Hp Blade Center and 3rd party SAN

[Fred Bingman]

We are going to eval a Blade Center, and I wanted some input on connecting the HP Blade system to an EMC Clariion array via a Cisco MDS 9513 switch.
I've been told by the HP folks that they want us to eval EVA system and brocade switches. Which is fine for an Eval but I need to know if anyone has done it with EMC and Cisco.

[Matti_Kurkela]

We have some c-class blades on EMC Symmetrix and Cisco switches (sorry, I don't recall the exact model). I haven't seen problems on the server end and our SAN admin has not voiced any complaints either, so I guess all is well.

EMC has a huge library of compatibility testing data available on its Powerlink support website, have you checked it?

MK

[Adrian Clint]

Yes lots of people have connected HP Bladesystem to EMC Clariion via Cisco switches. Check with EMC for supported driver/bios/firmware matrices

Whats the IBM Bladecneter got to do with this?