Array Mgr with Thin Prov Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB524AD HP XP P9000 Array Mgr with Thin Prov Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB524AE HP XP P9000 Array Mgr with Thin Prov Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB524AF HP XP P9000 Array Mgr with Thin Prov Software 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB524AG HP XP P9000 Array Mgr with Thin Prov Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB524AM Refer to XP P9000 Array Manager and XP P9000 Thin Provisioning sections See Service amp Support section 1TB LTU of the bundle provides 1TB LTU of Array Manager and 1TB LTU of Thin Provisioning License to use is based on the licensing model of the individual products HP XP P9000 External Storage with Thin Provisioning Software Overview Models Product Highlights Support Licensing HP XP P9000 External Storage with Thin Provisioning Software is a bundle of XP P9000 External Storage and XP P9000 Thin Prov
44. P XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB590AM NOTE The HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Base License includes the media kit e Realtime data gathering and analysis e System view of all array resources e Dashboard for quick review of XP P9500 performance status e Macro view of applications to quickly isolate and troubleshoot performance problems e Graphical presentation of array component metrics in form of charts e Enhanced troubleshooting e Metrics for other products running on XP array like Thin Provisioning Smart Tiers CA e Detailed performance report generation and scheduling e Flexible event notification and large 320 GB historical repository e Multi OS support e Multiple management stations support e Coexistence of Windows based host agent and Windows based management station on the same server not recommended for large configurations e XP P9000 Storage External Storage performance monitoring e Integrates with HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Requires Performance Advisor and HP XP P9000 Command View AE Performance Advisor and Command View AE provide the best combination of features and performance e See Service amp Support section e Management Station for standalone deployment provided separately by customer O Management Server on its own management station m Supports single core dual core and quad core processors Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Edition SP1 SP2 32 bit
45. Reduce costs Reduce initial acquisition costs Improve drive capacity utilization Reduce storage purchases over the life of the storage system by eliminating stranded storage storage that is allocated but unused Reduce Total Cost of Ownership by deferring storage purchases e Reduce management cost Simplify storage provisioning reduce time and resources required to perform storage provisioning by only allocating storage once Eliminate application service interruptions perform volume expansion and deletion without host downtime Deploy applications faster planning and sizing storage for applications is easier Virtualize both Open and Mainframe environments now with Thin Provisioning support for Mainframe e Reduce environmental impact Reduce power consumption cooling requirements and carbon footprint by delaying purchases of drives Conserve floor space with better drive utilization Supports both Open systems and Mainframe systems Support e See Service amp Support section Licensing e License to use is based on the total capacity of the thin provisioning pool e Licensing follows a band based structure This is different from the licensing structure of XP Thin Provisioning which follows a block based structure DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 15 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management H
46. SAS interface Each Flash Module Chassis is connected to both blades of the redundant DKA pair by separate connections The Service Processor SVP manages the XP P9500 configuration gathers statistical information and is used for some maintenance activities The XP P9500 Storage does not require a functioning SVP in order to make capacity available for reading and writing However as external management functions have become dependent on the availability of the SVP in the XP P9500 some customers may desire to have fast recovery from an SVP failure by having a standby SVP If the primary SVP fails the hot standby SVP is switched into operation automatically within approximately six minutes The XP P9500 Continuous Track remote support functions require connection to HP Insight Remote Support via the internet The HP Continuous Track C Track remote support solution uses internet connectivity to transmit heartbeats system information messages SIMs and configuration information to the HP Storage Technology Centers STCs for remote data collection and remote monitoring purposes C Track also enables the STCs to remotely diagnose certain issues that may exist on the XP P9500 With HP s secure remote device access HP support personnel have the enhanced ability in many cases to quickly fix a support issue entirely through remotely performed actions DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 5 HP XP P9000 Storage Fam
47. Shipping amp Storage _ 10 to 43 25 to 60 item Operating Temperature 2C 16 to 32 elative Humidity 20 to 80 _sto90 Sto Max WetBub CO 26 x7 Ee y 4 Temperature Deviation 10 10 20 2C hour Vibration 5 to 10Hz 0 25mm 5 to 10Hz 2 5mm Sine Vibration 4 9m s2 5min 10 to 300Hz 0 49m s 10 to 70Hz 4 9m s2 At the resonant frequency l with the highest 70 to 99Hz 0 05mm displacement found between 3 to 100Hz 99 to 300Hz 9 8m s2 Random Vibration 0 147m 2 s3 30min 5 to 100Hz 78 4m s2 15ms Horizontal Incline Impact 1 22m s Vertical Rotational Edge 0 15m 60 to 3 000m fT o 1 Environmental specification for operating condition should be satisfied before the XP P9000 subsystem is powered on Maximum temperature of 32 C should be strictly satisfied at air inlet portion Recommended temperature range is 21 to 24 C 2 Non operating conditions include both packing and unpacking conditions unless otherwise specified 3 On shipping storage condition the product should be packed with factory packing 4 No condensation in and around the drive should be observed under any conditions 5 The above specifications of vibration are applied to all three axes Shock Accessories An extensive list of accessories is available for this product for more information please contact your HP sales representative Safety This product meets all applicable safety and regulatory
48. able to connect the 2nd Express Switch in DKC Module 1 Rack to the Express Switch in DKC Module 0 Rack LTU is required HP XP P9500 Standard DKC to First Drive Chassis Cable Cable to connect the DKC to the 1st Drive Chassis in a DKC Rack HP XP P9500 High performance DKC to First Drive Chassis Cable Cable to connect the 2nd DKC to the 1st Drive Chassis in a DKC Rack for High Performance configuration HP XP P9500 Standard Drive Chassis to Drive Chassis Cable Connects the 1st Drive Chassis to the 2nd Drive Chassis or the 2nd Drive Chassis to the 3rd Drive Chassis HP XP P9500 High performance Drive Chassis to Drive Chassis Cable Connects the 1st Drive Chassis to the 2nd Drive Chassis or the 2nd Drive Chassis to the 3rd Drive Chassis for High Performance configuration HP XP P9500 Standard DKU to First Drive Chassis Cable Connects the 1st Drive Chassis ina DKU Rack to a DKC or DKU Rack when configuring two or more racks HP XP P9500 High performance DKU Drive Rack Connection Cable Connects the 1st Drive Chassis ina DKU Rack to a DKC or DKU Rack when configuring two or more racks in High Performance configuration HP XP P9500 500GB 6G SAS 7 2K rpm SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port Hard Drive HP XP P9500 1TB 6G SAS 7 2K rpm SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port Hard Drive HP XP P9500 300GB 6G SAS 10K rpm SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port Hard Drive HP XP P9500 600GB 6G SAS 10K rpm SFF 2 5 inch Dual Port Hard Drive HP XP P9500 900GB 6G SAS 10K rpm SFF 2 5 inch
49. ache memory for your most frequently accessed data and control host port usage so that your most critical applications have the port bandwidth they need Configure manage and secure all host access to the XP P9500 so that you have efficient access to your data Create read only volumes for archiving and data retention and securely delete your data when necessary NOTE HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software is a required product for all XP P9500 Storage implementations except for Mainframe only environments HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software Base LTU TB514AA HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB514AB HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB514AC HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB514AD HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB514AE DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 12 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management Product Highlights Mainframe Performance Open Systems Allocate disk array port I Os and transfer rate so that your most important applications have the performance they need Also known as Server Priority Manager HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB514AF HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB514AG HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB514AM HP XP P9000 Array Manager provides several important capabilit
50. and 64 bit Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition SP1 SP2 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Windows XP Professional SP2 SP3 32 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Vista SP1 32 bit Windows 2008 32 bit Windows 2008 SP1 SP2 32 bit DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 21 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software Performance Management Software Licensing Windows 2008 R2 32 bit and 64 bit VMware Hyper V XEN Refer to the Support Matrix for all supported platforms 3 GHz CPU 4 GHz CPU recommended for large configurations gt 2GB database 2 GB RAM minimum 4 GB RAM recommended for large configurations gt 2GB database 10 GB free drive space minimum 320GB free drive space for maximum history detail NTFS DVD drive VGA monitor with 256 colors or better Atleast one LAN Card Host Agent refer to the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Installation Guide Minimum Array Firmware refer to the release notes associated with the particular version of Performance Advisor OO0O0000 For XP P9500 Storage License to use is based on total installed internal usable capacity External storage LUNs do not need to be considered O As more LDEVs are configured additional licenses for XP P9000 Performance Advisor much also be purchased See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section for more details HP XP P9000 Performance Acceler
51. are Logical storage capacity is defined as the size of the LDEV capacity being managed by the Manager for Mainframe software Example Customer wants to use Data Retention Utility to manage a total of 2 5 TB of logical storage capacity Rounding up to the nearest TB the customer would order a total of 3 TB license capacity DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 46 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software For HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Software Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe For HP XP P9000 Business Copy and Business Copy for Mainframe Used capacity is defined as the total capacity of all logical volumes that are Remote Mirroring P Vols source volumes on a primary XP P9500 Storage or S Vols copy volumes on a secondary XP P9500 Storage This amount represents the true usable capacity of these volumes corresponding with the configured LDEV sizes i e the amount excludes RAID mirroring overhead Example Based upon their total storage need a customer requires a primary XP P9500 Storage with 5TB raw capacity The customer also requires XP P9000 Continuous Access for the purpose of deploying a disaster recovery solution For their solution they determine that they will mirror 70 LUNs of equal LDEV size to a secondary XP P9500 Storage in their remote data center Each LU
