A.05.70 HP Insight Remote Support Advanced Release Notes (June 2012, 5900- 2129)

Monitored storage environment device requirements and

recommendations

This release supports monitoring support for the following storage products. Please see the table in

Appendix A for the appropriate providers to be installed and configured by hardware.

HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA)

 HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays including

o EVA 3000

o EVA 4x00 (including Array Based Management support for EVA 4400)

o EVA 5000

o EVA 6x00 including 6400

o EVA 8x00 including 8400

o HP P6300 EVA

o HP P6500 EVA

o Command View for EVA 7.0.1 and above (see Important Note below)

IMPORTANT: The HP P6300 EVA and HP P6500 EVA require HP P6000 Command View 9.4 or

above. EVA 6400 and EVA 8400 require Command View EVA 9.0 or above. EVA 4400

requires Command View EVA 8.0.1 as a minimum version to enable Remote Support. However,

management module support for the HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array, Controller

Enclosure (Array Based Management) requires Command View EVA 9.1 or above. For all other

EVA devices the minimum requirement is Command View 7.0.1.

Also you have the choice to configure Command View EVA, the Central Management Server

and the Storage Management Server (SMS) in different ways including the option to install all

components on the same server. For details and restrictions, read the Requirements for EVA

Supportability chapter in the HP Insight Remote Support Advanced Managed Systems

Configuration Guide available at www.hp.com/go/insightremoteadvanced-docs for the various

options, otherwise you may experience some increased difficulty in configuring the capabilities

and greatly extended installation time and complexity.

NOTE: Ensure that the Event Log Monitoring Collector (ELMC) is installed on all servers, where

Command View EVA is installed.

NOTE: HP System Insight Manager 6.2 or higher with HP Insight Remote Support Advanced can

coexist with HP Command View EVA 9.0.1 or higher on the same Central Management Server.

However, you have the options to configure Command View for EVA, the Central Management

Server (CMS) and the SMS in several different ways. See the Requirements for EVA

Supportability chapter in the HP Insight Remote Support Advanced Managed Systems

Configuration Guide available at www.hp.com/go/insightremoteadvanced-docs for the various

options.

NOTE: For specific requirements concerning HP Command View EVA, see the HP StorageWorks

Enterprise Virtual Array compatibility reference, available from the HP Business Support Center

web site at http://www.hp.com/support/manuals:

1 Under storage, click Storage Software

2 Under Storage Device Management software, click HP Command View EVA Software

3 Under General Reference, click HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference