EVA

Disk Placement
(includes Expansion Cabinet)

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1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Disk Placement................................................................................................................................................................. 4
3.1 EVA3000 .................................................................................................................................................................... 4
3.2 EVA4000 .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.3 EVA5000 with 2GB loop switches.............................................................................................................................. 6
3.4 EVA6000 .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.5 EVA8000 with 2GB or 4GB loop switches ................................................................................................................. 8

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2 Introduction
With increasing demand for more storage, new connectivity options (such as iSCSI) being adopted, and HP
StorageWorks Division’s commitment to protecting customer’s investments with feature/functionality improvements to the
EVA storage solutions, many customers see the value of expanding capacity on their currently deployed EVA storage.

To assure a successful upgrade experience, this guide documents the requirements of disk placement in all current EVA
arrays.

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3 Disk Placement
3.1 EVA3000
• There are no drive placement restrictions.

Bay Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
6 #4

Physical Shelf Count

Enclosure Address

5 #3
Controller A
3
Controller B
2 #2
1 #1
upper 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
lower 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
total 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 54

• Note: The controller pair must use the #3 enclosure address.

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3.2 EVA4000
• There are no drive placement restrictions.

Bay Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
6 #4

Physical Shelf Count

Enclosure Address

5 #3
Controller A
3
Controller B
2 #2
1 #1
upper 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
lower 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
total 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 54

• Note: The controller pair must use the #3 enclosure address.

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is” without warranty of any kind. The warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements
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3.3 EVA5000 with 2GB loop switches

• Caution: Failure to observe the disk drive bay restrictions may cause the storage system to become inoperative until
all the slots are empty.
• Never use Bay 13 or 14 in drive enclosures with the ID of 17 or 20. The AL-PAs of these bays conflict with the AL-
PAs of the controllers. Use of these slots is not supported.
o As a guide, do not install any drives in Bays 13 or 14 in enclosure’s 15 through 20.

Bay Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
20 X X #18
19 X X #17
18 X X #16
17 X X #15
16 X X #14
15 X X #13

13 or 14 #12
12 or 13 #11

Physical Shelf Count

Enclosure Address

11 or 12 #10
10 or 11 #9
9 or 10 #8
8 or 9 #7
Controller A
7
Controller B
6 #6
5 #5
4 #4
3 #3
2 #2
1 #1
upper 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 6
lower 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 6
total 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 12 12 240

• Note: The controller pair must use the #7 enclosure address.

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3.4 EVA6000
• There are no drive placement restrictions.

Bay Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
10 #8
9 #7
8 #6

Physical Shelf Count

Enclosure Address

6 #5
Controller A
5
Controller B
4 #4
3 #3
2 #2
1 #1
upper 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
lower 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
total 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 112

• Note: The controller pair must use the #5 enclosure address.

• Never plug the controller pair into anything except enclosure address #5.
• Never plug physical shelf #5 into anything except enclosure address #6.
o Enclosure address #7 must never be used on an EVA6000.
• Caution: If the EVA6000 is miscabled it must be completely powered down to prior to fixing the cabling.

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3.5 EVA8000 with 2GB or 4GB loop switches

• Caution: Failure to observe the disk drive bay restrictions may cause the storage system to become inoperative until
all the slots are empty.
• Never use Bays 12, 13 or 14 in drive enclosures with the ID of 17 or 20. Some of the AL-PAs of these bays conflict
with the AL-PAs of the controllers and others conflict with the new 4GB backend loop switches. Use of these slots is
not supported.
o As a guide, do not install any drives in Bays 12, 13 or 14 in enclosure’s 16, 17 and 19, 20. This will keep both
loops equally balanced.

Bay Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
20 X X X #18
19 X X X #17
18 #16
17 X X X #15
16 X X X #14
15 #13

14 #12
13 #11

Physical Shelf Count

Enclosure Address

12 #10
11 #9
10 #8
9 #7
Controller A
7
Controller B
6 #6
5 #5
4 #4
3 #3
2 #2
1 #1
upper 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7
lower 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7
total 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 14 14 14 240

• Note: The controller pair must use the #7 enclosure address.

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