HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option 5.1 release notes (5697-7321, January 2008)

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• QLogic iS CSI HBA

Operating syst

ems

• Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2

• Windows XP Pro

fessional SP1, SP2

• VmWare ESX Server 3.0.1

• Guest OS: Windows 2003 SP1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4, 3 Update 5, SUSE

Enterprise L

inux Server 9 SP3, 8 SP4

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

•RedHatEnte

rprise Linux 4 update 3, 4, & 5

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 update 5

• SuSe Linux Enterprise Server:

•SuSeLinuxE

nterprise Server 10 SP1

•SuSeLinuxEnterpriseServer10

• S uSe Linux Enterprise Server 9, SP3 (2.6.5 kernel)

•SuSeLinux

Enterprise Server 8, S P4

• MAC OS X 10.4.7, 10.4.8, 10.4.9 10.4.10, 10.4.11

• Sun Solaris 10 11/06

Prerequisites

• EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 (XCS 6.1x0, 6.000, 5.100, 5.031)

• EVA3000/5000 (VCS 4.001, 3.028)

• HP Storage W orks Command View EVA 5.0, 6.0, 6.02, 7.0

Installation instructions

For info

rmation about installing these products, see the HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI connectivity quick

start in

structions for Window s and the HP Storag eWorks EVA iSCSI conne ctivity user guide available at

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/evaiscsiconnect/index.html

Importa

nt information

The fol

lowing sections list important notes and workarounds.

Sun Solaris server does not support EVA LUN 0

If L UN 0 is presented to the Solaris server, the iSCS I initiator tries to bring it online as a disk device and

the following warning is sent to the console and to the /var/adm/messages ﬁle.

Mar 12 15:22:42 x86-42DVG1 iSCSI: [ID 248668 kern.warn-

ing] WARNING: iSCSI driver unable to online iqn.1986

03.com.hp:fcgw.mpx100.0.50001fe150069be0.50001fe150069bec lun 0

LUN 0 is the HSV controller device. By default, the HSV is not included in the

/kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf ﬁle a nd is treated as an asymmetrical device for LUN access.

If the following lines are added to the /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf ﬁle with LU N 0 present, any

mpathadm comm and will panic the server after the reboot.

device-type-scsi-options-list =

"HP HS V2", "symmetric-option";