HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.4.1-00 System Requirements (TB581-96339, March 2013)

Management server requirements
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Table 1-10 Supported cluster environments
OS
Architecture
Service Pack
Cluster software
x64 No SP
SP1
SP2
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 No SP
SP1
Windows Server Failover
Clustering
Windows Server 2012 x64 No SP Windows Server Failover
Clustering
1-2-6 Related software
(1) Performance Advisor
By linking Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager to Performance Advisor, you can check
performance information of storage systems from the management client. You can check
performance information from the GUI Mobility tab. You can also check performance information
related to LDEVs or parity groups by launching the PA GUI window from the GUI. In addition, by
using the GUI or CLI client, you can check parity group usage. The following table describes the
software required to check performance information from management clients.
Table 1-11 Software required to check performance information from management clients
Condition
Software
Version
Displaying performance
information from the GUI Mobility
tab
Performance Advisor 5.0 or later
Displaying the Performance
Advisor GUI windows from the GUI
in Legacy mode
Performance Advisor 4.0 or later
Checking the parity group usage
from the GUI or CLI client
Performance Advisor 3.4 or
: To link Tiered Storage Manager with Performance Advisor, the CLI library is required. To obtain performance
information from Performance Advisor, you need to specify the installation directory for the Performance
Advisor CLI in the PATH environment variable. If you do not specify the PATH environment variable, an
environment settings error will occur, and you will not be able to obtain the performance information. For
details on installing the CLI client library and setting up the environment, see the
HP Performance Advisor
P9000 Software Command-Line User Interface Reference Guide.
(2) P9000 mainframe agent
For managing mainframe host volumes, from Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager,
Mainframe Agent needs to be installed to a mainframe host. The versions of Mainframe Agent to be
supported by Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager are shown in the following table.