HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array compatibility reference

1.0 2.0 EVA software solution compatibility HP Command View EVA interoperability support 2.1 HP Command View EVA upgrade support 2.2 HP Command View EVA downgrade support Controller software version support 3.1 Upgrade support for controller software versions 3.2 Downgrade support for controller software versions 3.3 Controller software version support in remote replication environments 3.4 Controller software and management module software support HP StorageWorks EVA software deployment options 4.1 Supported software on management servers and the management module 4.2 Supported EVA software operating environments 4.3 HP Replication Solutions Manager host agent support 4.4 HP Replication Solutions Manager server and host agent software compatibility Dynamic Capacity Management compatibility 4.5 Browser and JRE support Features supported by controller software version 6.1 Supported array features by controller software version 6.2 Supported local replication features by controller software version 6.3 Supported remote replication features by controller software version EVA host connectivity

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Introduction
This document contains tables that describe the compatible hardware, operating systems, and software for the following HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) products: HP HP HP HP StorageWorks StorageWorks StorageWorks StorageWorks Business Copy EVA Command View EVA Continuous Access EVA Replication Solutions Manager

How to use this document bullet () = compatibility or support blank = no compatibility or support gray = intersection with the same product black = application does not run in the cited environment NA = combination does not apply Y = Yes N = No

To determine support or compatibility, in a selected table, start from a row in the first column and find its intersection with the appropriate column. The cell content such as a bullet or NA provides the support or compatibility information. For example, to determine which local replication features are supported on the controller software version you are running, use Table 6.2, Supported local replication features by controller software version. Locate a feature, such as, 'Create snapshots in preallocated containers', in the first column ("Feature") and traverse to the intersection of that row with the column that contains the controller software version you are running, such as XCS 6.0xx. Because the cell at the intersection of these two searches contains a bullet (), the EVA software version you are using supports this feature. If, however, you are running VCS 4.0xx, the feature is not supported. Footnotes in a continued table may appear on an earlier page.

1.0 EVA software solution compatibility

This table shows the compatibility of the EVA software solution components. An EVA software solution is comprised of controller software, management software, replication software, and replication license. See Table 2.0, HP Command View EVA interoperability, for detailed management software support. This table also shows controller software compatibility for HP EVAInfo and HP SmartStart EVA Storage. The replication features that are supported with your HP Business Copy EVA or HP Continuous Access EVA license depend on the controller software version that is installed on the arrays. See Table 6.2, Supported local replication features by controller software version, and Table 6.3, Supported remote replication features by controller software version, for more information. To determine operating system and connectivity component (such as HBAs and multipathing) support for your EVA software solution: 1. Use this table (Table 1.0) to identify the VCS or XCS version that is supported with the software solution. 2. See the Enterprise Virtual Array release notes specific to the VCS or XCS version for general operating system support information. 3. See Table 7.0, EVA host connectivity, for details about locating operating system support information for your EVA. HP Command View EVA 9.0.1
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HP Replication Solutions Manager 4.0.x 5.0

EVA3000/5000

EVA4x00/6x00/8x00

EVA4400

EVA6400/8400

VCS 3.1xx HP Replication Solutions Manager 2.1 HP Replication Solutions Manager 3.0 HP Replication Solutions Manager 3.1 HP Replication Solutions Manager 4.0.x HP Replication Solutions Manager 5.0 HP EVAInfo 8.02 HP EVAInfo 9.02 HP SmartStart EVA Storage 1.04 HP SmartStart EVA Storage 2.04,5 HP SmartStart EVA Storage 2.14,5 HP SmartStart EVA Storage 3.0.15 HP SmartStart EVA Storage 3.15
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VCS 4.1xx

XCS 6.1xx

XCS 6.2xx

XCS 0900600

XCS 09501x00

XCS 09501x00

9.1

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The installation of HP Command View EVA on a management server that is configured with a multi-homed network solution is not supported.

HP EVAInfo 8.0 is supported on HP-UX PA-RISC 11.11/11iv1 (64b), HP-UX 11.23 PI/11iv2 (64b PA-RISC, 64b Intel), and HP-UX 11.31/11iv3 (64b PA-RISC, 64b Intel). With EVAInfo 9.0 in addition to the HP-UX support, support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 4.0 Update 6, 7 (x86 32-bit, x64 64-bit, Itanium), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 5.0 Update 1, 2 (x86 32-bit, x64 64-bit, Itanium), and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP3 (x86, x86_64 32-bit, x64 64-bit, Itanium), and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 SP1, SP2 (x86, x86_64 32-bit, x64 64-bit, Itanium) is added. HP EVAInfo does not support all features on VCS 3.1xx controller software. See the EVAInfo release notes for more information. HP SmartStart EVA Storage is supported with EVA4000 and EVA4100 SAN Starter Kits.

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HP SmartStart EVA Storage is supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Editions (x86 32-bit, x64 64-bit, Itanium). To configure an application server, HP SmartStart EVA Storage is supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Editions (x86 32-bit, x64 64-bit, Itanium).

2.0 HP Command View EVA interoperability support

This table lists the EVA controller software and layered applications that are supported with HP Command View EVA. HP Command View EVA 6.0 includes HP Command View EVAPerf 6.0, SMI-S EVA 6.0, and SSSU 6.0. HP Command View EVA 7.0 includes HP Command View EVAPerf 7.0, SMI-S EVA 7.0, and SSSU 7.0. HP Command View EVA 8.0 includes HP Command View EVAPerf 8.0, SMI-S EVA 8.0, and SSSU 8.0. HP Command View EVA 8.1 includes HP Command View EVA 8.1 only. HP Command View EVA 9.0.1 includes HP Command View EVA 9.0.1 for server-based management and array-based management, HP Command View EVAPerf 9.0, SMI-S EVA 9.0, and SSSU 9.0. HP Command View EVA 9.1 includes HP Command View EVA 9.1 for server-based management and array-based management, HP Command View EVAPerf 9.1, SMI-S EVA 9.1, and SSSU 9.1. NOTE: HP Command View EVA 9.0.1 replaced 9.0. All support information that was previously listed for HP Command View EVA 9.0 in this table was applied to 9.0.1. HP Command View EVA 6.0 EVA controller software VCS 3.1xx VCS 4.1xx XCS 5.1xx XCS 6.1xx XCS 6.2xx XCS 09000000/09001000 XCS 09003000 XCS 09004000 XCS 09006000 XCS 09501x00 SAN applications HP Application Recovery Manager 6.0 HP Application Recovery Manager 6.1 HP Configuration Collector 1.2.4 HP Command View for Tape Libraries 1.8b4 HP Command View for Tape Libraries 2.04 HP Command View for Tape Libraries 2.24 HP Command View for Tape Libraries 2.3.24 HP Command View for Tape Libraries 2.44 HP Command View XP 2.2B5 HP Command View XP PA 3.55 HP Command View XP AE 5.15 HP Command View XP AE 5.65 HP Command View XP AE 5.85 HP Command View XP AE 5.95 HP Command View XP AE 6.15 HP Command View XP AE 6.25 HP Cluster Extension EVA for Linux 1.02.00 HP Cluster Extension EVA for Windows 1.01.01
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The release of HP Command View EVA 8.1 is specifically for the installation of the software on the EVA4400 management module. See the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA 8.1 release notes for details. HP recommends that you upgrade to XCS 6.2xx if you are using HP Command View EVA 8.0.1 or later. Requires the following patches when installed with HP Command View EVA 8.0.2: APPRMWIN_00015/PHSS_39302/PHSS_39303, APPRMWIN_00017/PHSS_39306/PHSS_39307,

