HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array releasenotes (XCS 10000000)AbstractThis document applies to the HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array, HP 6400 Enterprise Virtual Array, HP 8400 Enterprise Virtual Array,HP P6300 Enterprise Virtual Array, and HP P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array.HP Part Number: 667992-001Published: June 2011Edition: 2

operating systems

san support

HP 4400 Release Note

hp p6000 software solution compatibility

hp p6000 command view upgrade support

hp p6000 command view downgrade support

hp p6000 replication solutions manager upgrade support

active/inactive support for controller software

downgrade support for eva3000/5000 and eva4x00/6x00/8x00 controller software versions

downgrade support for eva4400 and eva6400/8400 controller software versions

controller software and management module software support

management module software compatibility

hp p6000 software deployment options

supported software on management servers and the management module

supported p6000 software operating environments

hp p6000 replication solutions manager host agent support

hp p6000 replication solutions manager host agent and hp p6000 dc-management compatibility

hp p6000 dynamic capacity management compatibility

browser support

p6000 eva host connectivity

solid state disk (ssd) support

Compaq Presario,Presario 4400

product highlights

technical specifications

system requirements and prerequisites

preparing for installation

appendix a: known anomalies

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Introduction

Transitioning a Sysprep image from IDE to SATA

Adding SATA drivers to RIS Installation Points

Steps to add SATA drivers to the distribution point

Adding SATA Drivers to an Installation CD

Using OSCDIMG (or CDIMAGE) and CDBURN (command line utilities from Microsoft)

Modifying a Windows XP installation to support SATA Native Mode

Steps to modify a Windows XP image to support SATA Native Mode

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Getting started

Reference documentation

Preparing for the upgrade

Checking the array hardware

Checking and upgrading your SAN infrastructure

Collecting SAN configuration data using SAN Visibility

Obtaining a report from HP

Creating a report automatically

Creating a report manually

Reading the report

Evaluating your configuration

XCS 10000000 upgrade considerations

Selecting a time to perform an online upgrade

HP Command View EVAPerf command options

Identifying virtual disk activity

Managing host I/O timeouts for an online upgrade

Linux Red Hat and SUSE

Microsoft Windows

OpenVMS

Managing application I/O timeouts for an online upgrade

Upgrading on a management server

Verifying installation on the management server

Verifying installation on the management module

Upgrading HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager (optional)

Preparing the HP P6000 Continuous Access environment for an upgrade

Upgrading disk drive firmware in an HP P6000 Continuous Access environment

Task checklist

Upgrading the Enterprise Virtual Array

Step 2. Configure User-Initiated Service Mode (UISM)

Step 3. Disabling array passwords

Step 5. Upgrading the controller software

Resetting the I/O module

Step 6. Upgrading the disk drive firmware

Upgrading firmware on all disks

Upgrading firmware on a single disk

Enabling password access in HP P6000 Command View

Troubleshooting

HTTP status 404, not found or status 503, no service

No storage systems found

Creating disk groups with double protection level

Selecting an array

Disabling DR group failsafe mode

Bad image header (Status code 65)

Support and other resources

Typographic conventions

Index

standards compliance

important notes

firmware upgrades and downgrades

ficon support

access gateway

about this document

verifying component failure

removing a disk drive

installing a disk drive

installing a controller

replacement instructions

management module

removing a management module

6400/8400

HP 4400 Release Note

Product

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