HP 3PAR SmartStart 1.2 Release Notes (QL226-96853, June 2013)

1.1 Introduction
This document provides the release notes for HP 3PAR SmartStart 1.2 Software.
HP 3PAR SmartStart is a single startup tool that enables effortless setup of the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000
Storage system. SmartStart guides you through configuring all the required components for starting
up the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage platform.
To obtain a copy of this documentation, go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support
link for your product:
http://www.hp.com/go/3par
SmartStart 1.2 adds support for Windows Server 2012 in addition to Windows Server 2008 R2.
1.2 Features
SmartStart guides you through:
• Setting up the HP 3PAR Service Processor
• Initializing the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system
• Configuring application hosts
• Creating basic storage
• Installing the HP 3PAR Management Console
NOTE: SmartStart 1.2 installs HP 3PAR Management Console version 4.4.0.
1.3 Modifications to HP 3PAR SmartStart
The following items have been addressed in this release.
DescriptionItem
Issue
ID
In SmartStart 1.1.1, if the Windows disk label contained an apostrophe,
the Add Virtual Volumes to Windows task failed. This issue is resolved in
SmartStart 1.2.
Add Virtual Volumes to Windows
fails when the disk label contains an
apostrophe
80267
SmartStart 1.1.1 sometimes failed to mount and format the disk and
displayed the following error message when configuring a remote host:
Failed to format and mount disk. Failed to validate
whether the current task is complete.
SmartStart fails to format and mount
disk with error message "Failed to
validate if Scheduled Job has
finished"
80034,
85172
This issue is resolved in SmartStart 1.2.
1.4 Known Issues with HP 3PAR SmartStart
1.4.1 SP4.1.0-GA85: Better estimate on time required for cage firmware upgrades
needed (Issue 86777)
In the “Check storage system hardware configuration” step of the Storage System Setup Wizard, an
amount of time that the firmware upgrade will take to complete is given. This amount of time is only
an estimate. The actual elapsed time may vary depending on the number of devices in your
configuration.
1.4.2 SP Setup Wizard spins on “Set date and time” in the Setup Progress page (Issue
86785)
On the Setup Progress page of the Service Processor Setup Wizard, the “Set date and time” step
appears to stop responding.
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