HP StorageWorks 3000/5000 Enterprise Virtual Array Release Notes (VCS 3.110) (5697-6378, August 2007)

Version: 3.110

Description

This document c

ontains the most recent product information for an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual

Array 3000/50

00 running VCS 3.110. This information applies to both the EVA5000 (HSV110) and

EVA3000 (HS V100) products.

NOTE:

Much of the information included here is not documented elsewhere, so it is recommended that you read

this informat

ion thoroughly before installing and operating the EVA3000/5000.

Update recommendation Recommended

Enhancements

VCS 3.110 provides the following new features and enhancements:

• Added the ability to upgrade disk d rives while the drives remain online and grouped.

• Added new versions of hard disk drive ﬁrmware. See Table 3.

• Added the ability to per form customer self upgrades.

• VCS 3.1x0 is SCSI-3 compliant.

NOTE:

HP StorageWorks Command View EVA 5.x or 6.x is required to access the new features and functionality

in VCS 3.110. Information on HP Command View EVA is available on the following website:

ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storag e/software/cmdvieweva/index.html

Additional operating system support

Support for the following operating systems has been added since the release of VCS 3.028:

• Windows 2003 release 2 (IA32 & X 64)

• Windows Server 2003 release 2

• Linux Red Hat Advanced Server 3.0 update 8

• Linux Red Hat Advanced Server 4.0 update 4

• VMware ESX/GSX/WSX 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2 .5.4, 3.0.0, 3.0.1

• OpenVMS 8.2–1 (IA64) , 8.3 (IA64 & Alpha servers)

• Novell Netware 6.5 with SP4 and SP5

Operating system no longer supported

The following operating systems are no longer supported in VCS 3.110:

• HP-UX 11

.00

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1

• IBM AIX 5.1

• OpenVM

S 8.2 (IA64)

• Novell NetWare 5.1, 6.0

HP StorageWorks 3000/5000 Enterprise Virtual Array release notes (VCS 3.110)