HP P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array Systems

Hewlett Packard's 2000 Family of storage arrays features P2000 G3 MSA arrays with the latest 8 Gb Fibre Channel, 6 Gb SAS, 10GbE iSCSI connected models, and now with a new iSCSI model with four 1 Gb iSCSI ports per controller. The arrays are designed for entry-level customers and feature the latest in functionality and host-connect technology while offering excellent price/performance. They are ideal for companies with small budgets or limited IT expertise, and also larger companies with departmental or remote requirements. Each solution is designed to be easy to deploy, to be secure, along with low management costs, while driving rapid return on investment through efficient storage consolidation.

The P2000 G3 arrays are 2U storage area network (SAN) or direct connect solutions (OS and protocol dependent) offering a choice of five controllers - two FC, one SAS, one 10GbE iSCSI and the newest model features a four port 1 Gb iSCSI. The first Fibre Channel controller is a high-performance, 8 Gb dual port model. The second offering is a unique dual-purpose Combo controller with two 8 Gb Fibre Channel ports with the addition of two 1GbE iSCSI ports. The third controller choice is 6Gb SAS with four ports per controller. There is also the addition of a two port 10 Gb iSCSI, while the latest controller introduction features four 1 Gb iSCSI ports per controller. Whatever the situation calls for, the P2000 G3 line-up has the right solution.

The dual-protocol P2000 G3 MSA FC/iSCSI Combo Controller gives exceptional flexibility. The 8 Gb FC ports support a full FC SAN while the two 1GbE iSCSI ports can serve two purposes. With this combination you can economically share the array storage resource with a smaller department accessing it over iSCSI or enable the new optional Remote Snap functionality over iSCSI protocol (also available over FC).

The P2000 G3 SAS is the follow-on product to the MSA2000sa G2, adding the latest 6 Gb SAS technology to the four host ports per controller. The P2000 G3 SAS array is designed for directly attaching up to four dual-path or eight single path rack servers. SAS array support for BladeSystems utilizes the recently introduced HP 6 Gb SAS BL Switch.

The P2000 G3 10GbE iSCSI brings the very latest in high-performance host connection with technology generally found only in higher priced arrays. The bandwidth it provides in conjunction with server consolidation is highly advantageous in shared storage configurations. Array connection to 10GbE switches that are in turn connected to 1GbE NICs is commonplace. Directly attached server support requires the server units to have 10GbE NICs.

Rounding out the controller choices is the P2000 G3 iSCSI controller featuring four 1Gb iSCSI Ethernet ports, double the number of the G2 model. This allows an array that keeps the price of the components, particularly the interconnects, low while markedly increasing the performance capabilities.

All P2000 G3 models can be equipped with single or dual controllers, feature the same scalability, and offer 6 Gb SAS back-end transmission speed to drives and JBODs. Significant data protection advances are delivered by the all P2000 G3 arrays. All G3 units come STANDARD with sixty-four snapshot capability at no extra cost and there is an option for the G3 series of five hundred and twelve snapshots. Volume Copy (clone) also comes standard. In a further move to protect the user's data, optional Remote Snap (replication) capability is offered on the FC, FC/iSCSI, and both iSCSI versions.

All P2000 G3 models support hot plug replacement of redundant controllers, fans, power supplies, and I/O modules. Hot add of expansion enclosures is also supported.

The controller-less P2000 chassis is offered in two models - one comes standard with twelve Large Form Factor (LFF) 3.5-inch drive bays, the other can accommodate twenty-four Small Form Factor (SFF) 2.5-inch drives. Both are able to simultaneously support enterprise-class SAS drives, SAS Midline, and archival-class SATA Midline drives. Either chassis can have one or two matching P2000 G3 controllers (same protocol) and are available with AC or DC power Supplies.

The HP modular approach to entry level SAN solutions enables incremental customer purchases, allowing the array to grow as needs grow, thus allowing a maximum return on investment. Choose a single controller unit for low initial cost with the ability to upgrade later; or decide on a model with dual controllers for the most demanding entry-level situations. There are no unexpected additional charges, licenses or fees as you add enclosures or hosts and users.

