HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator 2.1.
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About this document This section describes the content in this document, including: • Release notes information, page 3 • Intended audience, page 3 • Accessing future product updates, page 3 • Other documentation, page 3 Release notes information These release notes contain the following major topics: • Hardware and software requirements, page 4 • New features in version 2.1.3, page 4 • New features in version 2.
WAN Accelerator that copies, mirrors, and transparently prepopulates data. You can download the RCU from the HP support site located at: http://www.hp.com/. • HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator Manager User Guide describes how to install, configure, and administer a network made up of multiple HP EFS WAN Accelerators using the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator Manager.
to files in the event of WAN disruption. PFS allows you to store local copies of files at the remote site (that is, a branch office) in an integrated virtual file server resident on the HP EFS WAN Accelerator. PFS requires the HP EFS Remote Copy Utility (RCU). High-Speed TCP For the HP EFS WAN Accelerator DL380-5010, High-Speed TCP provides dramatic acceleration and throughput for high bandwidth networks where the WAN pipe is large.
Microsoft Exchange 2003 Turbo In addition to the acceleration for Exchange 5.5 and 2.0 messaging environments, the HP EFS WAN Accelerator provides latency-specific optimizations for Microsoft Exchange 2003. The result is dramatically faster Exchange 2003 e-mail performance. Neural Framing Neural Framing enables the HP EFS WAN Accelerator to select the optimal packet framing boundaries for SDR.
• Apply TCP keep-alive or reset to a specified connection • Connection Count Trending • Data Store Hit Rates and Disk Space Used • 3D Rendition of Traffic Patterns • Five Minute Trending Interval • Improved Traffic Summary Statistics Hardware and software requirements HP EFS WAN Accelerator hardware requirement • 19 inch (483 mm) two- or four-post rack HP EFS WAN Accelerator Management Console requirements • Any computer that supports a Web browser with a color image display • Javascript and cookies must
• The system administrator can maintain different configurations under different names and can switch to any saved configuration at any time and continue without disruptions (of course, assuming that the saved configuration was valid and is still valid). The above functionality works very well for network devices such as the HP EFS WAN Accelerators.
SH > enable SH # configure terminal SH (config) # peer 0.0.0.0 version min 5 SH (config) # peer 0.0.0.0 version max 5 SH (config) # write memory NOTE: This set of commands ensures that HP EFS WAN Accelerators with version 2.1 can communicate with all HP EFS WAN Accelerators with version 1.2 in the network. To take advantage of the version 2.1 features, configure the HP EFS WAN Accelerator with version 2.1 to communicate with other HP EFS WAN Accelerators using the version 2.1 protocol. 7.
SH2 (config) # write memory SH2 (config) # restart 3. On WAN Accelerator-3, at the system prompt, enter the following commands: SH3 (config) # peer version min 6 SH3 (config) # peer version max 6 SH3 (config) # write memory SH3 (config) # restart 4. On WAN Accelerator-4, at the system prompt, enter the following commands: SH4 (config) # peer 0.0.0.0 version min 5 SH4 (config) # peer 0.0.0.
SH3 > enable SH3 # configure terminal SH3 (config) # no peer 0.0.0.0 SH3 (config) # no peer SH3 (config) # no peer SH3 (config) # no peer SH3 (config) # write memory SH3 (config) # restart 9. On WAN Accelerator-4, at the system prompt, enter the following commands: SH4 > enable SH4 # configure terminal SH4 (config) # no peer 0.0.0.
NOTE: The read-write community string must be different from the read-only community string for proper functioning of the System Management Homepage. Console messages The following messages may appear on the console of the WAN Accelerator: [blockpoll/smp/linux26_blockpoll.
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