APPRMWIN_00016/PHSS_39304/PHSS_39305, APPRMWIN_00018/PHSS_39308/PHSS_39309.
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HP Command View EVA and HP Command View for Tape Libraries may coexist on the same server. However, only one SMI-S CIMOM and provider can be installed. Subsequent SMI-S installations are likely to fail. See the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA installation guide for installation details.
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HP Command View EVA and HP Command View XP and/or HP Command View XP AE may coexist on the same server.

2.0 HP Command View EVA interoperability support (cont'd)

HP Command View EVA 6.0 SAN applications (cont'd) HP Cluster Extension EVA for Windows 2003 1.03.00 HP Cluster Extension EVA for Windows 2008 2.00.00 HP Cluster Extension EVA for Windows 2003 & 2008 2.01.00 HP EVA Virtualization Adapter 1.01.00 HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software7 HP Insight Remote Support Standard software HP HP HP HP HP HP
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Instant Support Enterprise Edition A3.0959 Metrocluster A.02.00 Metrocluster A.03.00 Metrocluster A.04.00 Navigator 3.0 through 4.1 Navigator 4.3 through 4.8

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HP Open Service Event Manager 1.4.7, 1.4.811 HP Remote Support Configuration Collector HP HP HP HP Data Protector software 6.0 Data Protector software 6.112 Storage Essentials 5.1 SP1 for Windows kit15 Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition 5.1 Linux kit (Bld. 5.1.1)15
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HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition 5.1 SP2 (Windows/Linux)16 HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition 5.1 SP3 (Windows/Linux)16 HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition 5.1 SP4 (Windows/Linux)16 HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition 5.1 SP4 (Windows)15 HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition 5.1 SP5 (Windows)
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HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP1 (Windows/Linux)

Only supported on the server-based management version of HP Command View EVA. HP recommends that you always install and use the latest version of HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software. Can coexist on the same platform with HP Command View EVA 8.0.1 or later. HP recommends that you always install and use the latest version of HP Insight Remote Support Standard software. Can coexist on the same platform with HP Command View EVA 8.0.1 or later. This version of ISEE is only for environments that have not updated to or implemented HP Remote Support Pack and will be phased out in 2009. This combination of applications is not supported on an EVA4400. Compatibility between HP OSEM and HP Command View EVA is not required; HP OSEM is only needed to support the ProLiant Storage Server, which can be used as the management server.

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This compatibility reference applies only to HP Data Protector customers who use either the Zero Downtime Backup and Instant Recovery for EVA integration or Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services for EVA-based backups. It does not restrict HP Command View EVA and HP Data Protector deployments where these components are not used.
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Requires patches DPWIN_00378, PHSS_38030, PHSS_38031, DPLNX_00052, and DPSOL_00338, or superseding patches. Fully allocated snapshots are supported only if snapshot rotation is set to 1. Supported via a provider included with HP Storage Essentials. HP SMI-S EVA is not supported. Provisioning via the HP Storage Essentials user interface is not supported. Supported via a provider included with HP Storage Essentials. HP SMI-S EVA is not supported but will coexist. Provisioning via the HP Storage Essentials user interface (GUI/CLI) is supported.

2.0 HP Command View EVA interoperability support

HP Command View EVA 6.0 SAN applications (cont'd) HP HP HP HP Storage Storage Storage Storage Essentials Essentials Essentials Essentials Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP2 (Windows/Linux)16 Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP3 (Windows/Linux)16,17 Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP4 (Windows/Linux)16,17 Standard Edition 6.0 SP1 (Windows/Linux)15 19 19 6,20 6 6,20 6 6 6 6 6.0.1 6.0.2 7.0 7.0.1 8.0 8.0.1 8.0.2 8.11 9.0.1 9.1

HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition 6.0 SP2 (Windows/Linux)15 HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition 6.0 SP3 (Windows/Linux)15,17 HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition 6.0 SP4 (Windows/Linux)15,17 HP Storage Essentials 6.1 (Windows/Linux)
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HP Systems Insight Manager 5.1 or 5.1 SP1 (with HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software) HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 (with HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software) HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 (with HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software) HP VDS/VSS Hardware Provider 4.02.00 HP VDS/VSS Hardware Provider 4.03.00 HP VDS/VSS Hardware Provider 5.00.00 HP VDS/VSS Hardware Provider 5.01.00 HP WEBES21 iSCSI connectivity

mpx100 firmware 2.0.8.8 mpx100 firmware 2.0.9.0 mpx100 firmware 2.4.2.0 mpx100b firmware 2.4.2.022 17 Supported on EVA3000/5000, EVA4000/6000/8000, EVA4100/6100/8100, and EVA4400 with Vraid0, Vraid1, and Vraid5 virtual disks.
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Supported on EVA3000/5000, EVA4000/6000/8000, EVA4100/6100/8100, EVA4400, and EVA6400/8400 with Vraid0, Vraid1, and Vraid5 virtual disks. Supported on the same server as HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 as long as the server is running HP Command View EVA 8.0.1 or 8.0.2. Supported on the same server as HP Systems Insight Manger 5.3 as long as the server is running HP Command View EVA 9.0.1 or later (server-based management only). HP recommends that you always install and use the latest version of WEBES. WEBES 5.5 is required with HP Command View EVA 9.0.1. Supported on the EVA4400 only.

