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Part number: TB581-96087

First Edition: November 2011

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HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software System Requirements Part number: TB581-96087 First Edition: November 2011
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Management server requirements Contents 1 Management server requirements 1-1 Hardware requirements .................................................................................................................................. 5 1-1-1 Computer requirements ......................................................................................................................... 5 1-1-2 Virtual memory requirements ............................................................................................
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Management server requirements 9-1 Contacting HP .............................................................................................................................................. 91 9-1-1 HP technical support ........................................................................................................................... 91 9-1-2 Subscription service ............................................................................................................................
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Management server requirements 1 Management server requirements This chapter describes the management server requirements.   Hardware requirements (section 1-1 ) Software requirements (section 1-2 ) 1-1 Hardware requirements Installation of the HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite requires a computer that satisfies the following hardware requirements. 1-1-1 Computer requirements The following table describes the computer requirements for the management server.
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Management server requirements In addition to the virtual memory required for all the products installed on a management server, be sure to secure enough virtual memory (750MB) for Common Component. The following table shows the virtual memory requirements for each product in this version.
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Management server requirements Table 1-3 Required disk space (in Windows) Item Default installation folder Required disk space Storage folder of the database for the Device Manager server program-files700 MB folder\CVXPAE\database\Dev iceManager program-filesStorage folder of the database for 150 MB the Tiered Storage Manager server folder\CVXPAE\database\HTS M Storage folder of the database for the Replication Manager server program-files250 MB folder\CVXPAE\database\HRp M Installation folder for th
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Management server requirements Table 1-4 Required Disk Space (Linux) Item Default Installation Directory Installation directory for the setup support utility /opt/CVXPAE/Utility Installation directory for the Host Data Collector /opt/CVXPAE/HostDataCollec tor /opt/CVXPAE/Winexe Storage directory of the database for Common Component1 /var/opt/CVXPAE/database Required Disk Space 750 MB /var/opt/CVXPAE/Base/datab ase/Base Storage directory of the database for the Device Manager server /var/opt/CVXPA
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Management server requirements DvM TSM RpM HDC SP2 Y N Y (x86) SP3 Y N Y Windows Server Datacenter Edition 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (x86) 2 Standard Edition SP2 Y Y Y Windows Server Datacenter x64 Edition 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition (x64) 2 Standard x64 Edition SP2 Y Y Y Windows Vista (x86) No SP Y N Y SP1 Y N Y SP2 Y N Y No SP Y N Y SP1 Y N Y No SP Y N Y SP1 Y N Y Windows Server Datacenter 32-bit Edition 2008 Datacenter without (x86)1, 2 Hyper-V 32-bit
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Management server requirements Table 1-5 Usable management server OSs (Windows) OS Edition Service pack HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite DvM TSM RpM HDC IPv6 Windows Server for Itanium-based 2008 R2 Systems (IPF)1 No SP Y N Y Windows Server Datacenter Edition 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (x64)1, 2 Standard Edition No SP Y N Y SP1 Y N Y Legend Y: Supported. --: Not supported. 1 : Operation on Server Core is not supported.
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Management server requirements Table 1-6 Usable management server OSs (Linux) OS Version Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform 5.51 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 5.
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Management server requirements HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite products, the following Oracle Sun JDK versions are available besides the bundled JDK 5 Update 03 (1.5.0_03) or later except in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 environment: ○ Oracle Sun JDK 5 (1.5.0) An Update 17 or later version is required for SSL communication between the external authentication server (LDAP directory server) and the management server. ○ Oracle Sun JDK 6 (1.6.
