HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.1 Release Notes

For more information about cross-technology logical servers, see the HP Matrix Operating
Environment Recovery Management User Guide at Matrix OE Information Library.
Number of networks provisioned to a logical server
The infrastructure orchestration designer does not restrict the number of networks that can be
connected to a logical server group. In practice, only four networks can be connected to virtual
logical servers, and 128 networks can be connected to physical logical servers designed to run
on HP c-Class server blades. These practical limits will increase over time as Virtual Connect and
hypervisors are enhanced.
If these limits are exceeded in an infrastructure template, provisioning operations using that template
will fail.
Suggested action
Limit the number of network connections to a logical server group to four for virtual logical servers
and 128 for physical logical servers.
Manually configure the SAN boot path for ProLiant DL/ML servers before provisioning
The job "Deploy ProLiant System Configuration (BL BFS),” contained in the Insight Control server
deployment software job folder deployed using infrastructure orchestration, cannot be used to
configure ProLiant DL/ML target servers. The job configures ProLiant/Integrity BL target servers. If
you attempt to configure ProLiant DL/ML servers using this job, the request will fail.
Suggested action
Manually configure the SAN boot path before you use infrastructure orchestration to provision a
ProLiant DL/ML target server on SAN boot LUN, as follows.
1. Create a server deployment job folder that does not contain the "Deploy ProLiant System
Configuration (BL BFS)" job.
2. Change the Boot Controller Order (from ROM-Based Setup Utility) for the ProLiant DL/ML
server to select Fibre Channel port (HBA) as the first in the boot order.
3. Use the HBA vendor's utility to configure the HBA's boot path to boot from the desired SAN
boot LUN.
4. Power off the target server after the Boot Controller Order and the HBA's boot path have been
configured correctly.
Required HBA firmware and OS drivers to access multi-initiator N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) data
disks
The HP blade multi-initiator NPIV feature allows you to configure multiple WWNs for a single HBA
connected with a Virtual Connect Fibre Channel module. Although Matrix OE automates the
configuration, certain versions of HBA firmware and drivers are required to access multi-initiator
NPIV data disks configured for any target BL server.
Suggested action
The HBA firmware and drivers shown for the following operating systems are required to support
multi-initiator NPIV data disks.
• QLogic HBA (BIOS version 2.07 or higher)
RHEL 5.3 and higher
SLES 11 and higher
SLES 10 SP3 and higher
Windows 2003/2008: QLogic driver 9.1.7.29 or higher
• Emulex HBA (BIOS version 3.11a3 or higher)
RHEL 5.4 or higher
SLES 10 SP3 or higher
SLES 11 in-box driver not yet available. Requires out-of-box Emulex driver version: 8.2.8.32
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