HP XP7 Business Continuity Manager Release Notes (TK954-96001)

Table 3 Supported enhancements and features in 8.0.0-00
New features and enhancementsItem
HP XP7 Storage is now supported.Storage system features
Support the copy group configuration (Cnt Ac-S/Cnt Ac-A) of Non Gen'ed Volume on P-VOL
and S-VOL.
Operation Improvement
Support the copy group configuration (BC/Cnt Ac-J) of Non Gen'ed Volume on both P-VOL and
S-VOL.
On the Command Device Status Panel, added the Online or Offline status of the volume.
BCM can be used with the functions as indicated in Table 4. This table shows the first product that
supports the function and the minimum required version of firmware to support the function. All functions
are supported by newer firmware versions as well as newer products. For example, all functions are
supported by HP XP7 Storage.
Table 4 BCM function by storage system
Required firmware versionStorage systemFunction
60-05-00 or laterXP24000/XP20000Compatible FlashCopy linkage function is
enabled when the Cnt Ac-J copy pair is in
the DUPLEX status
70-01-23 or laterXP P9500
60-08-01 or laterXP24000/XP20000Compatible FlashCopy linkage using the
Preserve Mirror function when the Cnt Ac-S
copy pair is in the DUPLEX status
70-03-30 or laterXP P9500
60-05-00 or laterXP24000/XP20000Delta Resync function using the Delta Resync
control path
60-03-00 or laterXP24000/XP20000Cnt Ac-J ATTIME suspend function under
4x4x4 Multi-Target configuration
60-06-00 or laterXP24000/XP200002DC Configuration with HyperSwap and Cnt
Ac-J
70-02-02 or laterXP P9500
60-06-00 or laterXP24000/XP20000Open/MF Consistency Preservation Function
70-02-5x or laterXP P9500
60-07-00 or laterXP24000/XP20000Suspend mode 'QUICK' with Cnt Ac-J
ATTIME suspend function
70-02-02 or laterXP P9500
70-01-62 or laterXP P95003DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z)
configuration
70-01-62 or laterXP P95003DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z)
configuration
70-01-62 or laterXP P9500Delta Resync function
70-01-62 or laterXP P95004x4 configuration
70-02-02 or laterXP P95004x4x4 Multi-target configuration
70-03-00 or laterXP P9500The volume capacity obtaining function in
Remote disk or NonGen’ed disk
70-03-30 or laterXP P95004x4x4 Cascade configuration
70-04-00 or laterXP P95003DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-J Z x Cnt Ac-J Z)
70-04-00 or laterXP P95003DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-J Z x Cnt Ac-J Z)
70-05-00 or laterXP P9500Cnt Ac-J Z path group ID (including support
for values of path group ID other than 00)
4 New features and important enhancements