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Management server requirements Table 1-7 Virtualization software (Windows) Virtual Machine Virtualization software OS Edition Service Pack VMware ESX1 Hyper-V2 HP Integrity VM3 Windows XP Professional SP2 Y -- -- SP3 Y -- -- Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86) Datacenter Edition Enterprise Edition Standard Edition SP2 Y Y -- Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64) Datacenter x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition Standard x64 Edition SP2 Y Y -- Windows Vista (x86) Business Enterprise Ultimate No S
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Management server requirements Table 1-7 Virtualization software (Windows) Virtual Machine Virtualization software OS Edition Service Pack VMware ESX1 Hyper-V2 HP Integrity VM3 Windows Server 2008 (x64) Datacenter Edition Datacenter without Hyper-V Edition Enterprise Edition Enterprise without Hyper-V Edition Standard Edition Standard without Hyper-V Edition No SP SP1 Y Y -- SP2 Y Y -- Windows Server 2008 R2 (IPF) for Itanium-based Systems No SP Y Y -- Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) D
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Management server requirements 1-2-5 Supported cluster software Table 1-8 Supported cluster environments OS Architecture Service Pack Cluster software Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 SP2 Microsoft Cluster Service Windows Server 2008 x86 No SP SP1 Microsoft Failover Cluster SP2 x64 No SP SP1 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 No SP SP1 Microsoft Failover Cluster 1-2-6 Related software (1) Performance Advisor By linking Tiered Storage Manager to Performance Advisor, you can check performance informa
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Management server requirements (2) Device Manager Mainframe Agent By using Tiered Storage Manager, you can migrate and shred mainframe volumes on OS/390 or z/OS. The following table describes the software required for using Tiered Storage Manager to manage mainframe volumes. Table 1-10 Software required to manage mainframe volumes Software Version Device Manager Mainframe Agent 6.
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Host Data Collector 2 Host Data Collector This chapter gives the Host Data Collector support matrix for the network elements.    Server support matrix(section 2-1 ) Supported Storage Systems and HBAs(section2-3 ) Volume Manager support matrix(section 2-5 ) 2-1 Server support matrix The following table provides the support matrix for the servers supported by the Host Data Collector.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-1 Host Data Collector server support matrix OS name Server version Service pack Architecture R2 Standard Edition No SP x64 SP1 x64 None SPARC R2 Enterprise Edition R2 Datacenter Edition R2 Standard Edition R2 Enterprise Edition R2 Datacenter Edition Solaris 32 bit, 64 bit 9 x64 64 bit None SPARC 32 bit, 64 bit 10 x64 64 bit Red Hat ELAS or Red Hat ELES SUSELES None 5.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-2 Host Data Collector prerequisite libraries matrix OS name Package Name SUNWcsl SUNWlibpopt SUNWlibmsr SUNWsmbau SUNWgss SUNWcsl SUNWlibsasl SUNWpr SUNWtls SUNWkrbu NOTE: It is required that SMBClient (3.0.35 or later) is installed and running correctly. 2-2 Target Host support matrix The following table provides the target host matrix for the servers supported by the Host Data Collector.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-3 Host Data Collector target support matrix OS name Server version Service pack Architecture Windows Server 2008 Standard 32-bit Edition SP2(*2) x86 for Itanium-based Systems SP2 IPF Standard Edition SP2(*2) x64 No SP x64 SP1(*2) x64 No SP IPF SP1 IPF None SPARC Enterprise 32-bit Edition Datacenter 32-bit Edition or Standard without Hyper-V 32-bit Edition Enterprise without Hyper-V 32-bit Edition Datacenter without Hyper-V 32-bit Edition Enterprise Editio
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Host Data Collector Table 2-3 Host Data Collector target support matrix OS name Red Hat EL or Red Hat ELAP Server version Service pack Architecture 11iv3 None IPF 5.3 None x64 5.4 None x86 IPF x64 5.5 None x86 IPF x64 SUSELES 10 SP3 x86 IPF x64 11 No SP x86 IPF x64 SP1 x86 IPF x64 #:(*1) In case that target operation system is Solaris 9 4/04 s9s_u6wos_08a SPARC, host discovery fails because of SCP (Secure Copy) command failure. Please use later release of Solaris 9.
