HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform 3.0.4 Release Notes (5697-0763, November 2010)
Description
HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP) is a hardware and software solution
that enhances the storage capabilities of approved storage arrays. Using Virtualization Service
Manager (VSM) software, redundant VSM servers and Data Path Modules (DPMs) map application
server I/O to locations on storage systems.
Versions
HP SAN Virtualization Services Platform 3.0.4, which includes:
• Virtualization Services Manager software version 1.2.583 supported by LSI HBA driver version
9.1.7.18 SA 89.
• Data Path Module software version 5.2.11–24h.
• Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) hardware provider software version 1.0.8.1006.
• VSM CLI packages for the following operating systems:
• Windows:
• VSM CLI x64: 5.1.29.0.exe
• VSM CLI IA64: 5.1.29.0.exe
• VSM CLI: 5.1.29.0.exe
• Solaris: VSMCLI.Solaris.5.1.29a.0.pkg.Z
• AIX: VSMCLI.AIX.5.1.29.1.LA.bff
• Linux 2.6: VSMCLI-V5.R1.29.0-Linux-2.6-i386.tar.gz
• HPUX:
• VSMCLI.HPUX-11_23.V5.R1.29.0.depot
• VSMCLI.HPUX-11_31.V5.R1.29.0.depot
HP provides supported applications for anti-virus protection and the imaging of installation restore
points. Other applications may work, but the following were tested with the HP SAN Virtualization
Services Platform:
• Symantec AntiVirus 10.x
• Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.x
Product models
• HP StorageWorks Data Path Module
• HP StorageWorks Virtualization Services Manager (VSM) server. The server runs Microsoft Windows
Server Standard Edition 2008 SP2 or R2 with Storport driver 9.1.7.18 or later. The HP ProLiant
DL360 G7 is being introduced with this release. The HP ProLiant DL360 G5 (VSM v1 server) and
DL360 G6 (VSM v2 server) are still supported with the SVSP product, but have reached end-of-
life.
The DL360 G7 is provided with 6 GB of RAM. (The DL360 G6 had 4 GB and the DL360 G5 had
2 GB of memory.) Only 2 GB is required with VSM unless you also install the SMI-S Provider,
which then requires a total of 4 GB.
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