HP StorageWorks EVA Software Compatibility Reference (T3687-96037, December 2005)

AIX 5.1
All HP Business
Copy EVA functions
are supported on
all EVA-supported
operating systems.
EVA3000/5000
AIX 5.2
••
5
•
340 MHz 256 MB 460 7 115
AIX 5.3
EVA3000/5000 •
SuSE 8 (32-bit) SP3
••
6
•
600 MHz 512 MB
320 5 120
SuSE 8 (64-bit)
•
•
SuSE SLES 9.0 (32-bit AMD)
•
SuSE SLES 9.0 (32-bit Intel)
•
•
SuSE SLES 9.0 (64-bit AMD)
•
SuSE SLES 9.0 (64-bit Itanium)
•
•
Red Hat AS 2.1 (32-bit) Update 5, 6
•
•
Red Hat AS 3.0 (32-bit) Update 4
••
•
Red Hat AS 2.1 (64-bit) Update 5, 6
•
•
Red Hat AS 3.0 (64-bit) Update 4
•
•
Red Hat AS 4.0 (32- and 64-bit)
•
•
1
On EVA3000/5000, VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 is supported with VCS 3.028 only.
2
This host agent on this operating system depends on SNIA libraries that are delivered with HP's SAN Infrastructure offerings. If you have not already done so, go to the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters section on the following web site and download the software for your HBA:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.
3
See the "Mounting host volumes" table for host volume mounting restrictions.
4
The host agent on this operating system does not support VERITAS DMP when accessing an EVA4000, EVA6000, or EVA8000.
5
The AIX host agent requires Maintenance Level 4 or later.
6
The host agent for this operating system does not support Secure Path when accessing an EVA3000 or EVA5000.
RSM host agent support
This table describes RSM host agent 1.1 support for:
— Volume Manager
— Mounting host volume copies on the same host
— Multipath solutions
— Cluster software
Host operating system
Supported Volume Manager
Mounting a host volume copy
on the same host as the source
Compatible multipath solution
Supported cluster
software
EVA3000/5000 EVA4000/6000/8000
AIX
Native Logical Volume Y (EVA3000/5000 only)
Secure Path 2.0D, SP2
MPIO 1.0.0.2
(Antemeta basic HP BC
EVA support only, no host
agent support)
HP-UX
Native Logical Volume
2
Y
Secure Path 3.0F
Secure Path 3.0F, PVlinks
(no VERITAS DMP)
Serviceguard
Linux Red Hat AS 3.0, Update 4
Sistina 1.08-2
N
QLogic failover driver
7.05.00
(no Secure Path)
QLogic failover driver
7.05.00
Serviceguard
Linux SuSE SLES 8.0
Sistina 1.08
Solaris
1
VERITAS Volume Manager
Y, except copies of Solaris disk
groups
Secure Path 3.0D
MPxIO
(no VERITAS DMP)
Windows
Replication of Windows dynamic
disks and VERITAS Volume Manager
are not supported
Y, except copies of Windows Cluster
Quorum disks in the same cluster
Secure Path 4.0C SP2-1
MPIO Basic Failover 1.01
Full featured MPIO DSM
for EVA 1.00.02
Microsoft Cluster Server
1
The host agent on the Solaris 9 operating system does not support VERITAS Volume Manager when accessing an EVA4000, EVA6000, or EVA8000.
2
Replication manager host volume job commands are supported only on HP-UX disks with Logical Volume Manager.