Capacity can easily be added as the need develops by attaching additional drive enclosures. Maximum capacity ranges with LFF drives up to 57.6 TB SAS, 288 TB SAS Midline or 192 TB SATA Midline with the addition of the maximum number of drive enclosures. Configurations utilizing the SFF drive chassis and the maximum number of drive enclosures can grow to 134 TB of SAS, 149 TB of SAS Midline or 74.5 TB SATA Midline with a total of 96 LFF or 149 SFF drives. The P2000 G3 Arrays do not support SSDs.

• Adding more fully-populated and half-populated P2000 G3 Arrays bundles with ProLiant SFF SAS drives
• Added the 10GbE iSCSI controller and the 450GB and 600GB SAS drives to the list of NEBS supported product
• Added support for vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI), to offload certain processing functions from the host to the array, which can greatly enhance performance

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The HP P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array family encompasses five controllers, each featuring different protocols or combination of protocols to match the exact needs of the user.

• P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI Combo MSA controller: this unique controller offers both 8 Gb Fibre Channel and 1 GbE iSCSI functionalities built into a single array controller. This allows customers to enable storage needing high performance thru the FC ports while leveraging their SAN investment by sharing the array resources with smaller departments through low-cost iSCSI. It also enables optional Remote Snap (replication) for data protection.
• P2000 G3 FC MSA controller: Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel host ports per controller give high performance with a mature topology and is compatible with the largest installed base of SAN users.
• P2000 G3 10GbE iSCSI MSA controller: HP is the first of the major modular array manufacturers that brings a high performance dual-ported 10GbE iSCSI solution to the entry level segment. Ideal for those who want to utilize cost-effective Ethernet as their infrastructure without sacrificing access time to their data. Now supports Remote Snap (replication).
• P2000 G3 SAS MSA controller: the P2000 G3 SAS model gives fast 6 Gb transmission rates with low cost SAS connections. Four host ports per controller support a highly efficient direct connect configuration.
• P2000 G3 iSCSI MSA controller offers four 1 Gb iSCSI ports utilizes the popular Ethernet infrastructure with its low cost and ease of management, while the additional ports assure increased performance over the previous generation. Now supports Remote Snap (replication).

• Ease of management featuring browser-based out-of-band access. This allows a department or small company to effectively handle growing storage requirements, with the aid of an intuitive GUI to administer the unit with a minimum of complexity. Ideal for local or remote installations.
• All G3 models come standard with 64 controller-based snapshots and clone capability. The G3 arrays also support an optional 512 snaps.
• Choose either a low-cost single controller array or start with a configured dual controller array model to fit the budget, high availability, and performance needs.
• All models feature a wide variety of drives: enterprise-class SAS, SAS Midline, and archival-class SATA Midline in either P2000 LFF 3.5-inch or HP ProLiant SFF 2.5-inch drives.
• P2000 G3 models can have a maximum number of P2000 LFF drive enclosures (7), a maximum number of D2700 SFF enclosures (5), or mix both sizes. The array can grow incrementally from a few drives to 134 TB SAS, 288 TB of SAS MDL or 192 TB SATA MDL.
• 2 GB transportable read/write cache per controller. Battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and compact flash
• Vdisks can be spanned across multiple enclosures
• RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50
• Maximum of 2 drives for RAID level 1, 16 drives for RAID levels 0, 3, 5, 6, and 10, 32 drives for RAID level 50
• 512 LUNs with LUN sizes greater than 40TB depending on the RAID configuration chosen. The maximum LUN size is 64TB
• Non-disruptive on-line controller code upgrade (requires dual controllers w/ multi-pathing software)
• Upgradable by design. Owners of an original MSA2000 G1 or G2 array are able to do data-in-place controller upgrades to the P2000 G3 FC, Combo FC/iSCSI, 1 Gb or 10GbE iSCSI, or P2000 G3 SAS. Cross protocol upgrades are also supported between the protocols. This unique ability protects the earlier investments in chassis, drives, and JBODs

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Small Business SAN
Starter Kit

The HP P2000 SAN is the ideal solution for customers running Oracle, Microsoft, SAP environments and those customers who are deploying virtual server technologies like VMware, Hyper-V, and Oracle Virtual Machine. The HP P2000 SAN delivers enterprise functionality that enhances virtual environments, simplifies management, and reduces costs. Easy to deploy, scale and maintain, HP P2000 SANs ensure that crucial business data remains available.
HP has developed best-in-class expertise in Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and Virtualization Hypervisor technology through extensive testing with the HP P2000 SAN, 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:

• Deploy IT assets across multiple locations.
  