52. ate one local copy mirror of 2 2TB of XP P9500 logical capacity and host that copy on the EVA storage system using XP P9000 Business Copy Per standard XP P9000 Business Copy licensing terms the customer must purchase license capacity to cover all LUNs being managed as a XP P9000 Business Copy P Vol or S Vol In this case the total used capacity would be calculated as follows License Capacity Used Capacity P Vol source LUNs S Vols copy LUNs requirement 2 2TB source hosted on the XP P9500 2 2TB copy hosted on the EVA 4 4TB Rounded to the next highest TB 5 TB used capacity for XP P9000 Business Copy DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 50 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Service and Support HP Care Pack and Warranty Information Service and Support Optimized Care delivers best performance and stability through deployment and proactive management practices Standard Care maintains high level of uptime along with expert help to cut the cost and complexity of implementation and support Technology Services for increased uptime productivity and ROI TRUST HP storage technology experts for every level of service and support Our integrated portfolio of Services for storage help customers reduce costs optimize data streamline storage management and improve backup and recovery Capitalizing on HP Storage Systems capabilities requires
53. ator Software Overview HP XP P9000 Performance Accelerator Software helps customers boost performance of their HP XP P9000 Storage Performance Accelerator software improves the random 1 0 performance of the HP XP P9500 Storage This improved performance helps customers achieve higher return on their investment Performance Accelerator software is a licensed software that works by enabling the functionality on the HP XP P9500 firmware Models HP XP P9000 Performance Accelerator Software TB521A Product Highlights e Improves random 1 0 performance on XP P9500 Storage Prerequisites e Licensing Hardware HP XP P9500 Storage Minimum Array Firmware V04a or late r License to use is a frame based licenses that enables Performance Accelerator Software on the entire XP P9500 Storage DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 22 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Performance Management Software HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition Overview Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites Licensing O HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition provides single pane of glass performance management for the SAN from the application through the SAN infrastructure to XP P9500 and EVA Disk Arrays Two products are provided a 150 MAP version designed for the EVA environment and a 300 MAP version designed for the XP P9000 Storage environment Th
54. d by the E suffix appended to the product number HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition 150 MAP SW LTU T4661AA HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition 150 MAP SW LTU eDelivery T4661AAE HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition 300 MAP SW LTU T4662AA HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition 300 MAP SW LTU eDelivery T4662AAE e Coverage of SAN Discover display and map physical amp virtual elements from application to array Isolate elements on the path causing performance issues Monitor performance of XP P9500 XP and EVA Disk Arrays from a single pane of glass Performance and configuration reports Backend visibility of external storage connected to the XP P9000 Disk Arrays e Historical data and trends for performance analysis Storage Essentials Performance Edition will not have support for XP P9500 Storage at launch XP P9500 Storage is planned to be supported soon after launch Please refer to http www hp com go SEPE for updated support information e HP Storage Essentials Software Media Kit e Dedicated management station License to use for unlimited storage capacity on one XP P9500 XP or EVA Disk Array For information about MAP and MAL licensing please refer to http www hp com go SEPE DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 23 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Performance Management Software HP XP P9000 Performance Control Overview Models P
55. des high performance remote mirroring in high workload environments Using shared mirroring and host connect interfaces you will better utilize your array resources In addition with seamless integration into a full spectrum of remote mirroring based solutions XP P9000 Continuous Access can be deployed for activities ranging from data migration to high availability server clustering XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous the base product provides replication using a synchronous link between XP P9500 Storage XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal provides replication using an asynchronous link between XP P9500 Storage XP P9000 Continuous Access can be used to copy data between XP P9500 Storage and between XP Disk Arrays of different generations For up to date information on XP P9000 Continuous Access compatibility between XP P9000 XP Disk Array generations please contact your HP representative NOTE The XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal includes XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous license XP P9000 Storage Continuous Access Synchronous LTUs HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software Base LTU TB511AA HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB511AB HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB511AC HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB511AD HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB511AE HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchr
56. down to normal post December What should they order For steady state condition customer can order Permanent licenses e 100TB LTU of Array Manager ThP 1 x TB524AA 101 x TB524AE e 100TB LTU of Performance Advisor 1 x TB590AA 101 x TBS590AE e 50TB of Business Copy 1 x TB513AA 51 x TB513AD e 40TB of Continuous Access Synchronous 1 x TB511AA 40 x TB511AC For yearend peak customer can order Meter Based Term licenses to cover the month of December e 31 20 620TB Days of Array Manager ThP 620 x TB524AM e 31 20 620TB Days of Performance Advisor 620 x TBS90AM DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 45 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software e 31 10 310TB Days of Business Copy 310 x TB513AM e 31 8 248TB Days of Continuous Access Synchronous 248 x TB511AM Example An existing XP P9500 customer needs to attach an EVA to their XP P9500 Storage for a special project The duration of the project is expected to be 180 days The total usable capacity of the LUNs hosted on the EVA will be 5TB What should the customer order As this is a time based project Meter Based Term licenses are recommended Suggested configuration 1x TB506AA External Storage Base license ____1 x TB506AB Ext Storage SW 1TB 0 30TB LTU ___720 x TB506AM Ext Storage 1TB Day Meter LTU Out of 5TB total licensing requirement 1TB is covered
57. e amp Support section Licensing See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 25 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software High Availability and Data Replication Software HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software Overview Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites Licensing O HP XP P9000 Business Copy makes nearly instantaneous copies of data from XP P9500 Storage for development testing or backup without ever interrupting your online production XP P9000 Business Copy creates and maintains RAID protected copy volumes without interrupting access to the source volumes Because it makes asynchronous copy volume updates copies stay up to date with minimal 1 0 response time degradations for your primary applications These copy volumes can at any time be split from their corresponding source volume and accessed by other applications Therefore while copy volumes are being utilized primary applications can continue to access and update their source volumes as needed without taking a performance hit By creating multiple online copies of critical business data without disrupting your business XP P9000 Business Copy lets you get the most from your data Snapshot XP P9000 is a feature of Business Copy that also replicates data volumes However it is slightly different in that it makes space efficient secondary copies tha
58. e 150 MAP product includes the Storage Essentials media kit 150 MAPs one MAL for Storage Essentials Database Viewer or Exchange Viewer and the EVA Storage Essentials Performance Pack The 300 MAP product includes the Storage Essentials media kit 300 MAPs one MAL for Storage Essentials Database Viewer or Exchange Viewer and the Storage Essentials Performance Pack Enterprise for the XP P9000 Storage NOTE A MAP is a Managed Access Port The MAP count is essentially a count of the Fibre Channel ports in your SAN A MAL is a Managed Application License It provides linkage to applications like Microsoft Exchange Oracle database Sybase Microsoft SQL DB2 Informix and InterSystems Cach NOTE The 150 MAP product is compatible with the EVA and will not work with the XP P9000 Storage The 300 MAP product is compatible with the XP P9000 Storage and will not work with the EVA HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition complements the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor product XP P9000 Performance Advisor provides detailed performance information for XP P9000 Storage while HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition provides performance metrics for the SAN For more information about HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition please refer to http www hp com go SEPE HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition provides the option to receive your licenses electronically eDelivery provides fast installation The eDelivery product numbers are indicate
59. e XP P9500 contains global mirrored cache All write data is written in cache twice one time each on two separate SSD backed up Cache Memory Adapters This insures that even if one cache board fails that the data is still in the other one until it is safely written a drive Read data is not mirrored as a copy of that data remains on the drives allowing more of the total cache capacity available for data XP P9500 Cache Memory can be configured into partitions allocated to particular host port combinations to ensure that those hosts ports enjoy optimized performance of cache oriented 1 0 These cache partitions are assigned to specified Array Groups Up to 32 partitions of at least 4GB can be created in a XP P9500 Assigning cache in this way provides another method for tuning performance for data access for performance critical applications DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 4 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Standard Features HDD SSD Drives Flash Modules Service Processor Continuous Track Remote Support The XP P9500 supports a variety of 2 5 small form factor hard disk drives and solid state drives SSDs The number and type of drives installed in a XP P9500 is flexible Disk drives must be added in groups of four Additional capacity can be installed over time as capacity needs grow All XP P9500 drives use the industry standard dual ported 6 Gbps SAS i
60. enting Oracle s Hardware Assisted Resilient Data HARD framework it detects and corrects potential data corruption introduced in the data 1 0 path and helps customers avoid unplanned downtime It can be deployed in HP UX LVM and Sun Solaris VxVM environments It is also supported in MC ServiceGuard for HP UX environments When implemented in a complete Oracle HARD XP P9500 Storage solution Database Validator works in conjunction with Oracle HARD enabled databases to ensure that possible data corruptions emanating from the connectivity path between the server and the XP P9500 are detected and rejected before they are committed to storage If an invalid corrupt 1 0 is detected Database Validator rejects the I O and reports the rejection to server and requests 1 0 retransmission At the same time a SIM event message is passed to c track for remote notification Database Validator works in combination with other XP P9500 hardware and software to provide a complete Oracle HARD implementation Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager e Added level of data protection for Oracle environments Implements Oracle s Hardware Assisted Resilient Data HARD framework Corrects any random data corruption introduced into the 1 0 path Protect existing Oracle data files from being overwritten by data from other applications See Service amp Support section License to use for unlimited storage capacity on one XP P9500 Storage DA 13725 Worldwide Version 1
