HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option 5.0 release notes (5697-6714, August 2007)

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Operating systems

• Windows Ser

ver 2003 SP1, R2 , SP2

• Windows XP Professional SP1, S P2

• VmWare ESX Ser ver 3.0.1

•GuestOS:Wi

ndows 2003 SP1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4, 3 Update 5, SUSE

Enterpr ise Linux Server 9 SP3, 8 SP4

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

•RedHatEnt

erprise Linux 5

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 3, 4, & 5

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 update 5

• SuSe® Lin

ux Enterprise Server:

•SuSeLinuxEnterpriseServer10SP1

•SuSeLinuxEnterpriseServer10

•SuSeLin

ux Enterprise Server 9, SP3 (2.6.5 kernel)

•SuSeLinuxEnterpriseServer8,SP4

• MAC OS X 10.4.7, 10.4.8, 10.4.9 10.4.10

• Sun Sola

ris 10 11/06

Prerequisites

• EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 (XCS 6.1x0, 6.000, 5.100, 5.031)

• EVA3000/5000 (VCS 4.001, 3.028)

• HP StorageW orks Command View EV A 5.0, 6.0, 6.02, 7.0

Insta

llation instructions

For information about installing these products, see the HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI connectivity quick

start instructions for Windows and the HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI connectivity user guide available at

ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/evaiscsiconnect/in dex.html

Important information

The following sections list important notes and workarounds.

Sun Solaris server does not support EVA LUN 0

If LUN 0 is presented to the Solaris server, the iSCSI initiator tries to bring it online as a disk device and

the following warning is sent to the console and to the /var/adm/messages ﬁle.

Mar 12 15:22:42 x86-42DVG1 iSCSI: [ID 248668 kern.warn-

ing

] WARNING: iSCSI driver unable to online iqn.1986

03.com.hp:fcgw.mpx100.0.50001fe150069be0.50001fe150069bec lun 0

LUN 0 is the HSV controller device. By default, the HSV is not included in the

/ke

rnel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf ﬁle and is treated as an asymmetrical device for LUN access.

If t

he following lines are added to the /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf ﬁle with LUN 0 present, any

mpa

thadm command will panic the server af ter the reboot.

device-type-scsi-options-list =

"HP HSV2", "symmetric-option";

sym

metric-option = 0x1000000 ;