HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.4.0-00 System Requirements (TB581-96330, December 2012)

ManualsBrandsHP ManualsSoftwareHP Command View XP Advanced Edition Enterprise Media Kit

HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition

Suite Software

System Requirements

Part number: TB581-96330

First edition: October 2012

Summary of content (111 pages)

PAGE 1
HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software System Requirements Part number: TB581-96330 First edition: October 2012
PAGE 2
Legal and notice information © Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor’s standard commercial license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
PAGE 3
Management server requirements Contents 1 Management server requirements 1-1 Hardware requirements .................................................................................................................................. 5 1-1-1 Computer requirements ......................................................................................................................... 5 1-1-2 Virtual memory requirements ............................................................................................
PAGE 4
Management server requirements 9-1 Contacting HP ............................................................................................................................................ 110 9-1-1 HP technical support ......................................................................................................................... 110 9-1-2 Subscription service ..........................................................................................................................
PAGE 5
Management server requirements 1 Management server requirements This chapter describes the management server requirements.   Hardware requirements (section 1-1 ) Software requirements (section 1-2 ) 1-1 Hardware requirements Installation of the HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite requires a computer that satisfies the following hardware requirements. 1-1-1 Computer requirements The following table describes the computer requirements for the management server.
PAGE 6
Management server requirements For the management server, allocate the total virtual memory capacity of Common Component plus the sum of the virtual memory capacities of all the installed P9000 Command View AE Suite products. The recommended virtual memory capacity for P9000 Command View AE Suite products are shown in Table 1-2.
PAGE 7
Management server requirements Item Default installation folder Required disk space Installation folder for Common Component program-filesfolder\CVXPAE\Base1 2.
PAGE 8
Management server requirements Table 1-3 Required disk space (in Windows) Item Default installation folder Required disk space NOTE: Note that the program-files-folder\CVXPAE portion can be changed. Read it as the folder specified during installation. If the architecture is x86, program-files-folder and common-program-files-folder are the folders specified in the Windows environment variables %ProgramFiles% and %CommonProgramFiles%.
PAGE 9
Management server requirements Table 1-4 Required Disk Space (Linux) Item Default Installation Directory Required Disk Space Output directory for installation log files /opt/CVXPAE/HInst 10 MB A temporary directory3 4 /var/tmp 1.7 GB /tmp 500 MB NOTE: Note that the /opt/CVXPAE portion can be changed. Read it as the directory specified during installation. 1 This is not required if a HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite product has already been installed.
PAGE 10
Management server requirements Table 1-5 Usable management server OSs (Windows) OS Edition Service pack HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite IPv6 DvM TSM RpM HDC SP1 Y -- Y SP2 Y -- Y No SP Y -- Y SP1 Y -- Y No SP Y -- Y SP1 Y -- Y Windows Server Datacenter 32-bit Edition 2008 Datacenter without 1, 2 Hyper-V 32-bit Edition (x86) Enterprise 32-bit Edition Enterprise without Hyper-V 32-bit Edition Standard 32-bit Edition Standard without HyperV 32-bit Editio
PAGE 11
Management server requirements Table 1-5 Usable management server OSs (Windows) OS Edition Service pack HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite DvM TSM RpM IPv6 HDC Legend Y: Supported. --: Not supported. 1 : Operation on Server Core is not supported. 2 : The performance information on storage systems can be displayed in Mobility tab by cooperating with Performance Advisor.
PAGE 12
Management server requirements Table 1-6 Usable management server OSs (Linux) OS Version Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform 5.61, 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform 1, 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform 5.7 1, 2 5.8 1, 2 6 1, 2 6.
PAGE 13
Management server requirements Table 1-6 Usable management server OSs (Linux) OS Version Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform 6.21, 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform 1, 2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 6.
PAGE 14
Management server requirements 1-2-2 Prerequisite JDK P9000 Command View AE Suite products can be used with the following JDK versions:     JDK 5 Update 03 (1.5.0_03) or later bundled with P9000 Command View AE Suite Oracle JDK 5 (1.5.0) Oracle JDK 6 (1.6.0) Oracle JDK 7 (1.7.0) After new installation, the bundled JDK in the product will be set to use. Exchange the JDK for P9000 Command View AE Suite products to use Oracle JDK after the installation.
PAGE 15
Management server requirements 1-2-3 Other Prerequisite software The following software is required for the management server:  For Windows ○ Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 This installer is necessary for performing installation. When a Device Manager server is installed, it is installed automatically.  For Linux ○ gzip This software is required for decompressing the installer.
