The HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option provides modular multi-protocol SAN designs with increased scalability, stability and ROI on storage infrastructure.¦This EVA option extends the FC SAN investment with integrated multi-protocol support, allowing customers to incorporate iSCSI servers without requiring additional storage arrays or management costs. Fiber Channel SANs based on EVA technology are now able to leverage IP networks to create larger SAN sizes across longer distances. This enables increased consolidation. Instead of potentially underutilized, direct-attached, server-dedicated storage, a multi-protocol SAN provides access to storage that is allocated as and when it is needed.¦The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option enables organizations to integrate low-cost Ethernet-connected servers into an EVA by bridging the iSCSI protocol to the Fiber Channel protocol. This capability allows iSCSI servers to leverage shared SAN resources, improving asset utilization and enabling applications. This integration greatly reduces the cost of connecting servers to centrally managed storage and helps provide a cost-effective solution to introduce utility computing into the enterprise.¦An EVA with multi-protocol support also provides network storage at reduced infrastructure costs. Small and medium businesses now have a lower entry point to take advantage of SAN benefits. Large enterprises may also deploy multi-protocol SANs in departments and remote offices.
- Supports two Ethernet and two Fiber Channel ports
- Increase the flexibility of EVAs by adding integrated iSCSI support
- Delivers the benefits of SAN storage at a significant discount to FC SAN storage
- Concurrent FC and IP traffic is managed with high throughput enabling access 150 iSCSI servers and LUNS
- Integrated management with Command View EVA
- Fabric and Direct Attach support