• Incrementally grow storage without interruption.
  
• Enable high availability and disaster recovery capabilities for critical applications.
  
• Deploy a remote disaster recovery site.

Two 10GbE ports per G3 10GbE iSCSI controller. Ports are ready for the choice of SFP (none included)
Supports the ProCurve and ISS versions of the following 10GbE parts for use in the controllers:

HP 10Gb Cables

• HP SFP+ 10GbE Copper Cable
• HP ProCurve 10-GbE SFP+-SFP+ Direct Attach Cable

HP SFP+ Transceivers

• HP BladeSystem 10Gb SR SFP+ and HP BladeSystem 10Gb LRM SFP+
• HP ProCurve 10-GbE SFP+ SR Transceiver and HP ProCurve 10-GbE SFP+ LRM Transceiver
• No SFP+ LR Transceiver support

The P2000 G3 controllers support both the P2000 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF) drives, and the HP ProLiant 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) drives.

• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise-class drives are designed for high demand, 24x7 usage.
• SAS Midline and SATA Midline are usually reserved for archival of data as they are both relatively inexpensive and are available in very large capacities.

The HP entry-level family of arrays can accommodate both SAS and SATA drives within the same enclosure making it ideal to have both business-critical, high activity files on SAS drives while using Snapshot, clone, or Remote Snap capability to keep back-up or archival data on the less expensive drives.

For investment protection, the controllers will support single and dual port SAS & SATA drives in a legacy single - or dual - domain MSA70. This support allows current owners of MSA70s to migrate their single port drives (in their MSA70 only, not into the array head) to be attached to a P2000 G3 FC or SAS. They can only cascade to another single I/O MSA70. This is not a data-in-place transition, and overall performance could be impacted.

SAS drive performance can be approximately 30% greater than SATA performance on sequential host I/O. SAS performance excels in sequential lower latency response time and random I/O per second transaction performance due to higher rpm disk speeds yielding lower seek times. SAS drive random performance is generally twice that of SATA drives.

NOTE: P2000 and MSA2 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF) drives are for use only in the P2000 G3 or MSA2000 models. The 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) drives are supported only with the P2000 G3 or the MSA2300 G2 controllers and are common with and are the same part numbers as the ProLiant hot-plug 2.5-inch drives.

P2000 3.5-inch drive enclosure. This 2U unit has twelve LFF (3.5-inch) drive bays and accepts for P2000 dual-ported SAS and SATA drives. The pre-configured HP P2000 Dual I/O LFF Drive Enclosure (AP843A) has two I/O modules and supports both single and dual controller arrays. If a single I/O disk enclosure model is desired, the appropriate chassis should be purchased along with a single I/O module (AP844A).

• This 3.5-inch drive enclosure can be attached to either the P2000 G3 FC or SAS LFF or SFF array head.
• Each configured model ships standard with two .5m mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables for cascading to other P2000 drive enclosures
• Up to seven P2000 3.5-inch enclosures can be attached to a P2000 G3 FC, FC/iSCSI Combo, or SAS controller in the array head.

D2700 2.5-inch drive enclosure. This 2U storage enclosure (AJ941A) is designed to support twenty five ProLiant 2.5-inch Universal form factor (SFF) 6Gb SAS or SATA hard drives. It ships standard with dual I/O modules installed.

• This 2.5-inch drive enclosure can be attached to a P2000 G3 controller (SFF or LFF) array head
• The D2700 enclosure ships with a two .5m miniSAS to miniSAS cable.
• Up to five D2700 may be attached to the P2000 G3 array head, given total support for 149 SFF drives.