61. er XP P9000 Continuous Access Synch and or XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal installed on both the local and remote XP P9500 Storage e RAID Manager 1 24 13 or later to support XP P9500 Storage Prerequisites Optional XP P9000 Business Copy installed on both the local and the remote XP P9500 Storage Licensing The XP P9000 Virtualization Adapter is provided as a free download Visit http www hp com go storage vmware HP Data Protector Software Overview HP Data Protector Software allows you to reduce backup windows and facilitates high availability of data and systems Backups are performed on the copy of the production data with the option to copy it or move it to tape This solution totally integrated into Data Protector is called Zero Downtime Backup and provides continuity of business operations in 24x7 mission critical environments Data Protector fully automates this process and makes it easy to manage replicated data through a simple GUI Instant Recovery takes Zero Downtime Backup a step further meeting the demands of the most complex enterprises for specific recovery time and recovery point objectives and enables critical data to be recovered within minutes For more information about Data Protector Software please visit hp com at the following URL http www hp com go dataprotector DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 33 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P90
62. er wishes to deploy a XP P9500 Storage solution that will have 5TB of native XP P9500 Storage usable capacity along with an External Storage configuration The customer intends to host 3TB of XP P9500 logical capacity on an external EVA storage system If the customer desires to use XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager the customer must purchase license capacity of HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager software as follows License Capacity XP P9500 usable storage capacity External storage logical capacity requirement 5TB 3TB 8TB total license capacity required for software licensing purposes For XP P9500 Storage HP XP P9000 Business Copy optional product HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous optional product HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal optional product e HP XP P9000 Replication Manager optional product For these titles license capacity must be purchased based on the standard licensing terms for those titles In other words the standard licensing terms apply equally whether a given volume is being hosted on native XP P9500 Storage capacity or on the external storage device Example A customer wishes to deploy a XP P9500 Storage In addition to provisioning XP P9500 native drive capacity to host their main production data the customer wishes to use HP XP P9000 External Storage to host a portion of non production data on an externally connected EVA storage system In the final configuration the customer wishes to cre
63. es the disk array will have 36TB of Continuous Access Journal 10TB of Continuous Access Sync has been converted to Continuous Access Journal and 26TB of Continuous Access Journal have been added DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 48 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software For Mainframe Software bundling with Open Systems Software Example 3 A customer has 30TB of Continuous Access Sync and 26TB of Continuous Access Journal installed The customer needs to convert 5TB of Continuous Access Sync to Continuous Access Journal To do that the customer must purchase 5TB of Continuous Access Conversion to increase the license capacity of XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal from 26TB to 31TB Quantity Description Product Number 5 HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software 1TB 31 50TB TB523AC LTU After installing this license the XP P9000 will have 25TB of Continuous Access Sync and 31TB of Continuous Access Journal installed 5TB of Continuous Access Sync have been converted to Continuous Access Journal The following mainframe local and remote mirroring software titles are bundled with their open systems equivalents when ordered for the XP P9500 Storage e Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe included with HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous e Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe included with HP XP P9000
64. figured behind a single XP P9500 Storage Coupled with the significant cost advantages that external storage systems can provide you can confidently scale your XP P9500 solution to simplify configuration complexity and reduce ongoing management cost XP P9000 External Storage is compatible with a wide range of XP P9000 software tools including XP P9000 Business Copy for local replication XP P9000 Continuous Access for remote replication and XP P9000 Auto LUN for performance optimization Note that the XP P9000 External Storage licenses do not include partitioning licenses because partitioning is included in XP P9000 Array Manager In addition XP P9000 External Storage licenses do not need to include Array Manager licenses because Array Manager is licensed only on the internal capacity of the XP P9500 Storage Array Manager to be licensed quantity is not affected by presence or absence of externally attached storage HP XP P9000 External Storage Software Base LTU TB506AA HP XP P9000 External Storage Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB506AB HP XP P9000 External Storage Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB506AC HP XP P9000 External Storage Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB506AD DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 18 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management HP XP P9000 External Storage Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB506AE HP XP P9000 External Storage Software 1TB
65. frame Overview Provides asynchronous journal based remote mirroring for mainframe volume types Models Included with HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software Support See Service amp Support section Prerequisites e Software Business Continuity Manager Recommended in a z OS environment Business Continuity Manager enables the following functions Remote Business Copy at time split with Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe maintenance of data consistency across Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe journal groups automatic three site disaster recovery failover and other automation capabilities Licensing e XP P9500 Storage Included with HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal see section for more information Cache Residency Manager for Mainframe also known as Cache LUN for Mainframe and Hitachi FlashAccess for Mainframe Overview Provides LDEV Cache residency for mainframe volume types Models Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager see section for more information Support See Service amp Support section Licensing e XP P9500 Storage Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager see section for more information DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 36 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Mainframe Connect Tools HP XP P9000 for Compatible Parallel Access Volumes PAV Overview Enables high performance concurrent access of mainframe volumes
66. h the monitoring functionality available in Thin Provisioning Ability to specify utilization per tier in Smart Tiers e Business Copy Snapshot New Copy After Write CAW snapshots significantly improves response time with faster writes Support up to 1024 Snapshots and larger pools of up to 5PB e Performance Advisor 5 5 Host group based reports Smart Tiers Thin Provisioining related metrics Advance filtering capabilities HP XP P9000 Performance Accelerator software to give the HP XP P9500 Storage a significant performance boost Windows 8 connectivity support RAID6 14D 2P support Tiered Storage Manager enhancements Data placement profile feature Online Data Migration capability new capability enabling data migration from XP12000 XP10000 XP24000 XP20000 and P9500 to P9500 Storage completely non disruptively without any host downtime 3 DC Open MF Consistency Enhancement up to 12x12x12 MF 3DC All Continuous Access Journal support Encryption Key Management Server support Mainframe enhancements New remote DKC command functionality DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 7 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software Overview Models Product Highlights Support O HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition software provides centralized web based management for XP
67. he configured usable capacity of External Storage LUNs e HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor o There is no need to include the configured usable capacity of External Storage LUNs e HP XP P9000 Application Performance Extender o There is no need to include the configured usable capacity of External Storage LUNs e HP XP P9000 Cache Residency Manager includes Cache Residency for Mainframe e Hitachi VLVI Manager for mainframe e Cache Residency for Mainframe DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 43 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software For these titles customers license the use of the software by purchasing License products that cover them for the amount of usable storage capacity present on their array i e for the total capacity of all the configured LDEVs in the array excluding spare drives NOTE The XP P9500 Storage can be configured as an external storage controller with large quantities of externally attached storage In this case the XP P9500 Storage has 5 drives in it In order to turn on the function of a usable capacity licensed title you must install the software with enough licenses to cover for the internal usable capacity of the array Used Capacity licensed Software Titles The following XP P9000 Family Software Titles are licensed based on the amount of storage actually employed by the Software e HP XP P9000 Re
68. he smallest increment available Therefore for all capacity requirement calculations capacity figures should be rounded up to the next highest TB The capacity licensed XP P9000 Software products are licensed using a band structure Band based Capacity licensed XP P9000 Software Product Structure Band based capacity licensed XP P9000 Software licenses are ordered in 1TB increments only with different 1TB license types corresponding to each of the capacity band product numbers of the software product structure Description Product Number Base License TB5xxAA 1TB increment OTB to 30TB TB5xxAB 1TB increment 31TB to 5OTB TB5xxAC 1TB increment 51TB to 100TB TB5xxAD 1TB increment 101TB to 250TB TB5xxAE 1TB increment 251TB to 500TB TB5xxAF 1TB increment Over 500TB TB5xxAG Customers purchase the Base License and then purchase all capacity licenses under a fixed schedule depending on the license capacity required All capacity figures should be rounded up to the nearest TB Purchase of capacity based software falls into two categories e New Software purchase Software licenses are being purchased along with a new XP P9500 Storage or for a new software purchase for an existing XP P9500 Storage implementation e License Capacity upgrade purchase A customer is adding usable storage capacity to their system or expanding the use of certain software titles requiring that they expand the license capacity by purchasing additional LTU products