2.1 HP Command View EVA upgrade support

This table shows upgrade support for HP Command View EVA versions. A bullet () indicates you can perform an upgrade from the version in the FROM column to the version in the TO column. A blank cell indicates an upgrade is not supported and NA indicates an upgrade is not applicable because either there is no change or only a downgrade is allowed. If an HP Command View EVA version is not listed, an upgrade is not supported. You must remove that previous version and install the applicable version listed below. TO HP Command View EVA version FROM HP Command View EVA version 8.0 8.0.1 8.0.2 9.0 9.0.1 9.1 8.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA 8.0.1 NA NA NA NA NA 8.0.2 NA NA NA NA 9.0 NA NA NA 9.0.1 NA NA 9.1 NA

2.2 HP Command View EVA downgrade support

This table shows downgrade support for HP Command View EVA versions. A bullet () indicates you can perform a downgrade from the version in the FROM column to the version in the TO column. A blank cell indicates a downgrade is not supported and NA indicates a downgrade is not applicable because either there is no change or only an upgrade is allowed. See the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA installation guide for instructions on downgrading to earlier versions. TO HP Command View EVA version FROM HP Command View EVA version 8.0 8.0.1 8.0.2 9.0 9.0.1 9.1 8.0 NA 8.0.1 NA NA 8.0.2 NA NA NA 9.0 NA NA NA NA 9.0.1 NA NA NA NA NA 9.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA

3.0 Controller software version support 3.1 Upgrade support for controller software versions
This table shows upgrade support for the controller software versions. A bullet () indicates you can perform an upgrade from the version in the FROM column to the version in the TO column. A blank cell indicates an upgrade is not supported and NA indicates an upgrade is not applicable because either there is no change or only a downgrade is allowed. NOTE: Controller software 6.110 supersedes and replaces 6.100. XCS 6.110 can be installed on any EVA4000/6000/8000 or EVA4100/6100/8100 storage solution. Customers currently running 6.100 on an EVA4000/6000/8000 do not need to upgrade to XCS 6.110 as the only functional difference between 6.100 and 6.110 is added support for the EVA4100/6100/8100. XCS 6.110 is the minimum required version for the EVA4100/6100/8100. TO controller software version VCS 3.1xx FROM controller software version VCS 3.1xx VCS 4.1xx XCS 5.1xx XCS 6.1xx XCS 6.2xx XCS 09000000/09001000 XCS 09003000 XCS 09004000 XCS 09006000 XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400) XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400)
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VCS 4.1xx

XCS 6.1xx

XCS 6.2xx

XCS 09006000

XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400)

XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400)

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NA NA NA NA NA 3 3 3 3 NA NA

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An offline upgrade is required. A data-in-place upgrade is required. Online upgrade is supported.

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3.2 Downgrade support for controller software versions

This table shows downgrade support for the controller software versions. A bullet () indicates you can downgrade from the version in the FROM column to the version in the TO column. A blank cell indicates a downgrade is not supported and NA indicates a downgrade is not applicable because either there is no change or only an upgrade is allowed. NOTE: If you are running XCS 6.110 on an EVA4100/6100/8100, you cannot downgrade to XCS 6.100 or earlier versions. TO controller software version VCS 3.1xx FROM controller software version VCS 3.1xx VCS 4.1xx XCS 6.1xx XCS 6.2xx XCS 09004000 XCS 09006000 XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400) XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400)
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VCS 4.1xx

XCS 6.1xx

XCS 6.2xx

XCS 09006000

XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400)

XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400)

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NA NA 2 NA NA NA NA
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NA NA NA NA NA NA 3 NA

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An offline downgrade is required. An array initialization is required, which results in data loss or a restore. Online downgrade is supported. A data-in-place downgrade is required.

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3.3 Remote replication support for controller software versions (server-based management only)
This table shows support between controller software versions in remote replication environments, meaning the controller software versions that are running on the source and destination arrays. A bullet () indicates support when the source and destination arrays are running the controller software versions listed. A blank cell indicates replication between the controller software versions is not supported. Controller software version (destination array) VCS 3.1xx Controller software version 5 4 8 8 8 6 1,6 6,7 6,7 6,7 1,6 6 6 6 6 6,7 6 6 1,6 1,6 6,7 6 6 1,6 1,6 6,7 6 1,6 6 6 6,7 6 1,6 6 6 1 Supported during the 60 day upgrade window only, meaning the source and destination arrays can be running these different controller software versions while you are upgrading the arrays and the upgrades must be completed within 60 days. The upgrade window begins with the upgrade of the first array. It concludes when all arrays in a direct or indirect replication relationship with the first array have been upgraded. You can only upgrade one controller software family (either VCS or XCS) at a time and only allow two versions within that family. During the upgrade window, do not make changes to DR groups (adding/delete DR groups or adding/deleting members of DR groups). Before upgrading your storage system to XCS 6.xxx firmware, all source and destination DR groups must be in Synchronous mode. Check each DR group to verify this setting, before proceeding with the firmware upgrade process. Enhanced asynchronous replication is only available when both arrays are running XCS 6.000 or later. Asynchronous replication in XCS 6.000 or later (not including 6.200) is not compatible with asynchronous replication in earlier versions of controller software (XCS 5.1xx or earlier, VCS). When this version of XCS is running on either the source or destination array, asynchronous write mode is not available when creating a DR group. Asynchronous write mode is available only after the DR group is created.
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VCS 4.1xx

XCS 6.1xx2,3

XCS 6.2xx

XCS 09006000

XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400)

XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400)

(source array) VCS 3.1xx VCS 4.1xx XCS 6.1xx XCS 6.2xx XCS 09004000 XCS 09006000 XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400) XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400)

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Synchronous and standard asynchronous replication is supported between these controller software versions. Asynchronous replication is not supported between these controller software versions. Only synchronous replication is supported. Synchronous and enhanced asynchronous replication is supported between these controller software versions. Supported as long as the controller software on the HSV200-x/HSV210-x controller is upgraded to XCS 6.2xx within 60 days. The following restrictions apply: a) Replication from EVA3000/5000 to EVA4400, EVA64400, or EVA8400 b) Synchronous write mode only c) Supported on VCS 3.1xx and 4.1xx d) Fibre Channel connectivity supported (no long distance support) e) The 60 day upgrade window applies, no permanent relationships are supported

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This table shows support between controller software and management module software. A bullet () indicates support; a blank cell indicates no support. The management module is applicable to the EVA4400 only. Controller software Management module firmware 0001.0000 0001.0020 0001.1000 0001.2000 0001.2010 0001.3000
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09003000

09004000

09006000 1 1 1

09501x00 (EVA4400)

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Installing HP Command View EVA 8.1 or later will automatically install management module software 0001.1000 or later.

