Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Release Notes
- Revision History
- Platforms Affected
- HIT/ME Components
- Supported Versions of the Windows Operating System
- Requirements
- New in This Release
- Usage Constraints
- Known Issues
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- Known Issues with PowerStore Import
- HIT/ME Online Help link in ASM tool navigates to HIT/ME 5.0 Online Help
- Importing The SMP Provider by Using SCVMM 2016 Displays an Error Message
- The Change Option is not Available to Add or Remove any Components or Features of HIT/ME
- EHCM Might Drop Sessions When Using Broadcom or QLogic HBAs for iSCSI
- ASM Error When Updating to Window Server 2016 or Windows Server Core 2016
- Windows 2016 Schedules Not Running When Re-Enabled
- Set-ASMCollection Cmdlet Not Functioning as Designed
- Installing SCVMM 2012 R2 UR5 Causes EqualLogic Storage Discovery Issues
- Windows 2016 SharePoint Components Not Enumerated After Fresh Install of HIT Kit
- Exchange Replica Smart Copies Might Require Manual Soft Recovery
- Deleting a VSS Snapshot Occasionally Results in an Error Condition in the Group Manager Due to iSCSI Log Off Failure
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- Support Resources
● Exchange Server 2013 SP1 and Exchange Server 2016
● SharePoint 2013 SP1 and SharePoint 2016
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
HIT/ME version 5.3 runs on any of the following Microsoft Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems:
● Windows Client 7 SP1, 8.0, 8.1, and 10
● Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016
● Windows Server Core 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016
HIT/ME Components
Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition (HIT/ME) includes the user-selectable components described in the following table:
Table 1. HIT/ME Tools Components
Component Description
Remote Setup Wizard (RSW) Initializes a PS Series storage array
Remote Setup Command Line Interface (RSWCLI) Provides a command-line alternative to the Remote Setup Wizard.
Also enables you to configure multipath I/O settings and configure
access to a PS Series group.
Multipath I/O device-specific module (MPIO/DSM) Supports redundant network paths between a computer and the PS
Series group for high availability and high performance.
Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME) Creates and manages Smart Copies (snapshots, clones, and replicas
of PS Series iSCSI volumes).
Use the alternate command-line interface, ASMCLI, for custom
operations and scripting.
VSS Provider Used by Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to manage application-
consistent Smart Copies
Virtual Disk Service Provider (VDS) Used by VDS version 1.1 and Storage Manager for SANs to create and
manage volumes in a group
Storage Management Provider (SMP) Manages storage groups on Windows 8 or later and Windows Server
2012 or later operating systems
PowerShell Tools Manages one or many PS Series groups through a comprehensive set
of PowerShell Tool cmdlets
EqualLogic MPIO Configuration Tool EqualLogic MPIO Configuration Tool is a new Graphical User Interface
(GUI) application (EqlMPIOConfigurator.exe), which provides
same user interface as the HIT/ME MPIO Configuration tab.
Supported Versions of the Windows Operating System
The following tables list supported versions of the Windows operating system and identify Host Integration Tools components
that do not support specific operating system versions.
NOTE:
If the Host Integration Kit is installed with the capability to import EqualLogic volumes to a PowerStore array, see
the Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide for supported operating sytems.
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