HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual... Manuale di istruzioni

HP StorageWorks

4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual

Array connectivity 5.1A for IBM AIX

release notes

Part number: 5697-5578

Third edition: February 2006

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4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array connectivity 5.1A for IBM AIX release notes

About this document

This section describes the content reflected in this document, including:

•Release notes information, page 3

•Intended audience, page 3

•Accessing future product updates,page3

Release notes information

These release notes describe the following topics:

•Enhancements, page 3

•EVA storage system,page3

• EVA compatibility, page 4

• Operating constraints,page5

• Storage System Scripting Utility for EVA, page 5

Intended audience

These release notes are intended for:

•Customers who purchased the HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array

(EVA4000/6000/8000) storage system to use with the IBM AIX operating system

•HP customer service personnel responsible for installing and maintaining devices connected to

an EVA4000/6000/8000 storage system

Accessing future product updates

HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber’s choice web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates.

•Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements,

newest versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates, as well as instant access to

numerous other product resources.

•After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then

Storage under Product Category.

Enhancements

This release includes the following enhancements:

•Support for EVA4000/6000/8000 controller software 5.100

•Support for Storage Management Appliance

•Supportfora4Gbfrontendcontroller

•Support for RoHS-compliant hardware

In this release, Secure Path 2.0D software can coexist on a server with IBM Native MPIO software.

EVA storage system

These release notes contain the latest product information at the time of this release.

The latest product support information and downloads for storage products are available on the HP

storage web site:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/index.html

4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array connectivity 5.1A for IBM AIX release notes 3

EVA documentation

A complete library of EVA4000/6000/8000 and related documentation is available on the following

HP web sites:

http://www.hp.com/go/eva4000

http://www.hp.com/go/eva6000

http://www.hp.com/go/eva8000

Supported configurations

Supported configurations are described in the Enterprise Virtual Array QuickSpecs, available on the

HP storage web site:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/arraysystems.html

EVA compatibility

This section lists the specifications at the time of this release. Some component versions may change due

to revision. For the latest information, see the HP storage web site:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/index.html

Operating system specifications

Table 1 lists the operating system specifications. For multipathing driver versions, see your HP

StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array connectivity for IBM AIX installation and

reference guide.

Table 1 Operating system speciﬁcations

IBM AIX version Cluster support Fibre Channel

adapter Adapter driver

5.3 Minimum maintenance level

00 with recommended

APARs

5.2

HACMP 5.2, 5.3 IBM 6228

IBM 6239

IBM 5716

Minimum maintenance level

04 with recommended

APARs

Switch support

This release supports the Fibre Channel (FC) switches and firmware versions listed in the HP StorageWorks

SAN design reference guide, which you can download from the HP StorageWorks web site:

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html

NOTE:

HP recommends that you

not

mixswitchfirmwareversionsinaSAN.Itisabestpracticetouniformly

upgrade all switches in the SAN.

Multiple-path support

An IBM AIX system with EVA4000/6000/8000 storage requires the installation of multipathing software

on each host system to achieve high-availability, multipath capability.

Server support

Table 2 lists the EVA-compatible IBM AIX servers.

Table 2 EVA-compatible IBM AIX servers

Server Models

RS/6000 (PCI and PCI-X based servers only) 43P, 44P, F50, F80, H50, H70, H80, M80, S70,

S7A, S80, S85, 170, 270

SP9076 model P-series (PCI and PCI-X based servers

only) P610,P615,P620,P630,P640,P650,P655,

P660, P670, P680, P690

Power 5 serversP505, P510, P520, P550, P550Q, P570, P575,

P590, P595,

Operating constraints

For information about operating constraints for the EVA4000/6000/8000 hardware and HP

StorageWorks Command View EVA, see their release notes.

Failover/failback

Failback preference settings for the HSV controllers are specific to the operating system. See the HP

StorageWorks IBM AIX connectivity for the Enterprise Virtual Array installation and reference guide

for more information.

For all virual disks used by the IBM AIX host, select No Preference on the Virtual Disk Properties page in

Command View EVA.

Storage System Scripting Utility for EVA

The latest version of the Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU) is available on the HP storage web site:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/cmdvieweva/index.html

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