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4.0 HP StorageWorks EVA software deployment options

For server-based management, you can install HP StorageWorks EVA management and replication software on a management server. The management servers are: General-purpose server: A server that runs customer applications, such as file and print services Dedicated management server: A Windows host that is intended solely for HP storage software, such as HP OpenView Storage Node Manager, HP OpenView Storage Area Manager add-on software modules, or HP StorageWorks EVA software HP ProLiant Storage Server: A server similar to the general-purpose server; it can be used for managing EVAs in the SAN as well as traditional NAS-based applications. For array-based management (EVA4400 only), you can install HP Command View EVA on the management module within the controller enclosure. The server you use to browse to HP Command View EVA on the managment module can be any server running any operating system and meets the browser requirements listed in Table 5.0, Browser and JRE support. All other applications require a separate server. See the installation guide for the appropriate application for more information. Required hardware x86 and x64 architectures are supported1 Processor: 1.26 GHz (minimum), dual-processor or dual-core 1.86 GHz (recommended)2,3 Memory: 2 GB (minimum), 4 GB (recommended)2,3 Disk space requirements: 200 MB for HP Command View EVA installation 2 GB for HP Command View EVA log files (During heavy management command activity, the required space for logs may increase sharply in a 72-hour period.) 10 MB for each managed array 350 MB for HP Replication Solutions Manager installation Additional 300400 MB for HP Replication Solutions Manager installation to accommodate log and database growth 10/100 Mbps for RSM server to RSM host agent connectivity NOTE: HP Command View EVA and HP Replication Solutions Manager are supported on any server (including blade servers) as long as the server meets the minimum configuration requirements for a general purpose server as noted above. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 x64 SAN Storage Server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Base Storage Server HP ProLiant DL585 Storage Server HP ProLiant DL585 G2 x64 Storage Server HP ProLiant DL585 Dual Core Storage Server Notes: 1) In most configurations, the DL380 G5 x64 SAN Storage Server is preferred; 2) the DL380 G5 SAN Storage Server is obsolete as of 20-Aug2007.

General-purpose server Dedicated management server

HP ProLiant Storage Server

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These are minimum requirements. As the number of arrays and objects on the arrays increases, HP recommends that the management server upgraded to a higher-end machine. A minimum of a dual-processor or dual-core 1.86 GHz Intel Xeon Processor (or AMD equivalent) and 2 GB memory is recommended if you are managing 4 or more arrays.

A minimum of a dual-processor or dual-core 1.86 GHz Intel Xeon Processor (or AMD equivalent) and 4 GB memory is recommended if HP Replication Solutions Manager, HP Cluster Extension EVA, HP Metrocluster, HP Remote Support Pack, HP Storage Storage Essentials, HP Data Protector, or HP Systems Insight Manager are in the configuration.

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4.1 Supported software on management servers and the management module

This table lists the software that is supported on each management server and the EVA4400 management module. Although multiple software products are compatible with a management server, these software products may not be compatible with each other. General-purpose server HP Command View EVA HP Command View EVA and HP Command View XP and/or HP Command View XP AE coexistence on same Windows server HP Command View for Tape Libraries and HP Command View EVA software coexistence HP Insight Remote Support software HP Replication Solutions Manager2 HP Secure Path (required for multipath configurations) HP Secure Path Manager3 HP Storage Essentials
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Dedicated management server 1

ProLiant Storage Server6 1

EVA4400 management module

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NA NA 16 6 NA

NA 16 6

HSG Element Manager 1.0f Microsoft Operations Manager support (MOM)

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16 6 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Editions SP1/SP2/R2 (x86 32-bit or x64 64-bit); Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Editions (x86 32bit or x64 64-bit)

HP StorageWorks Management Pack for Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 Number of HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays supported1 Number of SAN islands supported (managing multiple SANs) Operating system connectivity 3.0e and later OR Storport Driver

Operating systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Editions SP1/SP2/R2 (x86 32-bit or x64 64-bit); Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Editions (x86 32-bit or x64 64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 (DL380 base) or Microsoft Windows Unified Data storage Server 2003 (DL380 x64, DL585 G2 x64)

WEBES (HP Services obligation required)

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HP recommends a maximum of four EVAs per HP Command View EVA instance. This recommendation applies to all management server types.

Do not install HP StorageWorks Command View SDM 1.09 and HP Replication Solutions Manager 1.1 or 1.2 on the same management server. Do not install HP Command View XP and HP Replication Solutions Manager on the same management server.
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SmartStart 7.2 requires HP Secure Path Manager 4.0C SP2. A dedicated management server is required for HP Storage Essentials. Do not install HP Command View EVA and HP Storage Essentials on the same server. Supported with HP StorageWorks Management Pack for MOM 2005. Microsoft Windows 2000 is no longer supported on the ProLiant Storage Server. When calling for support, customers may be asked to upgrade to later versions to take advantage of specific quality improvements.

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4.2 Supported EVA software operating environments

This table lists the supported servers, operating systems and application integration for EVA software. A bullet () indicates support on all EVA models, an EVA model indicates support with that EVA model only, and a blank cell indicates no support. The environments are: HP Business Copy EVA Basic I/OThe ability for HP Business Copy EVA (independent of HP Replication Solutions Manager) to work with this operating system. There may or may not be support through HP RSM on that operating system, as indicated in this table. HP Continuous Access EVA Basic I/OThe ability for HP Continuous Access EVA (independent of HP Replication Solutions Manager) to work with this operating system. There may or may not be support through HP RSM on that operating system, as indicated in this table. HP RSM host agentThe HP RSM host agent is installed on servers running this operating system. The CLUI client is also supported on this operating system if the HP RSM host agent is supported on it. HP Storage Volume Growth The ability for HP Storage Volume Growth to work with this operating system. HP RSM ServerThe ability for HP Replication Solutions Manager to be installed on this operating system. You can use RSM Server to manage LUNs that are presented to any EVA-supported operating system. HP CV EVA and EVAPerfThe ability for HP Command View EVA and HP Command View EVAPerf to work with this operating system. Currently, HP Command View EVA and HP Command View EVAPerf can only be installed on a server running a supported version of Windows 2000 or Windows 2003. HP SSSUThe ability for HP StorageWorks Storage Scripting Utility to be installed on and work with this operating system. Environment Server, OS, or application type Server Dedicated management server General-purpose server General-purpose server IP only connectivity5 ProLiant Storage Server Apple Mac OS X Citrix XenServer HP Enterprise Edition HP HP-UX PA-RISC 11.11/11iv1 (64b)7 HP HP-UX 11.23 PI/11iv2 (64b PA-RISC)7 HP HP-UX 11.23 PI/11iv2 (64b Intel)7 HP HP-UX 11.31/11iv3 (64b PA-RISC)7 HP HP-UX 11.31/11iv3 (64b Intel)7 HP OpenVMS 7.3-2 on Alpha servers HP OpenVMS 8.2 on Alpha servers HP OpenVMS 8.2-1 on Integrity servers HP OpenVMS 8.3 on Alpha servers HP OpenVMS 8.3 on Integrity servers HP Tru64 5.1b-4 IBM AIX 5.2 IBM AIX 5.3 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 HP Business Copy EVA I/O HP Continuous Access EVA I/O HP RSM host agent1,2 4.0.x3 5.0 HP Storage Volume Growth 1.1 6 HP RSM server 4.0.x 5.0 HP DButil
4

HP CV EVA 9.0.1 & EVAPerf 9.0

HP CV EVA 9.1 & EVAPerf 9.1

HP SSSU 9.0 9.1

All HP Business Copy EVA functions are supported on all EVA-supported operating systems.

