HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option 9.0 Release Notes (5697-0510, June 2010)

• Linux–Red Hat (32/64-bit)

• Linux–SUSE (x86, 32/64-bit, IA64)

• Microsoft Windows

• Sun Solaris (SPARC and x86) (EVA4000/4100/4400/6x00/8x00 only)

• VMware ESX

For the latest operating system support information, see SPOCK on the HP website:

http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

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Prerequisites

The following are prerequisites for installing the EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option (mpx100):

• EVA6400/8400

• EVA4000/4100/4400/6000/6100/8000/8100

• EVA3000/5000 (HP OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows, and Linux only)

• HP StorageWorks Command View EVA

Installation 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 on the HP website: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/evaiscsiconnect/

index.html.

Important information

This section contains important notes and workarounds for installation and use.

Direct connect for EVA8400/6400

In a direct connect configuration (no Fibre Channel switch), if an EVA controller host port Fibre Channel

cable is disconnected, a connection failure occurs, or an mpx100 power cycle/reboot occurs, the

host port connection may fail to re-establish.

Workaround

For the failed host port connection, change the host port topology setting from Direct to Fabric, and

then back to Direct. See the EVA storage system user documentation for the procedure to change the

host port setting.

Using MPIO with Windows 2003

For Windows 2003 with raw disk device access, when using Microsoft Initiator version 2.07, MPIO

load balance policy must be set to Failover Only. For file system disk access or when using Microsoft

Initiator version 2.08, all MPIO load balance policies are supported.