PAGE 16
Management server requirements Table 1-8 Management server prerequisite libraries matrix OS Package Name (x64) libgcc libstdc++ pam-32bit audit-libs-32bit xorg-x11-libs-32bit 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86) glibc libgcc43 libstdc++43 pam audit-libs xorg-x11-libX11 1 xorg-x11-libXex 1 xorg-x11-libs 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x64) glibc-32bit libgcc43-32bit libstdc++43-32bit pam-32bit audit-libs-32bit xorg-x11-libX11-32bit 1 xorg-x11-libXext-32bit 1 xorg-x11-libs-32bit 1 NOTE: Install
PAGE 17
Management server requirements Table 1-9 Virtualization software (Windows) Virtual Machine Virtualization software OS Edition Service Pack VMware ESX1 Hyper-V2 HP Integrity VM3 Windows XP Professional SP2 Y -- -- SP3 Y -- -- Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86) Datacenter Edition Enterprise Edition Standard Edition SP2 Y Y -- Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64) Datacenter x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition Standard x64 Edition SP2 Y Y -- Windows Vista (x86) Business Enterprise Ultimate No S
PAGE 18
Management server requirements Table 1-9 Virtualization software (Windows) Virtual Machine Virtualization software OS Edition Service Pack VMware ESX1 Hyper-V2 HP Integrity VM3 Windows Server 2008 (x64) Datacenter Edition Datacenter without Hyper-V Edition Enterprise Edition Enterprise without Hyper-V Edition Standard Edition Standard without Hyper-V Edition No SP SP1 Y Y -- SP2 Y Y -- Windows Server 2008 R2 (IPF) for Itanium-based Systems No SP -- Y -- Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
PAGE 19
Management server requirements 1-2-5 Supported cluster software Table 1-10 Supported cluster environments OS Architecture Service Pack Cluster software Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 SP2 Microsoft Cluster Service Windows Server 2008 x86 No SP SP1 Microsoft Failover Cluster SP2 x64 No SP SP1 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 No SP SP1 Microsoft Failover Cluster 1-2-6 Related software (1) Performance Advisor By linking Tiered Storage Manager to Performance Advisor, you can check performance inform
PAGE 20
Management server requirements   Referring mainframe data (Device Manager) Migrating and shredding mainframe volumes (Tiered Storage Manager) For managing mainframe host volumes, from Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager, Mainframe Agent needs to be installed to a mainframe host. The versions of Mainframe Agent to be supported by Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager are shown in the following table.
PAGE 21
Host Data Collector 2 Host Data Collector This chapter gives the Host Data Collector support matrix for the network elements.    Server support matrix(section 2-1 ) Supported Storage Systems and HBAs(section2-3 ) Volume Manager support matrix(section 2-5 ) 2-1 Server support matrix The following table provides the support matrix for the servers supported by the Host Data Collector.
PAGE 22
Host Data Collector Table 2-1 Host Data Collector server support matrix OS name Server version Service pack Architecture R2 Standard Edition No SP x64 SP1(*1) x64 None SPARC R2 Enterprise Edition R2 Datacenter Edition R2 Standard Edition R2 Enterprise Edition R2 Datacenter Edition Solaris 32 bit, 64 bit 9(*2) x64 64 bit None SPARC 32 bit, 64 bit 10(*3) x64 64 bit Red Hat ELAS or Red Hat ELES 5.5(*4) 5.6(*4) 5.7(*4) 5.8(*4) 6 6.1 6.2 6.
PAGE 23
Host Data Collector Table 2-1 Host Data Collector server support matrix OS name Oracle:Linux Server version 6.2 Service pack Architecture None x64 x86 NOTE: If these are installed on Solaris or Linux, the virtualization server cannot be managed. (*1) The virtual machines on VMware ESX/ESXi4.0, 4.0u1 to u4, VMware ESX/ESXi4.1, 4.1u1 to u3, VMware ESXi 5.0, 5.0u1, and VMware ESXi 5.1 are supported. (*2) If installed on Solaris 9, Windows Servers cannot be managed.
PAGE 24
Host Data Collector Collector.
PAGE 25
Host Data Collector Table 2-3 Host Data Collector target support matrix OS name Server version Service pack Architecture Windows Server 2012 Essential Edition No SP x64 None SPARC Standard Edition Datacenter Edition Solaris 9 (*1) 32 bit, 64 bit 10 None SPARC 32 bit, 64 bit x64 64 bit 11 None SPARC 64bit x64 64 bit AIX 5.3 None POWER 32 bit 64 bit 6.1 None POWER 64 bit 7.1 None POWER 64 bit HP-UX Red Hat EL or Red Hat ELAP 11iv2 None IPF 11iv3 None IPF 5.3 None x64 5.
PAGE 26
Host Data Collector Table 2-3 Host Data Collector target support matrix OS name Server version Service pack Architecture 5.6 None x86 IPF x64 5.7 None x86 IPF x64 5.8 None x86 IPF x64 6 None x86 x64 6.1 None x86 x64 6.2 None x86 x64 6.
PAGE 27
Host Data Collector Table 2-3 Host Data Collector target support matrix OS name Server version Service pack Architecture Oracle Linux 6.2 No SP x86 x64 #:(*1) In case that target operation system is Solaris 9 4/04 s9s_u6wos_08a SPARC, host discovery fails because of SCP (Secure Copy) command failure. Please use later release of Solaris 9. #:(*2) The virtual machines on VMware ESX/ESXi4.0, 4.0u1 to u4, VMware ESX/ESXi4.1, 4.1u1 to u3, VMware ESXi 5.0, 5.0u1, and VMware ESXi 5.1 are supported.