All HP Continuous Access EVA functions are supported on all EVA-supported operating systems.

9.010 9.010 9.010 9.010

4.0 4.0 4.08

IBM AIX 6.19 1 See Table 4.3, "RSM host agent support" for host volume mounting restrictions.
2 3 4 5

9.010 9.010 9.010 9.010 9.010

See Table 4.4, "RSM sever and host agent compatibility" for supported combinations of RSM server and RSM host agent versions. The HP RSM 4.0.1 host agent is only applicable to supported versions of Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX, and VMware. For all other supported operating systems, the HP RSM 4.0 host agent applies. To download HP DButil, go to http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/bizcopyeva/index.html and select Software & drivers.

This is an iSCSI only implementation and only applies to HP Command View EVA. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA iSCSI deployment white paper, which is available at: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/softwhitepapers.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN. For the ProLiant Storage Server, HP SVG is supported on Windows Storage Server 2003 only. Only English and Japanese versions of this operating system are supported. The HP RSM host agent requires that CXX 7.1 runtime libraries be installed on the host server running this operating system. Download the CXXLIB710 kit from the following URL: ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/C-CXX/tru64/cxx/CXXREDIST710.tar. This kit includes the CXX shared libraries. The HP RSM 4.0.1 host agent requires SP3 or later.

6 7 8

10

If 9.0 is listed in the cell instead of a bullet, it means that there is only a 9.0 version of HP SSSU for this operating system. The HP Command View EVA 9.1 software CD or download includes HP SSSU 9.0 for the applicable operating systems.

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4.2 Supported EVA software operating environments (cont'd)

Environment HP Business Server, OS, or application type Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2/SP3/SP4
7

Copy EVA I/O

HP Continuous Access EVA I/O

HP RSM host agent1,2 4.0.x3 5.0

HP Storage Volume Growth 1.1

HP RSM server 4.0.x 5.0

HP DButil4

HP CV EVA 9.0.1 & EVAPerf 9.0

HP CV EVA 9.1 & EVAPerf 9.1

HP SSSU 9.0 9.1

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (x86)7 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2/R2 (x86 32-bit)7, 11 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2/R2 (x64 64-bit)7,
11 11 7,

13

13

12

13 13 13 13 13 13

13 13 13 13 13 13

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32-bit)7, 11 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-bit)7,
11

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Itanium)7, 11 Microsoft Windows Server 2003

All HP Business Enterprise Edition SP2/R2 (x86 All HP Continuous Copy EVA Access EVA functions are Enterprise Edition SP2/R2 (x64 functions are supported on all supported on all EVA-supported EVA-supported Enterprise Edition SP2 operating operating systems. systems. Datacenter Edition SP2

12

9.010

(Itanium)7, 11 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition SP1 (x86 32-bit)7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition (x64 64-bit)7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V7 Microsoft Windows XP7 Novell Netware 6.5 SPx Red Red Red Red Red
11 12 13 14 15 16 14 7

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EVA4000 & & & & & ES ES ES ES ES 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 (x86 32-bit) Update 8, (x64 64-bit) Update 8, (Itanium) Update 8, 97 (x86 32-bit) Update 6, (x64 64-bit) Update 6, 97 97 77 77

EVA4000

14 8.0 8.0

Hat Hat Hat Hat Hat

Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise

Linux AS Linux AS Linux AS Linux AS Linux AS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 4.0 (Itanium) Update 6, 77

All HP Business All HP Continuous Copy EVA Access EVA functions are functions are supported on all supported on all EVA-supported EVA-supported operating operating systems. systems.

4.016 4.016 4.016

16 16 16

9.010 9.010 9.010

The minimum supported version for HP RSM host agent 3.1 or later is SP2 or R2. SP1 is no longer supported. On x64 operating systems, Windows Performance Monitor must be launched in 32-bit mode. See the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA 8.0.1 release notes for details. The host agent on this operating system depends on the WMI HBA classes that are part of Microsoft's fcinfo package, which you can download from http://www.microsoft.com. HP RSM server on Windows XP is supported for simulation mode only. Novell NetWare is not supported with HP Continuous Access EVA on the EVA4400. HP SSSU on Novell Netware 6.5 SPx is supported with HP SSSU 8.0 features only. HP RSM host agent 4.0 is only supported on the Update 6 version of this operating system.

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4.2 Supported EVA software operating environments (cont'd)

Environment HP Storage HP Continuous host agent1,2 Volume Copy EVA I/O Access EVA I/O 4.0.x3 5.0 Growth 1.1 HP Business HP RSM HP RSM server 4.0 5.0 HP DButil4 HP CV EVA 9.0.1 & EVAPerf 9.0 HP CV EVA 9.1 & EVAPerf 9.1 HP SSSU 9.0 9.1 9.010 9.010 9.010 9.010 9.010

Server, OS, or application type

4.0 Red Hat Linux AS & ES 5.0 (x86 32-bit) Update 1, 27 4.0 Red Hat Linux AS & ES 5.0 (x64 64-bit) Update 1, 27 4.0 Red Hat Linux AS & ES 5.0 (Itanium) Update 1, 27 Sun Solaris 8 (SPARC) Sun Solaris 9 (SPARC) 4.017,18 17,18 Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) 4.017 17 SuSE Linux 8 (x86 32-bit) SP4 SuSE Linux 8 (x64 64-bit) SP4 SuSE Linux 8 (Itanium) SP4 All HP Business All HP Continuous SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (x86, x86_64 Copy EVA 4.0 Access EVA 32-bit) SP3 functions are functions are SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (x64 64-bit) SP3 4.0 supported on all supported on all SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (Itanium) SP3 4.0 EVA-supported EVA-supported SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 (x86, x86_64 operating operating systems. 4.0 32-bit) SP1, SP2 systems. SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 (x64 64-bit) SP1, 4.0 SP2 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 (Itanium) SP1, SP2 4.0 VMware ESX Server 2.5.2 VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 VMware ESX Server 3.0.x VMware ESX Server 3.5.x VMware ESXi Server 3.5.x Application Oracle 9i, 10G R2 SQL Server 2000 Enterprise SP3 or later SQL Server 2000 Developer SP3 or later SQL Server 2000 Standard SP3 or later SQL Server 2005 Enterprise SP1/SP2/SP3 SQL Server 2005 Standard SP2/SP3 SQL Server 2008 Enterprise SQL Server 2008 Standard
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9.010 9.010 9.010 9.010 9.010 9.010

19

19 20

20

The host agent on this operating system depends on SNIA libraries that are delivered with HP's SAN Infrastructure offerings. If you have not already done so, go to the software downloads page of the HP The host agent on this operating system does not support VERITAS DMP when accessing an EVA4000, EVA4100, EVA6x00, or EVA8x00.