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Host Data Collector CAUTION: If you gather the information from host that connects to a storage system shown above, use an HBA described in the manual of the storage system. CAUTION: To obtain host WWN information, an HBA API library that supports SNIA HBA API provided by the HBA vendors is required. CAUTION: Fibre Channel is supported. 2-4 File system support matrix Table 2-4 to Table 2-10 provide the File System support matrix for the Host Data Collector.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-5 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for Windows 2008 OS version Service pack Architecture File System Standard 32-bit Edition SP2 x86 NTFS Enterprise 32-bit Edition FAT Datacenter 32-bit Edition Standard without Hyper-V 32-bit Edition FAT32 Enterprise without Hyper-V 32-bit Edition Datacenter without Hyper-V 32bit Edition for Itanium-based Systems SP2 IPF NTFS FAT FAT32 Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition Standard without Hyper-V Ed
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Host Data Collector Table 2-7 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for AIX OS version Service pack Architecture File System 5.3 None POWER JFS Kernel mode: 32-bit or 64-bit 6.1 None POWER JFS Kernel mode: 64-bit 7.1 None POWER JFS Kernel mode: 64-bit Table 2-8 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for HP-UX OS version Service pack Architecture File System 11iv2 None IPF VxFS (*1) HFS 11iv3 None IPF VxFS (*1) HFS #:(*1) Online JFS is not supported.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-9 Host Data Collector File System support matrix for RedHatELAS or RedHatELES OS version Service pack Architecture File System 5.
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Host Data Collector 2-5 Volume Manager support matrix Table 2-11 to Table 2-17 provide the Volume Manager support matrix for the Host Data Collector.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-12 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Windows 2008 OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version Standard Edition SP2 x64 Basic None Enterprise Edition Dynamic Datacenter Edition Standard without Hyper-V Edition Enterprise without Hyper-V Edition Datacenter without Hyper-V Edition R2 Standard Edition R2 Enterprise Edition R2 Datacenter Edition R2 for Itanium-Based Systems No SP x64 None Dynamic SP1 No SP Basic IPF
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Host Data Collector Table 2-14 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for HP-UX OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version 11iv2 None IPF None None LVM independent None None LVM independent None None LVM2.1 independent None None LVM2.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-16 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Linux RedHatEL or RedHatELAP OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version IPF None None LVM2 independent None None LVM2 independent None None LVM2 independent None None LVM2 independent None None LVM2 independent x64 5.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-17 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Linux SUSELES OS version Service pack Architecture Volume manager Volume manager version Kernel ver: LVM2 Independent None None independent LVM2 Independent PF None None independent LVM2 Independent x64 None None LVM2 Independent independent SP1 x86 Kernel ver: Kernel ver: Kernel ver: independent 2-6 Path Manager support matrix Table 2-18 to Table 2-23 provide the Volume Manager support matrix fo
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Host Data Collector Table 2-19 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for Windows 2008 OS version Service pack Architecture Path manager Path manager version Standard 32-bit Edition SP2 x86 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.2.0 for Itanium-based Systems SP2 IPF HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.2.0 Standard Edition SP2 x64 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.2.0 No SP x64 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.2.0 No SP IPF HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.2.
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Host Data Collector Table 2-21 Host Data Collector Volume Manager support matrix for AIX OS version Service pack Architecture Path manager Path manager version 5.3 None POWER HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.2.0 HDLM 6.3.0 to 7.2.0 HDLM 6.5.0 to 7.2.0 Kernel mode: 32-bit or 64-bit 6.1 None POWER Kernel mode: 64-bit 7.
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Device Manager agent requirements 3 Device Manager agent requirements This chapter gives the system requirements of the Device Manager agent.   Hardware requirements (section 3-1 ) Software requirements (section 3-2 ) 3-1 Hardware requirements This section explains the system requirements for SAN environments that are supported by Device Manager agents.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-1 Computer requirements for Device Manager Agent. OS Installation destination Required disk Remarks space /var 5MB installations in /var/tmp directory are also required.
