HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 GA/MU1/MU2/MU3 Release Notes

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Online Upgrade Considerations
CAUTION: SP-2.5.1 MU1 P005 or SP-2.5.2.GA-11 is a mandatory prerequisite Service Processor
level required when upgrading from 3.1.1 GA to 3.1.1 MU2.
This feature allows the upgrade of the InForm OS concurrently with I/O activity on the attached
hosts, provided certain conditions are met. For further information and pre-planning of Rolling
Upgrades, refer to the latest version of the HP 3PAR InForm OS Upgrade Pre-Planning Guide. To
obtain a copy of this documentation, see http://www.hp.com/go/3par/, navigate to your product
page, click Support for your product, and then click Manuals.
Supported Platforms
The HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 Configuration Matrix contains information about supported hardware
and software platforms. To obtain a copy of this documentation, see the Single Point of Connectivity
Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK) website: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
Components
VersionComponent
3.1.1.410OS
3.1.1.410CLI
1.5.0SNMP Agent
What's New in the InForm OS
SMI-S Integration with Microsoft System Center - Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
2012 Release
This update contains features and bug fixes to the 3PAR SMI-S provider that will enable Microsoft
SCVMM to perform Block Services, Masking and Mapping, and Replication Services operations
on the InServ array.
Modifications to the InForm OS
The following items are addressed in this release.
DescriptionItemBug ID
If a remote ioctl transaction is setup to a node before it is fully a
part of the cluster, it may not complete some of the transaction
Handles a case where we set up remote
transaction to a node which is not a
part of the cluster.
52775
steps. This enhancement ensures that transaction is started only
if a node is integrated as per the cluster manager.
In earlier versions of InForm OS, an incorrect parameter length
field could be returned in response to Get LBA Status commands.
Returns correct value for a parameter
in response to Get LBA Status
command.
65576
Return the correct value to conform to the SCSI command
specification.
The PROVISIONING TYPE field is returned in response to SCSI
INQUIRY commands requesting the Logical Block Provisioning
Update PROVISIONING TYPE field67816
Vital Product Data page. The SCSI specification of the contents
of this page has defined new values for the PROVISIONING
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