The SVP is available as an optional, physical device provided by Hitachi Vantara or as a virtual guest host running on customer-provided ESX servers and VM/OS licenses and media. The SVP provides error detection and reporting and supports diagnostic and maintenance activities involving the storage system.
In a VSP Gx00 configuration, both the storage system and the SVP reside on the same private network segment of your local-area network (LAN). The management console PC used to administer the system must also reside on the same private network segment.
Physical SVP connectivity requires all of the following:
- A static IP address for the SVP that is on the same network segment as the storage system.
- One Ethernet connection from each controller to separate LAN ports on the SVP.
- One Ethernet connection to your network switch.
- At least one management console PC on the same network segment as the SVP and storage system.
Note: The SVP running Windows 10 operating system does not provide a way to disable Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). If your network has BPDU enabled to prevent loops, connect the user LAN port on controllers 1 and 2 to an Ethernet switch instead of connecting them to SVP LAN 3 and LAN 4 ports.
Virtual SVP connectivity requires all of the following:
ESX Server
- VMware ESXi server 6.x
- 2 quad core processors, Intel Xeon 2.29 GHz
- 1-port NIC
- SVP guest OS (2 DKCs)
- 32 GB RAM
SVP Guest OS (1 DKC)
- Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
- 2 x vCPU
- 1 virtual network adapter
- 4 GB RAM
- 120 GB disk space