HP StorageWorks performance advisor xp software troubleshooting guide (T1789-96029, October 2007)

• Basic support - PA 1.00.00 through PA 1 .05.00 style data, plus four other data types in PA 1.06.00.
The mainframe d ata is the Cache Fast Write, Disk Fast Write, and Cache Mode. Backend transfer
was also added in PA 1.06.00.
• MB/s and basic LUSE Support - PA 1.06.00 and greater, the LUSE fields for random and sequential
values (I/O and block) are copied into the individual random and sequential fields. They are the
same on non-LUSE devices. PA XP’s xpdevicemap only sees the head of a LUSE set, which ser ves as
theentireLUSEread.TheGUIsandCLUIsmakenodistinctionforaLUSEorasinglelogicaldevice.
• 8-disk RAID group support - Requires firmware of at le ast 21-03-00 and RMLIB version of at least
01.09.03.
Table 1 XP256 Capability Levels
Array Mic rocode RMLIB l ess than 01.03.02 RMLIB at l east 01.03.02
At least 52-48-53
No support
Basic suppor t
Less than 52-48-53
No support No support
Table 2 XP48 and XP512 Capability Levels
Array Microcode RMLIB l ess than 01.03.02 RMLIB at least 01.03.02 RMLIB at least 01.04.01
At least 01-13 -18/xx
No support
Basic support
MB/sec and LUSE support
At least 01-12 -18/xx
No support
Basic support Basic support
Less than 01-12-18/xx
No support No support No support
Table 3 XP128 and XP1024 Capability Levels
Array Microcode RMLIB less than 01.06.03 RMLIB at least 01.06.03 RMLIB at least 01.07.01
At least 21-03-00
No support
MB/sec and
LUSE support
8-disk R A ID groups
At least 20-00-01
No support
MB/sec and LUSE support MB/sec and LUSE support
Less than 20-00-01
No support No support No support
Table 4 XP12000 Capability Levels
Array Mic rocode RMLIB less than 01.09.03 RMLIB at least 01.09.03
At least 50-01-30-00/00
No support
Full support
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