HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 3000/5000 Release Notes VCS 4.001 (5697-5476, December 2005)

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Information
Location
General EVA3000/5000 http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/arraysystems.html
Enterprise Virtual Array product
support
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ttp://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/enterprise
HP StorageWorks Command View
EVA
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ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/
cmdvieweva/index.html
HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA
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ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/
bizcopyeva/index.html
HP StorageWorks Continuous Access
EVA
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ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/
conaccesseva/index.html
Downloadable software and drivers
for storage products
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/eng/support.html
Storage Management Appliance
updates
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ttp://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/sanworks/
managementappliance
License key redemption
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ttp://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/software/softwarekeys/
index.html
New features and enhancements
VCS v4.001 provides the following new features and enhancements.
NOTE:
HP StorageWorks Command View EVA 4.1 is required to access the features in VCS v4.001. Information
on HP Command View EVA 4.1 is available on the following web site:
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ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/cmdvieweva/index.html
Added featur es
• Support for active/active controller failover, allowing the use of industry popular multipathing
solutions and native host bus adapters.
NOTE:
VCS v4.001 may require reconfiguration of the host sy stems to support active/activ e controller
failover. Contact HP Customer Services for assistance in assessing the impact of VCS v4.001
on your host systems.
• Support for 3-phase snapclones, reducing the amount of time required to create a snapclone
• Support for 1024 virtual disks
• Improved Continuous Access performance over distance
• Added VM ware host mode. It will no longer be necessary to use the custom host mode for
VMware hosts.
NOTE:
To avoid impacting Secure Path oper ation, the internal identification of the controllers has been changed
for VCS v4.001. For VCS v4.001and later firmware, the EVA3000 controller is now identified as
HSV101 and the EVA5000 controller is identified as HSV111.
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