The P2000 G3 FC, Combo FC/iSCSI, SAS, 1 Gb or 10GbE iSCSI controllers are designed to allow an installation to begin with smaller capacity and be able to grow gradually as needed. The flexibility of SAS or SATA drive technology, form factors, sizes, speeds, and costs per GB allows a system to easily fit in almost any budget.

• Large Form Factor configurations can scale up to 7.2 TB SAS, 36TB SAS MDL or 24 TB SATA, expandable to 57.6 TB SAS, 288TB SAS MDL or 192 TB SATA with the addition of a maximum of seven P2000 3.5-inch Drive Enclosures.
• Small Form Factor configurations can scale from 21.6 TB SAS, 24 TB SAS MDL or 12 TB SATA MDL. With the addition of five D2700 JBODs, the P2000 G3 can support 134 TB SAS, 149 TB SAS MDL or 74.5 TB SATA MDL.
• Users may configure a 24-drive P2000 G3 SFF array head with 12-drive LFF P2000 3.5-inch disk enclosures. This is an excellent method for a configuration that supports fast SFF enterprise-class SAS drives in the array head, combined with economical LFF drives staged for archival purposes, all in the same array.
• Qualification of larger capacity drives is ongoing.

HP Storage Management Utility (SMU). Management access, out-of-band: WEB GUI, CLI. Interface Types: USB, 10/100 Ethernet. Protocols Supported SNMP, SMI-S, SSL, SSH, SMTP, FTP, HTTP, Telnet

• All product documentation (CD can be used on ALL supported server Operating Systems.)
• MSA Device Discovery Tool (Win and Linux) - reports P2000/MSA HW devices, and supported storage software
• Host Software Bundles (Win and Linux for both ProLiant x86, ProLiant x64 and Integrity IA64servers)
• CD updated quarterly on HP.com with sustaining firmware updates

The P2000 G3 arrays come integrated with web browser and CLI based software for storage and RAID management, setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. This reduces the cost of ownership by reducing the training and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain your HP storage solution.

The SPOCK database provides interoperability information for thousands of components and millions of component combinations. It is available to all users at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.

Supports most HP ProLiant, BladeSystems and Integrity servers including

• HP ProLiant DL, ML
• HP c-Class Blade Servers
• Integrity servers, IA64 (FC and FC/iSCSI support only)
• Compatibility must be confirmed at: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

• Supports most multi-vendor industry standard 32-bit Intel and AMD based (x86) servers. HP requires the Third-Party Server to be logo'd and listed on the Microsoft Windows Server Catalog.
• Refer to the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/catalog/server/
• HP Division recommends that the Third-Party Server Vendor is an active member of TSANet. Refer to the TSANet website for details: www.tsanet.com
• Non-HP servers will generally be supported if the HP storage stack is used. This includes supported HP branded HBAs and drivers, and supported FC switches.

Refer to the HP support statements for complete current OS version support: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 IA32, x64, IA64 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
  
• Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1, SP2, and R2 and 2003 R2 IA32, x64
• HP-UX
  
• Red Hat Linux (32/64)
• SuSE SLES (32/64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V
• VMware
• OpenVMS
• Apple Mac OS X (requires ATTO Celerity 8Gb FC HBA)
• Solaris 10 (x86)

• HP-UX
• Windows
• OpenVMS
• Linux

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 (x64, IA64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V
• Microsoft Windows 2003 (SP1, SP2, and R2) and 2003 R2 (IA32, x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (32/64)
• SuSE Linux IA32, x64
• VMware ESX

Refer to the HP support statements for complete current OS version support: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 IA32, x64
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2003 R2 IA32, x64
• Red Hat Linux (32/64)
• SuSE SLES (32/64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V
• VMware
• Solaris 10 (x86)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1, SP2, R2
• Microsoft Hyper-V (x64 only)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2, SP2
• VMware
• Red Hat Linux (32/64)
• SuSE SLES (32/64)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1, SP2, R2
• Microsoft Hyper-V (x64 only)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2, SP2
• Red Hat Linux (32/64)
• SuSE SLES (32/64)
• VMware

NOTE: the G3 10GbE array must connect to a 10GbE switch; direct connect to the G3 10GbE array must be to a 10GbE NIC and supported by the OS.

