- Community Home
- >
- Storage
- >
- Midrange and Enterprise Storage
- >
- HPE EVA Storage
- >
- Re: Add 9 additional shelved to EVA8400
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
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
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
09-02-2011 03:47 AM
09-02-2011 03:47 AM
Add 9 additional shelved to EVA8400
Hi,
I have been tasked with looking into upgrading one of our EVA 8400s from 2C18D configuration (18 shelves) to 2C27D (27 Shelves)
I dont really know where to start on this, I am presuming that its fairly simple, i.e.
#1) Buy a bunch of shelves, a rack to put them in and some disks
#2) Power down the EVA. Attach shelves based on some wiring configuration
#3) Power up EVA!
I am after finding some kind of upgrade guide, I havent been able to locate one on HP.COM, perhaps someone can help?
Also, i am wondering whether I need to do anything clever with relocating disks within RSS groups to the new shelves to spread them out?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Jake
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
09-02-2011 11:44 PM
09-02-2011 11:44 PM
Re: Add 9 additional shelved to EVA8400
You'll need optical cables between the racks if I'm not mistaken.
Seen the manuals?
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=3900918
There is a document called "HP StorageWorks 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Array expansion rack reference guide (5697-8184, September 2009)".
The disks in the expansion rack, are they going to be put into existing disk groups?
You do not have granular control over the members of the RSS.
You could add the disks to DG in groups of eight and spread them out vertically between the shelves.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
09-05-2011 02:15 AM
09-05-2011 02:15 AM
Re: Add 9 additional shelved to EVA8400
Hi,
Thanks for the document pointer, this is what I have been after.
We are always careful to install disks in groups of 8 and looking through, it seems that all the RSS groups are correctly separated across shelves with no RSS group having more than 1 disk on a shelf.
I think its probably best not to mess around with this and just put all new disks into the expanded shelves in groups of 8, each disk on a separate shelf. That is until the new shelves are similarly populated to the current shelves.
Are there any got-ya's when changing this configuration, anything i need to be aware about?
Thanks for helping,
Jake