Contents
1 Overview of the HP XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array ............................... 7
Outstanding performance, capacity, and reliability ......................................................................... 7
Continuous data availability ......................................................................................................... 7
Nondisruptive service and upgrades ............................................................................................. 8
Connectivity ............................................................................................................................... 8
Scalability ................................................................................................................................. 9
XP24000 basic configuration ................................................................................................. 9
XP20000 basic configuration ................................................................................................ 9
Adding storage ........................................................................................................... 10
Primary rack expansion ................................................................................................ 10
Secondary rack expansion ............................................................................................ 10
Flexibility ................................................................................................................................. 10
Data encryption ........................................................................................................................ 10
HP XP24000/XP20000 product contents ..................................................................................... 10
Web-based array management ............................................................................................ 11
Operating systems .............................................................................................................. 11
External storage ................................................................................................................. 11
Included components .......................................................................................................... 11
Required additional components .......................................................................................... 12
Software .................................................................................................................................. 12
XP24000/XP20000 storage management software ................................................................ 17
Storage resource management (SRM) software ....................................................................... 17
Storage infrastructure software ............................................................................................. 17
Storage replication software ................................................................................................ 17
Data protection and recovery software .................................................................................. 17
Data archive and migration software .................................................................................... 18
Performance management software ...................................................................................... 18
Data protection and recovery software .................................................................................. 18
Mainframe software ........................................................................................................... 18
2 Hardware description of the HP XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array ............ 21
XP24000 system architecture ...................................................................................................... 21
XP20000 system architecture ...................................................................................................... 22
Physical assemblies ................................................................................................................... 23
Disk control frame ..................................................................................................................... 24
DKC clusters ...................................................................................................................... 24
Unit emergency power off switch .......................................................................................... 25
Service Processor (SVP) ....................................................................................................... 25
Disk array frames ...................................................................................................................... 25
Disk drives ............................................................................................................................... 25
RAID options ..................................................................................................................... 26
Backup batteries ....................................................................................................................... 27
Operating specifications ............................................................................................................ 28
XP24000/XP20000 hardware specifications ......................................................................... 28
Temperature specifications ................................................................................................... 31
XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array Owner's Guide 3