HP P9000 Instruction Manual

HP StorageWorks
P9000 RAID Manager 01.24.16
Release Notes
Part Number: T1610-96029
First edition: January 2011

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Version: 01.24.16
Description
This package contains an update of HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager. For all of the
enhancements and fixes in this update, see the rest of this document.
Update recommendation Recommended
Supersedes 01.24.13
Product models
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for HP-UX
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for Solaris
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for Solaris/x86
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for AIX
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for Tru64 UNIX (Digital UNIX)
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for Linux
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for Linux/IA64
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for IRIX64
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for OpenVMS
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for OpenVMS/IA
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager for zLinux
Devices supported
HP StorageWorks XP1024 Disk Array: microcode 21-10-00 or later
HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array: microcode 50-09-35 or later
HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array: microcode 60-01-30 or later
HP StorageWorks P9500 Disk Array: microcode 70-01-01 or later
Operating systems
Supported hardwareSupported operating system
HP 9000 series or HITACHI 9000 V seriesHP-UX 10.20 or later
Pentium or compatible processorsWindows NT 4.0 or 2000
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Supported hardwareSupported operating system
Pentium, EM64T, Itanium, or compatible
processors
Windows 2003 or 2008
Sun SPARC or Sun Ultra seriesSolaris 2.5 or later
Pentium, EM64T, or compatible processorsSolaris 10 or later
RS/6000 seriesAIX 4.3 or later
AlphaServer modelsDigital UNIX 4.0 or later
AlphaServer modelsTru64 UNIX 5.0 or later
Symmetry 5000 seriesDYNIX/ptx 4.4 or later
Itanium or compatible processors
Red Hat Linux AS/ES 3.0 Update 2 or later
(with the ia32el package and Compatibility Layer disk
installed)
EM64T, Itanium, or compatible processors
Red Hat Linux AS/ES 4.0, 5.0, or later
(with the ia32el package and Compatibility Layer disk
installed if on IA64)
HP 3000 series
MPE/iX C.16.01 or later
(with patch MPEKXU3 installed for using the SCSI pass-thru
driver)
Origin 2000 seriesIRIX 6.5 or later
AlphaServer models
OpenVMS 7.3-1 or later
(with C Run Time Library (RTL) installed)
Integrity serversOpenVMS 8.3 or later
zSeries or S/390 processors
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 or 9 or later on Microsoft
Windows XP
Pentium or compatible processorsVMware ESX Server 2.5.1 or later
Enhancements
•Addition of -pcyl <size> and -psize[c] <size> options for specifying a unit of the cylinder.
•Addition of -logtst and –logint options for testing the command device authentication mode
from the script.
•Support for 64-character strings for hostgroup and WWN NIC naming.
•Support for 64-byte LUN group naming.
•Support for the FCoE package (adapter).
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Fixes
•Unspecified options are not changed for the -a set -o port option.
Prerequisites
If you use the following software, install the RAID Manager/LIB that is under the ../RL directory on
the CD.
•BMC Enterprise Snapshot software
•Remote performance monitor provided by HP
•HP Omniback software
•RAID management software provided by HP or other vendor
Installation instructions
See the following user guide for installation instructions:
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager User Guide
Part number: T1610-96028
Edition date: January 2011
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