Device Mapper Multipath Enablement Kit for HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays v4.3.0 release notes (AA-RWF9H-TE, June 2009)

NOTE:

The following features are available only on SLES11 operating system:

• Assigning user defined priority to the path

• Least pending I/O path

• DM service time

For details on multipathing support for SAN Boot environment, see the

Booting Linux x86 and x86_64

systems from a Storage Area Network with Device Mapper Multipath

document available at:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/bootsan.html

What's new

HPDM Multipath 4.3.0 provides the following additional features:

• Provides support for the following HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays:

• MSA2312sa

• MSA2324sa

• MSA2312i

• MSA2324i

• Provides support for RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 8 (RHEL 4 U8) operating system.

• Provides support for devices presented through EVA iSCSI connectivity option (mpx200)

NOTE:

For more information on operating systems supported with HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays, see the

SPOCK website:

www.hp.com/storage/spock

For more information on the inbox HBA driver parameters, see Setting up HPDM Multipath.

Device Mapper Multipath support matrix

Table 1 lists the hardware and software prerequisites for installing HPDM Multipath.

Table 1 Hardware and software prerequisites

Supported hardware and softwareSystem feature

RHEL 4 Update 6

RHEL 4 Update 7

RHEL 4 Update 8

RHEL 5 Update 2

RHEL 5 Update 3

SLES 10 - SP2

SLES 11

Operating system

versions