Hi Michael,

Being part of the R&D lab, I do not have customer experience on XP512.
So, I will answer other questions.

Michael Hurdle <[log in to unmask]> wrote in
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> Anybody out there had any experience with hooking up the XP512 storage
> arrays to MPE?
> What OS levels are supported?

  Currently, XP512 is supported on MPE/iX 6.0 PP2 and  MPE/iX 6.5.

> What is a recommended approach
> for circumventing the FC vs FW-SCSI connectivity issues?

  HP e3000 connectivity to the XP512 is via the SCSI to Fibre Channel
  router (A5814A). We have tested this "hpe3000-[scsi-fc router]-XP512"
  successfully. This is the same router which is used for XP512 connectivity
  from other SCSI hosts (e.g., HP-uX), also the same router used with
  MPE/iX distancing solution.

  More information on XP512/HPe3000 is available at

   http://businessservers.hp.com/products/storage/dda/CSY001G0N.html

http://www.enterprisestorage.hp.com/products/disk_array/sse_disk_array_xp512
_pb.html

  I would be happy to provide more information and/or address your
  questions on this subject.

Gopi
R&D Project Manager - Storage Solutions
Commercial Systems Division