HP StorageWorks P2000 G3 FC and FC/iSCSI MSA Controller Firmware Release Notes (631269-005, February 2011)

• SLES Virtualization
• Solaris 10 (x86/x64)
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (IA32, IA64, x64)
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (IA32, IA64, x64)
• VMware Infrastructure (ESX 3.5, ESXi)
• VMware vSphere 4 (ESX 4)
• VMware vSphere 4.1 (ESX 4.1) and VMware vSphere Hypervisor
Supported operating systems in iSCSI connect environments:
• Citrix XenServer HP Enterprise Editions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 (IA32, x64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (IA32, x64, x64 Hyper-V)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (IA32, x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (IA32, x64)
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (IA32, x64)
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (IA32, x64)
• VMware Infrastructure (ESX 3.5, ESXi)
• VMware vSphere 4 (ESX 4)
• VMware vSphere 4.1 (ESX 4.1) and VMware vSphere Hypervisor
Supported operating systems when installing the Smart Component firmware package:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x86, x64, IA64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64, IA64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86, x64, IA64)
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 (x86, x64, IA64)
Enhancements
• Upgraded to the latest SAS libraries, for improved internal error handling.
Fixes
The following fixes were introduced in P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI MSA firmware TS201P007:
• 2TB or greater replications did not complete.
• SCSI 2 reservations were not consistently handled appropriately during failover.
The following fixes were introduced in P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI MSA firmware TS201P004:
• Fixed Japanese login.
• Corrected display issues when using a multi-byte language.
• Corrected SMU behavior when using a multi-byte language.
Important firmware notes
• If you intend to use Windows Dynamic Disk (software RAID) on top of your hardware RAID there
are some cautions to be considered. For more information, see the section "Real World: Dynamic
versus Basic Disks" in the topic at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd163558.aspx.
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