Business Support Center web site (http://www.hp.com/support/downloads). In the Storage section, click Storage Networking and then select your product.
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Supported with Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition (x86 and x64) and Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86 and x64) as a guest OS. No HBA information will be reported by the host agent in the Windows guest OS. With HP RSM 4.0.x, the Windows guest OS can be used as the source for replication jobs only and not as the target or mount host. With HP RSM 5.0, the Windows guest OS can be used as both the source and the target or mount host. Replicas can be presented to and mounted on physical hosts running a compatible Windows operating system. All operations are supported only on Raw Device Mapped LUNs configured with physical compatibility mode. DC-Management and replication operations are currently not supported on VMFS volumes using HP Replication Solutions Manager.
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Oracle application integration is supported on Windows 2003 hosts only and works in Real Application Clusters (RAC) environments. There is no ASM support for Oracle application integration. There is no VMware guest OS support for Oracle application integration.

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4.3 HP Replication Solutions Manager host agent support

This table describes HP Replication Solutions Manager host agent support for: Volume Manager Mounting host volume copies on the same host Multipath solutions Cluster software Mounting a host Host operating system Supported Volume Manager1 11.23: Native Logical Volume Manager and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 11.31: Native Logical Volume Manager 1.0, 2.0 NA Native Logical Volume
7

Compatible multipath solution EVA3000/5000 Active/Passive Active/Active (VCS 3.xxx) (VCS 4.xxx) (includes EVA6400/8400)

volume copy on the same host as the source

2

EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 EVA4400

Supported cluster software

Supported file systems

11.23: Secure Path 3.0F SP4, Y

4

HP HP-UX

Secure Path 3.0F SP4

Secure Path 3.0F SP4

PVlinks5 (no VERITAS DMP) 11.31: Native multipathing

11.23: Autopath/ Secure Path 3.0F SP4 11.31: Native multipathing

Serviceguard

HFS, VxFS

HP OpenVMS HP Tru64 5.1b-4

Y Y

Native multipathing software Native multipathing software MPIO 1.0.0.x or 1.0.1.x (AntemetA basic HP Business Copy EVA support only, no host agent support) Not supported

Native cluster software TruCluster

ODS-2, ODS-5 UFS, Native AdvFS

IBM AIX

Native Logical Volume

Secure Path 2.0D SP2 or SP3

8

MPIO 1.0.1.0 (MPIO beta version)

HACMP 5.3

JFS

Microsoft Windows 2003

Replication and DCManagement of Windows dynamic disks and VERITAS Volume Manager are not supported DC-Management of Windows dynamic disks and Veritas Volume Manager are not supported.

Y, except dynamic disks or copies of Windows Cluster Quorum disks in the same cluster

SecurePath 4.0c SP3 or later HP MPIO full featured DSM for EVA 3.01.0x or 3.00.0x Microsoft Cluster Server NTFS, FAT32

Microsoft Windows 2008

Not supported

1 2 3 4 5

If a volume group spans more than one storage system, HP Replication Solutions Manager only supports replication of volume groups spanning storage systems with the same controller software version. Mounting a host volume copy on the same host as the source is supported with HP Business Copy EVA and HP Replication Solutions Manager. These solutions apply to HP Continuous Access EVA in general. With Veritas Volume Manager, this action requires a minimum of version 5.0 and is subject to specific disk layout versions as specified in Veritas documentation.

If you use Pvlinks and require multiple paths to a host volume, you must create the additional paths after the host volume is created. See HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager online help and user guide or HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager administrator guide for more information.
6 7 8

DC-Management is not supported on cluster-aware disks and volume groups. Replication of Advfs volumes on disks is supported, but replication of LSM volumes is not supported. Secure Path 2.0D SP3 is the minimum required version for AIX 5.3.

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4.3 HP Replication Solutions Manager host agent support (cont'd)

Mounting a host Host operating system Red Hat Linux AS & ES 4.0 Update 6, 7 Red Hat Linux AS & ES 5.0 (5.1 for x64) Update 1, 2 Sun Solaris (SPARC)9 SuSE Linux SLES 9.0 SP3 SuSE Linux SLES 10.0 SP1, SP2
9 10 11 12 13

Compatible multipath solution3 EVA3000/5000 Active/Passive Active/Active (VCS 3.xxx) (VCS 4.xxx) EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 (includes EVA6400/8400) Serviceguard 11.16.xx EXT2, EXT3 Serviceguard 11.18.xx UFS, VxFS EVA4400 Supported cluster software Supported file systems

Supported Volume Manager

1

volume copy on the same host as the source

2

Sistina 1.08-13 N Sistina 2.02.17 Veritas Volume Manager 4.1 Sistina 2.02.17 Sistina 2.02.17 N Y, except copies of Solaris disk groups Secure Path 3.0D SP1
10,11

HP Device Mapper Multipath kit 4.x QLogic failover driver 8.01.07.25 (no Secure Path) Emulex Multipulse driver 2.2.20

Not supported

MPxIO12 and Veritas DMP13

MPxIO 4.4.13

NA Serviceguard 11.16.xx Serviceguard 11.18.xx

HP Device Mapper Multipath kit 4.x QLogic failover driver 8.01.07.25 (no Secure Path) Emulex Multipulse driver 2.2.20

EXT2, EXT3

The HP RSM host agent on the Solaris 9 operating system does not support VERITAS Volume Manager when accessing an EVA4000, EVA4100, EVA6x00, or EVA8x00. To display host properties correctly, HP RSM requires the QLA2310F/FCA2257P, QLA2342, QLA2340, or LP10000DC host bus adapter when running the Secure Path multipath solution. The HP RSM host agent on the Solaris operating system only supports SecurePath with controller software 3.028 or earlier only. To display host properties correctly, HP RSM requires the QLA2342 (SUN) host bus adapter when running the MPxIO multipath solution. To display host properties correctly, HP RSM requires the ASL libraries on the host for QLA2310F/FCA2257P, QLA2342, or QLA2340 host bus adapter when running the VERITAS multipath solution.

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4.4 HP Replication Solutions Manager server and host agent software compatibility
This table shows which versions of HP Replication Solutions Manager host agent software are supported on each operating system. Then, it shows which versions of HP Replication Solutions Manager server software are compatible with those versions of HP Replication Solutions Manager host agent software. It also shows which features of Dynamic Capacity Management are supported on each operating system. See Table 4.5, Dynamic Capacity Management compatibility, for compatibility with other EVA applications. Operating system HP HP-UX 11.23 PI/11iv2 (64b Intel)1 HP HP-UX 11.31/11iv3 (64b PA-RISC)1 HP HP-UX 11.31/11iv3 (64b Intel)
1

RSM host agent RSM server 4.0.x 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0

RSM server 5.0

Dynamic Capacity Management Extend Shrink 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3

HP OpenVMS 8.3 on Alpha servers HP OpenVMS 8.3 on Integrity servers HP Tru64 5.1b-4 IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3 IBM AIX 6.1
1 2

Online extend is supported on VxVM configurations.

