EVA4000 2Gb to 4Gb

[jpmartin]

One question about an old EVA4000 rnning 5.030 firmware.

A plan to upgrade to 6.110 (thru 5.110), the question is :

Are the connections going to 4 Gb/s (with 4 Gb/S sfp in front of) automatically, or is there an hardware sfp inside EVA which prevent to upgrade to 4 Gb/s

Thank you

Jean-Pierre

[AwadheshPandey]

USEFULL INFO http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T4256-63108A
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1149609&admit=-682735245+1187939669859+28353475

[jpmartin]

Thank you for the reply,

but my question is purely hardware.

In fact, i want to know if the first EVA4000 shipped in 2005 who have 2 Gb/s host connections are working in 4 Gb/s after XCS upgrade (with 4 Gb/s sfp on switches, CV 6.02 or 7), and if not, is there a kit to upgrade it.

Regards

Jean-Pierre

[Peter Mattei · Accepted solution]

The very first EVA4000 systems were 2Gb hardware that cannot run at 4Gb.
You can identify the controller by type:

HSV200 EVA4000/6000 2Gb
HSV200-A EVA4000/6000 4Gb
HSV200-B EVA4100/6000 4Gb

HSV210 EVA8000 2Gb
HSV210-A EVA8000 4Gb
HSV210-B EVA8100 4Gb

Also see the EVA user guide on
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/eva/index.html
select technical manuals

Cheers
Peter

[jpmartin]

Thank you for clarification

Regards

Jean-Pierre

[jpmartin]

OK