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

NOTE:
• To maintain your storage system at the most current configuration, HP recommends that all disk drives
use the current version of firmware.
• A minimum of eight disks is required to create a disk group. Additional disks may b e added up
to the established disk group limits.
• A disk group cannot contain both online (high performance) d isks and FATA disks. It must contain
only one type of disks.
Table 3 Supported disks
Fibre Channel disk
HP model displayed in
HP Command View EVA
Minimum supported
firmware version
Current firmware
version
High-performance disks
BD03654499
3BE9 3BE9
BD03 655B28 HP05 HP05
BD03656ABA
HP09
HP0A
36-GB, 10K RPM
BD0365953 2 HP02 HP02
BD07254498
3BE9 3BE9
BD07 255B29 HP05 HP05
BD0 7256ABB
HP09
HP0A
BD07258224
HP01 HP01
72-GB, 10K RPM
BD0725822B HP01 HP02
BD14656ABC
HP09
HP0A
BD14658225
HP01 HP01
BD14655B2A
HP05 HP05
146-GB, 10K RPM
BD1465822C
HP01 HP02
BD30058226 HP00 HP01
300-GB, 10K RPM
BD30058232 HP00 HP02
BF03654564
3BE9 3BE9
BF03655B2B HP05 HP05
BF03658242
HP00 HP01
36-GB, 15K RPM
BF036574C9
HP05 HP06
BF07255B2C HP05 HP05
BF0725754B
HP05 HP06
72-GB, 15K RPM
BF07258243
HP00 HP01
146-GB, 15K RPM BF14658244
HP00 HP01
FATA (near-online) disks
ND2505823A
HP00 HP01
250-GB
ND25058238
HP00 HP02
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