release notes HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) Disk Arrays 3.02.00 (AA-RW8BF-TE, March 2009)

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for MSA1000/1500

(Active-Active) Disk Arrays support

This section describes the following:

• Operating system requirements

• Supported storage systems

• Prerequisite drivers

• Configuration limits

• Installation kit components

Operating system requirements

Following are the operating system requirements for HP MPIO MSA DSM:

• Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (x86, IA64 and x64)

• Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (x86, IA64 and x64)

• Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (x86 and x64)

• Windows Server 2008 (x86, IA64 and x64)

• Windows Server 2008 – Server Core (x86 and x64)

Supported storage systems

The HP MPIO MSA DSM supports the following disk arrays:

• MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) with firmware version 6.x or later

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 more information on Host Bus Adapter (HBA) drivers, see

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html.

Configuration limits

Table 1 lists the configuration limits for HP MPIO MSA DSM.

Table 1 Configuration limits

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM

for Windows for MSA Disk

Arrays

Features

32Maximum number of paths per disk for MSA

AutofailbackFailback

YesLoad balancing

YesUser Interface