69. ies The following table lists the functions included in XP P9000 Array Manager Pree Name Supported Description M ee LUN Manager Open Systems ladd paths delete paths set host mode set reset command device configure ports create LUNs and assign them to ports configure port security prevent IOSCAN by unauthorized servers from finding secure LUNs and check every 1 0 for proper security Open Volume Open Systems Create expanded volumes that are larger than standard volumes Manager also called LU Size Expansion or LUSE and create custom size volumes that are smaller than standard volumes also called Custom Volume Size or CVS Virtual LVI for Mainframe Create custom size mainframe volumes that are smaller than Mainframe standard volumes Also called Custom Volume Size or CVS Data Retention Open Systems Volume access control enabling archiving and data retention Utility Protect key data sets from being updated copied accessed or queried Also known as LUN Security XP Extension Cache Residency Open Systems Improve performance by reserving areas of Cache Memory for Manager frequently accessed data Also known as Cache LUN Cache Residency Mainframe Improve performance by reserving areas of Cache Memory for Manager for frequently accessed data Also known as Hitachi Flash Access for Mainframe and Cache LUN for Mainframe Performance Monitor usage workload and performance of drives volu
70. ily Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Standard Features Server connectivity Switch support details Application Solutions The XP P9500 connects to a variety of servers and operating systems For details on which servers and operating systems are currently supported please contact your resellers and your HP technical support to review the supported server and operating system information The XP P9500 connects to the leading Fibre Channel and FCoE switches in the industry today For detailed information on supported switch configurations please contact your sales representative The HP XP P9500 Storage is a member of the HP XP P9000 Storage family The XP P9500 is ideal for customers running Oracle Microsoft SAP and VMware environments that simply cannot afford any downtime or tolerate any data loss The XP P9500 provides these mega app environments with a complete hardware software storage solution to mitigate risks lower costs and accelerate business growth Data replication and tightly integrated clustering solutions along with disaster recovery support enabling a multi site disaster tolerant design to achieve business continuity in the most mission critical environment The XP P9500 is the premier enterprise class storage solution for database environments that demand a mission critical solution to meet business and storage demands of Oracle Microsoft SAP and VMware environments with technology that
71. initial release of the XP P9500 Storage the CVAE SMI S provider is slightly more complete at SMI S 1 4 with support for the Thin Provisioning Profiles while the SVP SMI S is at 1 3 and does not implement the Thin Provisioning Profiles but unless there is something supported by CVAE SMI S that is needed the XP P9500 SMI S provider should be used CVAE SMI S is what is referred to as a proxy SMI S provider since it resides on a separate server that is not an integral part of the array When the Array itself implements the SMI S such as it is with is on the XP P9500 SVP it is referred to as an embedded provider The industry trend is toward embedded providers In general they should provide better overall response times and do not suffer as much from synchronization issues as proxy providers For example the CVAE SMI S data comes out of the CVAE database which as we know can have synchronization lags with the array No product or license is required to be ordered it comes free with the XP P9500 firmware on the SVP No license key required product is pre enabled and comes free with every XP P9500 Storage HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software Overview Models HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software provides web based volume management resource allocation access control and data security for your XP P9500 Storage Configure and manage data volumes for most effective use of your XP P9500 Partition array resources to isolate applications reserve c
72. isioning products It allows the customers to purchase both the titles at a significant discount as compared to buying both the products separately HP XP P9000 External Storage with Thin Provisioning Software Base LTU TB526AA HP XP P9000 External Storage with Thin Provisioning SW 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB526AB HP XP P9000 External Storage with Thin Provisioning SW 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB526AC HP XP P9000 External Storage w Thin Provisioning SW 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB526AD HP XP P9000 External Storage w Thin Provisioning SW 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB526AE HP XP P9000 External Storage w Thin Provisioning SW 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB526AF HP XP P9000 External Storage w Thin Provisioning SW 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB526AG HP XP P9000 External Storage w Thin Provisioning SW 1TB Day Meter LTU TB526AM Refer to XP P9000 External Storage and XP P9000 Thin Provisioning sections See Service amp Support section 1TB LTU of the bundle provides 1TB LTU of External Storage and 1TB LTU of Thin Provisioning License to use is based on the licensing model of the individual products DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 16 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software Overview Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites Licensing HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers improves storage performance and controls costs by transparently migrating data to approp
73. isor Software is a web based application for collecting monitoring and displaying the performance of your XP P9000 Storage With XP P9000 Performance Advisor you choose the time and duration of performance data collection so you can pinpoint activities that significantly affect your XP P9000 and tune the array accordingly You can easily monitor storage performance and display usage Statistics for your storage system at any level from a complete system overview down to individual components You can also filter hosts arrays and array components so you are only seeing the hosts and arrays you want to see You can also generate schedule and view detailed performance reports that will allow you to identify any performance bottlenecks in your XP P9000 Storage Performance Advisor integrates with HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager providing Array Group performance data This allows Tiered Storage Manager to monitor access patterns so that you can consider performance implications before migrating data HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software Base LTU TB590AA HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB590AB HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB590AC HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB590AD HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB590AE HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB590AF HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB590AG H
74. ity environments that use the XP P9500 It will be most useful for sensitive financial data or high security data in a variety of industries Models Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager see section for more information Product Highlights e Overwrites data volumes up to 8 times User selectable overwrite patterns Ease of use Verification that overwrites have been completed Percentage of completion display e Abort feature to stop the process Support See Service amp Support section Licensing License to use for unlimited storage capacity on one XP P9500 Storage HP XP P9000 DKA Encryption Software Overview XP P9000 DKA Encryption software enables the encryption capability for all the data that stored on the internal drives of the XP P9500 Storage The Enhanced DKA encrypts the data on drives so that data cannot be read off a drive that is removed from the XP P9500 Only data on the drives is encrypted data in cache is not encrypted Models HP XP P9000 DKA Encryption Software LTU TB501A Support See Service amp Support section Licensing License to use for unlimited storage capacity on one XP P9500 Storage DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 20 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Performance Management Software HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software Overview Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites HP XP P9000 Performance Adv
75. mes processors and host interfaces in the XP P9500 Storage View the information in graphical formats Securely delete data with repetitive overwrites to minimize the likelihood that it could be recovered Overwrite up to eight times with random or user selected patterns Also known as Data Shredder RAID Manager Open Systems Host based command line interface that controls XP P9000 Continuous Access XP P9000 Business Copy Database Validator Data Integrity Check and Data Retention Utility LUN Security XP Extension Open Systems Reduce the risk of unplanned downtime with an added level of data protection in Oracle database environments Database Validator works in conjunction with Oracle HARD enabled databases to maintain integrity in the data IO path It prevents data corruption between the database and the XP P9500 and protects existing Oracle data on the XP P9500 Also known as Data Integrity Check DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 13 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management Cache Partition Both Improve performance by reserving areas of cache to store frequently accessed data Divide Cache into up to 32 partitions and configure dedicated Cache for critical applications to improve their performance P9000Info Open Systems Understand the mapping between device files on the server and Previously their a
76. n extensive menu of consultancy and technical services such as onsite firmware upgrades health checks assessments and education DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 51 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Service and Support HP Care Pack and Warranty Information Basic Care Minimum recommended support Implement right from the start Remote Support Tools Additional services to meet your needs For more information 3 Year HP Support Plus 24 This service provides support for environments where some downtime is expected HP provides around the clock hardware and software support onsite including third party support We also provide cost saving software updates and monitor ongoing operations through the latest remote tools http h20195 www2 hp com V2 GetPDF aspx 5981 6638EN pdf Whichever level of care you select it includes HP Storage Disk Array Installation and Startup Service HP installs and tests your hardware and software onsite including configuration We deliver a custom tailored storage deployment properly integrated into your environment http h20195 www2 hp com v2 GetPDF aspx 4AA3 2345ENW pdf Support Recommendations include fully integrated remote supported core design and fabric of industry benchmark remote support systems Site specific data used both proactively and reactively with real time monitoring and information extraction tools