PAGE 28
Host Data Collector Table 2-4 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for Windows 2003 OS version Service pack Web Edition Architecture File System IPF NTFS FAT FAT32 Standard x64 Edition SP2 x64 NTFS Enterprise x64 Edition FAT Datacenter x64 Edition FAT32 R2 Standard Edition R2 Enterprise Edition R2 Datacenter Edition SP2 R2 Standard x64 Edition R2 Enterprise x64 Edition R2 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 x86 NTFS FAT FAT32 x64 NTFS FAT FAT32 Table 2-5 Host Data Collector File Syst
PAGE 29
Host Data Collector Table 2-5 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for Windows 2008 OS version Service pack Architecture File System R2 for Itanium-Based Systems No SP IPF NTFS FAT SP1 FAT32 Table 2-6 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for Windows 2012 OS version Service pack Architecture File System Windows Server 2012 Essential Edition x64 NTFS Standard Edition Datacenter Edition ReFS Table 2-7 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for Solaris OS version
PAGE 30
Host Data Collector Table 2-8 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for AIX OS version Service pack Architecture File System 7.1 None POWER JFS Kernel mode: 64-bit Table 2-9 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for HP-UX OS version Service pack Architecture File System 11iv2 None IPF VxFS (*1) HFS 11iv3 None IPF VxFS (*1) HFS #:(*1) Online JFS is not supported.
PAGE 31
Host Data Collector Table 2-10 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for RedHatELAS or RedHatELES OS version Service pack Architecture File System ext3 5.6 None x86 ext2 ext3 IPF ext2 ext3 x64 ext2 ext3 5.7 None x86 ext2 ext3 IPF ext2 ext3 x64 ext2 ext3 5.8 None x86 ext2 ext3 IPF ext2 ext3 x64 ext2 ext3 6 None x86 ext2 ext3 ex4 x64 ext2 ext3 ex4 6.
PAGE 32
Host Data Collector Table 2-10 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for RedHatELAS or RedHatELES OS version Service pack Architecture File System x64 ext2 ext3 ex4 6.2 None x86 ext2 ext3 ex4 x64 ext2 ext3 ex4 6.
PAGE 33
Host Data Collector Table 2-11 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for SUSELES OS version Service pack Architecture File System x64 ext2 ext3 SP1 x86 ext2 ext3 IPF ext2 ext3 x64 ext2 ext3 SP1 x86 ext2 ext3 IPF ext2 ext3 x64 ext2 ext3 Table 2-12 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for Oracle Linux OS version Service pack Architecture File System 6.
PAGE 34
Host Data Collector Table 2-13 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Windows 2003 OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version Standard Edition SP2 x86 Basic None Dynamic Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition IPF Web Edition Standard x64 Edition Basic None Dynamic SP2 x64 Basic None SP2 X86 Basic None Enterprise x64 Edition Datacenter x64 Edition R2 Standard Edition R2 Enterprise Edition Dynamic R2 Datacenter Edition R2 Standard x64 E
PAGE 35
Host Data Collector Table 2-14 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Windows 2008 OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version Standard Edition SP2 x64 Basic None Enterprise Edition Dynamic Datacenter Edition Standard without Hyper-V Edition Enterprise without Hyper-V Edition Datacenter without Hyper-V Edition R2 Standard Edition R2 Enterprise Edition R2 Datacenter Edition R2 for Itanium-Based Systems No SP x64 None Dynamic SP1 No SP Basic IPF
PAGE 36
Host Data Collector Table 2-16 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Solaris OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version Kernel mode: SVM 1.0 64-bit Table 2-17 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for HP-UX OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version 11iv2 None IPF None None LVM independent None None LVM independent None None LVM2.1 independent None None LVM2.
PAGE 37
Host Data Collector Table 2-19 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Linux RedHatEL or RedHatELAP OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version 5.
PAGE 38
Host Data Collector Table 2-19 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Linux RedHatEL or RedHatELAP OS version Service pack Architecture x64 6 None x86 x64 6.1 None x86 x64 6.2 None x86 x64 6.
PAGE 39
Host Data Collector Table 2-20 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Linux SUSELES OS version 11 Service pack No SP Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version x64 None None Kernel ver: independent LVM2 independent x86 None None independent LVM2 independent IPF None None LVM2 Independent None None LVM2 Independent None None LVM2 Independent None None LVM2 Independent None None LVM2 Independent None None independent LVM2 Independent IPF Non
PAGE 40
Host Data Collector 2-6 Path management software support matrix Table 2-21 to Table 2-27 provide the Path management software support matrix for the Host Data Collector. Table 2-21 Host Data Collector Path management software support matrix for Windows 2003 OS version Service pack Architecture Path Path management management software software version Standard Edition SP2 x86 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 IPF HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 SP2 x64 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 SP2 x86 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.
PAGE 41
Host Data Collector Table 2-22 Host Data Collector Path management software support matrix for Windows 2008 OS version Service pack Architecture Path Path management management software software version Standard Edition SP2 x64 HDLM 6.1.0 to 7.4.0 No SP x64 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 No SP IPF HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.
PAGE 42
Host Data Collector Table 2-24 Host Data Collector Path management software support matrix for Solaris OS version Service pack Architecture Path Path management management software software version x64 VxVM-DMP 5.0 Kernel mode: 64-bit Table 2-25 Host Data Collector Path management software support matrix for AIX OS version Service pack Architecture Path Path management management software software version 5.3 None POWER HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 HDLM 6.5.0 to 7.4.