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Device Manager agent requirements OS Model name Windows Emulex LP8000 Emulex LP9002DC Emulex LP9002L Emulex LP9802 QLogic QLA23xx1 QLogic QLA24xx1 Solaris (SPARC edition) JNI FCI-1063 JNI FC64-1063 JNI FCE-6410 JNI FCE-6460 QLogic QLA2200 Sun HBA2 Solaris (x64 Edition (AMD64)) QLogic QLA2310 Sun HBA AIX IBM6227 IBM6228 Linux QLogic QLA2200F QLogic QLA23xx QLogic QLA24xx HP-UX HP A3404A HP A3591B HP A3636A HP A3740A HP A5158A HP A6684A HP A6685A HP A6795A HP A6826A HP A9784A 1 : In order to u
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Device Manager agent requirements  A multi-path configuration is set up in one of the following host environments, where the host OS is: ○ Windows, and Dynamic Link Manager or Windows MPIO is used. ○ Solaris, and Dynamic Link Manager or Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager is used. ○ AIX, and MPIO is used. 3-2 Software requirements The following explains the system requirements for the Device Manager agent.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-3 Supported operating systems OS Solaris AIX HP-UX Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version Architecture IPv6 Environment Support Remarks x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) -- WOW64. 8 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) N 9 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) N HP recommends that Solaris Patch Cluster be installed. 102 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) Y x64 Edition (AMD64)3 Y 5.3 32 bit 64 bit Y Not applicable 6.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-3 Supported operating systems OS Version Linux AS/ES 4.7 Linux AS/ES 4.8 Linux AS/ES 4.9 Linux 5.0 Linux 5.14 Linux 5.2 Linux 5.3 Linux 5.4 Linux 5.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-3 Supported operating systems OS Version Linux 5.6 Linux 6.0 Linux 6.
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Device Manager agent requirements CAUTION: The Device Manager agent only supports global addresses. You cannot use link-local addresses or global unique local addresses (site-local addresses). 3-2-2 Required patches for operating systems When using the Device Manager agent, it is assumed that the OS patches or succeeding patches listed in Table 3-4 to Table 3-16 have been applied. The following tables only list the OSs to which patches must be applied.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-5 Required patches and succeeding patches for Solaris 8 Required patches Succeeding patches 111317-07 SunOS 5.8: /sbin/init and /usr/sbin/init patch None. 112003-03 SunOS 5.8: Unable to load fontset in 64bit Solaris 8 iso-1 or iso-15 None. 112396-03 SunOS 5.8: /usr/bin/fgrep patch None. 112438-03 SunOS 5.8: /kernel/drv/random patch None. 112472-01 SunOS 5.8: Font2DTest2 abort when Lucida Sans Thai Typewriter selected None. 113648-04 SunOS 5.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-6 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for Solaris 9 Required patches Succeeding patches 113886-48 OpenGL 1.3: OpenGL Patch for Solaris (32-bit) 113886-49 113887-48 OpenGL 1.3: OpenGL Patch for Solaris (64-bit) 113887-49 NOTE: The architecture is SPARC (32 or 64 bit). You can also install the required patches by applying J2SE Solaris 9 Recommended Patch Cluster. For details on the latest information, see the Oracle web site.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-7 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for Solaris 10 Architecture Required patches Succeeding patches 117435-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: biosdev patch None. 118344-14 SunOS 5.10_x86: Fault Manager Patch None. 119091-27 SunOS 5.10_x86: Sun iSCSI Device Driver and Utilities None. 119255-50 SunOS 5.
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Device Manager agent requirements Java execution environment Required patches Succeeding patches Version 1.4.2 5300-02 (APAR IY69190) 5300-03, 5300-04, 5300-05, 5300-06, 5300-07, 5300-08, 5300-09, 5300-10, 5300-11, 5300-12 Version 5.0 5300-03 (APAR IY71011) 5300-04, 5300-05, 5300-06, 5300-07, 5300-08, 5300-09, 5300-10, 5300-11, 5300-12 Version 6.0 5300-07 (APAR IZ07976) 5300-08, 5300-09, 5300-10, 5300-11, 5300-12 NOTE: The architecture is 32 or 64 bit.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-12 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v1 Required patches Java execution environment Succeeding patches PHCO_25226 s700_800 11.11 Initialised TLS, Psets, Mutex performance Version 1.4.2 Version 5.0 Version 6.0 PHCO_26466, PHCO_27632, PHCO_29109, PHCO_29960, PHCO_30544, PHCO_33282, PHCO_36229, PHCO_38307 PHCO_25452 s700_800 11.