HP StorageWorks Windows connectivity 4.
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About this document This section includes the following topics: • Release notes information, page 3 • Intended audience, page 3 • Accessing future product updates, page 3 Release notes information These release notes include the following topics: • • • • • • • • • New features, page 3 VCS 3.028 to VCS 4.
• • • • • • Support is provided for Active/Active failover. Support is provided for single–path mode. Support is provided for Active/Passive to Active/Active data migration. Support is provided for booting from a storage area network (SAN). MPIO can coexist on the same server as Secure Path. The internal identification of the EVA3000 controller is HSV101, and the internal identification of the EVA5000 controller is HSV111.
EVA compatibility This section lists the minimum-level operating system specifications at the time of this release. Some component versions may change due to revision. The latest information is available on the HP storage website: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/index.html. Operating system support Table 1 through Table 4 list the operating system specifications. Windows connectivity 4.
Table 1 Operating system specifications for the Windows 2000 platform Adapter driver version (minimum/ recommended) Adapter firmware (minimum/ recommended) Boot BIOS version (minimum/ recommended) FC1142SR PN AE311A1 9.1.0.13 n/a (loaded by the driver) 1.06 FC1242SR PN AE312A1 9.1.0.13 n/a (loaded by the driver) 1.06 FC2142SR PN A8002A1 5-5.20a9/ 5-5.20a10 2.50a2 1.70a3 FC2143 PN AD167A 5-5.20a10 2.10a7 1.70a3 FC2243 PN AD168A 5-5.20a10 2.10a7 1.70a3 FC2242SR PN A8003A1 5-5.
Table 2 Operating system specifications for the Windows Server 2003 platform Adapter driver version (minimum/ recommended) Adapter firmware (minimum/ recommended) BIOS version (minimum/recommended) Windows version Fibre Channel adapter Storport SCSI Miniport 5.2 SP1 FC1142SR PN AE311A1 9.1.0.18 9.1.0.13 n/a (loaded by the driver) 1.06 FC1242SR PN AE312A1 9.1.0.18 9.1.0.13 n/a (loaded by the driver) 1.06 FC2142SR PN A8002A1 5-1.11a0/ 5-1.11x1 5-5.20a9/ 5-5.20a10 2.50a2 1.70.
Table 3 Operating system specifications for the Windows 2003 x64 Extended System platform Adapter driver version (minimum/ recommended) Adapter firmware (minimum/ recommended) Boot BIOS version (minimum/ recommended) FC1142SR PN AE311A1 9.1.0.18 n/a (loaded by the driver) 1.06 FC1242SR PN AE312A1 9.1.0.18 n/a (loaded by the driver) 1.06 FC2142SR PN A8002A1 7-1.11a0/ 7-1.11x1 2.50a2 1.70a3 FC2242SR PN A8003A1 7-1.11a0/ 7-1.11x1 2.50a2 1.70a3 FC2143 PN AD167A 7-1.11x1 2.10a7 1.
Table 4 Operating system specifications for the Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based system platform Adapter driver version (minimum/recommended) Windows version Fibre Channel adapter Storport SCSI Miniport Adapter firmware version (minimum/ recommended) 5.2 SP1 A7298A1 6-1.10a4/ 6-1.11x1 6-5.10a11/ 6-5.20a9 1.90a4/ 1.91a1 3.10a6 AB232A 6-1.10a4/ 6-1.11x1 6-5.10a11/ 6-5.20a9 1.90a4/ 1.91a1 3.10a6 AB466A 6-1.10a4/ 6-1.11x1 6-5.10a11/ 6-5.20a9 1.90a4/ 1.91a1 3.10a6 AB467A 6-1.
Server support Windows supports the following servers: • AMD® Opteron™-based ProLiant servers • Intel®-based ProLiant X86 and ProLiant Blade servers • Intel-based EM64T ProLiant servers and Blade servers • HP Integrity servers Operating constraints You can find information about operating constraints specific to the EVA firmware and HP StorageWorks Command View EVA in their respective release notes.
Disk resource Pending Timeout for large configurations To ensure continuous operation of disk resources across a SAN with disk resource counts greater than 8, HP recommends that you increase the Pending Timeout value for each disk resource from 180 seconds to 360 seconds. To view and set the Pending Timeout value: 1. Open the Microsoft Cluster Administrator. 2. Select a disk resource in the left pane. 3. One at a time, right-click each disk resource in the right pane and select Properties. 4.
dynamic disks on a system have information in their metadata about other dynamic disks on the system. When Windows encounters two dynamic disks with the same information, it cannot resolve the conflict.