PAGE 43
Host Data Collector Table 2-26 Host Data Collector Path management software support matrix for RedHatEL or RedHatELAP OS version Service pack Architecture Path Path management management software software version 5.6 None x86 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 IPF HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 x64 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 x86 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 IPF HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 x64 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 x86 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 IPF HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 x64 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.4.0 x86 HDLM 6.5.2 to 7.4.0 x64 HDLM 6.
PAGE 44
Host Data Collector 2-7 Target virtualization server matrix The following table describes the target virtualization server that is supported by Host Data Collector. Table 2-28 Host Data Collector target virtualization server matrix (*1) Virtualization server Prerequisite version Prerequisite software products ESX4.0,4.0u1/u2/u3/u4 -- -- (*2) ESXi4.0, 4.0u1/u2/u3/u4 -- -- (*2) ESX4.1,4.1u1/u2/u3 -- -- (*2) ESXi4.1,4.1u1/u2/u3 -- -- (*2) ESXi5.0, 5.0u1 -- -- (*2) ESXi5.
PAGE 45
Device Manager agent requirements 3 Device Manager agent requirements This chapter gives the system requirements of the Device Manager agent.   Hardware requirements (section 3-1 ) Software requirements (section 3-2 ) 3-1 Hardware requirements This section explains the system requirements for SAN environments that are supported by Device Manager agents.
PAGE 46
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-1 Computer requirements for Device Manager Agent. OS Linux(x86 or x64) Linux (IPF) HP-UX 1 Installation destination Required disk Remarks space /var 5MB installations in /var/tmp directory are also required.
PAGE 47
Device Manager agent requirements OS Model name Windows Emulex LP8000 Emulex LP9002DC Emulex LP9002L Emulex LP9802 QLogic QLA23xx1 QLogic QLA24xx1 Solaris (SPARC edition) JNI FCI-1063 JNI FC64-1063 JNI FCE-6410 JNI FCE-6460 QLogic QLA2200 Sun HBA2 Solaris (x64 Edition (AMD64)) QLogic QLA2310 Sun HBA AIX IBM6227 IBM6228 Linux QLogic QLA2200F QLogic QLA23xx QLogic QLA24xx HP-UX HP A3404A HP A3591B HP A3636A HP A3740A HP A5158A HP A6684A HP A6685A HP A6795A HP A6826A HP A9784A 1 : In order to us
PAGE 48
Device Manager agent requirements  A multi-path configuration is set up in one of the following host environments, where the host OS is: ○ Windows, and Dynamic Link Manager or Windows MPIO is used. ○ Solaris, and Dynamic Link Manager or Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager is used. ○ AIX, and MPIO is used. 3-2 Software requirements The following explains the system requirements for the Device Manager agent.
PAGE 49
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-3 Supported operating systems OS Version Architecture IPv6 Environment Support Remarks x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) -- WOW64. Windows Server 1 2012 No SP x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Y Runs under WOW64 Solaris 8 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) N 9 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) N HP recommends that Solaris Patch Cluster be installed. 102 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) Y x64 Edition (AMD64)3 Y SPARC (32 and 64 bit) Y x64 Edition (AMD64)3 Y 5.
PAGE 50
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-3 Supported operating systems OS Version Architecture IPv6 Environment Support Linux AS/ES 4 Update 4 x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T) Y x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T) Y x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T) Y x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T) Y x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T) Y x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T) Y x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T) Y x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T) Y x86 Y IPF -- x64 Edition (EM64T
PAGE 51
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-3 Supported operating systems OS Version Linux 5.4 Linux 5.5 Linux 5.6 Linux 5.7 Linux 5.8 Linux 6.06 Linux 6.16 Linux 6.26 Linux 6.
PAGE 52
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-3 Supported operating systems OS Version Architecture IPv6 Environment Support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 105 No SP SP1 SP2 SP3 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) -- SP4 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) Y SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 No SP SP1 SP2 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) -- Oracle Linux 6.2 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) Y Remarks Legend Y: Supported. --: Not supported.
PAGE 53
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-5 Required patches and succeeding patches for Solaris 8 Required patches Succeeding patches 108434-22 SunOS 5.8: 32-Bit Shared library patch for C++ 108434-23, 108434-24, 108434-25 108435-22 SunOS 5.8: 64-Bit Shared library patch for C++ 108435-23, 108435-24, 108435-25 108528-29 SunOS 5.8: kernel update and Apache patch None. 108773-27 SunOS 5.8: IIIM and X Input & Output Method patch 108773-28 108921-25 CDE 1.
PAGE 54
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-5 Required patches and succeeding patches for Solaris 8 Required patches Succeeding patches 117000-05 SunOS 5.8: Kernel Patch None. 117350-53 SunOS 5.8: kernel patch 117350-54, 117350-55, 117350-56, 117350-57, 117350-58, 117350-59, 117350-60, 117350-61, 117350-62 119067-09 X11 6.4.1: Xsun patch 119067-10, 119067-11 123478-01 SunOS 5.8: fsck patch None. 128624-04 SunOS 5.
