HP P4000 SAN Solution Software Release Notes HP Part Number: AX696-96235 Published: September 2012 Edition: 7
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Version: • SAN/iQ software Version 9.5.00.1215 • Failover Manager ESX and Failover Manager Hyper-V software Version 9.5.00.1215 • HP P4000 Centralized Management Console Version 9.5.00.1215 • HP P4000 Command Line Interface (Cliq) Version 9.5.0.1050 • HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack Version 9.5.00.968 (was HP P4000 Windows Solution Pack) • HP P4000 Application Aware Snapshot Manager Version 9.5.0.996 (was VSS Provider) • HP P4000 DSM for MPIO Version 9.5.0.
Supersedes Version 9.5 supersedes Versions 9.0, 8.5, and 8.1. Platforms supported for this release Upgrades to Version 9.5 software are available for the following platforms: • HP P4300 G2 • HP P4500 G2 • HP P4800 G2 • HP LeftHand P4300 • HP LeftHand P4500 • VSA for ESX and for Hyper-V • Failover Manager for ESX and for Hyper-V • NSM 2120 G2 • NSM 2060 G2 • NSM 2120 • DL 320s • DL 185 Languages Version 9.
• Zero to VSA automated installation and deployment — Single installer can install VSA, FOM and CMC. Go from “zero” to a fully functional virtual SAN in just a few easy steps. Scriptable install tool allows ROBO customers to script install once and deploy VSA quickly at multiple remote locations. • Peer Motion data mobility with cluster swap — Cluster swap allows users to replace or upgrade P4000 clusters. Edit cluster menu guides decisions about adding, removing, or exchanging storage systems.
• Corrects a condition where a network interface configuration could fail to complete with a non-English CMC when configuring the interface through the TCP/IP tab with DHCP or a static IP address • Resolves a situation where, under certain conditions, on reboots after an upgrade to 9.0, SAN/iQ 9.
• CMC now detects a disabled Failover Manager in the management group and displays a better status message along with resolution steps to recover from this situation • Corrects the 9.0 CMC Performance Dashboard so that if the monitoring interval is set to minutes or hours using the Edit Monitoring Interval from the Tasks menu, it can subsequently be changed using the Edit Monitoring Interval • Corrects the 9.
VMware • ◦ ESX Server 4.x ◦ ESX Server 5.0 HP DSM for MPIO ◦ Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 ◦ Windows Server 2008 ◦ Windows Server 2008 R2 HP P4000 Command-line interface (Cliq) • 10 MB available space • Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 • Windows Server 2008 • Windows Server 2008 R2 • Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista • Windows 7 Failover Manager for VMware ESX Server • VMware ESX Server version 4.x or later • Microsoft .Net 2.
If you are upgrading to Version 9.5 from Version 7.0 SP1, online upgrades will automatically apply upgrades first to Version 8.0 and then to Version 9.5. Required version of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator - version 2.08 (or later) Upgrading the SAN Release Versions 9.x have automatic online upgrades. To begin using the online upgrades feature, you must first install the Version 9.x CMC. You can download the latest CMC from www.hp.
3. 4. 5. Click Start Download to begin the upgrade process. Upgrade the CMC. When the CMC is upgraded and restarted, return to the Upgrades tab. Click Continue for each management group that shows Upgrades Available. For the P4000 CLI: 1. Ensure that you have Administrator privileges before beginning the upgrade. 2. Use the appropriate package installer that is downloaded from the Upgrades feature. Double-click the .exe to start the installation wizard. 3. Click Install.
Upgrading when using the HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack Upgrade the Version 9.5 software components in the following order: 1. CMC 2. HP DSM for MPIO 3. SAN/iQ software 4. Application Aware Snapshot Manager (was VSS Provider) HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack compatibility with SAN/iQ software The P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack software is not forward compatible. If you upgrade your SAN/iQ software to Version 9.
Online Upgrades troubleshooting Table 2 Upgrades troubleshooting error messages Error Message Description An error occurred while reading the upgrade configuration This message appears if the upgrades XML file is missing or file. If the file was from a web connection, click Try Download corrupted after it has already been downloaded. Download Again, otherwise recreate your media image. the upgrade XML file again. There was a problem connecting to the download site.
6. 7. 8. Repeat these steps for Hard disk 2 (verify the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:1)) Using the VI Client, power on the VSA. Find the VSA in the CMC and apply the 9.5 upgrade. To increase the OS disk size on the Failover Manager: 1. Using the CMC, power off the Failover Manager. 2. Open the VI Client and select VSA→Edit Settings→Hardware. 3. Select Hard disk 1 (verify that the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:0)). 4. Under Disk provisioning, change the provisioned size to 8 GB. 5. Click OK. 6.
Compatibility/interoperability For a complete list of supported SAN/iQ software releases and application software compatibility, including for the Failover Manager, Microsoft Windows, and VMware Server, refer to the HP P4000 SANs compatibility matrix (White Paper/4AA2-5654ENW.pdf), at http://www.hp.com/go/p4000compatibility. Mixed SAN/iQ software versions in management groups P4000 SAN Solution management groups can accommodate storage systems that are running different versions of the SAN/iQ software.
To ensure desired system settings are retained after the 9.5 upgrade, use Copy Configuration before upgrading System settings are not retained after upgrading from Version 8.5 to Version 9.5. In the case of systems in a management group, one system in the group serves as the source for the settings that are applied to all the systems being upgraded. Therefore, use the Copy Configuration function in a Version 8.5 or earlier CMC to apply the desired settings to all the systems that will be upgraded.
• NSM 2060 G2 • HP LeftHand P4300 • HP LeftHand P4500 • HP P4300G2 • HP P4500G2 Verify the controller by navigating to the Diagnostics category and refreshing the Hardware Information report. The controller is listed in the Controller/Cache Items category. Do not pull any drives from the array while RAID 6 is rebuilding.
In the Storage section, navigate to the following locations • Disk Storage Systems→ P4000 SAN Solutions →HP P4000 G2 SAN Solutions • Disk Storage Systems→ P4000 SAN Solutions →HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions • Storage Software→Storage Virtualization Software→HP P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software Receive support alerts (such as Customer Advisories), driver updates, software, firmware, and customer replaceable components, in your email through HP Subscriber's Choice.
