HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Release Notes

operational details, see the technical white paper on SPM adapter for EMC Symmetrix VMAX at
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.
• Creating a new volume with a given RAID requires pre-configuration of a storage pool setting
instance by the EMC storage administrator who can create a volume of that RAID through
EMC native tools (SMC or SYMCLI).
• Creating a thin volume for a given RAID requires creating a thin pool for that RAID, if it does
not already exist, through EMC native tools (SMC or SYMCLI) by the EMC storage administrator.
• SPM defines thick and thin volumes based on the capacity requirements. If a new volume is
to be created with committed capacity set to 100%, then a thick volume is expected to be
created by the adapter. If the committed capacity is set to any value less than 100%, then a
thin volume is expected to be created by the adapter. The SPM adapter implementation
overrides the way EMC creates the thick and thin volumes:
◦ When SPM requests a thick volume on a thin pool, the adapter will create a thin volume
on the given thin pool.
◦ When SPM requests a thin volume on a concrete pool, the adapter will create a thick
volume on the concrete pool.
• Growing a thin volume is not supported in EMC Symmetrix VMAX.
• For HP-UX hosts, the LUN number must be within 1 through 7. The maximum number of volumes
that can be presented to an HP-UX host is limited to 7.
• The SPM adapter for EMC Symmetrix VMAX supports the host modes Linux, Windows,
Windows 2008, Windows 2012, VMware, and HP-UX. It is not supported with the OpenVMS
host mode.
Required version of Brocade Network Advisor and HP B-Series Network Advisor
Brocade Network Advisor 11.1.3, 11.1.4, or HP B-Series Network Advisor 11.1.3, or 11.1.4
must be installed in order to manage Brocade-based SAN environments.
HP B-Series Network Advisor is available from http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/
storageworks/dc_fabricmgr/index.html. See the HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) User
Guide at www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs for additional details.
Firmware for 3PAR StoreServ
3PAR StoreServ must have a supported version of 3PAR OS installed in order to work properly
with SPM. SPM will not allow 3PAR arrays with earlier versions to be imported into the SPM catalog.
See the HP Insight Management Support Matrix at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs for
currently supported versions.
3PAR StoreServ Storage imposes an initiator WWN limit per controller port on the array
Two features in SPM 2.3 can be used to limit the number of initiator WWNs that may be connected
to a storage controller port. The white list capability for HP 3PAR StoreServ storage allows a storage
administrator to control the controller ports used by SPM, thus preventing SPM from using controller
ports that are reserved for other uses. The port group feature gives a storage administrator more
detailed control over how SPM uses controller ports for all storage.
When adding ports to a storage system for which a white list is configured, if any new ports are
to be used by SPM and Matrix OE, they must be added to the white list, and the storage system
must be resynchronized in SPM.
NOTE: The white list capability can only be used for 3PAR.
These limitations can impact Matrix OE-created servers that use SPM to provision storage. For more
information, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment and HP Storage Provisioning Manager
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