PAGE 55
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-7 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for Solaris 10 Architecture Required patches Succeeding patches 119090-26 SunOS 5.10: Sun iSCSI Device Driver and Utilities None. 119254-52 SunOS 5.
PAGE 56
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-7 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for Solaris 10 Architecture Required patches Succeeding patches 119255-50 SunOS 5.
PAGE 57
Device Manager agent requirements Java execution environment Required patches Succeeding patches Version 1.4.2 5300-02 (APAR IY69190) 5300-03, 5300-04, 5300-05, 5300-06, 5300-07, 5300-08, 5300-09, 5300-10, 5300-11, 5300-12 Version 5.0 5300-03 (APAR IY71011) 5300-04, 5300-05, 5300-06, 5300-07, 5300-08, 5300-09, 5300-10, 5300-11, 5300-12 Version 6.0 5300-07 (APAR IZ07976) 5300-08, 5300-09, 5300-10, 5300-11, 5300-12 NOTE: The architecture is 32 or 64 bit.
PAGE 58
Device Manager agent requirements Required patches Java execution environment Succeeding patches PHCO_25226 s700_800 11.11 Initialised TLS, Psets, Mutex performance Version 1.4.2 Version 5.0 Version 6.0 PHCO_26466, PHCO_27632, PHCO_29109, PHCO_29960, PHCO_30544, PHCO_33282, PHCO_36229, PHCO_38307 PHCO_25452 s700_800 11.
PAGE 59
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-12 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v1 Required patches Java execution environment Succeeding patches PHKL_25367 s700_800 11.11 Priority inversion and thread hang PHKL_26468, PHKL_27316, PHKL_30837, PHKL_34534, PHKL_38299, PHKL_38430 PHKL_25468 s700_800 11.11 eventport (/dev/poll) pseudo driver PHKL_30542, PHKL_40704 PHKL_25614 s700_800 11.
PAGE 60
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-12 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v1 Required patches Java execution environment Succeeding patches PHKL_34534 s700_800 11.11 vPar,callout, abstime, sync perf, wakeup PHKL_38299, PHKL_38430 PHNE_23502 s700_800 11.
PAGE 61
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-12 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v1 Required patches Java execution environment PHSS_30049 s700_800 11.11 ld(1) and linker tools cumulative patch PHSS_35385 s700_800 11.
PAGE 62
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-13 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v2 Architecture IPF (Version 5.0 of the Java execution environment) Required patches Succeeding patches PHKL_36667 s700_800 11.23 mmap(2),mlock[all](2),madvise(2), msync(2) PHKL_37653, PHKL_39436, PHKL_39901, PHKL_40094, PHKL_41002, PHKL_41807 PHSS_30015 s700_800 11.
PAGE 63
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-13 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v2 Architecture IPF (Version 6.0 of the Java execution environment) Required patches Succeeding patches PHSS_39821 s700_800 11.23 linker + fdp cumulative patch, required by Java 5.0 runtime PHSS_40537, PHSS_41178, PHSS_41491, PHSS_42043 PHSS_30015 s700_800 11.
PAGE 64
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-14 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v3 Architecture Required patches Succeeding patches (Version 5.0 of the Java execution environment) PHKL_40208 11.31 scheduler cumulative patch PHKL_40207, PHKL_40941, PHKL_40963, PHKL_41481, PHKL_41981, PHKL_42300 PA-RISC (64bit) (Version 6.0 of the Java execution environment) PHCO_41407 pthread fixes and enhancements PHCO_42326, PHCO_42165 PHKL_40208 11.
PAGE 65
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-1 Prerequisite Java execution environment for Device Manager agent (Windows or Linux) OS name Bundled JRE 5.0 (1.5.0) Oracle JDK 6.0 Update 22 (1.6.0_22) or later1 Oracle Sun JRE 6.0 Update 22 (1.6.0_22) or later1 Oracle JDK 7.0 Oracle Sun JRE 7.
PAGE 66
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-1 Prerequisite Java execution environment for Device Manager agent (Windows or Linux) OS name Bundled JRE 5.0 (1.5.0) Oracle JDK 6.0 Update 22 (1.6.0_22) or later1 Oracle Sun JRE 6.0 Update 22 (1.6.0_22) or later1 Oracle JDK 7.0 Oracle Sun JRE 7.0 Legend: Y: Supported. N: Not supported. --: None 1 : Use the program of installer type for Windows, or package type for Linux but not self-extract file.
PAGE 67
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-15 Required Java execution environments (Solaris, AIX or HP-UX) OS Architecture Solaris SPARC (32 and 64 bit) Java execution environment For IPv4 environment operation:     JDK 1.4.2_xx (xx is 15 or later) JDK 5.0 (Update 11 or later) JDK 6.0 (Update 17 or later) JDK 7.0 1, 2 For IPv6 environment operation:  JDK 5.0 (Update 11 or later)  JDK 6.0 (Update 17 or later)  JDK 7.0 1, 2 AIX AMD64  JDK 5.0 (Update 11 or later)  JDK 6.