77. n for Mainframe Overview Operates together with Business Copy for Mainframe Logical Volume Divider rewrites the OS management information and dataset names and creates a user catalog for Business Copy target volumes after a split operation Models Included with HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager see section for more information Support See Service amp Support section Prerequisites e Software Business Copy for Mainframe required included with HP XP P9000 Business Copy for the XP P9500 Storage Licensing Licensed on a per array basis DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 37 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Mainframe Connect Tools HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy XRC Overview Models Support Licensing Provides asynchronous remote copies using IBM s System Data Mover on the mainframe host with IBM s XRC Extended Remote Copy Required for IBM GDPS XRC implementations HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy Software Base LTU TB538AA HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy SW 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB538AB HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy SW 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB538AC HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy SW 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB538AD HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy SW 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB538AE HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy SW 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB538AF HP
78. n link to a 2nd Express Switch Adapter in DKC Module 0 and the 2nd Express Switch Adapter in DKC Module 1 Rack if present HP XP P9500 Cache Memory Adapter Consists of two blades to spaces to install Cache Memory Modules and the 64GB Cache Backup Memory Modules Includes one 64GB Cache Backup Memory Module 32GB on each blade HP XP P9500 16GB Cache Memory Module Consists of four 4GB DIMMs HP XP P9500 32GB Cache Memory Module Consists of four 8GB DIMMs HP XP P9500 Additional 64GB Cache Backup SSD Memory Module Consists of two 32GB SSDs HP XP P9500 Additional 128GB Cache Backup SSD Memory Module Consists of two 64GB SSDs HP XP P9500 SAS DKA Drive Controller Adapter DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 AV424B AV425A AV426A AV427B AV428A AV429A AV436A AV440B AV442A AV443A AV444A AV447B AV448B AV451A AV452A AV455A Page 54 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software Technical Specifications Consists of two blades with four Gbps SAS ports that perform the data transfer between the cache memory and drives Encryption is supported with optional LTU HP XP P9500 CHA DKA Cache Express Switch Adapter PCI Express switch that is the connection between CHA DKA Cache Processors HP XP P9500 Additional DKC DKU Power Supply Used in both Controller Chassis and Drive Chassis HP XP P9500 2 DKC Inter Controller Connecting Cable C
79. nal includes Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe HP XP P9000 Business Copy includes Snapshot XP P9000 feature and Business Copy for Mainframe HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software HP XP P9000 Application Performance Extender Software HP XP P9000 for Compatible Parallel Access Volumes Software HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy Software HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring Software HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software HP XP P9000 Bus Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Ext CG Software Regular band SKUs continue to be available for the above products The products continue to be licensed based on capacity Usable or Used as the case may be Meter based Term licenses can be used together with the regular band SKUs Meter based Term licenses can be used only for XP P9500 Storage To use Meter based Term licenses for any product it is necessary to install Base license and 1TB Permanent license of that product first on the array Example A new XP P9500 customer expects their average storage capacity usage to be 100TB fully Thin Provisioned Additionally they want Performance Advisor 100TB Business Copy 50TB and Continuous Access Synchronous 40TB Also every year in the month of December they expect their storage requirements to go up by 20 and drop
80. nterface Each drive is connected to both blades of the redundant DKA pair by separate connections Spare drives are automatically used in the event of a drive failure SSDs have a limited number of writes that can occur before reaching the SSD s write endurance limit The write endurance limit of MLC SSDs is generally lower than the limit of SLC SSDs however this limit is generally high enough so wear out will not occur during the expected service life of an XP P9500 under the great majority of configurations I0 patterns and workloads The XP P9500 tracks all writes to ML SSDs and can report the percent of the total write limit that has been used This allows any SSD approaching the write limit to be proactively replaced before they are automatically spared out The XP P9500 supports Flash Modules which provide solid state non volatile high performance data capacity Flash Module capacity can be configured for use in the array in the same way as any other HDD or SSD The number of Flash Modules that can be installed in a XP P9500 is flexible Flash Modules must be added in groups of four Additional capacity can be installed over time as capacity needs grow Spare Flash Modules are automatically used in the event of a Flash Module failure Up to two 48 slot Flash Module Chassis may be configured to each DKC and each Flash Module Chassis takes the place of one 128 slot Drive Chassis Flash Module Chassis use the industry standard dual ported 6 Gbps
81. odule Chassis Cable AV382A Model Number of Disk Drives Cable to connect the DKC to the 1st Flash Module Chassis in a DKC Rack for High Performance configuration HP XP P9500 Standard Drive Chassis to Flash Module Chassis Cable Cable to connect a Drive Chassis to a Flash Module Chassis inside a Rack HP XP P9500 High performance Drive Chassis to Flash Module Chassis Cable Cable to connect a Drive Chassis to a Flash Module Chassis inside a Rack for High Performance configuration HP XP P9500 Standard Drive Chassis to Flash Module Chassis Extended Cable Cable to connect a Drive Chassis to a Flash Module Chassis between Racks HP XP P9500 High performance Drive to Flash Module Chassis Extended Cable Cable to connect a Drive Chassis to a Flash Module Chassis between Racks for High Performance configuration HP XP P9500 Standard Flash Module Chassis to Flash Module Chassis Cable Connects the 1st Flash Module Chassis to the 2nd Flash Module Chassis inside a Rack HP XP P9500 High performance Flash Module Chassis to Flash Module Chassis Cable Connects the 1st Flash Module Chassis to the 2nd Flash Module Chassis inside a Rack for High Performance configuration HP XP P9500 Standard Flash Module Chassis to Flash Module Chassis Extended Cable Connects the 1st Flash Module Chassis to the 2nd Flash Module Chassis between Racks HP XP P9500 High performance Flash Module to Flash Module Chassis Extended Cable Connects the 1st Flash Module Chassi
82. olume classifications Migration Groups Provide easily customizable available storage pools Storage Tiers No limit to the number of Storage Tiers Volumes can reside within multiple tiers Easy search operations for building Migration Groups and Storage Tiers Easy realignment to accommodate changes Migrations are batched together but are manually released Reports Array Group Busy Rates when integrated with HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor XP P9000 Performance Advisor v5 3 and XP P9000 Command View AE v7 3 provide the best combination of features and performance Support e See Services Support section Product Highlights Prerequisites e Software o HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software Licensing e For the XP P9500 Storage The License To Use is based on the sum of the total internal usable capacity of the XP P9500 Storage plus the configured usable capacity of all External Storage LUNs attached to the XP P9500 Storage HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software Overview HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software enables you to create manage and maintain HP XP P9000 Storage replication pairs It provides centralized management of replication applications decreases storage administration complexity increases productivity and improves service levels by providing a single enterprise view of the replication environment It allows you to view replication status graphically in real time improving your efficiency In addition
83. om storage microsoft HP Storage for SAP hyperlink to http www hp com storage sap HP Storage for VMware hyperlink to www hp com go vmware storage DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 6 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Standard Features HP XP P9000 Software Products The HP XP P9000 family offers a complete portfolio of software applications designed to help you confidently manage your XP P9500 Storage The software offerings can be grouped into several major categories as follows Device and Configuration Management Performance Management High Availability and Replication Business Continuity Solutions Mainframe connect Tools For additional information regarding HP XP P9000 Software products refer to the following e Trial licenses are available for most XP P9000 software products Please contact your HP Sales Representative for details e For more information on XP P9000 Software please refer to the HP 9000 Configuration and Ordering Guide The HP9000 Integrity Itanium based and carrier grade servers Configuration and Ordering Guide is a comprehensive document which explains configuration and ordering information for servers and XP P9000 Storage What s New e 1 6TB Flash Module Higher performance lower cost solid state non volatile data capacity e Thin Provisioning amp Smart Tiers enhancements Evaluate potential value of Smart Tiers wit
84. omers or business units helping to ensure that quality of service and data secrecy requirements are met with hardware based partitioning Support e See Service amp Support section Prerequisites e None DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 19 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management Licensing e Aframe license is available for XP P9500 Storage HP XP P9000 Cache Partition Overview Improve performance by reserving areas of cache to store frequently accessed data Divide Cache into up to 32 logical partitions and configure dedicated Cache for critical applications to improve their performance Models Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager see section for more details Product Highlights Isolate applications by subdividing the XP P9000 Storage cache into smaller independent partitions Support See Service amp Support section Licensing License to use for unlimited storage capacity on one XP P9500 Storage HP XP P9000 Data Shredder also known as Volume Shredder Overview HP XP P9000 Data Shredder is a software product designed for the enterprise storage market and is supported on the XP P9500 It helps IT staff by securely deleting data on the XP P9500 Storage via successive overwrites to minimize the likelihood that the deleted data could be restored This may help to promote peace of mind and improved data security for high secur
85. on Linux and Widows See Service amp Support section Software e XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous required for synchronous copy mode integrated solution e XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal required for asynchronous copy mode integrated solution e XP P9000 RAID Manager required for host agent integration License to use on a per server basis One License required for each server running XP P9000 Cluster Extension Software DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 32 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Business Continuity Solutions HP XP P9000 Virtualization Adapter Overview HP XP P9000 Virtualization Adapter XP P9000 Virtualization Adapter provides an interface between VMware Site Recovery Manager SRM and HP XP P9000 Storage The interface enables SRM to provide automatic access to remote data copies when virtual machines become unavailable locally XP P9000 Virtualization Adapter supports XP P9500 XP24000 XP20000 XP12000 XP10000 Disk Arrays For additional information please visit hp com at the following URL http www hp com go storage vmware Product Highlights HP XP P9000 Virtualization Adapter performs the following functions for SRM Discovers disk arrays Discovers replicated LUNs Fails over storage for testing test a recovery plan Fails over storage for recovery execute a recovery plan Servers with VMware Site Recovery Manag
