HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator v3.0.7 release notes (AG421-96007, August 2007)

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• HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator Bypass NIC installation guide describes
how to install bypass cards in the HP EFS WAN Accelerator.
Additional documentation, including white papers and best-practices documents, is available on the HP
website at http://www.hp.com/go/efs
.
Hardware and software requirements
The following table summarizes the hardware and software requirements for the HP EFS WAN Accelerator:
WARNING! Ensure that the HP EFS WAN Accelerator is properly grounded (earthed). On European
systems, the green/yellow tab on the power cord must be grounded (earthed). See the HP ProLiant DL320
Generation 4 Server user guide or the HP ProLiant DL380 Generation 4 Server reference and
troubleshooting guide for more information on grounding.
New features in version 3.0.7
QoS enforcement
RiOS v3.0 provides Quality of Service (QoS) policy control and enforcement for all traffic flowing through
an HP EFS WAN Accelerator from the local area network (LAN) to the wide area network (WAN). A
guaranteed quality of service is provided for each class of traffic stream, allows priority among various
classes, and properly distributes excess bandwidth among the various classes. Policies such as low latency
priority queuing, and guaranteed or maximum bandwidths ensure that critical traffic, such as Voice over IP
(VoIP), has the protection and performance it needs.
NFS-application streamlining
RiOS v3.0 provides dramatic acceleration for Network File Service (NFS) operations over WANs. A variety
of use cases ranging from copy operations to opens and saves within CAD or CAM applications are
accelerated.
Agentless CIFS prepopulation
RiOS v3.0 includes an improved facility for proactively warming HP EFS WAN Accelerator data stores with
contents from remote file shares. Using the Management Console, proactive warming can be initiated on a
real-time or scheduled basis. You no longer need to install a prewarming server-side agent for data store
warming. Contents from file shares residing on Windows, Network WAN Accelerator, or EMC servers can
HP Component Hardware and Software Requirements
HP EFS WAN Accelerator 19 inch (483 mm) two- or four-post rack.
HP EFS WAN Accelerator
Management Console
, HP
StorageWorks Enterprise File
Services WAN Accelerator
Manager
• Any computer that supports a web browser with color image
display.
• The Management Console has been tested with Mozilla Firefox
versions 1.0 and 1.5, and Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer version 6.0.
NOTE: Javascript and cookies must be enabled in your web browser.
HP EFS WAN Accelerator
Command-Line Interface
• An ASCII terminal or emulator that can connect to the serial console
(9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control) or a
computer with a Secure Shell (ssh) client that is connected by an IP
network to the HP EFS WAN Accelerator primary interface.
or
• A computer with Secure Shell (ssh) client that is connected by an IP
network to the HP EFS WAN Accelerator primary interface. Free ssh
clients include PuTTY for Windows
®
computers, OpenSSH for many
UNIX
®
and UNIX-like operating systems, and Cygwin.