I posted a request a few weeks ago and received a few good responses. Our
site currently uses the Symmetrix disc on HP9000s and I have been gathering
information to make a case to use them on our HP3000s. One lister sent the
following: Sorry, I forgot the lister's name. :-(

HP3000 hosts supported:  9x8, 9x9KS, 99x, 987RX, 987/150RX, 987/200RX
     987SX, 987/150SX, 987/200SX

Hardware requirements:   HP-PB 28696A FWD SCSI interface card
  (all above hosts)         (HSC FWD interface not supported)

                         cables supplied by EMC


Differences between MPE/iX OS releases:

FUNCTIONALITY       MPE/iX 5.0 PP6 &         MPE/iX 5.5 w/PP1
-------------                   MPE/iX 5.5 w/o PP1       ----------------
                                 ------------------

Multi-LUN config         No                  Yes

> 4GB LUNs               No                  Yes

> 9GB LUNs               No                  No

IOMAP Product ID         HPDARRAY            SYMMETRIX

SYSMAP recognizes        No                  Yes

Environment field
Replacement errors
returned to host *       No                  Yes

Predictive Support       N/A                 N/A

*  Prior to MPE/iX with PowerPatch 1, notice of Environment Replacement
errors is achieved through the EMC modem interface and reported
directly to the EMC Response Center.


Supported functionality for HP3000 servers:

FUNCTIONALITY            SUPPORTED?          AVAILABILITY?
-------------            ----------          -------------
Boot                     Yes                 Today
Switchover               No                  No
MC/ServiceGuard          No                  No (HP-UX only)
MC/Lockmanager           No                  No (HP-UX only)
Mirrored Disk/iX         Yes                 Today
Hardware Mirroring       Yes                 Today
SharePlex/iX             No                  No
Raid-S                   Yes                 Today
Raid-3                   No
SRDF Locally unprot.     Yes                 Today
Hot swap                 Yes                 Today (been there, done that)
 :)
Hot Firmware D'load      Yes                 Today
Automatic Failover       No                  Under Investigation


More information can be obtained of course through your HP ASE or Sales Rep.
Also, visit HP's web site at http://jaz.external.hp.com/newjazz/23380101.html
(which was suggested by our EMC System Engineer) EMC's web site is
http://www.emc.com.

From my experience with the discs at our site (on HP-UX) and response from
other listers, the discs are highy recommended. I will respond to any request
for info as best I can.

Hope this helps,

Pat Hagen (HP-UX or HP-MPE)
Corporate Express
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Of course, the information and opinions are my own not my company's.