- Community Home
- >
- Storage
- >
- Entry Storage Systems
- >
- Disk Enclosures
- >
- Re: Installing hard disks to a EVA4000
Categories
Company
Local Language
Forums
Discussions
Forums
- Data Protection and Retention
- Entry Storage Systems
- Legacy
- Midrange and Enterprise Storage
- Storage Networking
- HPE Nimble Storage
Discussions
Discussions
Discussions
Forums
Forums
Discussions
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
- BladeSystem Infrastructure and Application Solutions
- Appliance Servers
- Alpha Servers
- BackOffice Products
- Internet Products
- HPE 9000 and HPE e3000 Servers
- Networking
- Netservers
- Secure OS Software for Linux
- Server Management (Insight Manager 7)
- Windows Server 2003
- Operating System - Tru64 Unix
- ProLiant Deployment and Provisioning
- Linux-Based Community / Regional
- Microsoft System Center Integration
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Community
Resources
Forums
Blogs
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-18-2009 10:35 AM
тАО11-18-2009 10:35 AM
I want to expand the EVA, so i have to buy a new enclosure. When installing hard disks to the new enclosure, what are the points i should consider?
Do I have to install them in groups (for example groups of 4 or groups of 8).
Thanks in advance
Solved! Go to Solution.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-18-2009 11:13 AM
тАО11-18-2009 11:13 AM
Solutionthis should be kept:
1. new disk addition to the back-end loops 1 disk at a time with waiting for its initialization (aprox. 1 minute)
2. firmware check of all (old/new disks) by the disk firmware bundle via the CV EVA code load:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3351789&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=3302267&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=54
3. new disk grouping in groups of 8 because of the default RSS count is 8 physical disks...
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-18-2009 11:40 AM
тАО11-18-2009 11:40 AM
Re: Installing hard disks to a EVA4000
Thanks for the quick reply.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-18-2009 11:55 AM
тАО11-18-2009 11:55 AM
Re: Installing hard disks to a EVA4000
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-18-2009 01:22 PM
тАО11-18-2009 01:22 PM
Re: Installing hard disks to a EVA4000
So if I understand correctly, I can add any number of disks (1 to 14) for the new enclosure, because no matter what is the number of new disks, they would be included into a RSS.
I have added a chart indicating how RSSs grow in an EVA. Please check it and correct me of im wrong.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-18-2009 01:40 PM
тАО11-18-2009 01:40 PM
Re: Installing hard disks to a EVA4000
Also, 8 disks per RSS is usual, but you can find a situation with 3 RSS with 10, 9 and 6 disks. This usually leads to two RSS being merged and the split in another two RSS with different number of disks.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-21-2009 06:37 AM
тАО11-21-2009 06:37 AM
Re: Installing hard disks to a EVA4000
Nice theory :-)
This week I've looked on an EVA-6100 with one disk group and 112 disk drives. The RSSes have: 10, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 10, 10, 10 disks.
The array must have some history, because it has 14 reasons that prevent a mirror state and 12 reasons that prevent a parity state.