86. on using XP P9000 RAID Manager e Includes licenses for Business Copy for Mainframe providing local replication for mainframe volume types See Service amp Support section e Software XP P9000 RAID Manager required for host agent integration RAID Manager is included in XP P9000 Array Manager See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section Licensing is based on the sum of all P VOLs S VOLs full copies and POOL VOL Snapshot copies DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 26 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software High Availability and Data Replication Software HP System Copy Software for SAP NOTE HP has discontinued System Copy for SAP Software effective 1st August 2011 For customers that require copying an SAP system using array based replication technology HP recommends using the procedures provided in the following SAP webpage http www sdn sap com irj sdn systemcopy HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Software Overview Models The HP XP P9000 Continuous Access family of high availability data and disaster recovery tools enable real time data mirroring between XP P9500 Storage They provide continuous availability for all your important data and protect you from catastrophic failures XP P9000 Continuous Access products deliver host independent array based remote recovery for a wide range of open systems environments XP P9000 Continuous Access provi
87. onous Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB511AF HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB511AG HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB511AM XP P9000 Storage Continuous Access Journal LTUs HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software Base LTU TB578AA HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB578AB HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB578AC HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB578AD HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB578AE HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB578AF HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software 1TB Over SOOTB LTU TB578AG HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB578AM DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 27 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software High Availability and Data Replication Software XP P9000 Storage Continuous Access Conversion LTU s Used to convert from XP P9000 Continuous Access Sync to XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section for usage details HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software Base LTU TB523AA HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB523AB HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Conversion Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB523AC HP XP P9000 Continuous Access
88. plication Manager Licensed capacity must be greater than or equal to the sum of the purchased license Capacities of the following replication products installed on that array HP XP P9000 Business Copy HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Sync and HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning licensed on the capacity of the thin provisioning pool Includes Thin Provisioning for Mainframe HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers licensed on the capacity of the thin provisioning pool that is managed by Smart Tiers Data Retention Utility HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous includes Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe o Used capacity Continuous Access Synch P Vols and S Vols plus Continuous Access Synch for Mainframe P Vols and S Vols e HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal includes Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe o Used capacity Open Systems P Vols and S Vols plus Mainframe P Vols and S Vols o Only P Vols and S Vols are counted when determining license quantity Capacity used for journal volumes is not counted e HP XP P9000 Business Copy includes Snapshot XP P9000 feature and Business Copy for Mainframe o Used capacity Business Copy P Vols and S Vols plus Business Copy for Mainframe P Vols and S Vols plus Snapshot P Vols and Pool Vols e Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe e Business Copy for Mainframe e HP XP P9000 for Compatible Parallel Access Volumes PAV licensed on total used mainframe LDEV
89. py SE uses space based on actual data being copied not based on the P VOL size thus reducing the physical size required for S VOLs HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring Software Base LTU TB540AA HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring SW 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB540AB HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring SW 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB540AC HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring SW 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB540AD HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring SW 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB540AE HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring SW 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB540AF HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring SW 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB540AG HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring SW 1TB Day Meter LTU TB540AM HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Space Efficient Software Base LTU TB541AA HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Space Efficient SW 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB541AB HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Space Efficient SW 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB541AC HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Space Efficient SW 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB541AD DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 38 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Mainframe Connect Tools Support Licensing HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Space Efficient SW 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB541AE HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Space Efficient SW 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB541AF HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Space Efficient SW 1TB
90. r 500TB LTU TB554AG HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager SW 1TB Day Meter LTU TB554AM See Service amp Support section e Operating System O IBM2z OS required NOTE Business Continuity Manager is only supported in z OS environments Other mainframe environments like IBM z VM IBM z VSE and non IBM operating systems are not supported e One TB553A Server LTU for each server connected to a XP P9500 or XP Disk Array controlled by Business Continuity Manager e For XP P9000 Storage TB554AA AB AC AD AE AF AG licensed on one XP P9500 or XP Disk Array based on total capacity of the P VOLs associated with Business Copy for Mainframe Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe and Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe S VOLs are not included in the total For multiple arrays managed under the same Business Continuity Manager sum all of the Business Copy for Mainframe Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe and Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe P VOLs for all of the arrays and purchase the licenses based on the overall total unlike other XP P9000 software licenses which are licensed per array See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 39 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software Mainframe Connect Tools Business Continuity Manager Extended CT Group Overview Models Support Prerequisites Licensing
91. rators on the various storage requirements for the virtualized environment 2 Manage LUN volume connections from VMs and ESX servers to the arrays As administrators manage virtual machines it is often very important that they know exactly what storage is connected to each and the location and attributes of that storage within the SAN This allows for much more intelligent decisions about VM movement and placement and also an increased understanding of what kind of storage is being used 3 Understand which storage features are available Often when allocating storage for a virtual machine administrators need to match the characteristics of the VM with the attributes of the storage A great example is that a critical VM would need highly available storage whereas a temp VM could use non protected storage This feature will tell the administrators what type of storage is available to simplify their communication with the storage administrator or to easily make the change themselves in smaller businesses For more information on the HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter please see the product QuickSpec at http h18004 www1 hp com products quickspecs 14108_div 14108_div html SW download available on SW Depot https h20392 www2 hp com portal swdepot displayProductInfo do productNumber HPVPR DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 34 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000
92. re The core CLI has all the capabilities of the full CLI except the logical group commands For more information about CLI features see the HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager CLI user guide To install the HP XP P9000 Command View AE CLI SMI S License first obtain a license key using the registration number from the HP XP P9000 Command View AE CLI SMI S License Entitlement Certificate Next install HP XP P9000 Command View AE using the Server Installation DVD from the media kit Then install the CLI SMI S license key previously obtained using the License button in the HP XP P9000 Command View AE web client login window For installation instructions see the HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition software server installation and configuration guide for Device Manager To use all the features of HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software purchase and install the HP XP P9000 Command View AE license Applications integrated with HP XP P9000 Command View AE HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software XP P9000 Command View AE Plug in Overview HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager is a plug in application for XP P9000 Command View AE that transparently migrates XP P9000 data including internal and externally connected among storage tiers seamlessly and without down time It lets you take advantage of various storage tiers to better manage system cost and performance XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager includes the
93. re 1TB Day Meter LTU TB515AM e Identifies data volumes stressed by high I O workloads e Moves high priority data to underutilized array volumes e Creates a volume migration plan e Migrates data across different drives or RAID levels e Virtually assures successful volume migration with Never Give Up mode option See Service amp Support section DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 24 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP Q ul ckSpecs XP P9000 Software Performance Management Software Licensing See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section HP XP P9000 Cache LUN also known as Cache Residency Overview HP XP P9000 Cache LUN lets you reserve areas of memory cache on your HP XP P9500 Storage to store frequently accessed information It improves file access times and enables faster data transfers Assigning information to on board cache speeds up access to your data because cache resident data is available at host data transfer speeds for both read and write operations XP P9000 Cache LUN redirects 1 0 requests from the XP P9500 drives to data locked in the array s cache It is transparent it is simple to implement and the performance gains it delivers are immediate Models Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager see section for more information Product Highlights e XP P9500 Storage Firmware based e Lock data in cache memory e Flexible user configuration e Scalable Support See Servic
