HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 Release Notes (AA-RW7TK-TE, March 2008)

Supported storage systems
The HP MPIO EVA DSM supports the following disk arrays:
• EVA4000
• EVA4100
• EVA4400
• EVA6000
• EVA6100
• EVA8000
• EVA8100
Prerequisite drivers
HP StorageWorks RA ID storage systems are generally installed with a Solution Software kit, such as
the Fibre Channel Installation kit. These kits install or update certain drivers necessary for using HP
StorageWorks products with Windows. For information about Host Bus Adapter (HBA) d rivers, refer to the
HP web site: h
ttp://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html.
Configuration limits
Table 1 lists the configuration limits for the HP M PIO EVA DSM.
Table 1 Configuration limits
Feature
HP MPIO Full-Featured DSM for
EVA4x00/
6x00/8x00 family of
Disk Arrays
Maximum n
umber of paths per disk for EVA
32
Failback
Autofailback
Load balancing
Yes
User Interface
Yes
CoexistencewithSecurePathonsameserver
Yes
Coexist
ence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family
of Disk Arrays on same server
Yes
Coexist
ence with HP MPIO basic failover for EVA arrays on
same server
Yes
Coexist
ence with HP MPIO Full-Featured DSM for
EVA3000/5000 VCS 4.xxx Disk Arrays on same server
Yes
Coexis
tence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for
MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) Disk Arrays on same server
Yes
Coexis
tence with HP MPIO basic failover for XP arrays on
same server
No
CoexistencewithMS-DSMonthesameserver
Yes
NOTE:
Minimum MPIO framework version supported on this DSM is 1.19.
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