HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Release Notes

Suggested action 1
To enable support for physical provisioning with NPIV enabled on HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity blades
with QLogic FC controllers, set the attribute npiv.integrity.enabled=true in the C:\
Program Files\HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\hpio.properties
file.
On earlier versions of HP-UX, or if the environment is mixed (QLogic and Emulex controllers), the
attribute npiv.integrity.enabled=false (the default) should remain unchanged in the
hpio.properties file.
Suggested action 2
On Integrity blades with Emulex controllers and/or versions of HP-UX earlier than 11i v3 Update
8, create a single storage pool entry that combines a boot volume and the data volumes intended
to be allocated to a single physical server. You can do this in one of the following ways:
• Pre-provision any number of these composite storage pool entries to enable fully automated
allocation of SAN volumes to physical servers.
• Pre-provision storage pool entries with only boot volumes. An automated provisioning request
pauses after the operating system is deployed if the infrastructure service template specifies
data disks. You can modify the storage pool entry allocated to the server to add data volumes,
and then continue the request.
Required software versions for FlexFabric Integrity physical provisioning support
Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration requires the following minimum software versions to support
HP FlexFabric for Integrity physical provisioning:
• Ignite-UX C.7.12.475 or higher
• HP-UX 11i v3 Update 8 (March 2011) or higher
Install Microsoft Sysprep tool for customization of Windows 2003 guests on Hyper-V after installation
The Microsoft System Preparation (Sysprep) tool, which is required for customization of Windows
2003 guests on Microsoft Hyper-V, is not retained on the CMS after upgrading from previous
versions of Insight Software. Without these tools, customization of Windows 2003 guests on
Hyper-V results in failures.
Installation of the Sysprep tool is not required for customization of Windows 2008 and higher VM
guests.
Suggested action
To enable customization of Windows 2003 guests on Hyper-V, install the Microsoft Sysprep tool
on the CMS in the folder C:\Program Files\HP\Insight Control virtual machine
management\Sysprep\2003 after the installation or upgrade of Insight Management 7.0.
Cannot power on a virtual server during provisioning if VM hardware version is 4 and a template
contains more than three NICs
A request to power on an ESX virtual server may fail if the ESX VM hardware version is set to 4
and the virtual machine contains more than three NICs. Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration
provisions virtual machines using ESX hardware version 4 by default, which allows a maximum
of five PCI Controller devices (two SCSI controllers and three NICs) attached to a virtual machine.
ESX hardware version 7 allows four SCSI controllers and ten NICs.
Suggested action
Use an ESX native template with a hardware version of 7, or reduce the number of NICs in the
infrastructure orchestration template to three or fewer.
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