HP P6000 SmartStart 3.4 Release Notes (T5505-96064, June 2011)

Video tutorials
HP P6000 SmartStart for Windows contains video tutorials that describe HP P6000 SmartStart concepts.
The tutorials can be accessed from:
• Online help—Requires a Flash player and a 32-bit system (x86)
• GUI—Available to run on all systems
Running tutorials from online help
The tutorials are located in the HP P6000 SmartStart for Windows online help under Contents→What’s
new→Online help video tutorials.
Running tutorials from the GUI
You can view the tutorials from the HP P6000 SmartStart for Windows GUI by selecting Main
Menu→Tutorials.
Correction for HP MPIO P6000 DSM 4.02.00 release notes
The HP MPIO P6000 DSM 4.02.00 release notes that are included in the MPIO P6000 DSM software
on the HP P6000 SmartStart CD do not indicate support for Windows 2003. However, version 4.02.00
does support Windows 2003. The release notes that are posted on the web have been corrected.
Provisioning storage errors with Windows 2003 SP1
Windows 2003 SP1 has limited functionality for LUN provisioning. If you have issues provisioning
storage from HP P6000 SmartStart in a Fibre Channel configuration, upgrade your Windows 2003
server to SP2.
Alternately, you can provision storage directly from HP P6000 Command View and manually set the
new device as available to Windows.
Inconsistent behavior while trying to provision storage
After provisioning storage in Configure Fibre Channel application server, you are unable to provision
storage.
Verify the following:
• The array is managed by the HP P6000 Command View management server you specified.
Ensure that all arrays that HP P6000 Command View can discover are managed by that instance
of HP P6000 Command View.
• The storage arrays are in an operational state.
Japanese virtual disk names
Virtual disk names cannot contain Japanese characters. If they do, errors occur while provisioning
storage for Fibre Channel and iSCSI application servers.
Windows 2003 server requires Windows hotfix
If the management server is running Microsoft Windows 2003, HP P6000 Command View might not
display any arrays. To resolve this issue, you must install a Microsoft hotfix. Go to the following link
for details and the hotfix download:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945119
If you are using the server for storage only, not as a management server, you do not need to install
this hotfix.
4 Important notes