Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP P9000 for Linux Version B.01.00.10 Release Notes

series remote frames. There must always be at least four Continuous Access links, two in each
direction. The XP/P9000 series cannot use a Continuous Access link bi-directionally. Therefore, it
is required to configure one pair to go in one direction and another pair to go in the other direction.
Otherwise, it is not possible to fail over and fail back without a major Continuous Access link
reconfiguration.
These release notes state the minimum version requirements for Microcode with the Metrocluster
product. Contact your HP Storage Representative to ensure you have up-to-date and correct versions
of Microcode for your HP Storage Disk Array XP P9000 environment.
Host System Requirements
• HP Proliant Servers
HP Software Requirements
The following lists the Serviceguard for Linux version and Linux OS distribution versions required
for running Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP P9000 for Linux.
The HP Proliant server specific requirements are:
• RHEL 5.7/RHEL 5.8/RHEL 5.9/RHEL 6.1/RHEL 6.2/RHEL 6.3/RHEL 6.4/SLES 11 SP1/SLES
11 SP2
• Serviceguard for Linux version A.11.20.xx
HP Storage P9000 Disk Array Family Continuous Access Software Requirements
The following are the P9000 Raid Manager software requirements for using HP Storage Disk Array
in a Metrocluster with P9000 Continuous Access environment. P9000 Raid Manager specific
minimum requirements are:
• Version 1.24.13 or later for P9000 arrays.
The appropriate P9000 Raid Manager version must be installed on all nodes running packages
that use data replication with Continuous Access for P9000.
HP Storage Disk Array XP Series Continuous Access XP Software Requirements
The following are the XP Raid Manager software requirements for using HP Storage Disk Array in
a Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP P9000 for Linux environment. The XP Raid Manager
specific minimum requirements are:
• Version 1.22.06 or later for all models XP arrays.
The appropriate XP Raid Manager version must be installed on all nodes running packages that
use data replication with Continuous Access XP.
Continuous Access Journal Limitations
The following describes the P9000 Models and Journal Group requirements for Continuous Access
Journal Group operations.
P9000 and XP Models Supporting Continuous Access Journal
Continuous Access Journal feature is supported only on P9500, XP20000 and XP24000 disk
arrays. (Continuous Access Synchronous is supported in all P9000 and XP models. Continuous
Access Asynchronous is supported only on all XP models.)
For more information on journal group requirements for XP20000 and XP24000 disk arrays, see
HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Continuous Access Journal Software User's Guide
(T5278-96018) available at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp.
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