HP 3PAR Windows 2012 and Windows Server 2008 Implementation Guide

NOTE: With HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1, HP requires host persona 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2
(only) and host persona 2 for Windows Server 2008, 2012, or 2012 R2 hosts. However, host
persona 6 is automatically assigned following an online HP 3PAR OS upgrade from OS version
2.2.x. After such an upgrade, you must change host persona 6 to host persona 2.
With HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2, HP requires host persona 2 for Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012,
or 2012 R2 hosts. Following an online upgrade from HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 for Windows Server
2008 R2 hosts, you must change from host persona 1 to host persona 2.
From HP 3PAR OS 3.1.3, HP requires host persona 15 for Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2,
2012, or 2012 R2 hosts. However, host persona 2 is automatically assigned following an online
HP 3PAR OS upgrade from OS version 3.1.2. After such an upgrade, you must change host
persona 2 to host persona 15.
Before changing host personas, refer to the HP 3PAR Operating System Upgrade Pre-Planning
Guide for instructions to prevent loss of LUN mapping.
To obtain a copy of this documentation, go to the following page on the HP SC website:
HP Support Center
Host persona 2 enables three functional features:
• HP 3PAR Host Explorer, which requires the SESLun element of host persona 2
• The UARepLun, which notifies the host of newly exported VLUNs and should trigger a LUN
discovery request on the host, making the VLUN automatically available on format
• The RTPG feature, which automatically enables active/active multipathing on Windows Server
2008, 2008 R2, 2012, or 2012 R2 hosts
Host persona 15, available from HP 3PAR OS 3.1.3, includes all the functionality of Persona 2
as well as a fix for an issue where a Windows server will mark the HP 3PAR LUNs "offline" following
an HP 3PAR OS upgrade.
1. To create host definitions, issue the createhost [options] <hostname> [<WWN>...]
command. For example:
# createhost -persona 15 windowshost 10000000C9606724
2. To verify that the host has been created, issue the showhost command.
% showhost
Id Name Persona -WWN/iSCSI_Name- Port
0 windowshost WindowsServer 10000000C9606724 ---
NOTE: See the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Reference or the HP 3PAR Management Console
User’s Guide for complete details on using the controlport, createhost, sethost, and
showhost commands.
These documents are available on the following page of the HP SC website:
HP Support Center
Changing from Host Persona 2 to Host Persona 15
The change to host persona 15 is an online procedure:
Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Host Persona and Ports (HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or OS 2.3.x) 13