Software for vSphere Owner manual

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3PAR VAAI Plug-in 1.1.0 for VMware vSphere 4.1 Users Guide

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Overview 1.2

1.2 Audience 1.2

1.3 Related Documentation 1.3

1.4 Organization 1.4

1.5 Typographical Conventions 1.5

1.6 Advisories 1.5

2 Overview and Features

2.1 About VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) 2.1

2.2 About 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 1.1.0 for VMware vSphere 4.1 2.2

2.2.1 Hardware Assisted Locking (ATS) 2.3

2.2.2 Full Copy (XCOPY) 2.3

2.2.3 Block Zeroing (WRITE-SAME) 2.3

2.3 Package Contents 2.4

2.4 System Requirements 2.4

2.4.1 Supported 3PAR Inform OS Versions and Features 2.5

2.5 Special Considerations 2.6