Release Notes for HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 (AA-RVJ7F-TE, March 2008)

Operating syste
mrequirements
Following are t
he operating system requirements for HP MPIO XP DSM:
• Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1(x86, IA64 and x64)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 1(x86 and x64)
• Windows Server
2003withServicePack2(x86,IA64andx64)
• WindowsServer2003R2withServicePack2(x86andx64)
• Windows Server 2008 (x86, IA64 and x64)
• Windows Serve
r 2008 – Server Core (x86 and x64)
Supported storage systems
The H P M PIO XP DSM supports the following disk arrays:
• XP48
• XP128
• XP512
• XP1024
• XP10000
• XP12000
• XP20000
• XP24000
Prerequisite drivers
HP StorageWorks RAID storage systems are generally installed with a Solution Software kit, such as
the Fibre Channel Installation kit. These kits install or update certain drivers necessary for using HP
StorageWorks products with Windows. For information about Host Bus Adapter (HBA) drivers, refer to the
HP web s ite: h
ttp://welco me.hp.com/country/ us/en/support.html
Configuration limits
Table 1 lists the configuration limits for the HP MPIO XP DSM.
Table 1 Configuration limits
Feature
HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP
family of Disk Arrays
MaximumnumberofpathsperdiskforXP
32
Maximum number of XP di s ks per host
256
Failback
Autofailback
Load balancing
Yes
User Interface
Yes
CoexistencewithSecurePathonsameserver
Yes
Coexistence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for
EVA4x00/6x00/8x0 0 family of Disk Arrays on
same server
Yes
Coexistence with HP MPIO basic failover for EVA
arrays on same server
Yes
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