• The P2000 G3 and the older MSA2000 support target based management, and include a Web interface and a telnet interface, and require a web browser for management.
• The P2000 G3 FC requires Microsoft Internet Explorer V7.x or V8.x
  
• The original MSA2000 and the MSA2000 G2 arrays require Microsoft Internet Explorer V6.X and V7.X (strongly encouraged)
  
• Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 or later is supported

HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter

HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter

HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter is a component within the HP Insight Control plug-in for vCenter. It provides VMware administrators that are using VMware's vSphere management console (vCenter) with the ability to see how virtual machines are mapped to datastores and individual P2000 volumes. By providing these clear relationships between VM's, datastores and storage, the VMware administrator's productivity increases, as does the ability to ensure quality of service. Roles for administrators can be defined on an individual basis, providing the ability to apply specific permissions for both view and control functions.

The HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter supports mixed array environments including EVA, P4000, P2000 (MSA), and the XP array series including the P9500.

When deployed with the P2000 array, provides the following:

• Active Management functionality for the P2000 array:
  • Create/Expand/Delete a Datastore
  • Create a Virtual Machine from a template
• Monitors the health and status of the P2000
• Displays LUN / volume connections from VMs and ESX servers to the arrays and provides the location and attributes of the P2000 within the SAN
• Identifies what storage features are available to allow administrators to match the features available on the P2000 to their requirements
• Provide a cluster-level view of the storage

HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter is downloadable from Software Depot: https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVPR

For more information on HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter visit: www.hp.com/go/vmware

The vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) is one of the storage application programming interface (API) sets in vSphere 4.1. VAAI is an API storage partners can leverage to enhance performance of virtual machine (VM) management operations by delegating these operations to the storage array. With hardware offload, ESX/ESXi hosts perform certain operations faster and consume less server CPU and memory resources, and also storage port and storage fabric bandwidth. VAAI includes high performance and scalable VM data path primitives. HP introduced VAAI support for HP MSA P2000 Storage array products starting with the T230 firmware release.

Storage Hardware Primitives for VAAI

In the VMware vSphere 4.1 release, the HP StorageWorks P2000 G3 MSA Array Systems offload capabilities support the following three primitives:

• Full Copy or Hardware Assisted Move
• Block Zeroing or Hardware Assisted Zeroing
• Hardware Assisted Locking or Atomic Test and Set (ATS)

The HP Management Pack for Systems Center Operations Manager provides seamless integration with Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager and now System Center Essentials by integrating predefined discovery and state monitoring policies, event processing rules and tasks, and diagram and topology views for the storage system.

For more information:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14249_div/14249_div.html

HP Storage Management Pack can be downloaded free from the following website: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/SCOM_managementpack.html

Data Protection

• Snapshots create up to 512 point-in-time pictures of data (512 snaps are exclusive to the P2000 G3)
• Volume Copies create up to 128 point-in-time copies of data
• Recovery is instant - revert data from any previous Snapshot or Volume Copy
• Backup 'snapped' data to disk, virtual tape, or physical tape without a backup window
• A 64 snapshot license and Volume Copy are included with all P2000 G3 models.
• Support and updates are desired for bundled software functionalities (such as 64 LTU Snap and/or Volume Copy etc in the P2000 G3 products) a combination HW + SW support care pack must be purchased.
• HP does not provide warranty assistance for software products included with our base hardware products. This would either be SupportPlus or SupportPlus24. The hardware warranty component of these services is accounted for in the pricing of the SP and SP24 care packs.

