HP StorageWorks P4000 VSA (Hyper-V) Release Notes (TA688-96112, September 2010)

Best practices

• HP StorageWorks recommends installing Hyper-V on top of a redundant RAID configuration with

a RAID controller that has battery-backed cache enabled. Do not use RAID 0.

• The virtual NIC labeled seth0 is the default and required virtual NIC for SAN/iQ and iSCSI. Note

– the Description, Speed & Duplex columns under the TCP Status tab will show “Unknown” for

seth0. This has no functional impact on the actual speed or performance of this virtual NIC.

• For additional information about unsupported configurations and best practices, see the HP Stor-

ageWorks P4000 SAN Solutions User Guide.

Unsupported configurations

• Running VSAs on top of existing iSCSI P4000 storage is not recommended.

• The virtual NICs on the VSA do not support Jumbo Frames, flow control setting modifications or

TCP offload. The physical NICs on the server can be configured with these features.

• The virtual NICs on the VSA do not support 10Gb/s at this time. The physical NICs on the server

can be 10Gb/s.

• NIC bonding between the 2 virtual NICs is not supported.

• The hot adding or removal of virtual hard disks and pass-through disks is not supported. See the

Microsoft Linux Integration Services User Guide.

Installation instructions

To install the P4000 VSA (Hyper-V) and CMC, see the P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration

Guide.

Compatibility/interoperability

For a complete list of application software compatibility, see the HP StorageWorks P4000 SAN

Solutions Compatibility Matrix (White Paper/4AA2-5654ENW.pdf) at http://www.hp.com/go/

p4000compatibility.

(Optional) Installing Failover Manager (Hyper-V) 8.5.00.0382

Install the Failover Manager onto a separate server on the network.

CAUTION:

Install the Failover Manager on a system that has access to the SAN subnet. Do not install it on the

SAN itself.

Using the HP StorageWorks Management DVD:

1. Download the HP StorageWorks Management DVD ISO at http://www.hp.com/go/

p4000downloads

2. Create the HP StorageWorks Management DVD.

3. Insert the HP StorageWorks Management DVD in the DVD drive on the computer that you will

use to administer the SAN.