HP MSA 2040 SAN Storage - Manual (Page 40)

40 Connecting hosts
Figure 29 Connecting two storage systems for Remote Snap: multiple servers/SAN fabric/two locations
Although not shown in the preceding cabling examples, you can cable replication-enabled MSA 2040
SAN systems and compatible P2000 G3 systems—via switch attach—for performing replication tasks.
6Gb/s S S A
6Gb/s S
S A
6Gb/s S S A
6Gb/s S
S A
Peer sites with failover
Key — Server Codes:
= "A" File servers
Data Restore Modes:
- Replicate back over WAN
- Replicate via physical media transfer
Failover Modes
- VMware
- Hyper V failover to servers
A 1
A 2
B 2
A 1
B 1
A 2
B 2
A 1
B 1
A 1
A 2
B 1
B 2
= "A" Application servers A 2
= "B" File servers B 1
= "B" Application servers B 2
Remote site “B” Remote site “A”
Corporate
end-users Corporate
end-users
LAN LAN
WAN
Ethernet
SAN
FC
SAN
FC
data
FS “A”
data
App “A”
replica
App “B”
replica
FS “B”
replica
FS “A”
replica
App “A”
data
FS “B”
data
App “B”
MSA 2040 SAN Storage
system (typ. 2 places)