HP 3PAR Management Console 4.3.0 Release Notes (QL226-96340, December 2012)

1.1 Introduction
This document provides the release notes for HP 3PAR Management Console 4.3.0.
NOTE: The HP 3PAR Storage System has been rebranded as the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system.
To obtain a copy of this documentation, go to the HP 3PAR support site:
http://www.hp.com/3par/support_manuals
1.2 What’s New in the Management Console
The HP 3PAR Management Console allows you to administer all of your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
systems from a single management window, including remote systems used for replication. A single
screen provides a dashboard view of all your connected 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems, regardless
of model, as well as graphical charts and tables representing important system data and remote
replication configurations.
The key enhancements in this release are:
1.2.1 New Features
• The HP 3PAR Management Console now provides the ability to configure, manage, and create
reports for Adaptive Optimization. Adaptive Optimization enables a granular, policy-driven,
autonomic sub-LUN storage-tiering solution that delivers service-level optimization for virtual and
cloud data centers in order to reduce cost while both increasing agility and minimizing risk.
• The HP 3PAR Management Console now provides the ability to configure and manage Peer
Motion between HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems. Peer Motion enables customers both to
perform technology refresh seamlessly and to lower technology refresh capital expenditure.
• The HP 3PAR Management Console now provides the ability to schedule tasks, configure LDAP,
set licenses, and set the priority of physical copy creation tasks.
• The HP 3PAR Management Console now provides the ability to perform an online conversion of
a fully provisioned virtual volume to a Thin volume, and vice versa.
• The HP 3PAR Management Console has enhanced Remote Copy management to support new
capabilities such as configuring synchronous and asynchronous periodic Remote Copy between
a pair of HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems, configuring bidirectional replication on the
synchronous link in a Synchronous Long Distance replication, and configuring bidirectional
replication on both links in a 1-to-2 replication topology.
1.2.2 Ease-of-Use Enhancements
• The virtual volume creation wizard now provides the option to export volumes to host(s) immediately
after creation.
• Inline and online help functionality has been improved.
• The host persona is now automatically selected based on the host’s operating system selection.
• Locate functionality has been enhanced.
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