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04-22-2014 08:05 AM
04-22-2014 08:05 AM
Physical or Virtual SP?
Hi,
If i have a new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7400 2-N Storage Base, how do i know wether it came with a physical service processor or a virtual service processor has to be used?
Thanks.
Yaboto
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04-22-2014 10:15 AM
04-22-2014 10:15 AM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
Look at the Bill of Materials.
If you do not find the Physical SP listed there, you would want to install the VSP on a ESX Host and Proceed with the Installation.
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04-22-2014 11:10 AM
04-22-2014 11:10 AM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
Thanks a lot!
I did not see any physical SP in the BOM, neither is there any provision for ESX host.
Please what would be the way forward, any alternative?
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04-22-2014 11:34 AM
04-22-2014 11:34 AM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
>Please what would be the way forward, any alternative?
If you don't have a SP, you'll need to provide the host to install the VSP.
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04-22-2014 04:37 PM
04-22-2014 04:37 PM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
Go to the HP QuickSpecs, http://hp.com/go/quickspecs, search for product "3par storeserv 7000". Under there you will find requirements to run a virtual Service Processor:
"If you did not order a physical Service Processor, you will need to provide a server running VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5.
It needs 256 GB free disk space (minimum for the VSP Virtual Machine)
NOTE: VSP storage must not reside on the array it is managing."
Note: While I am an HPE Employee, all of my comments (whether noted or not), are my own and are not any official representation of the company
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04-22-2014 08:42 PM - edited 04-22-2014 08:42 PM
04-22-2014 08:42 PM - edited 04-22-2014 08:42 PM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
>NOTE: VSP storage must not reside on the array it is managing."
It seems it forgot to mention "chicken and egg" as reason why. ;-)
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04-23-2014 12:36 AM
04-23-2014 12:36 AM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
Thanks very much!
I realized that there is a Proliant BL460c in the BOM. The production is purely run on HP UNIX and for that purpose a BL890c i4 with 4 nPars with C7000 enclosure was ordered. I begin to suspect that the only windows/Proliant server BL460c part of the BOM may be the Physical Service Processor.
Please how can i identify or confirm that the only Proliant server BL460c part of the BOM is the physical SP?
Since Data Protector is also part of the deal, Is it possible to install DP Manager or any other software to run on the SP? Is it recommended?
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04-23-2014 07:26 AM
04-23-2014 07:26 AM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
The BoM should have a line with a description substantially similar to "HP 3PAR 7000 Service Processor".
If you have a physical Service Processor, you would not have root access. It is an appliance, not a server: Nothing can be installed on it.
Note: While I am an HPE Employee, all of my comments (whether noted or not), are my own and are not any official representation of the company
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04-23-2014 07:50 AM
04-23-2014 07:50 AM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
Maybe your proliant blade is intended as a backup server (someone has ordered it for a special reason I guess ...).
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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04-23-2014 09:15 AM
04-23-2014 09:15 AM
Re: Physical or Virtual SP?
Thanks very much to you all for your contributions.
I understand now that:
Since there is nothing like "HP 3PAR 7000 Service Processor" in the BOM, that means there is no physical service processor, then we need Virtual Service Processor.
The challenge now is:
- The customer does not have any VMWARE environment for us to create the Virtual SP machine
- I checked the media that came with the 3PAR and i have not found any Microsoft Hypervisor based file (only OVF and vmdk for vmware based VM is available on the media)
Please advice on the way forward.
Best regards,
Yaboto