Data Testing

• Snap or clone data to test the performance of a software application on 'offline' production data
• Snap or clone data to test how a software patch or enhancement will function on 'offline; production dat0061

• HP P2000 Remote Snap Software is array based software that provides remote replication on the HP P2000 G3 MSA Array products (except SAS model). HP Remote Snap is a form of asynchronous replication which consists of replication of block-level data from a volume on a local system to a volume that may be on the same system or on a second independent system. This second system may be collocated with the first system or may be located at a remote site. It requires T230Rxx controller firmware or higher.
• HP Remote Snap functionality is based on existing Snapshot technology offered by HP P2000 SAN Array products. Snapshots are used to track the data to be replicated as well as to determine the differences in data updated on the master volume, minimizing the amount of data to be transferred.
• HP Remote Snap replication technology provides the ability to accomplish key data management and protection capabilities. First, because Remote Snap uses snapshots as the underlying technology it creates multiple local recovery points which can be used for such tasks as to complement daily backups; second, replication provides the ability to access data in a remote site which could be used for dispersed operations; and third but definitely not least important replication allows for business continuance in the event of a failure on the primary site.
• In order to perform a replication, a snapshot of the volume to be replicated is taken, creating a point-in-time image of the data. This point-in-time image is then replicated to the destination volume by copying the data represented by the snapshot via a transport medium such as TCP/IP (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel. The amount of data transferred is minimized though the use of snapshots whenever possible.

• Storage based asynchronous snapshot replication
• Initial copy of data can be performed locally, reducing burden on wide area networks
• Support of both Ethernet and Fiber Channel interconnects provides flexible options to the application environments.
• Snapshot based replication technology means only changed data will be replicated to alternate site
• Many to 1 replication (up to 4 nodes) - primary use case is to replicate from "many" branch offices to the home office for the purpose of backing up data from the branches
  
• Single controller to single controller replication
  
• Mixed controller replication - replication between P2000 G3 Fibre Channel and P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI Combo arrays
  
• Advanced scheduler provides several options to IT administrators for business continuance
  
• Flexible architecture allows remote replication between P2000 G3 Fibre Channel and/or P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI Combo arrays. Protects existing investments and enhances business continuity planning objectives.
  
• Replication Wizard simplifies the task of setting up and establishing replication pairs from one unified, easy to use GUI.
• Snapshot based replication enables both local and remote recovery depending on the need. Snapshot replication isolates problems to a specific point in time which can be selected by the administrator. Additionally snapshot replication supports longer distance replication.
• Multiple relationships provide greater storage flexibility and utilization.
• Bundled 64 Snapshots and Volume Copy integration provides better efficiencies by combining the management and array technologies to create local copies.
• Fast application recovery with minimal or no transaction loss
• Creation of disaster tolerant copies of your critical business data
• No-single-point-of-failure solution to increase the availability of your customers data
• Remote snap operations and I/O can be processed simultaneously on HP 1GbE iSCSI MSA and HP 10GbE iSCSI MSA System controllers

MPIO for Windows provides a single multi-path solution for HP P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array on HP servers.
Support for Windows 2003 and Windows 2003 R2 operating systems is provided by HP MPIO Full Featured DSM. For the P2000 G3 this version is 2.6.1.7 or greater.
Support for Microsoft Windows 2008 is bundled within the operating system
Support for Linux distributions is with Device Mapper 4.4.0 or greater.
Support for HPUX is native multipathing in HP-UX v3 and PV-Links in HP-UX v2.

Stretch your P2000 array investment by adding file & print services, iSCSI connectivity, and management hosting with an X3000 G2 Series Network Storage Gateway platform. X Series Network Storage Gateways are optimized file and print server solutions that are built on industry-standard HP ProLiant servers and come with Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 operating system pre-installed. Since they're Windows-based, network integration is easy, your tools and data protection applications run right on the box, and management has a familiar look and feel. Like many Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, they support heterogeneous file serving environments and are pre-configured to install in minutes.

An X3000 G2 Network Storage Gateway is a file/iSCSI gateway that adds IP-based services to your Fibre Channel array or SAN. So it not only enhances your P2000 investment with file and print services, but it helps you save even more by enabling tiered (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) block access for application servers. All of your important client and server data can be managed, scaled, and protected on a single P2000 G3 array.

NOTE: For more information visit: www.hp.com/go/X3000

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HP Proactive Select Service is technology agnostic and purchased in addition to your choice of underlying reactive support.

