HP 3PAR Service Processor Software 4.2.x Release Notes (QR482-96789)

2 Supported Platforms

The HP 3PAR Configuration Matrix for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 and later contains information about

supported hardware and software platforms for HP 3PAR Service Processor 4.2.0 and subsequent

releases.

NOTE: The physical Service Processor and virtual Service Processor (VSP) are supported on only

English-locale platforms.

The following table describes the Service Processors supported with release level 4.2.0.

Supported modelsPlatform typeService Processor

ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.1,

ESXi 5.5

VirtualVirtual Service Processor

Hyper-V Server 2008 R2,

Hyper-V Server 2012,

Hyper-V 2012 R2

VirtualVirtual Service Processor

DL320e, DL360ePhysicalHP ProLiant

Supermicro IIPhysicalSupermicro

For more details, see the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK)

website:

http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

NOTE: Beginning with the SP 4.1 release, the SP ID uses one of the following formats:

• 7-character SP ID: The literal SP string (2 characters) + 5 digits (for example, SP09997). This

ID format is used for legacy SPs.

• 12-character SP ID: The literal SP000 string (5 characters) + the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000

7-digit 3PAR serial number that is located on a label affixed to the node enclosure (DCN1).

The label is on a tab on the back right of the enclosure near Power Cooling Module1 (PCM

1, the PCM on the right). For example, if the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 3PAR serial number

is 1601234, the Service Processor ID will be SP0001601234.

For systems remaining at HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1.xxx, HP currently supports the use of only Service

Processor software version SP-2.5.x to continue managing the array.

• Using 3.1.1.xxx with SP 4.2.0 is not currently supported.

• Only those systems being upgraded to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 or later should upgrade the Service

Processor software to SP-4.2.0.

• If you are upgrading from HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 and SP 2.5.2, you must first upgrade the SP

to version 4.1.0 and then to version 4.2.0.

• There is no direct upgrade path from version 2.5.2 to version 4.2.0.

For more information about upgrading to version 4.1.0, see the HP 3PAR Service Processor Software

Upgrade Instructions, published December 2012, and the HP 3PAR Service Processor Software

2.5.2 P002 Upgrade Instructions, published October 2013.