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-12 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v1 Required patches Java execution environment Succeeding patches PHKL_25367 s700_800 11.11 Priority inversion and thread hang PHKL_26468, PHKL_27316, PHKL_30837, PHKL_34534, PHKL_38299, PHKL_38430 PHKL_25468 s700_800 11.11 eventport (/dev/poll) pseudo driver PHKL_30542, PHKL_40704 PHKL_25614 s700_800 11.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-12 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v1 Required patches Java execution environment Succeeding patches PHKL_34534 s700_800 11.11 vPar,callout, abstime, sync perf, wakeup PHKL_38299, PHKL_38430 PHNE_23502 s700_800 11.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-12 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v1 Required patches Java execution environment PHSS_30049 s700_800 11.11 ld(1) and linker tools cumulative patch PHSS_35385 s700_800 11.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-13 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v2 Architecture IPF (Version 5.0 of the Java execution environment) Required patches Succeeding patches PHKL_30192 s700_800 11.23 Eliminate race at MxN kernel thread creation PHKL_31500 PHSS_30015 s700_800 11.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-13 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v2 Architecture IPF (Version 6.0 of the Java execution environment) Required patches Succeeding patches PHSS_25045 s700_800 11.23 solves problem emulating floating point patch PHSS_35528, PHSS_36519, PHSS_37552, PHSS_38526, PHSS_39293, PHSS_39897, PHSS_41098, PHSS_41422 PHKL_36667 s700_800 11.23 11.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-13 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v2 Architecture Required patches Succeeding patches NOTE: Depending on the OS release date, required patches might have been applied at the time of delivery. For details on the latest information, see the HP web site. Table 3-14 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v3 Architecture Required patches Succeeding patches PA-RISC (64bit) (Version 1.4.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-14 Required Patches and Succeeding Patches for HP-UX 11i v3 Architecture Required patches Succeeding patches PHKL_40208 11.31 scheduler cumulative patch PHKL_40207, PHKL_40941, PHKL_40963, PHKL_41481, PHKL_41981 NOTE: Depending on the OS release date, required patches might have been applied at the time of delivery. For details on the latest information, see the HP web site.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-1 Prerequisite Java execution environment for Device Manager agent (Windows or Linux) OS name Bundled JRE 5.0 Oracle Sun JDK 6.0 (1.5.0) Update 22 (1.6.0_22) or later1 Oracle Sun JRE 6.0 Update 22 (1.6.0_22) or later1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (x64) Y Y Y SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (IPF) Y Y Y Legend: Y: Supported. N: Not supported. --: None 1 : Use the program of installer type for Windows, or package type for Linux but not self-extract file.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-15 Required Java execution environments (Solaris, AIX or HP-UX) OS Architecture Java execution environment Solaris SPARC (32 and 64 bit) For IPv4 environment operation:  JDK 1.4.2_xx (xx is 15 or later)  JDK 5.0 (Update 11 or later)  JDK 6.0 (Update 17 or later) For IPv6 environment operation:  DK 5.0 (Update 11 or later)  JDK 6.0 (Update 17 or later) AIX AMD64 JDK 5.0 (Update 11 or later) JDK 6.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-16 Commands for Checking the Version of the Software that Provides a Java Execution Environment OS HP-UX Software That Provides a Java Execution Environment Command JDK 5.0 (32 bit) lslpp -l Java5.sdk JDK 5.0 (64 bit) lslpp -l Java5_64.sdk JDK 6.0 (32 bit) lslpp -l Java6.sdk JDK 6.0 (64 bit) lslpp -l Java6_64.sdk JDK 1.4.2 swlist T1456AA RTE 1.4.2 swlist T1457AA JDK 5.0 swlist Java15JDK JRE 5.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-17 Supported virtualization software Guest OS or VIO client Version Architecture Virtualization software Windows Server 2008 No SP SP1 SP2 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)        VMware ESX 3.x VMware ESX 4.x VMware ESXi 3.x VMware ESXi 4.x VMware ESXi 5.0 Windows Server 2008 (Hyper-V) Windows Server 2008 R2 (HyperV2) Windows Server 2008 R2 No SP SP1 x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64)        VMware ESX 3.x VMware ESX 4.x VMware ESXi 3.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-18 Supported file systems OS File system Red Hat Enterprise Linux ext2 ext3 ext4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ext2 ext3 HP-UX Veritas File System (JFS1) HFS 1 : This includes HP OnlineJFS and HP JFS, which are recognized as Veritas File System on a host. 3-2-6 Supported volume managers The following table lists volume managers supported by the Device Manager agent. Note that the table only lists OSs that support volume managers.