Release Notes Device Mapper Multipath Enablement Kit for HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays v4.2.0 (AA-RWF9G-TE, March 2009)

What's new

HPDM Multipath 4.2.0 provides the following additional features:

• Provides support for HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays EVA6400 and EVA8400.

• Provides changes for installation on RedHat based distributions.

NOTE:

For more information on operating systems supported with HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays, see the

SPOCK website:

www.hp.com/storage/spock

For more information on the HBA driver parameters on RHEL 5 U3, see Setting up HPDM Multipath.

Device Mapper Multipath support matrix

Table 1 lists the hardware and software prerequisites for installing HPDM Multipath.

Table 1 Hardware and software prerequisites

Supported hardware and softwareSystem feature

RHEL 4 Update 6

RHEL 4 Update 7

RHEL 5 Update 2

RHEL 5 Update 3

SLES 9 - SP4

SLES 10 - SP2

Operating system versions

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ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/index.html,

ttp://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/adapters/

index.html, and

ttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?lang=en&

cc=us&prodNameId=3628653&taskId=135&prodTypeId=332283&

prodSeriesId=3628652&submit.y=2&submit.x=5&lang=en&cc=us

Host Bus Adapters (HBA)

SAN Switches

HP BladeSystem c-Class Server Blades, ProLiant x86, ProLiant AMD64, ProLiant

EM64T Servers, Integrity Servers

Servers