EVA 4000 with Windows 2003 - Securepath required or not?

[Benedikt Geltenpoth]

Hi,

in a current project we have to integrate 2 EVA 4000 units in a clustered environment.

I've heard that Securepath is not required with EVA 4000. HP's Securepath Website says also it's not supported.

Can somebody confirm?

How is Multipath I/O handled with EVA 4000? Is there any additional infoamtion on that?

Kind regards

Benedikt

[Uwe Zessin · Accepted solution]

Secure Path does not know the EVA4000/6000/8000, even if you installed it, it would not work.

Multipathing is now done by using Windows' MPIO framework. There is a DSM (device specific module) and a menagement interface for download:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=421492&taskId=135

[Gene Dinkey_1]

For the EVA4/6/8k's and EVA3/5k's with 4.x firmware (active/active arrays) you will need the "Full Featured" Device Specific Module (DSM), this will handle load balancing as well as multiple path failover.

For the 3/5k's still on the 3.x branch (active/passive arrays) you will need the "Basic" DSM.

[Benedikt Geltenpoth]

Got my Information!