HP StorageWorks EVA software compatibility reference (T3687-96039, February 2006)

Windows 2000 Server
All HP Business
Copy EVA
functions are
supported on all
EVA-supported
operating systems.
EVA3000/5000
•
600 MHz 512 47.454
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (32-bit)
•
•
6
• •
•
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1
•
•
6
•
•
•
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (32-bit)
•
•
6
• •
•
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
(64-bit Itanium)
•
•
6
•
633 MHz 1024 84.266
W
indows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
(64-bit Itanium)
••
Windows Server 2003 Extended Systems Standard Edition
(x64-bit AMD)
•••
Windows Server 2003 Extended Systems Enterprise Edition
(64-bit)
•••
Application
Oracle 9i, 10G R2
•
9
1
See the "Mounting host volumes" table for host volume mounting restrictions.
2
The HP RSM 2.0 host agent requires that either the IBM XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 7.0 Compiler or the IBM C++ Runtime Environment (RTE) Components for AIX is installed on the host server running this operating system. To download the current version
of IBM C++ RTE, go to the following web site: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=32&context=SSEP5D&dc=D400&uid=swg24009788&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en .
3
The AIX 5.2 host agent requires Maintenance Level 4 or later, however Maintenance Level 7 is recommended. The AIX 5.3 host agent requires Maintenance Level 3.
4
The HP RSM 2.0 host agent requires that the following patches be installed on the host server running this operating system: PCSI V1.0, SYS V8.0, Update V4.0, and FIBRE_SCSI V7.0. You can download these patches from the following web site:
http://www.itrc.hp.com/.
5
The HP RSM 2.0 host agent requires that the FIBRE_SCSI V1.0 patch be installed on the host server running this operating system. You can download this patch from the following web site: http://www.itrc.hp.com/.
6
The 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.
7
The host agent on this operating system does not support VERITAS DMP when accessing an EVA4000, EVA6000, or EVA8000.
8
On EVA3000/5000, VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 is supported with VCS 3.028 only.
9
Oracle application integration is supported on Windows hosts only and works in Real Application Clusters (RAC) environments. There is no ASM support for Oracle.
10
These are the miminum host agent requirements. Log files will require additional space.
RSM host agent support
This table describes RSM host agent 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
7
Supported cluster
software
EVA3000/5000 EVA4000/6000/8000
AIX
Native Logical Volume
Y (EVA3000/5000 only)
Secure Path 2.0D
SP2 or SP3
3
MPIO 1.0.0.2
(Antemeta basic HP Business
Copy EVA support only, no
host agent support)
HACMP 5.3
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 6
Sistina 1.08-13
N
QLogic failover driver 7.07.03-fo (no Secure Path)
Linux Red Hat AS 4.0 Update 2,3
Sistina 2.01.14 QLogic failover driver 8.01.03-fo (no Secure Path) Serviceguard 11.16.01
Linux SuSE SLES 9.0 SP3
Sistina 2.01.14 QLogic failover driver 8.01.03-fo (no Secure Path)
Solaris
1
VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1
Y, except copies of Solaris disk
groups
Secure Path 3.0D SP1
4
MPxIO
5
and
VERITAS DMP
6
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 HP RSM 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.
3
Secure Path 2.0D SP3 is the minimum required version for AIX 5.3.
4
To display host properties correctly, the HP RSM server software requires the QLA2310F/FCA2257P, QLA2342, QLA2340, or LP10000DC host bus adapter when running the Secure Path multipath
solution.
5
To display host properties correctly, the HP RSM server software requires the QLA2342 (SUN) host bus adapter when running the MPxIO multipath solution.
6
To display host properties correctly, the HP RSM server software requires the ASL libraries on the host for QLA2310F/FCA2257P, QLA2342, or QLA2340 host bus adapter when running the VERITAS
multipath solution.
7
These solutions apply to HP Continuous Access EVA in general.