PAGE 68
Device Manager agent requirements OS Software That Provides a Java Execution Environment Command Solaris JDK 1.4.2 pkginfo -li SUNWj3rt JDK 5.0 pkginfo -li SUNWj5rt JDK 6.0 pkginfo -li SUNWj6rt JDK 7.0 pkginfo -li SUNWj7rt JDK 1.4.2 (32 bit) lslpp -l Java14.sdk JDK 1.4.2 (64 bit) lslpp -l Java14_64.sdk JDK 5.0 (32 bit) lslpp -l Java5.sdk JDK 5.0 (64 bit) lslpp -l Java5_64.sdk JDK 6.0 (32 bit) lslpp -l Java6.sdk JDK 6.0 (64 bit) lslpp -l Java6_64.sdk JDK 7.0 (32 bit) lslpp -l Java7.
PAGE 69
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-17 Supported virtualization software Guest OS or VIO client Version Architecture Virtualization software SP2 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)        Windows Server 2008 No SP SP1 SP2 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)        Windows Server 2008 R2 No SP SP1 x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)        Windows Server 2012 No SP VMware ESX 4.x VMware ESXi 3.x VMware ESXi 4.x VMware ESXi 5.
PAGE 70
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-18 Supported file systems OS File system Windows NTFS FAT FAT32 ReFS1 CSVFS1 Solaris UFS Veritas File System AIX JFS Red Hat Enterprise Linux ext2 ext3 ext4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ext2 ext3 Oracle:Linux ext2 ext3 ext4 HP-UX Veritas File System (JFS2) HFS 1 2 Windows2012 only supports. : This includes HP OnlineJFS and HP JFS, which are recognized as Veritas File System on a host.
PAGE 71
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-19 Supported volume managers OS Version Architecture Volume manager SP2 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)   Basic Dynamic Windows Server 2003 R2 No SP SP2 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)   Basic Dynamic Windows Server 2008 No SP SP1 SP2 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)   Basic Dynamic Windows Server 2008 R2 No SP IPF x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)   Basic Dynamic SP1 x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)   Basic Dynamic Windows
PAGE 72
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-19 Supported volume managers OS Version Architecture Volume manager AIX 5.3 32 bit 64 bit LVM 6.1 64 bit LVM 7.1 64 bit LVM Linux AS/ES 4 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) LVM2 Linux 5 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) LVM2 Linux 6 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) LVM2 Linux 6.1 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) LVM2 Linux 6.2 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) LVM2 Linux 6.
PAGE 73
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-19 Supported volume managers OS Version Architecture Volume manager 1 : Logical domains cannot be used. : This version of Device Manager agent supports volume groups whose version is up to 2.1. Therefore, even if an LVM that supports volume groups whose version is higher than 2.1 is installed on a host, the file systems and device files will be created as volume groups of version 2.1.
PAGE 74
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-20 Supported path management software OS Version Architecture Path management software SP2 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Dynamic Link Manager 6.1.0 to 7.4.0 No SP IPF x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Dynamic Link Manager 6.2.0 to 7.4.0 SP1 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Dynamic Link Manager 6.2.0 to 7.4.0 Windows Server 2012 No SP x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Dynamic Link Manager 7.4.
PAGE 75
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-20 Supported path management software OS Version Architecture Path management software Red Hat Enterprise Linux Linux AS/ES 4 Update 1 Update 3 Update 4 4.5 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.3 to 7.4.0 Linux AS/ES 4.6 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.4 to 7.4.0 Linux AS/ES 4.7 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.0.0 to 7.4.0 Linux AS/ES 4.8 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.0.
PAGE 76
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-20 Supported path management software OS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version Architecture Path management software Linux 6.0 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.5.2 to 7.4.0 Linux 6.1 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.6.2 to 7.4.0 Linux 6.2 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.6.2 to 7.4.0 Linux 6.3 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.6.2 to 7.4.0 9 (SP1, SP2, SP3) x86 Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.3 to 7.
PAGE 77
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-21 Supported cluster software OS Version Architecture Cluster software x86   IPF Microsoft Cluster Service x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Microsoft Cluster Service x86    IPF Microsoft Cluster Service x86 Microsoft Cluster Service IPF Microsoft Cluster Service x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Microsoft Cluster Service Windows No SP Server 2003 SP2 R2 x86 Microsoft Cluster Service x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Microsoft Cluster Service Windo
PAGE 78
Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-21 Supported cluster software OS AIX Red Hat Enterprise Linux HP-UX Version Architecture Cluster software 10 SPARC (32 and 64 bit)         Sun Cluster 3.1 VERITAS Cluster Server 4.1 VERITAS Cluster Server 4.1 MP2 Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 MP1 Veritas Cluster Server 6.0 PRIMECLUSTER 4.1.41, 2 PRIMECLUSTER 4.21, 2 x64 Edition (AMD64)    VERITAS Cluster Server 4.1 MP2 Veritas Cluster Server 5.
PAGE 79
GUI requirements 4 GUI requirements  Requirements for GUI operations (section 4-1 ) 4-1 Requirements for GUI operations Table 4-1 lists the supported OSs, Web browsers, and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions for using this version of Device Manager GUI. Table 4-1 also indicates whether linkages with management tools are supported, and whether IPv6 connections to the Device Manager server using GUI are supported.
