HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Release Notes (XCS 09534000) (5697-3074, January 2014)

For VMware ESX 2.5.4 or 2.5.5 (EVA4400 only)

Using the ESX server console, add HSV3 to the following setting:

echo "HSV1:HSV2:DGC:MSA_VOLUME:HSV3" >

/proc/vmware/config/Disk/SANDevicesWithNonConstantSNInPa

Microsoft Windows 2003 MSCS cluster installation

The MSCS cluster installation wizard on Windows 2003 can fail to find the shared quorum device

and disk resources might not be auto-created by the cluster setup wizard. This is a known Windows

Cluster Setup issue that has existed since Windows 2003 was released.

There are two possible workarounds for this problem:

• Follow the workaround recommendation described in the Microsoft support article entitled

Shared disks are missing or are marked as "Failed" when you create a server cluster in

Windows Server 2003 (ID 886807), available for download on the Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;886807

• Use the MPIO DSM CLI to set the load balancing policy for each LUN to NLB.

Microsoft is currently working on a resolution to address this issue.

HP MPIO EVA DSM requirement

HP recommends that you always install the latest version of HP MPIO EVA DSM. If you use HP

SmartStart EVA Storage to install HP Command View EVA on your Windows 2003 or Windows

2008 management server, HP MPIO EVA DSM version 4.00.00 and DSM Manager are installed

automatically. You can always download the latest DSM Manager and HP MPIO EVA DSM from

HP's website:

http://www.hp.com/support/downloads

1. Under Storage, select Storage Software.

2. Under Storage Infrastructure Software, select Other Multi-Path Software-Windows.

3. Select Windows MPIO DSM for EVA.

4. Select the appropriate Windows operating system.

5. Do one of the following:

• For MPIO DSM, select HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 and

EVA4400 families of Disk Arrays.

• For DSM Manager, select HP MPIO DSM (Device Specific Module) Manager for Full

Featured DSMs.

See the release notes included with the download file for more information.

Array I/O can halt after a power cycle with an HP-UX host

I/O halts after power cycling an HSV300-S enclosure connected to an HP-UX 11.23 host with

HP-UX driver versions earlier than B.11.23.08.02. To resolve this issue, either upgrade to version

B.11.23.08.02, or reset the HBAs on any server affected after an HSV300-S is power cycled.

Reboot can be required after EVA power cycle to resume access to LUNs

If an EVA4400 experiences a power cycle while the management GUI for Windows MPIO DSM

is open, the LUNs might not appear under Disk Management after they recover. This issue is seen

when the MPIO DSM Manager snap-in is open at the time of a power cycle. To reduce the

probability of this occurring, HP recommends that you close the GUI when you are not performing

management actions.

If this problem occurs, follow these steps:

1. Close the HP MPIO DSM Manager GUI.