HP StorageWorks NAS 8000 - Version 1.6.X Instruction Manual

HP StorageWorks NAS 8000 Version 1.6.2 Release
Notes Addendum
These abbreviated release notes are for NAS operating system (OS) version 1.6.2. They detail
only the changes between the NAS OS version 1.6.0 and 1.6.2. For a complete listing of all
known issues please also see the release notes for version 1.6.0.
Product Changes and Improvements
Operating System
High Availability
Modifications to HA failover timeouts to reduce the chance of premature package failovers.
Modifications to HA configuration caching to eliminate cache coherency problems that would
block HA packages from failing over successfully.
Eliminate a problem with the rmtab file in HA systems.
Ensure consistent User Mappings between cluster nodes.
Networking
Updated driver for the NC7770 copper Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC).
Security
Modifications to Samba to close a potential security hole identified by the Open Source
Community.
Snapshots
Eliminate a problem that would occasionally prevent the user from successfully creating a
snapshot.
Eliminate a problem that would occasionally cause snapshots to hang under heavy load.
Eliminate a problem caused when creating a snapshot of the Disaster Recovery Volume.
Upgrades
Correct several registry problems introduced when upgrading from version 1.4.X to 1.5.0 and
from 1.5.0 to 1.6.X.
Command View NAS Web Interface
Improved GUI performance, particularly when configuring storage.
Supported Hardware
Support for VA7110 in both dedicated storage and SAN configurations.
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