The HP StorageWorks 8000 Enterprise
Virtual Array (EVA8000) was the largest of the three members in the
EVA family (EVA4000, EVA6000, EVA8000,) and could support up to 240
disk drives of various disk sizes going up to 300GB. The product was
retired on May 31st, 2008* – and is now not far off its
End-of-Life date (normally 5 years from date of retirement.) *Source
HP Product Bulletin
Fig. 1: EVA8000 2C12D in all its
glory!
If you are considering buying a
decommissioned EVA8000, the first thing you need to ask:
Does
it come with licenses?
Without licenses (the EVA is
licensed per TB, and the Command View management tool also needs to
be licensed), WWNs with their offset codes, and if HP will not
help with what would probably be an out of service unit (which is
their right,) alas the EVA8000 is pretty much just scrap tin – but
read on, there is one glimmer of hope.
Note: The previous owner might have
upgraded to a new EVA and had the original license ported across, in
which case the old unit would have absolutely no valid license
anywhere.
The EVA8000 came from HP in its own
cabinet, and attached to this cabinet were two labels with the WWNs
and offset codes for the two HP StorageWorks HSV210 controllers. On
first initialization, the installation engineer would input the WWNs
and offset codes into the OCP (Operator Control Panels.)
Fig. 2: HP StorageWorks HSV210
Controllers with WWN and offset labels on cabinet.
If labels with WWNs and offset codes
are not available, it should be possible to guess the WWN from
querying the Fibre Channel switch from which they are plugged into,
but guessing the offset code is difficult unless HP will help you
(you could try manually inputting offsets {2 digit hex number} in
sequence – will take a long long time though, as have to manually
enter the WWN first, every time.)
One chance is if the five original
Quorum disks are in place (if the unit had not been completely
wiped), and the controllers can read WWNs from there. If there was
any licensed storage available after being able to read WWNs from the
original Quorum disks, still needs a license for Command View to
manage the array with – there is a 60 day evaluation though which
may just do the trick.
Fig. 3: EVA8000 Cabling (there is
also an Intercontroller cable that is missing off the diagram below.)
Credit: Thanks to Ekim Vopall
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