HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 3000/5000 Release Notes (VCS 3.028) (5697-5385, December 2005)

Table 1 Additional information
Information
Location
General EVA 3000/5000 http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/arraysystems.html
Enterprise Virtual Arra y product
support
h
ttp://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/enterprise
HP StorageWorks Command View
EVA
h
ttp://h18006
.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/
cmdvieweva/index.html
HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA
h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/
bizcopyeva/index.html
HP StorageWorks Continuous Access
EVA
h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/
conaccesseva/index.html
Downloadable software and drivers
for storage p roducts
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/eng/support.html
Storage Management Appliance
updates
h
ttp://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/sanworks/
managementappliance
License key redemption
h
ttp://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/software/softwarekeys/
index.html
New features and enhancements
VCS 3.028 provides the following new features and enhancements.
NOTE:
HP StorageW
orks Command View EVA 4.1 is required to access the features in VCS 3.028. Information
on HP Comma
nd View EVA 4.1 is available on the following web site:
h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/cmdvieweva/index.htm l
Added features
• Improved system performance when creating snapshots by providing the ability to transition
cache of selected virtual disk s to write-through mode. This reduces the impact of snapshot and
snapclone startup on host I/O performance.
• Availability enhancem ents
• New disk drive fi rmware. See Table 3
Operating system support enhancements
Support for the following operating systems has been added since the release of VCS 3.025:
• Windows 2003 with SP1
• Windows 2003 Extended Systems (X64)
• Linux Red H a t Advanced Server 4.0
• VMware ESX/GSX/WSX 2.5.1
• OpenVMS 8.2 (IA64 & Alpha servers)
• IBM AIX 5.3
• Sun Solaris 10
For a complete list of supported operating systems, refer to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array
3000/5000 QuickSpecs.SeeSupported System Configurations for links to this document.
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