Server Configuration; Compatibility/Interoperability; Supported Components - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Release Note

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solution for your EVA4000. ISEE uses continuous hardware event monitoring and automated
notification to identify and prevent critical problems. ISEE is a no-charge feature of the EVA
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Server configuration

• In Windows environments, be sure to install all operating system updates and patches.
• Ensure that only one Windows management server is connected to the EVA4000:
• Select a Windows server with access to the EVA4000 as the management server.
• Ensure that the management server is running Windows Server 2003 R2.
• Before installing EZPilot, enable the Storage Management for SANs component included
in the R2 Windows feature pack.
• In a single-switch configuration, you can connect three non-management servers to the EVA4000.
• In a dual-switch high-availability configuration, you can connect up to five non-management
servers can be connected to the EVA4000.

Compatibility/interoperability

Supported components

Table 4 identifies the hardware and software components supported by the EVA4000 SAN Starter Kit.
Table 4 Supported components
Component
HBA
HBA driver
HBA firmware
Fibre Channel switch
EVA4000 controller firmware
Management server operating
system
Non-management server
operating system
HP Command View EVA
1
SMI-S EVA
EVA VDS Provider
1
These components are installed automatically by EZPilot.
6
Required model/version
HP StorageWorks FC2142SR 4Gb PCI-e HBA (LPe1150)
• Windows: appropriate version installed automatically by EZPilot
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9:
8.0.16.21
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9:
MultiPulse 2.1 (which includes Emulex Linux 8.0.16.21 driver), Emulex
2.1.6 MultiPulse driver module, HBAnyware 2.1a35 (multipathing
driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9)
2.50a2
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/8 base
XCS 6.100
Windows Server 2003 R2
• Windows Server 2003 R2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (latest update)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (latest service pack)
6.0.2
6.0.2
4.01.00
1