Version Requirements; Upgrading The San - HP P4000 Release Notes

Prerequisites
HP StorageWorks P4000 Centralized Management Console
For the CMC complete installation, 35 MB disk space and 50 MB RAM during runtime.
Minimum monitor resolution for the CMC is 1024 x 600.
HP StorageWorks P4000 Windows Solution Pack
32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003
VSS Provider - Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008, all versions
DSM for MPIO - Windows Server 2003, SP1
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator - Recommended: Version 2.08 (or greater)
HP StorageWorks P4000 Command-line interface (Cliq)
Windows Server 2003 SP1
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows XP SP2
Windows Vista
10 MB available space
Failover Managers
FOM for ESX
VMware ESX Server version 3.x
1 GB RAM
FOM for Hyper-V
See Installing the Failover Manager

Version requirements

To upgrade to release 9.0 SAN/iQ software, the storage systems must be at version 7.0 SP1 or later.
If the storage systems are at a lower version, please contact Customer Support for access to the interim
upgrade files. Refer to
If you are upgrading to version 9.0 from version 7.0 SP1, you must first upgrade to version 8.5, and
then upgrade to version 9.0. This additional upgrade is done automatically by the automatic upgrade
feature.
Required version of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator - version 2.08 (or greater)

Upgrading the SAN

Release 9.0 has automatic online upgrades. To begin using the online upgrades feature, you must
first install the release 9.0 CMC. You can download the latest CMC from
www.hp.com/go/P4000downloads.
Install the CMC and begin using the online upgrades.
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HP technical support for customer support contact information.