Fibre Channel - HP StoreVirtual 4000 Release Note

Fibre Channel

HP-UX servers cannot see SAN/iQ Fibre Channel LUNs
Fibre Channel on SAN/iQ does not work with HPUX and is not supported at this time.
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V cluster shows disk errors on the active node during scheduled
application-managed snapshots when using Fibre Channel
The snapshot process quiesces the volume, then takes the snapshot, then mounts the snapshot
using Fibre Channel, then unmounts the snapshot. Unmounting the snapshot breaks the Fibre
Channel connection, and this sometimes generates MPIO and disk errors in the Windows Event
log. You can ignore these errors. The snapshot completed successfully.
Hardware and platforms
When upgrading to 10 GbE for storage systems running SAN/iQ version 9.5 or later, the RAM
must be installed
When upgrading to 10 GbE on a P4000 G2 platform running SAN/iQ version 9.5 or later,
ensure that you install the RAM as instructed in the HP StorageWorks P4000 G2 10 GbE SFP+
Hardware Installation Instructions. Without the RAM installed, there will not be sufficient memory
for the 9.5 store to start.
A P4900 controller firmware mismatch event does not generate an SNMP trap
If the P410 controllers in a P4900 G2 storage system have different firmware versions, the firmware
version mismatch generates an event. However, that event does not generate an SNMP trap. This
situation could occur if a controller is replaced in a storage system and the replacement controller
is at a different firmware version.
Emulex 10 GbE card offers a new port speed setting of 9 Gb with SAN/iQ 10.0
The Emulex 10 GbE card now supports a 9 Gb port speed setting with the P4800 G2.
The 9 Gb port speed setting may display as an option for the 10 GbE card when used on other
storage system models besides the P4800 G2. The 9 Gb port speed setting should only be used
with the P4800 G2.
When splitting the P4800 G2 10 GbE NICS into a custom configuration for iSCSI and management,
the TCP speed/duplex reports Unknown
On P4800 G2 storage systems running the SAN/iQ software versions listed in the table, if the
Ethernet ports are configured with a speed other than the supported speeds listed, the network
controller Speed/Method and Duplex/Method are reported as Unknown when viewed on the
TCP Status tab of the storage system Network category.
SAN/iQ software version
9.5.00 Patch Set 2 or greater
10.0.00
Additionally, an event notification is received for "NIC Speed slow." This is a reporting issue
only: it does not affect actual functionality or the bandwidth allocated to network ports. To resolve
this issue, configure the network bandwidth of the P4800 G2 Ethernet ports to supported speeds.
14 Workarounds
Supported NIC configurations
100 Mb, 9.9 Gb, 10 Gb
100 Mb, 1 Gb, 9 Gb, 9.9 Gb, 10 Gb