PAGE 80
GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Web Adobe Flash JRE version12 browser Player 11 version Windows Internet Server 2003 Explorer 7 R2 (x86 6.0 version) SP2 Internet Explorer 7.07 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.0, or 11.1 Linkage with Remote Web Console IPv6 connect XP1024 ions /XP128 P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 6.0 N N N N Y 7.0 N N N N Y 1.4.2_xx (xx is 12 or later) N N Y N N 5.0 Y (Update 7 or later) Y Y N Y 6.
PAGE 81
GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS SP2 Windows Vista (x64 version) SP2 Web Adobe Flash JRE version12 browser Player 11 version Linkage with Remote Web Console P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 IPv6 connect XP1024 ions /XP128 Internet Explorer 8.0 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.0, or 11.1 6.0 or 7.0 N N N N Y Internet Explorer 9.09 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.0, or 11.1 6.0(Update 25 or later) or 7.0 N N N N Y Internet Explorer 7.010 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3(JRE6.0 or 7.
PAGE 82
GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Windows Server 20083 (x64 version) No SP SP1 Web Adobe Flash JRE version12 browser Player 11 version Linkage with Remote Web Console P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 IPv6 connect XP1024 ions /XP128 Internet Explorer 7.010 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 N N N N Y Internet Explorer 8.010 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 N N N N Y Internet Explorer 7.0 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.0, or 11.1 6.0 or 7.0 N N N N Y Internet Explorer 8.
PAGE 83
GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Web Adobe Flash JRE version12 browser Player 11 version Linkage with Remote Web Console P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 IPv6 connect XP1024 ions /XP128 Windows Server 2012 Internet Explorer 10.012 11.3 None N N N N N Solaris 10 SPARC (32bit version or 64bit version) Firefox 3.6.x8 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 1.4.2_xx (xx is 12 or later) N N N N N 5.0 N (Update 7 or later) N N N N 6.0 N N N N N 7.
PAGE 84
GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Web Adobe Flash JRE version12 browser Player 11 version Linkage with Remote Web Console P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 IPv6 connect XP1024 ions /XP128 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 (1.6.0_10b33 or later) N N N N Y 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 (1.6.0_10b33 or later) N N N N Y Red Hat Firefox Enterprise ESR 10 Linux AP 5.4 (x86 version) 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 (1.6.
PAGE 85
GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Web Adobe Flash JRE version12 browser Player 11 version Linkage with Remote Web Console P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 IPv6 connect XP1024 ions /XP128 Red Hat Firefox Enterprise 3.6.x Linux 5.6 AP (x86) 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 (1.6.0_10b33 or later) or 7.0 N N N N Y Red Hat Firefox Enterprise ESR 10 Linux 5.6 AP (x86) 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 (1.6.0_10b33 or later) N N N N Y Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
PAGE 86
GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Web Adobe Flash JRE version12 browser Player 11 version Linkage with Remote Web Console P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 IPv6 connect XP1024 ions /XP128 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86) Firefox ESR 10 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 (1.6.0_10b33 or later) N N N N Y Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 AP (x86) Firefox 3.6.x 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0 (1.6.0_10b33 or later) or 7.
PAGE 87
GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI Web Adobe Flash JRE version12 browser Player 11 version OS Server 11 (x86 version) no SP SP1 Linkage with Remote Web Console P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 IPv6 connect XP1024 ions /XP128 Firefox 3.6.x 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 7.0 N N N N Y Firefox 4.0.x 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.0(Update 25 or later) N N N N Y Firefox 4.0.x 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 7.0 N N N N Y Firefox ESR 10 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 6.
PAGE 88
Device Manager CLI requirements 5 Device Manager CLI requirements  Platforms for Device Manager CLI and the Java runtime environment Table 5-1 lists platforms on which Device Manager CLI runs and the requisite Java runtime environments. In addition, this table also lists the support status of Device Manager CLI in IPv6 environments. The following symbols are used in the table: ○ Y: Device Manager CLI is supported in IPv6 environments. ○ N: Device Manager CLI is not supported in IPv6 environments.
PAGE 89
Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 JRE version 6.0 JRE version 7.0 (only SP2) Y JRE version 6.0 JRE version 7.0 (only SP1) Y JRE version 6.0 JRE version 7.
PAGE 90
Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64)2 JRE version 6.0 Windows Server 2008 Standard JRE version 7.
PAGE 91
Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support JRE version 5.0.
PAGE 92
Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter SP1 JRE version 1.4.
PAGE 93
Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support HP-UX 11i v2 (PA-RISC) JRE version 6.0 (Update Y 4 or later) or JRE version 7.0 HP-UX 11i v3 (IPF) HP-UX 11i v3 (PA-RISC) JRE version 6.0 (Update N 4 or later) or JRE version 7.0 JRE version 6.0 (Update N 4 or later) or JRE version 7.0 Linux (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
PAGE 94
Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support Linux (x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Advanced Platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Advanced Platform JRE version 5.0 (Update Y 10 or later) or JRE version 7.0 JRE version 6.0 or JRE Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.0 5.