• Access to a list of flexible and customizable proactive service activities
  
• Enhance customers' in-house IT team with complementary assistance from HP
  
• Improved time to solution
  
• Reduce business risk and project costs by accessing HP specialists
  
• Simplify IT operational procedures by leveraging HP best practices
  

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Optional HP Care Pack Services that will enhance your HP product experience.

5-Year HP Support Plus 24
As an alternative to our recommended support level, for customers who need to improve uptime with responsive 24x7 product support:
HP Support Plus 24 helps you increase performance and availability with comprehensive, consistent hardware and software services. Working with your IT team, HP Services engineers deliver onsite hardware support and over-the-phone software support around-the-clock 365 days per year. Service coverage encompasses HP products and selected multivendor hardware and software.

In addition, this convenient HP Care Pack packaged service makes software updates available to you at substantial savings.

Choose Support Plus 24 when you need to:

• Improve uptime with responsive hardware and software services available anytime
  
• Cost-effectively obtain expert 24x7 multivendor hardware and software support
  
• Enjoy consistent service coverage across geographically dispersed sites
  
• Update HP and selected third-party software at a predictable cost
  
• Take advantage of subscription savings on software updates
  

http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/5981-6638EN.pdf

HP Entry Storage Data Migration Service for Windows
For customers who need to safely migrate Windows data within their TCP/IP networks with minimal impact to their operations:
You have a need to migrate data between Windows servers within your TCP/IP network. Or you have a need to migrate storage for your Windows servers. Or both. And you need to accomplish these migrations efficiently while minimizing risk at the same time.

HP Entry Storage Data Migration Service for Windows offers you a cost competitive and convenient way to accommodate data migration triggered by a need to refresh or consolidate storage, or to create different storage tiers. This service offers a migration cost in line with the costs of storage products in small and medium-sized storage environments. The service is delivered via a skilled HP service specialist with special consideration for data availability, integrity, and ongoing operational performance during the transfer process.
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA2-4734ENW.pdf

HP eSupport is a portfolio of technology-based services that assist you with managing your business environment - from the desktop to the data center.

Support Portal
The HP support portal provides one-stop access to the information, tools and services you need to manage the daily operations of your IT environment.

Features include:

• Access to self-solve tools (including search technical knowledge base)
  
• Efficient logging and tracking of support cases
  
• Collaboration with other business and IT professionals
  
• Download of patches and drivers
  
• Access to diagnostic tools
  
• Proactive notification of relevant information

Access to certain features of the support portal requires an HP service agreement. To access the support portal, visit http://www.hp.com/support

HP Insight Remote Support software delivers secure remote monitoring and support for your HP Servers and Storage, 24 X 7, so you can spend less time solving problems and more time focused on your business. You can have your systems remotely monitored for hardware failure using secure technology that's been proven at thousands of companies around the world. In many cases, you can avoid problems before they occur.

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• Controller-less chassis with twelve Large Form Factor (LFF) drive bays. Space for two controllers.

• Controller-less chassis with twenty-four Small Form Factor (SFF) ProLiant drives bays. Space for two controllers.

Choose optional AC Power Cords (2 required)
NOTE: Two PDU cables: one 142263-008 (Black) and one 1422633-013 (Grey), ship standard with all AC-powered enclosures.

• 8G FC (2 Port - 8G FC) 110VAC 3.32A, 344-390 W; 220VAC 1.61A,374-432W
• FC/iSCSI Combo (2 Port - 8G FC + 2 Port -1G iSCSI)
  110VAC; 3.64A,357-418W, 220VAC 1.77 A, 365-424W
• 6G SAS (4 Port - 6G SAS) 110VAC 3.49A,344-390W, 220VAC 1.7A 374-432W
• 10GbE iSCSI (2 Port - 10 GbE iSCSI) 110VAC 3.67A, 395W, 220VAC,1.95A 388.2W
• 1G iSCSI (4 Port - 1GbE iSCSI) 110VAC 3.3A 363W, 220VAC, 1.63A 360W

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