HP StorageWorks XP10000 - Disk Array Instruction Manual

release notes

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP

family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00

Part number: AA-RVJ7F-TE

First edition: February 2008

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About this document

This document summarizes the most recent product information about HP MPIO Full Featured Device

SpeciﬁcModu

le (DSM) for XP family of Disk Arrays (called the “HP MPIO XP DSM” throughout this

guide), including:

• Release notes information

•Intendedau

dience

• Accessing future product updates

• Other documentation

Release notes information

These release notes contain the following topics:

• HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays support

•Revisiondetails

Intended audience

This document is intended for customers who use the HP MPIO XP DSM software.

Accessing future product updates

HP 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 product enhancements, newer

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

product resources.

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

Storage under Product Category.

Other documentation

The HP MPIO XP DSM kit also includes the HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays

installation and reference guide.

Additional documentation, including whitepapers and best-practices documents, is available at

http://www.hp.com

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays

support

This section contains information about:

• Operating system requirements

• Supported storage systems

• Prerequisite drivers

•Conﬁguration limits

• Installation kit components

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 3

Operating systemrequirements

Following are the operating system requirements for HP MPIO XP DSM:

•Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1(x86, IA64 and x64)

•Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 1(x86 and x64)

•Windows Server 2003withServicePack2(x86,IA64andx64)

•WindowsServer2003R2withServicePack2(x86andx64)

•Windows Server 2008 (x86, IA64 and x64)

•Windows Server 2008 – Server Core (x86 and x64)

Supported storage systems

The HP MPIO XP DSM supports the following disk arrays:

•XP48

•XP128

•XP512

•XP1024

•XP10000

•XP12000

•XP20000

•XP24000

Prerequisite drivers

HP StorageWorks RAID 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) drivers, refer to the

HP web site: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

Conﬁguration limits

Table 1 lists the conﬁguration limits for the HP MPIO XP DSM.

Table 1 Conﬁguration limits

Feature HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP

family of Disk Arrays

MaximumnumberofpathsperdiskforXP 32

Maximum number of XP disks per host 256

Failback Autofailback

Load balancing Yes

User Interface Yes

CoexistencewithSecurePathonsameserver Yes

Coexistence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for

EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays on

same server

Yes

Coexistence with HP MPIO basic failover for EVA

arrays on same server Yes

Feature HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP

family of Disk Arrays

Coexistence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for

EVA3000/5000 VCS 4.xxx Disk Arrays on same

server

Yes

Coexistence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for

MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) Disk Arrays on same

server

Yes

Coexistence with Secure Path for XP disk arrays on

same server * No

Coexistence with MS-DSM on the same server Yes

* For more information, refer "Migrating from Secure Path to HP MPIO XP DSM" section in the installation

and reference guide.

Installation kit components

Table 2 lists the components that are supplied in this release of HP MPIO XP DSM:

Table 2 Installation kit components

File x86 ia64 x64

hpxpdsm.sys 3.0.3.15 3.0.4.15 3.0.5.15

mpio.sys 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076

mpdev.sys 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076

mpspfltr.sys 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076 1.19. 37 9 0 . 2 076

hpperfprov.dll 1.0.2.6/1.0.3.6 1.0 . 4 . 6 1. 0 .5. 6

hpdsm.exe 3.0.2.1 3.0.4.1 3.0.5.1

hpprutil.exe 1. 0 . 2.1 1. 0 . 4 .1 1.0 . 5.1

NOTE:

•Multipath IO is provided as an inbox feature on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and version

numbers mentioned above for mpio.sys, mpdev.sys, and mpspﬂtr are not applicable for the same.

•Minimum MPIO framework version supported on this DSM is 1.19.

Revision details

Version 3.00.00

•Updated to MPIO Framework v1.19 for Windows Server 2003

•Added support for Windows Server 2008 (x86, IA64 and x64) and Windows Server core 2008

(x86 and x64)

•Added support for migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

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