PAGE 95
Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements 6 Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements The following table lists the programs that are required to set up the CLI on a management client. Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client IPv6 1 environment support OS OS product JRE version Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition Operating System (SP2, SP3) 1.4.2 (Build 06 or later) 5 N 5.0 (Build 07 or later) , 5.0 (Build 07 or later), 6.0 or 7.
PAGE 96
Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS OS product JRE version IPv6 1 environment support Windows 7 (x86) Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (No SP, SP1) Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition (No SP, SP1) Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (No SP, SP1) 6.0 or 7.
PAGE 97
Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS OS product JRE version IPv6 1 environment support Windows Server 2008 2, 3 (x64) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (No SP, SP1, SP2) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (No SP, SP1, SP2) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard (No SP, SP1, SP2) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V (No SP, SP1, SP2) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V (No S
PAGE 98
Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS Linux OS product JRE version IPv6 1 environment support HP-UX 11i v2 (IPF) HP-UX 11i v3 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11i v3 (IPF) 5.0 (Build 03 or later) Y Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Advanced Platform (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Advanced Platform (x64) 6.0 (Build 4or later) or 7.
PAGE 99
Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS OS product JRE version Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 (Build 4or later) or 7.0 5.5(x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6(x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7(x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8(x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5(x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6(x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7(x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8(x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
PAGE 100
Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS OS product JRE version IPv6 1 environment support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86) (SP2, SP3) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x64) (SP2, SP3) 5.0 (Build 10 or later) or 7.0 Y SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86) (No SP, SP1) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x64) (No SP, SP1) 6.0 or 7.0 Y Legend: Y: An IPv6 environment is supported. --: An IPv6 environment is not supported.
PAGE 101
Requirements for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool 7 Requirements for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool The following table describes the supported OSs for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool. The supported versions of VMWare vSphere are 4.1 and 4.1 Update 1. .NET Framework 2.0 or later is required.
PAGE 102
Requirements for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool Table 7-1 Supported OSs for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool OS Edition Service pack Architecture R2 Standard R2 Enterprise R2 Datacenter SP1 x64 Windows Vista Business Edition Enterprise Edition Ultimate Edition SP2 x86 x64 Windows 7 Professional Enterprise Ultimate SP1 x86 x64 Windows 8 Professional No SP x86 Enterprise Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition Datacenter Edition 1
PAGE 103
Storage systems requirements 8 Storage systems requirements       System requirements for storage systems (section 8-1 ) Updating the microcode or firmware (section 8-2 ) P9500 (section 8-3 ) XP24000/XP20000 (section 8-4 ) XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 (section 8-5 ) XP512/XP48 (section 8-6 ) 8-1 System requirements for storage systems To use Device Manager or Tiered Storage Manager to manage storage systems, you need storage system management tools and software in addition to Device Manager and Tiered S
PAGE 104
Storage systems requirements 8-3 P9500 The following table lists the prerequisite firmware versions and software products. See the manual of each software product when necessary.
PAGE 105
Storage systems requirements 8-4 XP24000/XP20000 The following table lists the prerequisite firmware versions and software products. See the manual of each software product when necessary.
PAGE 106
Storage systems requirements Table 8-2 Prerequisite firmware versions and software products (for XP24000/XP20000) Prerequisite firmware versions Prerequisite software products  Controller microcode to use the function that links XP Thin Provisioning Software and XP Continuous Access Software, and the function that links XP Thin Provisioning Software and XP Continuous Access Journal: 60-02-4x-xx/xx or later To use the XP Thin Provisioning Software functionality:  XP Thin Provisioning Software  Contr
PAGE 107
Storage systems requirements Table 8-3 Prerequisite firmware versions and software products (for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200) Prerequisite firmware versions Prerequisite software products  Controller microcode: 50-07-69-00/00 or later    Controller microcode to use the XP Disk/Cache Partition view function: 50-03-xx-xx/xx or later    Controller microcode to use XP Continuous Access Journal functions: 50-09-85-xx/xx or later    Controller microcode to use XP External Storage Software to view
PAGE 108
Storage systems requirements Table 8-3 Prerequisite firmware versions and software products (for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200) Prerequisite firmware versions Prerequisite software products  Controller microcode to use 3DC functionality: 50-08-00-xx/xx or later  To use storage logical partitioning (SLPR) or cache logical partitioning (CLPR):  XP Disk/Cache Partition Controller microcode to use the function that allows LU creation and LU formatting to be performed separately: 50-09-00-xx/xx or later  Co
PAGE 109
Storage systems requirements Table 8-4 Supported SMI-S Enabled storage system for Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager Vendor name Model no. Provider HP EVA 3000 1,4 2,4 EVA 4100 EVA 4400 2,4 EVA 5000 1,4 EVA 6100 2,4 EVA 6400 2,3,4 EVA 8100 2,4 2,3,4 EVA 8400 HP StorageWorks Command View EVA 8.0.2 or later (SMI-S Version 1.
PAGE 110
Support and other resources 9 Support and other resources    Contacting HP (section 9-1 ) Related information (section 9-2 ) Conventions (section 9-3 ) 9-1 Contacting HP 9-1-1 HP technical support For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website: http://www.hp.
PAGE 111
Support and other resources 9-3 Conventions This guide follows the conventions shown in Table 9-1 to refer to HP StorageWorks P9000 products.