HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 MU5 Release Notes

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10 HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 EMU2 Release Notes
Online Upgrade Considerations
This feature allows the upgrade of the OS concurrently with I/O activity on the attached hosts,
provided certain conditions are met. For further information and pre-planning of online upgrades,
see the latest version of the HP 3PAR OS Upgrade Pre-Planning Guide. To obtain a copy of this
documentation, go to http://www.hp.com/3par/support_manuals, select your product, and then
click Manuals.
NOTE: Direct upgrade from HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1.226 to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2.422 (EMU2) is not
supported with this release of HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2.
HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2.422 (EMU2) replaces HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2.422 (MU2).
Customers running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 and who wish to upgrade to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 must
upgrade to the latest HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 MU before upgrading to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2.
Supported Platforms
The HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 Configuration Matrix contains information about supported hardware and
software platforms. To obtain a copy of this documentation, see the Single Point of Connectivity
Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK) website at: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
Components
VersionComponent
3.1.2.422OS
3.1.2.422 (MU2)CLI Server
3.1.2.278CLI Client
3.1.2.450 (P11)System Manager
3.1.2.450 (P11)TPD Kernel Patch
1.7.0SNMP Agent
What's New in the HP 3PAR OS
HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 EMU2 provides all the benefits provided by HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 MU2 and
resolves following issues:
Sets the correct ticket number during log conversion when upgrading from any earlier HP
3PAR OS release to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2.422 (EMU2)
Initializes a message variable involved in log page processing correctly
Installs HP 3PAR OS Extended MU2 from SP 4.1.0.GA-97 correctly if HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2
MU2 is already installed on the node
Filters false frames created by certain fabric switches which causes the StoreServ Storage port
to shut down
Supports failover commands without requiring a transparent failover license (Peer Persistence
license) on the system issuing the command
Avoids the timeout of host inquiry commands to the HP 3PAR vendor unique LUN page during
rolling upgrades from HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 or later
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