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About this document This section includes the following topics: • Release notes information • Intended audience • Accessing future product updates Release notes information These release notes include the following topics: • New features • EVA storage system • EVA compatibility • Operating constraints • Storage System Scripting Utility for EVA • Avoiding problem situations • Host considerations • Windows 2000 dynamic disk snapshots and snapclones Intended audience This document is intended to assist custo
EVA storage system These release notes contain the most recent product information about operating the EVA on a system running Windows software. Multiple storage system types The extended interoperability of the heterogeneous storage area network (SAN) allows you to mix several types of HP StorageWorks storage systems. The latest information about configuration rules are available in HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide, which can be downloaded from this web site: http://h18000.www1.hp.
EVA compatibility Operating system support Table 1 through Table 4 list the operating system specifications. NOTE: The tables in this section contains current minimum level operating system specifications at the time of this release. Some component versions may change due to revision. The latest information is available at the following web site: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/index.html Windows connectivity 3.
Table 1 Windows 2000 (32–bit) operating system specifications OS version Cluster support FCA (HBA) Adapter firmware/ Boot BIOS version (minimum) Adapter driver version (minimum) 5.0 SP3, SP4 MSCS KGPSA-CB 176479-B21 3.92a2/1.70a1 5-5.10a9 FCA2101 245299-B21 3.92a2/1.70a1 5-5.1.02a7 FCA2355 308540-B21 3.92a2/ 5-5.10a9 FCA2404 305573-B21 1.90a4/1.70a1 1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a10/ 5-5.10a9 FCA2404DC 323264-B21 1.81a2/1.70a1 5-5.10a9 1.90a4/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a10/ 5-5.
Table 2 Windows Server 2003 (32–bit) operating system specifications OS version Cluster support FCA (HBA) Adapter firmware/ Boot BIOS version (minimum) Adapter driver version (minimum) 5.2, MSCS KGPSA-CB 176479-B21 3.92a2/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a9 3.92a2/1.70a1 Storport 5-1.02a7 3.92a2/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a9 3.92a2/1.70a1 Storport 5-1.02a7 3.92a2/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a9 3.92a2/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a9 1.90a4/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a10/ 5.
OS version Cluster support FCA (HBA) Adapter firmware/ Boot BIOS version (minimum) Adapter driver version (minimum) 5.2 MSCS A7387A LP1050DC 1.90a4/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a10/ 5.2 SPI 5-5.10a9 A7388A 1.90a4/1.70a1 Storport 5-5.1.02a7 1.90a4/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a10/ LP1050 A7560A 5-5.10a9 1.90a4/1.70a1 Storport 5-5.1.02a7 1.90a4/1.70a1 SCSIport 5-5.10a10/ 5-5.10a9 1.90a4/1.70a1 Storport 5-5.1.
Table 4 Windows Server 2003 x64 operating system specifications OS version Cluster support FCA (HBA) Adapter firmware/ Boot BIOS version (minimum) Adapter driver version (minimum) 5.2 MSCS A7387A LP1050DC 1.90a4/1.70a1 7-1.03a10 A7388A 1.90a4/1.70a1 7-1.03a10 A7560A 1.90a4/1.70a1 7-1.03a10 FCA2404 1.90a4/1.70a1 7-1.03a10 FCA2404DC 1.90a4/1.70a1 7-1.03a10 FCA2408 1.90a4/1.70a1 7-1.03a10 5.
Operating constraints You can find information about operating constraints specific to the EVA and HP StorageWorks Command View EVA in their respective release notes. SAN boot procedures Booting from the SAN is supported for Windows 2000, and Windows 2003 for multipathing configurations. SAN boot procedures are available on the following HP StorageWorks web site: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.
Disk Resource Pending Timeout for large configurations To ensure continuous operation of disk resources across SAN perturbations with disk resource counts greater than eight, HP recommends that the Pending Timeout parameter for each disk resource be increased from 180 seconds to 360 seconds. To view and set the Pending Timeout parameter: 1. Open the Microsoft Cluster Administrator. 2. Select a Disk Group resource in the left pane. 3.
deleted, entries are added to the registry by the plug-and-play manager, potentially causing the registry to grow beyond the allowed capacity. If more than 700 entries are in the registry, the next time the system reboots, the following error message appears: Failed to load Windows 2000 due to a file missing or corrupt in the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM directory. Refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (Q269075), for more information about the registry growth problem.