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-19 Supported volume managers OS Version Architecture Volume manager Solaris 8 SPARC (32 or 64 bit)     9 SPARC (32 or 64 bit)      10 SPARC (32 or 64 bit)     x64 Edition (AMD64)     AIX Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SDS 4.2.1 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.2 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 VERITAS Volume Manager 4.0 SVM 1.0 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 VERITAS Volume Manager 4.0 VERITAS Volume Manager 4.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-19 Supported volume managers OS HP-UX Version Architecture Volume manager 11 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) LVM2 11i v1 PA-RISC (32 or 64 bit)   LVM VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 11i v2 (for versions earlier than 12/2005) PA-RISC (64 bit) IPF   LVM VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 11i v2 (for versions later than or equal to 12/2005) PA-RISC (64 bit) IPF 11i v3 PA-RISC (64 bit) IPF         LVM VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 VERITAS Volume Manager 4.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-20 Supported path management software OS Version Architecture Path management software Windows Server 2003 No SP x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.1 to 7.2.0 SP1 x86 IPF Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.1 to 7.2.0 SP2 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.1 to 7.2.0 Windows Server 2003 R2 No SP SP2 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.1 to 7.2.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-20 Supported path management software OS Version Architecture Path management software HP-UX 11i v1 PA-RISC (32 bit)   PV-link Secure Path PA-RISC (64 bit)   PV-link Secure Path 11i v2 PA-RISC (64 bit) IPF   PV-link Secure Path 11i v3 PA-RISC (64 bit) IPF   PV-link MPIO Linux AS/ES 4 Update 1 Update 3 Update 4 4.5 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.3 to 7.2.0 Linux AS/ES 4.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-20 Supported path management software OS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version Architecture Path management software Linux 5.6 x86 IPF x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.5.0 to 7.2.0 Linux 6.0 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.5.2 to 7.2.0 Linux 6.1 x86 x64 Edition (EM64T) Dynamic Link Manager 6.5.2 to 7.2.0 9 (SP1, SP2, SP3) x86 Dynamic Link Manager 5.9.3 to 7.2.0 9 (SP4) x86 Dynamic Link Manager 6.0.0 to 7.2.
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-21 Supported cluster software OS Version Architecture Cluster software x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Microsoft Cluster Service x86    IPF Microsoft Cluster Service x86 Microsoft Cluster Service IPF Microsoft Cluster Service x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Microsoft Cluster Service Windows No SP Server 2003 SP2 R2 x86 Microsoft Cluster Service x64 Edition (EM64T and AMD64) Microsoft Cluster Service Windows No SP Server 2008 SP1 SP2 x86 Microso
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Device Manager agent requirements Table 3-21 Supported cluster software OS Version Architecture Cluster software AIX 5.3 32 bit    HACMP 5.2 PowerHA 5.5 PowerHA 6.1 64 bit     HACMP 5.2 HACMP 5.3 PowerHA 5.5 PowerHA 6.1 6.1 64 bit    HACMP 5.4.1 PowerHA 5.5 PowerHA 6.1 Linux AS/ES 4 Update 1 x86 VERITAS Cluster Server 4.1 Linux AS/ES 4 Update 4 IPF PRIMECLUSTER 4.21 Linux AS/ES 4.5 IPF PRIMECLUSTER 4.21 Linux AS/ES 5.5 x86 ClusterPro 2.
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GUI requirements 4 GUI requirements  Requirements for GUI operations (section 4-1 ) 4-1 Requirements for GUI operations Table 4-1 lists the supported OSs, Web browsers, and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions for using this version of Device Manager GUI. Table 4-1 also indicates whether linkages with management tools are supported, and whether IPv6 connections to the Device Manager server using GUI are supported. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to 10.3 is required for all browsers.
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GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86 version) SP2 Web browser Internet Explorer 6.07 Internet Explorer 7.07 JRE version12 Linkage with Remote Web Console IPv6 connec tions P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 XP1024 /XP128 6.0 N N N N Y 1.4.2_xx (xx is 12 or later) N N Y N N 5.0 (Update 7 or later) Y Y Y N Y 6.0 Y Y N N Y 1.4.2_xx (xx is 12 or later) Y Y Y N N 5.0 (Update 7 or later) Y Y Y N N 6.
