HP Insight Management 7.1 Update 1 Support Matrix - 60 day

HP recommends Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) with boot-from-SAN capability (for
physical blade deployments). Matrix OE supports any Fibre Channel storage solution, which
supports the Virtual Connect environment (including the ability to present storage to an initiator
WWN which is not yet visible on the fabric), N_Port MOE Virtualization (NPIV), and boot-from-SAN
capability. Matrix OE supports SAN-based storage for Integrity VM logical servers. For more
information, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment Logical Server Management User Guide.
To realize the benefits of Virtual Connect logical servers, including the ability to move logical
servers and to easily repurpose server blades associated with inactive logical servers, you must
remove or disable any local disks.
Storage support for Matrix OE Provisioning
The storage validation feature of Matrix OE logical server management is supported on the following
HP disk arrays:
• P2000fc
Using explicit or default mapping◦
◦ MSA SMI-S provider version 1.1.2 or later
• EVA 4x00/6x00/8x00 and HP P6300/P6350/P6500/P6550
NOTE: Support for a password-protected HP P6000 EVA Storage System array requires the
HP P6000 Command View Software to be configured to enable password access to the array
(with the same password as is set on the array).
Matrix OE logical server capabilities, including storage validation and integration with the HP
Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) 2.1.5, support HP P6000 Command View Software versions
9.4, 10.0, and 10.1 (includes the array SMI-S provider).
HP Matrix Operating Environment supports pre-provisioned Fibre Channel storage and on-demand
provisioned storage though integration with the HP Storage Provisioning Manager 2.1.5. SPM
supports the 3PAR, EVA, and XP Storage Systems. On-demand provisioning (including automated
zoning of Brocade SAN environments) is supported for the EVA and 3PAR Storage Systems. For
more information, see the HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) User Guide, which is available
from the Matrix Operating Environment Information Library:
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
Storage support for Matrix recovery management
Use of Matrix recovery management requires any of the following plus replication software:
• HP 3PAR Storage System
• HP P6000 EVA Storage System
• HP P9000 XP Storage System
Matrix recovery management replicates data between the primary and recovery sites using 3PAR
Remote Copy replication software, HP P6000 Continuous Access Software, or HP 9000 Continuous
Access Software. Each site requires its own instance of HP P6000 Command View Software to
manage the HP P6000 EVA arrays or HP P9000 XP Storage Systems storage management station
to manage HP P9000 arrays associated with that site.
Matrix recovery management supports 3PAR Storage Systems with Remote Copy synchronous and
asynchronous replication as follows:
• CLX/3PAR (v2.0 or later) and 3PAR InForm CLI (3.1.1 MU1, MU2, and later) must be installed
on CMS.
• Matrix recovery management supports any 3PAR Storage System supported by CLX/3PAR
34 Hardware requirements for managed systems