HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

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Array Performance Pack Requirements
The following paragraphs describe important requirements and considerations for licensing and
using the Array Performance Pack:
• Licensing Requirements and Setup
• Software Requirements
• EVAPerf Requirements
• Specifying Data Collectors
• EVA Array Discovery
Licensing Requirements and Setup
Your Array Performance Pack license determines how many EVA arrays you can select for
performance monitoring. Additional licenses can be purchased if you need to monitor more EVA
arrays than your current license allows.
As part of the license setup, you must specify which EVA arrays are to be monitored. You can make
changes to your selection at a later time to accommodate new monitoring and reporting needs.
Array Performance Pack license setup is discussed in the chapter, Managing Licenses.
Setup for the Array Performance Pack also requires you to specify the data collectors used to
implement your specific reporting needs. This is discussed in the section, Specifying Data Collectors,
later in this chapter.
Software Requirements
Refer to the Support Matrix for detailed supported software requirements for the EVA Array
Performance pack. In summary, they include:
• Management server software Build 6.0.2 or later.
• Command View EVA version 7.x highly recommended (minimum Build: 6.0.2). Command View
EVA v7.0 is not supported with EVA XCS code version v5.1xx.
• A maximum of 8 EVAs per CV EVA server are supported.
• VCS 4.004 is not supported for EVA 5000 disk arrays.
• Management server performance provider does not support EVA VCS code earlier than 4.x.
Table 1: Performance Pack Configurations
CV EVA 6.0.2 CV EVA 7.0 CV EVA 7.0.1
VCS 3.028 X X X
VCS 3.1xx X X X
VCS 4.0xx X X X
XCS 5.1xx X Unsupported X
XCS 6.0xx X X X
XCS 6.1xx X X X