Device Mapper Multipath Enablement Kit for HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays v4.3.1 release notes (AA-RWF9J-TE, November 2009)

NOTE:

The following features are available only on SLES 11 operating system:

• 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 4.3.1 supports the following new operating systems:

• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (SLES 10 SP3)

• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 4 (RHEL 5 U4)

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

RHEL 5 Update 4

SLES 10 - SP2

SLES 10 - SP3

SLES 11

Operating system

versions

See http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/index.html,

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/adapters/index.html,

and

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?lang=en&

cc=us&prodNameId=3628653&taskId=135&prodTypeId=332283&

prodSeriesId=3628652&submit.y=2&submit.x=5&lang=en&cc=us

Host Bus

Adapters (HBA)

SAN Switches