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Software and hardware configuration

The following software and hardware components are used in this case study.

Software

 VMware ESX server 3.5 U4

 VMware vCenter 2.5 U4

 VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 U1

 HP Site Recovery Adapter for EVA 1.01

 HP StorageWorks Command View EVA 8.0.1 or 9.1

Hardware

 HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array, configured with:

o HP Fibre Channel (FC) Drives

o HP StorageWorks Continuous Access

o HP StorageWorks Business Copy

 HP ProLiant BL480c and BL460c Servers

 Brocade 4/24 Storage Area Network (SAN) Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem

 Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP c-Class BladeSystem

Configuration details

VMware vCenter Server setup

 Set up vCenter Server at each site

 Create a single data center in each instance of vCenter Server

 Add the local hosts to this data center

Basic VMware ESX Server installation

Follow your best practices for installing and configuring VMware Infrastructure 3. The ESX host can either

boot from local disks or from the SAN.

SAN switch zoning

Configure zoning in a way that all ESX servers for a given data center see only the local EVA. When

zoning is properly configured, ESX servers (esx11, esx12) in Data Center A have access to the local

storage (EVA 1) in Data Center A, and ESX servers (esx21, esx22) in Data Center B have access to the

local storage (EVA 2) in Data Center B.

Just as you would do in other environments, follow the SAN best practices. HP implements a best practice to

create separate single initiator/single target zones. (For example, limit the creation of two zones per ESX

Cluster in each fabric, as shown in Figure 2). This configuration provides a shared SAN environment in

which the FC switch from Data Center A and Data Center B are merged through inter-switch links (ISL) into

one SAN. For more information about zoning and SAN design considerations, see the HP SAN design

reference guide.

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