HP Storevirtual 4000 Instruction Manual

HP P4800 G2 SAN Solution for BladeSystem

Release Notes

HP Part Number: BV931-96016

Published: November 2011

Edition: Third

Version:

9.5.00.1215

Description

This release includes the HP P4800 G2 SAN Solution for BladeSystem with 2 TB drives running SAN/iQ

software Version 9.5.00.1215.

For the latest HP P4800 G2 SAN Solution for BladeSystem documentation, browse to http://

www.hp.com/support/manuals. In the Storage section, select Disk Storage Systems and then HP

P4000 G2 SAN Solutions under LeftHand Storage Solutions.

For additional information about SAN/iQ Version 9.5, see the P4000 SAN Solution Software Release

Notes. Browse to http://www.hp.com/support/manuals. In the Storage section, select Disk Storage

Systems and then HP P4000 G2 SAN Solutions.

Update recommendation

N/A

Supersedes

N/A

Product model

HP P4800 G2 SAN Solution for BladeSystem

Operating systems

Supported application host operating systems:

•Apple OS X

•Citrix XenServer

•HP-UX

•IBM AIX

•Microsoft Windows 2003

•Microsoft Windows 2008

•Novell NetWare

•Oracle Enterprise Linux

•Red Hat Linux

•SUN Solaris

•SUSE Linux

•VMware

Languages

English

Japanese

Korean

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Description 3

Enhancements

Added support for LFF 2 TB 7.2K MDL SAS disk drives in a new product SKU – HP P4800 G2 140

TB MDL SAS SAN BladeSystem (BV933A).

Fixes

N/A

Workarounds

N/A

Prerequisites

N/A

Installation instructions

For installation instructions, see the HP P4800 G2 SAN Solution for BladeSystem Quick Start Guide

packaged with the hardware.

Compatibility/interoperability

For compatibility information, see the HP P4000 SAN Solutions Compatibility Matrix and the P4800

Firmware Compatibility Matrix, located on the HP Storage SPOCK website at:

http://spock.corp.hp.com/Pages.internal/spock2Html.aspx?htmlFile=hw_iscsi.internal.html

HP P4800 and other HP P4000 storage systems

HP recommends not mixing HP P4800 G2 storage systems with other HP P4000 series storage systems

in a cluster. The capacity of the smallest system will limit the capacity used on all systems, meaning

that the larger capacity of the HP P4800 G2 SAN Solution for BladeSystem will be unused.

HP P4800 G2 SAN Solution for BladeSystem storage systems can coexist in management groups with

P4000 series storage systems that are running SAN/iQ Version 9.0 or later.

Configuring RAID for a P4800 G2 with 2 TB drives

RAID 6 is the default configuration for P4800 G2 storage blades with 2 TB capacity or greater. HP

recommends using the default configuration.

•Configuring the disks to RAID 5 takes a few minutes in the CMC. You must first remove the storage

system from the management group. Once configuration is complete, you can add the storage

system to the management group, while RAID 5 initialization occurs in the background. The CMC

is available during initialization and you can track the status of the initialization using the Hardware

Information tab in the CMC. The RAID 5 initialization takes a number of days, depending upon

how much I/O is going to the storage system. System performance is impacted if the system is

actively participating in a cluster that is hosting storage volumes.

•If reconfiguring the disks to RAID 6 is necessary, the process takes approximately six hours. You

must first remove the storage system from the management group. RAID 6 initialization must finish

before adding the storage system to the management group. During initialization, the CMC is

unavailable. However, you should leave the CMC open while RAID initialization continues, and

track the status of the initialization on the status bar at the bottom of the CMC. When RAID 6

initialization has finished, the CMC becomes available again, and you can add the storage

system to the management group.

HP Technical Support

For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website:

4 Enhancements

http://www.hp.com/support

Before contacting HP, collect the following information:

•Product model names and numbers

•Technical support registration number (if applicable)

•Product serial numbers

•Error messages

•Operating system type and revision level

•Detailed questions

Receive support alerts (such as Customer Advisories), driver updates, software, firmware, and customer

replaceable components, in your email through HP Subscriber's Choice. Sign up for Subscriber's

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Compatibility/interoperability 5

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