HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.5.1 Release Notes (T1789-96349)

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Release Notes
This document describes the new features, enhancements, and fixes provided in the v5.5.1 release
of the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor software.
Description
The HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software (P9000 Performance Advisor) collects, monitors,
and displays the in-depth performance data of XP and P9000 (P9500) disk arrays. You can monitor
the performance and utilization of components, such as the Logical Device (LDEV), Client-Host
Interface Processor (CHIP) or Channel Adapter (CHA), Array Control Processor (ACP) or Disk
Adapter (DKA), Disk Controller (DKC), or the MP blades.
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor includes HP XP P9000Watch, a real-time troubleshooting tool
that helps you to identify the root cause of performance issues.
IMPORTANT: HP XP P9000Watch and HP XP P9000Sketch were called XPWatch and XPSketch
in versions prior to v5.0. Only the product titles have changed. The respective binaries, commands,
and the functionalities remain the same.
For information about HP XP P9000Info, see the latest HP XP P9000Info Release Notes available
on the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software page.
Supported XP and P9000 disk arrays and firmware versions
Table 1 (page 3) lists the XP and P9000 (P9500) disk arrays and the firmware versions that HP
XP P9000 Performance Advisor supports.
Table 1 P9000 Performance Advisor support - XP and P9000 disk arrays and minimum firmware
requirements
Minimum firmware versionXP and P9000 disk arrays
60-04-13-00/00 or later (recommended: 60-08-37-00/00)XP24000
60-02-48-00/12 or later (recommended: 60-08-37-00/00)XP20000
50.07.69.00/00 or laterSVS200
50.09.34.00/00 or laterXP10000/XP12000
21.14.30.00/00 or laterXP1024/XP128
NOTE: Support for XP128/XP1024 arrays has been
discontinued starting July 2013.
70-05-02-00/00 or laterP9500
1.17.01 or laterP9000/XP RAID Manager Library (RMLIB) (P9000,
XP24000, XP12000, XP10000, and SVS200)
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