HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 Release Notes

1 HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 Release
Notes
This document describes the new features, enhancements, and fixes provided in the v6.0 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 LDEV (Logical Device), CHIP (Client-Host
Interface Processor), or CHA (Channel Adapter), ACP (Array Control Processor), DKA (Disk Adapter),
DKC (Disk Controller), or MP blades.
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
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 to 60-08-37-00/00XP24000
60-02-48-00/12 to 60-08-37-00/00XP20000
50.07.69.00/00 or laterSVS200
50.09.34.00/00 or laterXP10000/XP12000
70-05-02-00/00 to 70-06-13-00/00P9500
1.18.00 or laterP9000/XP RMLIB (RAID Manager Library) (P9000,
XP24000, XP12000, XP10000, and SVS200)
NOTE:
• P9000 Performance Advisor v6.0 supports all hard disks that are supported by XP and P9000
(P9500) disk arrays. HP recommends that you install or upgrade to the latest RMLIB version
to obtain the new features.
• If you upgrade to a firmware version that is not within the qualified range, the outband mode
of configuration data collection might fail.
Operating systems and JRE requirements
The list of operating systems supported by the P9000 Performance Advisor management station
and host systems is included inHP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix
available on the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software page.
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