94. riate tiers of storage within the HP XP P9500 Storage Smart Tiers manages data in thin provisioning pools It monitors performance at the page level and can migrate the data online toa different tier automatically or manually based on policies Smart Tiers supports up to three tiers per pool Smart Tiers supports external storage which allows users to setup inexpensive external storage as one of the storage tiers for infrequently accessed data RAID 1 RAID 5 and RAID 6 are supported HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software Base LTU TB516AA HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB516AB HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB516AC HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB516AD HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB516AE HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB516AF HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software 1TB Over SOOTB LTU TB516AG HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB516AM e Improve Performance O Frequently accessed data is always in the fastest tier Highly utilized Thin Provisioning pages are relocated to the fastest drives in the pool Tier relocation is performed periodically either automatically or manually based on performance monitoring algorithm e Optimize resource utilization O Expensive fast tiers of storage are always holding the most frequently accessed data only Pages are allocated to upper tiers as long as the performance potential of each tier group of pool volume
95. roduct Highlights Support Licensing HP XP P9000 Performance Control is a web based performance allocation tool for XP disk arrays It lets you align IT priorities with storage performance resources and allows these resources to be intelligently allocated to hosts It lets you prioritize critical systems by making sure that they have all the XP disk array performances they need to meet business objectives You can also ensure that business processes like backups and data warehouse loads get the array bandwidth they need to complete within targeted time windows XP P9000 Performance Control enables sophisticated service provider solutions based on performance level quality of service Because it ensures that array resources are best used it improves ROI of your XP disk array solution HP XP P9500 Storage Included with HP XP P9000 Array Manager see section for more information e Set Upper Limit function to cap performance on non priority hosts Set Threshold Value function to relax policies when priority host performance consumption is low Set WWN and Port level settings Determine IOPS or MB s settings for random or sequential I O oriented processing workloads Define Host Bus Adapter names to allow intuitive naming of hosts e Define Host Bus Adapter group names to allow intuitive naming of hosts See Service amp Support section License to use for unlimited storage capacity on one XP Disk Array HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software Overview
96. s NOTE XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition for the XP P9500 Storage automatically supports External Storage so the XP P9500 Storage does not require any special XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition licenses to cover externally attached capacity HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software Base LTU TB581AA HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB581AB HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB581AC HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB581AD HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB581AE HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB581 AF HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 1TB Over 500TB LTU TB581AG HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB581AM e Includes Provisioning Manager functionalities e Wizard based dialog modules for ease of use e Provides for seamless integration into higher level infrastructure management utilities such as Storage Essentials e Centralized multi array health and status management for XP P9500 XP24000 XP20000 XP12000 and XP10000 arrays Flexible Administrative Security configuration Supports Graphical User Interface GUI and Command Line Interface CLI Integration with enterprise framework applications such as OpenView Tivoli and BMC Easy access from GUI to Remote Web Console by selecting physical view
97. s HP XP P9500 1 phase 32A 50Hz with Cords Power Distribution Unit Power Distribution Units with 4 power cords HP XP P9500 Base SFF 2 5 inch Drive Chassis 128 slot Drive Chassis without Express Switches and Power Supplies HP XP P9500 Complete SFF 2 5 inch Drive Chassis 128 slot Drive Chassis with Express Switches and Power Supplies HP XP P9500 60Hz DKC Controller Rack Jumper Cable Kit PDU Controller Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 60Hz DKU Disk Rack Jumper Cable Kit PDU Drive Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 50Hz DKC Controller Rack Jumper Cable Kit PDU Controller Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 50Hz DKU Disk Rack Jumper Cable Kit PDU Drive Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 China DKC Controller Rack Jumper Cable Kit PDU Controller Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 China DKU Disk Rack Jumper Cable Kit PDU Drive Chassis interconnect power cord sets HP XP P9500 8 port 2 8Gbps Fibre Channel Host Adapter DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 AV399A AV400B AV401B AV402B AV404A AV405A AV406A AV407A AV411B AV412B AV415A AV416A AV417A AV418A AV419A AV420A AV423B Page 53 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software Technical Specifications Consists of two blades each composed of four 2 4 8Gbps Fibre Channel Ports FCP Each port pre ins
98. s is not exceeded O Enhanced tiering policy for migrating pages between tiers for better resource utilization Drive coexistence ina Tier Supports multiple tiers for external storage e Reduce management cost Set data migration policies for continued enhanced performance saving on management time to keep the XP P9000 at its optimal performance Option setting enables detailed setting of Tier Management Cycle Time and Monitoring Period Supports both Open systems and Mainframe systems e See Service amp Support section e As Smart Tiers works with Thin Provisioning pages XP P9000 Thin Provisioning is a required product for Smart Tiers e License to use is based on the total capacity of the thin provisioning pool managed by Smart Tiers DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 17 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management HP Data Retention Utility also known as LUN Security XP Extension Overview Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites Licensing HP Data Retention Utility provides a web based highly secure method of LDEV access control allowing a storage administrator to protect critical data for archiving or data retention purposes It can help a storage administrator manage business critical or sensitive data NOTE Purchase and deployment of this product does not by itself ensure that regulatory legal
99. s to the 2nd Flash Module Chassis between Racks for High Performance configuration HP XP P9500 1 6TB Flash Module HP XP P9500 Storage 5 2048 in 1 to 6 racks DKC racks hold 256 drives and DKU racks hold 384 drives each DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 AV383A AV384A AV385A AV386A AV387A AV388A AV389A AV390A AV392A Page 56 QuickSpecs HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP XP P9000 Software Technical Specifications Drive soocB 300GB 600GB 900GB 146GB 300GB Specifications 7 2K 10K 10K 10K 15K 15K Raw capacity 984 62 GB 492 31 GB 288 21 GB 576 43 GB 864 64 GB 143 76 GB 288 20 GB User area Rotation speed 7 200 rpm 7 200 rpm 10 000 rpm 10 000 rpm 10 000 rpm 15 000 rpm 15 000 rpm Mean latency 4 16 ms time ternal data Disk Drives SSD Flash Modules System Capacity RAID Level Maximum number of Logical Devices LDEVs Cache Memory Operating Systems Host Interface Host Ports Regulatory Approvals Physical Dimensions DKC Rack Physical Dimensions DKU Rack Shipping Dimensions DKC Rack O Meanseektime 8 5 9 5 ms 8 5 9 5 ms 4 0 4 4 ms 3 8 4 4 ms 3 7 4 1 ms 2 9 3 3 ms 2 9 3 3 ms Read Write In Up to 163 Up to 163 Up to 208 6 Up to 253 6 Up to 238 8 Up to 242 Upto 242 transfer rate MB sec MB sec MB sec MB sec MB sec MB sec MB sec
100. so provide connections to External Storage devices and to remote replication devices CHAs are configured in pairs for redundancy A minimum of 1 CHA pair is required The maximum number of CHA pairs that can be installed in one DKC rack depends on the number of DKAs installed e Max 4 CHA pair with 2 DKA pairs installed e Max 5 CHA pair with 1 DKA pair installed CHA pairs available for use in the XP P9500 include Fibre Channel 8 port 2 8 Gbps auto sensing Fibre Channel Fibre Channel 16 port 2 8 Gbps auto sensing Fibre Channel FCoE 8 port 10 Gbps FICON 16 port 1 4 Gigabit sec auto sensing FICON short wave FICON 16 port 1 4 Gigabit sec auto sensing FICON long wave FICON 16 port 2 8 Gigabit sec auto sensing FICON short wave FICON 16 port 2 8 Gigabit sec auto sensing FICON long wave The Fibre Channel CHA pair uses SFP small form factor pluggable Transceivers on each port of the CHA Each port is configurable as short wave or long wave by installing the appropriate transceiver These CHA pairs ship with 8 Gbps short wave transceivers installed on every port The Disk Adapter DKA performs all data movement between the drives and Cache Memory The DKA also provides data protection using RAID 1 RAID 5 and RAID 6 The XP P9500 must have at least one and up to four DKA pairs installed Cache Memory is used to temporarily store data from the host until it is written to drive storage or to stage data requested by the host from a drive Th
101. ssociated storage ports and LDEVs in the XP P9500 by using known as XPInfo the P9000Info command line utility In summary HP XP P9000 Array Manager Software provides the following capabilities e Add or delete 1 0 paths e Configure Host ports e Create expanded LUNs e Create custom size volumes Mainframe and Open Systems e Establish volume host access permissions Mainframe and Open Systems e Partition parity groups cache and host ports e Control port bandwidth available to hosts e Create read only volumes for archiving and data retention Mainframe and Open Systems e Reserve cache memory for frequently accessed data Mainframe and Open Systems e Securely delete data Mainframe and Open Systems e Automate array configuration and management tasks using the bundled in XP P9000 Command View AE CLI e Interface with SRM software platforms using the bundled in XP P9000 Command View AE SMI S provider Support e See Service amp Support section Licensing e See Capacity Licensed XP P9000 Software section e For the XP P9500 Storage license to use is based on the total internal usable capacity of the array NOTE The licensed capacity must cover all internal usable capacity whether the capacity is composed of Open Systems volumes or Mainframe volumes or a combination of both Also note that you do not need to purchase XP P9000 Array Manager licenses to cover external storage capacity NOTE Command View AE CLI SMI S provider is bundled
102. t might only be a fraction of the size of the primary copy Only data that is about to be overwritten in the primary volume is written to the secondary volume This is called Copy on Write As a result if the volume capacity required for Snapshot XP P9000 can be smaller then the cost of replication can be lowered Snapshot is recommended for application environments where the 1 0 to the secondary volume is not write centric or intensive reads or writes These secondary copies are also known as virtual volumes or V VOL All V VOLs reside in a snapshot pool or POOL VOL which is sized based on the number of V VOLs and the 10 ratio of the primary volumes associated with these V VOLs HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software Base LTU TB513AA HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB513AB HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB513AC HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB513AD HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB513AE HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software 1TB 251 500TB LTU TB513AF HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software 1TB Over SOOTB LTU TB513AG HP XP P9000 Business Copy Software 1TB Day Meter LTU TB513AM e Realtime local data mirroring e Enables a wide range of data protection and recovery solutions e Instant access to copied volumes e Create up to nine concurrent copies using full capacity replicas up to sixty four concurrent copies using Snapshot partial capacity replicas Host Agent integrati