On HP-UX 11.23, only manual (not policy-based) extend and shrink is supported. For more information, see "DC-Management support" in the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager user guide .

On HP-UX 11.31, extend and shrink is not supported on HFS file systems. Shrink is supported only on Veritas online JFS host volumes that are not part of a volume manager(Native or Veritas). For more information, see "DC-Management support" in the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager user guide and the latest HP Replication Solutions Manager release notes.

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4.4 HP Replication Solutions Manager server and host agent software compatibility (cont'd)
Operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2/R2 (x86 32-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2/R2 (x64 64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2/R2 (x86 32-bit)
4

RSM host agent 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 4.0.x 5.0

RSM server 4.0.x

RSM server 5.0

Dynamic Capacity Management Extend Shrink

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2/R2 (x64 64-bit)4 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP2 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (x86 32-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (x64 64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86 32-bit)4 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x64 64-bit)4
4

Also supported as a guest OS with VMware ESX 3.5.

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4.4 HP Replication Solutions Manager server and host agent software compatibility (cont'd)
Dynamic Capacity Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 4.0 (x64 64-bit) Update 6, 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 4.0 (Itanium) Update 6, 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 5.0 (x86 32-bit) Update 1, 25 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 5.0 (x64 64-bit) Update 1, 25 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 5.0 (Itanium) Update 1, 25 Sun Solaris 9 (SPARC) Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (x86, x86_64 32-bit) SP3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (x64 64-bit) SP3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (Itanium) SP3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 (x86, x86_64 32-bit) SP1, SP2 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 (x64 64-bit) SP1, SP2 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 (Itanium) SP1, SP25 VMware ESX 3.5.x6 VMware ESXi 3.5.x
5 6 6 5 5

RSM host agent 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0.x 5.0 5.0

RSM server 4.0.x

RSM server 5.0

Management Extend Shrink

7 7

Offline Dynamic Capacity Management on limited non-LVM configurations is supported.

Supported with Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition (x86 and x64) and Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86 and x64) as a guest OS. No HBA information will be reported by the host agent in the Windows guest OS. With HP RSM 4.0.x, the Windows guest OS can be used as the source for replication jobs only and not as the target or mount host. With HP RSM 5.0, the Windows guest OS can be used as both the source and the target or mount host. Replicas can also be presented to and mounted on physical hosts running a compatible Windows operating system. All operations are supported only on Raw Device Mapped LUNs configured with physical compatibility mode. DC-Management and replication operations are currently not supported on VMFS volumes using HP Replication Solutions Manager.
7

Shrink is not supported when using Windows 2003 as the guest OS.

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4.5 Dynamic Capacity Management compatibility

This table shows how Dynamic Capacity Management is compatible with HP Command View EVA, HP Replication Solutions Manager, and controller software versions. Application HP Command View EVA 8.0.x HP Command View EVA 8.1 HP Command View EVA 9.0.1 HP Command View EVA 9.1 HP Replication Solutions Manager 4.0.x HP Replication Solutions Manager 5.0 VCS 3.1xx VCS 4.1xx XCS 6.1xx XCS 6.2xx XCS 09000000/09001000 XCS 09003000 XCS 09004000 XCS 09006000 XCS 09501x00 Dynamic Capacity Management Extend Shrink

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5.0 Browser and JRE support

This table lists the supported browsers and JRE versions you can use to access HP EVA software and Storage Management Appliance user interfaces from the corresponding operating system. A supported JRE is required on the server from which you browse to HP Replication Solutions Manager and from which you run the remote CLUI client. The last column indicates the browser version required if you are running HP Command View EVA and the web-based operator control panel (WOCP) with the EVA4400. Operating system Required browser Supported JRE CV EVA & WOCP Firefox 1.5 1.5.0_05 and later Firefox 2.0 HP HP-UX PA-RISC Firefox 1.5 1.5.0_05 and later Firefox 2.0 HP HP-UX Integrity HP OpenVMS Alpha Secure Web Browser 1.7-13 1.5.0-2 and later Secure Web Browser 1.7-13 HP OpenVMS Integrity Secure Web Browser 1.7-13 1.5.0-1 and later Secure Web Browser 1.7-13 Linux (x86) Firefox 2.0 1.5.0_06 and later Firefox 2.0 Linux (x64) Firefox 2.0 1.5.0_06 and later Firefox 2.0 Microsoft Windows Sun Solaris SPARC (64-bit)
1

Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and later Mozilla 1.7.3

1.5.0_06 and later

Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and later1 Or Firefox 2.0 Firefox 2.0

Internet Explorer 7.0 is only supported with HP Command View EVA 7.0 or later. SP1 or later of Internet Explorer 6.0 is supported with HP Command View EVA 6.0.x and HP Replication Solutions Manager 2.x and 3.x.

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6.0 Features supported by controller software version 6.1 Supported array features by controller software version
Array features depend on the controller software version. An HP Command View EVA license is required to use these features. EVA controller software version Feature Maximum number of arrays per HP Command View EVA instance1 Maximum number of virtual disks per array (includes snapshots, snapclones, and mirrorclones)
2

VCS 3.1xx 16

VCS 4.1xx 16

XCS 6.1xx 16

XCS 6.2xx 16

XCS 09006000 XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400) 16 (EVA4400) 16

XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400) 16 20483 16 256

512 16 256

1024 16 256

1024 16 256

1024 16 256

1024 12 256

1024 12 256

Maximum number of disk groups per array4 Maximum number of hosts per array Host-based volume group limits
5

To ensure maximum EVA performance when processing HP Replication Solutions Manager jobs, host-based volume groups should contain a maximum of 32 virtual disks and 127 logical volumes. Larger configurations are supported, but the loss of performance will be directly related to the size of the configuration.

1 2 3

HP recommends a maximum of four EVAs per HP Command View EVA instance. This recommendation applies to all management server types. One LUN (LUN 0) is always reserved by the controller software.

If the array configuration includes virtual disks that are greater than 2 TB, then the maximum number of virtual disks (including snapshots, snapclones, and mirrorclones) per array will be less than 2048. The maximum number of disk groups is also limited by the maximum number of disks. For Fibre Channel disk drives, each disk group requires a minimum of 8 disks. For solid state disk (SSD) drives, each disk group requires a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 8 disks.

For additional maximums and rules on host presentations, See Section 11 (EVA and EMA/ESA/MA/RA storage system rules) in Part III, Host and storage systems rules of HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide .