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GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Web browser JRE version12 Linkage with Remote Web Console P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 XP1024 /XP128 IPv6 connec tions Windows 7 (x86 version) No SP SP1 Internet Explorer 8.0 6.0 N N N N Y Internet Explorer 9.09 6.0(Update 25 or later) N N N N Y Windows 7 (x64 version) No SP SP1 Internet Explorer 8.010 6.0 N N N N Y Internet Explorer 9.09,10 6.
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GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS R2 (x64 version) no SP SP1 Web browser Internet Explorer 9.0910 Solaris 10 Firefox 3.6.x8 SPARC (32bit version or 64bit version) JRE version12 Linkage with Remote Web Console IPv6 connec tions P9500 XP24000 /XP20000 XP12000 /XP10000 /SVS200 XP1024 /XP128 6.0(Update 25 or later) N N N N Y 1.4.2_xx (xx is 12 or later) N N N N N 5.0 (Update 7 or later) N N N N N 6.0 N N N N N Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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GUI requirements Table 4-1 Environment for using GUI OS Web browser Enterprise Server 11 (x86 version) no SP SP1 Firefox 4.0.x JRE version12 6.
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Device Manager CLI requirements 5 Device Manager CLI requirements  Platforms for Device Manager CLI and the Java runtime environment Table 5-1 lists platforms on which Device Manager CLI runs and the requisite Java runtime environments. In addition, this table also lists the support status of Device Manager CLI in IPv6 environments. The following symbols are used in the table: ○ Y: Device Manager CLI is supported in IPv6 environments. ○ N: Device Manager CLI is not supported in IPv6 environments.
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Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support Windows Vista (x86, x64) Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Business SP1 Windows Vista Business SP2 Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 Windows Vista Enterprise SP2 Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 JRE version 6.
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Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support JRE version 5.0 (Update Y 7 or later) Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64)2 JRE version 6.0 Y Windows Server 2008 JRE version 6.
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Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V SP1 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V SP2 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V 32-bit Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V 32-bit SP1 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V 32-bit SP2 Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Windows Ser
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Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support Windows Server 2008 R2 2 (x64) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter SP1 JRE version 6.
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Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment Linux (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Advanced Platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Advanced Platform JRE version 6.0 (Update Y 4 or later) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Advanced Platform JRE version 6.
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Device Manager CLI requirements Table 5-1 Platform, Java runtime environment, and IPv6 environment support for Device Manager CLI OS OS version Java runtime environment IPv6 environment support 1 For xx, we recommend that the latest version be used. Device Manager CLI does not support Hyper-V. 3 Use the JRE used for the Device Manager server. 4 Solaris 10 (x64 edition) is supported only when the Sun Fire x64 Servers hardware is used.
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Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements 6 Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements The following table lists the programs that are required to set up the CLI on a management client. Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client IPv6 1 environment support OS OS product JRE version Windows XP 2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition Operating System (SP2, SP3) 1.4.2 (Build 06 or later) 5.0 (Build 07 or later) or 5.0 (Build 07 or later) 6.
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Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS OS product JRE version IPv6 1 environment support Windows 7 (x86) Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (No SP, SP1) Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition (No SP, SP1) Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (No SP, SP1) 6.
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Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS OS product JRE version IPv6 1 environment support Windows Server 2008 (x64) 2, 3, 4 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (No SP, SP1, SP2) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (No SP, SP1, SP2) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard (No SP, SP1, SP2) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V (No SP, SP1, SP2) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V (N
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Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS Linux OS product JRE version IPv6 1 environment support HP-UX 11i v2 (IPF) HP-UX 11i v3 (PA-RISC) HP-UX 11i v3 (IPF) 5.0 (Build 03 or later) Y Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Advanced Platform (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Advanced Platform (x64) 6.0 (Build 4or later) Y Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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Tiered Storage Manager CLI requirements Table 6-1 OS, JRE Version, and IPv6 environment support for CLI Client OS OS product JRE version IPv6 1 environment support Legend: Y: An IPv6 environment is supported. --: An IPv6 environment is not supported. 1 Both an IPv4 environment and IPv6 environment are required to run Tiered Storage Manager. 2 The CLI also runs on guest OSs on VMware ESX version 3.x. 3 The CLI does not support operations on Windows Server 2008 (Hyper-V) guest OSs.
