The LeftHand Partnership with HP
The LeftHand and HP Global partnership encompasses support of SAN/iQ® software on industry leading HP server platforms and accessories along with tested interoperability and support with the HP-UX operating system and ProCurve networking products. This allows customers to leverage their investment in HP hardware and operating systems in the deployment of open iSCSI SAN solutions. As part of the global partnership LeftHand is a member of the HP DSPP Partner Program, and is an HP Business Partner.
With a broad portfolio and renowned reliability, HP ProLiant servers are the most widely deployed servers in the world. LeftHand's SAN/iQ software utilizes HP DL320s G5 servers as SAN storage nodes, providing reliable, highly available iSCSI SANs. LeftHand SAN/iQ software is fully tested and supports:
- HP System Insight Manager
- HP Blade Systems, as a member of HP’s Blade System Solution Developer Program
- The full range of HP ProCurve networking equipment
ProCurve Networking by HP brings experienced innovation across wired and wireless LAN and WAN networking products, services and solutions, and is ideal for building out iSCSI SAN networks.
HP-UX is prevalent throughout data centers large and small. Always integrated in the storage arena, HP distributes their own native iSCSI initiator for HP-UX,which is supported byLeftHand SAN/iQsoftware. Award-winning SAN/iQ software allows HP-UX administrators to easily provision, grow, snapshot and copy virtual volumes from a single point of management.