HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual... Instruction Manual

HP StorageWorks

4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual

Array connectivity 5.0D for IBM AIX

release notes

Part number: 5697-5543

Third edition: November 2005

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4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array connectivity 5.0D for IBM AIX

About this document

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

•Releasenote

s information

• Intended audience

• Accessing future product updates

Release notes information

These release notes include the following topics:

•Newfeatures

•EVAstoragesystem

• EVA compatibility

• Operating constraints

• Storage System Scripting Utility for EVA

• Avoiding problem situations

Intended audience

This document is intended for use by:

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

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

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

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.

New features

This release includes the following major enhancements:

•Support is provided for EVA4000/6000/8000 controller software 5.031.

NOTE:

EVA4000/6000/8000 controller software 5.031 replaces EVA4000/6000/8000 controller

software 5.030.

•Migration from an EVA3000/EVA5000 storage system to an EVA4000/6000/8000 storage

system requires I/O to be quiesced.

•Support is provided for multipathing I/O (MPIO).

•Support is provide for booting from SAN with MPIO.

•Support is provided for Storage System Scripting utility (SSSU) 3.2, build 7.

•Different types of multipathing software are able to coexist on the same server.

4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array connectivity 5.0D for IBM AIX release notes 3

EVA storage system

EVA documentation

For a complete library of EVA and related documentation, see the following web sites:

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

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

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

Product support information

This document contains the current product information at the release of controller software 5.031.

The latest product support information and downloads for storage products are available at the following

web site:

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

Supported configurations

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

following web site:

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

The extended interoperability of the heterogeneous SAN allows you to mix several types of HP

StorageWorks storage systems. The HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide is a detailed guide

for SAN configurations and is available at the following web site:

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

EVA compatibility

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.

NOTE:

Table 1 contains current minimum-level operating system specifications at the time of this release. Some

component versions may change due to revision. For the latest information, see the following web site:

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

Table 1 Operating system speciﬁcations

IBM AIX version Clustering FCA (HBA) Adapter driver

5.3 Minimum maintenance level

00 with recommended

APARs

5.2

HACMP 5.1, 5.2 6228

6239

5716

Minimum maintenance level

04 with recommended

APARs

Switch support

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

SAN design reference guide, which can be downloaded from the following web site:

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

NOTE:

HP recommends that you do not mix switch firmware versions in your SAN. It is considered a best

practice to uniformly upgrade all switches in the SAN.

Multiple-path support

IBM AIX with EVA storage requires multipathing on each host system to achieve high-availability,

multiple-path capability.

IBM servers

Table 2 lists the EVA-compatible IBM AIX server models.

Table 2 IBM AIX supported servers

Server Model

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 servers P520, P550, P570, P590, P595, P510, P575

Operating constraints

You can find information about operating constraints specific to the EVA and HP StorageWorks

Command View EVA in their respective release notes.

Failover/failback

Failback preference settings for the Hierarchical Storage Virtualization (HSV) controllers are specific

to the operating system. See the HP StorageWorks OS connectivity for the Enterprise Virtual Array

installation and reference guide for more information.

SetallvirtualdisksforusebytheIBMAIXhostto 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) can be accessed at the following HP

web site:

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

Avoiding problem situations

You can find information about problems specific to the EVA and Command View EVA in their respective

release notes.

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