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6.2 Supported local replication feature by controller software version

Local replication features depend on the controller software version. An HP Business Copy EVA license is required to use these features. EVA controller software version Feature Direct connect VCS 3.1xx VCS 4.1xx XCS 6.1xx XCS 6.2xx XCS 09006000 XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400) (EVA4400) XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400)

Not supported in HP Replication Solutions Manager environments, except with certain restrictions for Windows hosts. Specifically, you cannot mount snapshots or snapclones on a Windows host that is running the HP Replication Solutions Manager host agent and is directly attached to an EVA running XCS controller software. If the operating system supports Boot from SAN, replication of a point-in-time copy of the boot volume (snapshot, snapclone, or mirrorclone) is supported. 2 TB (less 1 GB) 10 10 10 28 28

Boot from SAN Containers Maximum size of a container Maximum number of virtual disks supported with MULTISNAP commands (HP SSSU) Mirrorclones Create mirrorclones Resynchronize data from source virtual disk to mirrorlcone Restore data from mirrorclone to source virtual disk Restore data from snapshot of mirrorclone to source virtual disk Create containers (for snapclones) Create snapclones in preallocated containers Instant restore of virtual disks Set disk group (for snapclones) Set Vraid in copy Maximum number of virtual disks supported with MULTIMIRROR commands (HP SSSU) Snapshots Controller software enforced cross Vraid guidelines Create fully-allocated snapshots in preallocated containers Restore data from snapshot to source virtual disk Set Vraid in copy Maximum number of snapshots per source virtual disk1 Maximum number of virtual disks supported with MULTISNAP commands (HP SSSU)
1

10

28

28

10

10

16 10

16 10

64 28

64 28

16 10

16 TB maximum across the parent and all active snapshots of that parent. For XCS 09501x00, the maximum is 80 TB.

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6.3 Supported remote replication feature by controller software version

Remote replication features depend on the controller software version. An HP Continuous Access EVA license is required to use these features. The following general rules apply to remote replication between arrays running different controller software versions (XCS and VCS). See Table 3.3, "Controller software version support in remote replication environments," for controller software version compatibility. If a feature, such as the maximum number of members of a DR group, is supported differently in the source and destination arrays, the more restrictive value applies to the sourcedestination DR group pair. If a feature is not available in both controller software versions, the feature cannot be used in a source-destination DR group pair. IMPORTANT: Testing of FC-IP support with HP Continuous Access EVA is ongoing. For the latest information, see Part 4, SAN extension and bridging of HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide EVA controller software version Feature Maximum number of single-member DR groups per array1 Maximum number of virtual disk members of all DR groups per array1 Maximum number of virtual disk members per DR group Maximum combined capacity (in TB) of a DR group's virtual disk members and those members' snapshots, snapclones, or mirrorclones Suspend on full copy Create a DR group or add/remove DR group members in enhanced asynchronous mode DR group member extend DR group member shrink Failover or delete a DR group during normalization Failsafe on Link-down/Power-up support Preferred path Replication relationships Cabling scheme 2:1 2:1 2:1 3:1 3:1 VCS 3.1xx 128 128 8 VCS 4.1xx 128 128 32 XCS 6.1xx 256 256 32 XCS 6.2xx 256 256 32 XCS 09006000 (EVA4400) 128 128 32 XCS 09501x00 XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/840 (EVA4400) 128 128 32 256 256 32

16

16

32

32

16

80 4:1
2

80 4:12

Cross-cabling optional 1 For best performance when using HP Replication Solutions Manager, do not exceed 512 single-member DR groups and 512 source-destination pairs across all arrays. Other limits may apply.
2

4:1 is only supported when the source of the FAN-out or the target of the FAN-in is a high-end array, which is an array with 4 host ports per controller or 8 host ports per array. Any HP Continuous Access EVA-supported array can be the target of the FAN-out or the source of the FAN-in.

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6.3 Support remote replication feature by controller software version (cont'd)

EVA controller software version Feature Controller software maximum default DR group log file size VCS 3.1xx 2x the combined size of DR group members (cannot be changed) VCS 4.1xx XCS 6.1xx XCS 6.2xx XCS 09006000 (EVA4400) 100 GB (Synchronous and Asynchronous) XCS 09501x00 (EVA4400) 100 GB (Synchronous and Asynchronous) XCS 09501x00 (EVA6400/8400) 100 GB (Synchronous and Asynchronous)

Smaller of: 2,047.99 GB maximum virtual disk size Remaining space in disk group in which the DR group log resides The sum of the sizes of the members within the DR group3

User selectable maximum DR group log Maximum log file size within these parameters: 2,047.99 GB maximum virtual disk size file size4

Bandwidth

Greater than 136 MB5, 6 Less than or equal to the available capacity in the source log disk group. The capacity selected must also be available in the destination log disk group HP Continuous Access EVA supports a minimum bandwidth of 4 Mb/s. See the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA implementation guide for more information about selecting the appropriate replication link. Note: HP Replication Solutions Manager exhibits long management delays when managing remote arrays that are connected via low bandwidth links with over 36 ms of one-way latency. If the operating system supports Boot from SAN, replication of the boot disk is supported.

Boot from SAN

Clustering solutions with HP Continuous HP Continuous Access EVA supports all clustering solutions that are supported on the EVA. To determine the supported clustering solution for an Access EVA operating system, see the applicable operating system table within Table 7.0, EVA host connectivity. Host HBAs per array Source and destination pair size Switches per fabric7
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The maximum depends on an array's platform/operating system rules. See Part III, Host and storage systems rules of HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide and the Quickspecs for HP Continuous Access EVA and the applicable array model. 1 GB to 2 TB (in 1 GB increments) See Part II, Fabric infrastructure rules of HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide .

The controller software default maximum log size for XCS 6.2xx or later running on the EVA 4000/4100/6x00/8x00 is 100 GB for enhanced asynchronous. You can only change the size of the log file when the DR group write mode is set to synchronous. The transition from asynchronous logging to synchronous logging must complete before If the size specified is not greater than or equal to the asynchronous minimum log size and you attempt to change to asynchronous mode, the command will fail. For the EVA For the EVA4400 running XCS 09000000 or later, the capacity must be greater than 5 GB. The switch restrictions that previously applied to XCS 09003000 have been removed. See the SAN design reference guide for switch support information.

changing the log file size, which is available in XCS 6.1xx or later.
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4000/4100/6x00/8x00 running XCS 6.1xx or later, the minimum log size is 1,624 MB for enhanced asynchronous mode.
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For detailed specifications about the operating systems supported with the Enterprise Virtual Array, go to the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access. Once access is enabled, select Compatibility Tool in the left menu and then select Operating System. You can refine your search by selecting a specific operating system. For more information on how to use SPOCK, see the Getting Started Guide (http://h20272.www2.hp.com/Pages/spock_overview/introduction.html). For supported switch information, see the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide . From the Manuals page, select Storage Networking under Storage and then select HP StorageWorks SAN under HP StorageWorks SAN Solutions. Exceptions The Cisco MDS 9020 switch is only supported with HP Continous Access EVA when the EVA is running XCS 6.000 or later.

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