103. tachi HDLM for Sun Solaris Hitachi HDLM for Windows and Hitachi HDLM for Linux are server based software tools that provide I O path failover and load balancing for your XP P9000s They offer load balancing to improve performance while the software s automatic error detection features provide a fault tolerant infrastructure to avert data stoppages or catastrophic halts It automatically routes I Os to an alternate path and administrators see and manage all 1 0 activity via an easy to use graphical interface while users see only reliable system performance Hitachi HDLM Media Kit HIT5208A Hitachi HDLM for VMware 1 Server LTU HIT5211A Hitachi HDLM for VMware Unlimited Server LTU HIT5212A Hitachi HDLM for IBM AIX 1 Server LTU HIT5209A Hitachi HDLM for IBM AIX Unlimited Server LTU HIT5210A Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager HDLM for Sun Solaris 1 Server LTU HIT5206A Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager HDLM for Sun Solaris Unlimited Server LTU HIT5207A Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows 1 Server LTU HIT5202A Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Linux 1 Server LTU HIT5204A Supports wide range of operating systems Supports path failover and load balancing for VMware IBM AIX Microsoft Windows SUN Solaris and Linux operating systems Offers fault tolerant path management manual or automatic failover and failback automated path health checks multiple active paths allowing bandwidth control at the HBA port level dynamic LUN addition and deletion witho
104. talled with Short Wavelength SFP HP XP P9500 16 port 2 8Gbps Fibre Channel Host Adapter Consists of two blades each composed of eight 2 4 8Gbps Fibre Channel Ports FCP Each port pre installed with Short Wavelength SFP HP XP P9500 16 port 1 4Gbps Short Wave FICON Host Adapter Consists of two blades each with eight 1 2 4Gbps Short Wavelength Multi mode Mainframe Fibre Channel Ports FICON HP XP P9500 16 port 1 4Gbps Long Wave FICON Host Adapter Consists of two blades each with eight 1 2 4Gbps Long Wavelength Multi mode Mainframe Fibre Channel Ports FICON HP XP P9500 16 port 2 8Gbps Short Wave FICON Host Adapter Consists of two blades each with eight 2 4 8 Gbps Short Wavelength Multi mode Mainframe Fibre Channel Ports FICON HP XP P9500 16 port 2 8Gbps Long Wave FICON Host Adapter Consists of two blades each with eight 2 4 8 Gbps Long Wavelength Multi mode Mainframe Fibre Channel Ports FICON HP XP P9500 8 port 10 Gbps FCoE Channel Host Adapter Consists of two blades each composed of four 10 Gbps FCoE Ports HP XP P9500 8Gbps Long Wave Fibre Channel SFP Transceiver Long Wavelength Transceiver for one port HP XP P9500 Processor Blade Consists of two blades HP XP P9500 DKC Hub Kit Communication link between the 2nd Express Switch Adapter in DKC Module 1 Rack and the 2nd SVP in DKC Module 0 Rack HP XP P9500 2nd SVP High Reliability Kit For redundant array management functions and as a communicatio
105. ters command that automates the recovery procedure Continentalclusters supports mutual recovery across two clusters In a mutual recovery pair each cluster is configured to recover the mission critical applications running in the other cluster Applications can be configured in Continentalclusters for disaster tolerance using HP XP P9500 Storage and HP XP P9000 Continuous Access data replication technology DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 31 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Business Continuity Solutions Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites Licensing For more information please refer to http www hp com go dt HP Continental Clusters LTU T2346BA e Continentalclusters supports recovery of single instance applications like Oracle over LVM VxVM and CVM CFS 4 1 e Continentalclusters supports recovery of multi instance applications like Oracle RAC over SLVM and CVM CFS 4 1 Please contact your HP representative for details Software HP UX 11i v1 or higher For more information please refer to http docs hp com HP Serviceguard 11 17 or higher for CFS CVM 4 1 support HP Metrocluster with XP P9000 Continuous Access One license of Continentalclusters covers two pairs of clusters Primary and Recovery Use Option 888 designed for use with HP Metrocluster with XP P9000 Continuous Access e Each license of Continentalclusters requires
106. tire raw capacity has been configured as RAID 1 Thus the total effective capacity available to customer is 50TB Customer configures a number of LDEVs whose total capacity equals 4OTB This 40TB will be considered as the usable capacity of the array All software titles licensed on usable capacity will need to have 40TB licenses if they need to be used on this array Note that if a customer crosses the boundary by creating too many LDEV s they can restore management to the array by deleting LDEVs until they are back below the licensed threshold again It is not necessary to de install array groups to correct exceeding the licensed capacity The following XP P9000 Family Software Titles are licensed based on the usable storage capacity of the array e HP XP P9000 Command View AE o There is no need to include the configured usable capacity of External Storage LUNs e HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager o Must also include license capacity for the configured usable capacity of any External Storage LUNs attached to the XP P9500 Storage e HP XP P9000 Array Manager includes Hitachi VLVI Manager for Mainframe Data Retention Utility Cache Residency Manager Cache Residency for Mainframe Volume Shredder Performance Monitor XP P9000 RAID Manager and XP P9000 Cache Partition e HP XP P9000 External Storage Capacity must be purchased to cover the usable LUN s configured as external storage e HP XP P9000 Auto LUN o There is no need to include t
107. to replication status HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software also provides early warning of impending problems It eliminates tedious data entry that can cause outages and simplifies difficult replication tasks In addition it reduces costs and training expenses associated with replication management NOTE HP XP P9000 Replication Manager only requires the CLI SMI S portion of XP P9000 Command View AE e Single visual point of management for all replication tasks Create manage and monitor Open Systems replication pairs and monitor Mainframe replication pairs Makes managing replication easier for the Storage Administrator Manages and monitors local as well as remote replication pairs Reports pair status Displays the pair configurations relative to servers and subsystems Remote management of replication pairs DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 10 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software Device and Configuration Management Models Product Highlights Support Prerequisites Licensing e Set up and control multi site DR environments HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software Base LTU TB584AA HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 1TB 0 30TB LTU TB584AB HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 1TB 31 50TB LTU TB584AC HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 1TB 51 100TB LTU TB584AD HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 1TB 101 250TB LTU TB584AE HP X
108. upport and a strong partner network plus a full set of infrastructure services designed to power a Converged Infrastructure HP Critical Service Designed for environments where downtime cannot be tolerated HP monitors your environment around the clock 365 days a year We implement improvement projects to mitigate risks and reduce incidents If outages do occur they are addressed immediately with access to our dedicated critical support escalation resources http h20195 www2 hp com V2 GetPDF aspx 4AA0 1613ENW pdf Plus 20 credits per year select from an extensive menu of consultancy and technical services such as onsite firmware upgrades health checks assessments and education HP Proactive 24 Service This is the right choice for environments where some downtime is acceptable HP helps manage your IT environment for improved performance stability and availability Your incidents are addressed 24x7 with a maximum 4 hour onsite response 365 days a year http h20195 www2 hp com V2 GetPDF aspx 5981 9842EN pdf HP Critical Service Designed for environments where downtime cannot be tolerated HP monitors your environment around the clock 365 days a year We implement improvement projects to mitigate risks and reduce incidents If outages do occur they are addressed immediately with access to our dedicated critical support escalation resources http h20195 www2 hp com V2 GetPDF aspx 4AA0 1613ENW pdf Plus 20 credits per year select from a
109. ut a server reboot easy installation and operation through auto discovery function See Service amp Support section HDLM Media Kit includes installers for all operating systems However installation services for each operating system must be purchased separately For 1 Server LTU License to use on a single server XP P9500 Storage pair Example if you have two XP P9500 Storage and ten servers all using Hitachi HDLM for IBM AIX you would need 20 of the 1 Server LTUs For Unlimited Server LTU License to use with unlimited servers connected to a single XP P9500 Storage Example if you have two XP P9500 Storage and ten servers all using Hitachi HDLM for IBM AIX you would need two of the Unlimited Server LTUs If a server has multiple partitions a copy of HDLM is required for every partition that will be using HDLM For example if you have a server with 2 partitions and both partitions require HDLM then you would need two of the 1 Server LTUs or one Unlimited Server LTU DA 13725 Worldwide Version 14 December 4 2012 Page 29 HP XP P9000 Storage Family Model XP P9500 and HP QuickSpecs XP P9000 Software High Availability and Data Replication Software HP XP P9000 Database Validator also known as Data Integrity Check Overview Models Product Highlights Support Licensing Database Validator provides the XP P9500 Storage with an added level of data protection when deployed in Oracle database environments Implem
110. y Groups and dedicate part of their arrays for specific requirements They can also partition at a logical level Host Groups and LDEVs and keep Ports Parity Groups and External Storage as a shared infrastructure HP XP P9000 Resource Partition software is ideal for a multi tenant environment set up where dedicated sub administrators need to manage the IT infrastructure needs of their respective business units At the same time it allows the datacenter administrator retain complete control of XP P9500 Storage resources Datacenter administrators can decide to partition XP P9500 Storage resources either at a logical level to improve storage utilization efficiency or at a physical level to improve quality of service and avoid data and access breaches across multiple tenants Models HP XP P9000 Resource Partition SW LTU TB518A Product Highlights e Assign role based access controls to sub administrators to modularize IT infrastructure management even with a central IT infrastructure resource pool e Useful for cloud service providers and for organizations with consolidated IT infrastructure providing a platform to multiple tenants to host storage and charging as per usage e Maximize XP P9500 Storage resource utilization with shared resources such as Ports Parity Groups and External Storage and dedicated resources such as host groups and LDEVs with logical partitioning of XP P9500 Storage e Create resource groups based on the needs of your cust

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