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Requirements for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool 7 Requirements for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool The following table describes the supported OSs for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool. The supported versions of VMWare vSphere are 4.1 and 4.1 Update 1. .NET Framework 2.0 or later is required.
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Requirements for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool Table 7-1 Supported OSs for the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning setup tool OS Edition Service pack Architecture R2 Standard R2 Enterprise R2 Datacenter SP1 x64 Windows Vista Business Edition Enterprise Edition Ultimate Edition SP2 x86 x64 Windows 7 Professional Enterprise Ultimate SP1 x86 x64 1 Operation on Server Core is not supported.
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Storage systems requirements 8 Storage systems requirements       System requirements for storage systems (section 8-1 ) Updating the microcode or firmware (section 8-2 ) P9500 (section 8-3 ) XP24000/XP20000 (section 8-4 ) XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 (section 8-5 ) XP512/XP48 (section 8-6 ) 8-1 System requirements for storage systems To use Device Manager or Tiered Storage Manager to manage storage systems, you need storage system management tools and software in addition to Device Manager and Tiered S
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Storage systems requirements Table 8-1 Prerequisite firmware versions and software products (for P9500) Prerequisite firmware versions Prerequisite software products  Controller microcode: 70-01-0x-xx/xx or later  Required software to manage storage systems:  JAVA API  SNMP API Controller microcode to manage copy groups defined by device groups: 70-02-00-xx/xx or later To add LUN and delete LUN  LUN Manager To use the Volume Migration functionality:  Auto LUN V2  Volume Shredder (Required to
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Storage systems requirements Table 8-2 Prerequisite firmware versions and software products (for XP24000/XP20000) Prerequisite firmware versions Prerequisite software products  Controller microcode: 60-01-24-xx/xx or later    Controller microcode to use a XP Continuous Access Journal function or a Hitachi Universal Replication for Mainframe function: 60-03-28-xx/xx or later To add LUN and delete LUN  LUN Manager  XP Remote Web Console  Controller microcode to use a LUSE: 60-04-10-xx/xx or la
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Storage systems requirements Table 8-2 Prerequisite firmware versions and software products (for XP24000/XP20000) Prerequisite firmware versions Prerequisite software products  Controller microcode to use the function that links XP Thin Provisioning Software and XP Continuous Access Software, and the function that links XP Thin Provisioning Software and XP Continuous Access Journal: 60-02-4x-xx/xx or later To use the XP Thin Provisioning Software functionality:  XP Thin Provisioning Software  Contr
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Storage systems requirements Table 8-3 Prerequisite firmware versions and software products (for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200) Prerequisite firmware versions Prerequisite software products  Controller microcode: 50-07-69-00/00 or later    Controller microcode to use the XP Disk/Cache Partition view function: 50-03-xx-xx/xx or later To add LUN and delete LUN  LUN Manager  XP Remote Web Console  Controller microcode to use XP Continuous Access Journal functions: 50-09-85-xx/xx or later  Controlle
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Storage systems requirements Table 8-3 Prerequisite firmware versions and software products (for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200) Prerequisite firmware versions Prerequisite software products  Controller microcode to use 3DC functionality: 50-08-00-xx/xx or later  To use storage logical partitioning (SLPR) or cache logical partitioning (CLPR):  XP Disk/Cache Partition Controller microcode to use the function that allows LU creation and LU formatting to be performed separately: 50-09-00-xx/xx or later  Co
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Storage systems requirements Table 8-4 Supported SMI-S Enabled storage system for Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager Vendor name Model no. Provider HP EVA 3000 1,4 EVA 4100 2,4 EVA 4400 2,4 EVA 5000 1,4 EVA 6100 2,4 EVA 6400 2,3,4 EVA 8100 2,4 EVA 8400 2,3,4 HP StorageWorks Command View EVA 8.0.2 or later (SMI-S Version 1.
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Support and other resources 9 Support and other resources    Contacting HP (section 9-1 ) Related information (section 9-2 ) Conventions (section 9-3 ) 9-1 Contacting HP 9-1-1 HP technical support For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website: http://www.hp.
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Support and other resources 9-3 Conventions This guide follows the conventions shown in Table 9-1 to refer to HP StorageWorks P9000 products.