HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Update 1 Release Notes

or to any value less than 100%, then a thin volume is expected to be created by
the adapter. This behavior is expected irrespective of the storage pool being sent
in the request. Thus the adapter implementation overrides the way EMC creates
the thick and thin volumes:
◦ When SPM requests a thick volume on a thin pool, the adapter will create a
thin volume on the given thin pool.
◦ When SPM requests a thin volume on a concrete pool, the adapter will create
a thick volume on the concrete pool.
• Growing a thin volume is not supported in EMC Symmetrix VMAX.
• The SPM adapter for EMC Symmetrix VMAX supports the host modes Linux,
Windows®, Windows 2008, Windows 2012, VMware, and HP-UX. It has not
been tested with the OpenVMS host mode.
• For all supported host modes, the maximum number of LUNs that can be presented
to on a host initiator per EMC port is limited to 2000.
Firmware for HP 3PAR StoreServ
HP 3PAR StoreServ must have a supported version of 3PAR OS installed in order to
work properly with SPM. SPM will not allow 3PAR arrays with earlier versions to be
imported into the SPM catalog. See the HP Insight Management Support Matrix at
Enterprise Information Library for currently supported versions.
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage imposes an initiator WWN limit per controller port on the
array
Two features in SPM 2.3 (included with Matrix 7.3) can be used to limit the number of
initiator WWNs that may be connected to a storage controller port. The white list
capability for HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage allows a storage administrator to control the
controller ports used by SPM, thus preventing SPM from using controller ports that are
reserved for other uses. The port group feature gives a storage administrator more
detailed control over how SPM uses controller ports for all storage.
When adding ports to a storage system for which a white list is configured, if any new
ports are to be used by SPM and Matrix OE, they must be added to the white list, and
the storage system must be resynchronized in SPM.
NOTE: The white list capability can only be used for HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage.
These limitations can impact servers provisioned by Matrix, using SPM for storage. For
more information, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment and HP Storage Provisioning
Manager support for port groups: Storage controller port load balancing using SPM
white paper at Enterprise Information Library.
HP 3PAR StoreServe Storage Zero Detect
SPM does not recognize the Zero Detect property of volumes on HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage. SPM 2.3 (included with Matrix 7.3) cannot create volumes with the Zero
Detect property. SPM can import and use pre-provisioned volumes with the Zero Detect
property, but it does not recognize the property value. SPM will continue to use volumes
it has created after an administrator applies HP 3PAR Zero Detect in the HP 3PAR
Management Console, but does not recognize if a volume has the Zero Detect property
value.
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