HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Performance Extender Software 2.
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Version: 2.0 Description In a typical Storage Area Network (SAN) environment, multiple I/O intensive applications share storage resources. Not all applications are mission critical, but they compete with the mission critical applications for the same I/O processing requirements. In such situations, there is a need to keep the key (mission critical) applications at a desired performance level and other (non critical) applications at an acceptable performance level.
Software and hardware requirements Table 1 describes the software and hardware required to install P9000 Application Performance Extender. Table 1 Software and hardware requirements XP24000 or XP20000 with Microcode version 60-04-1300/00 or later NOTE: XP disk array models P9000 disk array models Ensure that you select an XP disk array which does not have Storage Logical Partitions (SLPR) configured. P9500 with Microcode version 70-01-23-00/00 or later • Windows: 9.1.8.27, 9.1.8.28, and 9.1.7.
• HP-UX: AB379-60101 4Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter or HP 4Gb Dual Port PCIe Fibre Channel Mezzanine, and 8Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter or HP 8Gb Dual Port PCIe Fibre Channel Mezzanine • Windows and Linux: • HP StorageWorks 81Q PCI-e FC HBA Single Port (AK344A) • HP StorageWorks 82Q PCI-e FC HBA Dual Port (AJ764A) • HP StorageWorks FC1142 4Gb PCI-e HBA (AE311A) • HP StorageWorks FC1242 Dual Channel 4Gb PCI-e HBA (AE312A) • QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA for HP c-Class BladeSystem (
Management station • Microsoft Windows XP SP 3 • Microsoft Windows Vista SP 2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP 2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP 2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP 2 Communication agent and controller Operating systems • HP-UX 11i v3 (HP-UX 11iv3 March 2010), PHKL_40311 patch • SLES 10 Special Pack 3 • SLES 11 • RHEL 5.4 • RHEL 5.
Enhancements P9000 Application Performance Extender v2.0 includes the following enhancements: • Supports P9500 disk arrays. • Robust error handling mechanism for data collection failures. • Enhanced the communication agent to perform environmental checks during start up to verify if the host environment supports P9000 Application Performance Extender. This information is displayed in the Data Collection screen. Notes • A host can be connected to only one P9500, XP24000, or XP20000 array.
http://www.hp.com/support/manuals In the Storage section, click Storage Software and then select HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Performance Extender Software under Storage Device Management Software.
