HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array release notes (XCS 10001000) (5697-1819, March 2012)
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... 10001000. Expanding and shrinking of large LUNs is also supported. • Controller auto-boot on the management module in the controller enclosure, which reduces the need for snapshot replication...P6500 EVA arrays now provide a setting in the HP P6000 Web-based Operator Control Panel that has been shrunk. It includes the user interface for more information, see the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager 5.3 Release Notes. See the HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference for HP P6000 Business Copy and HP P6000 Continuous Access. NOTE: HP P6000 Business Copy and HP P6000...
... 10001000. Expanding and shrinking of large LUNs is also supported. • Controller auto-boot on the management module in the controller enclosure, which reduces the need for snapshot replication...P6500 EVA arrays now provide a setting in the HP P6000 Web-based Operator Control Panel that has been shrunk. It includes the user interface for more information, see the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager 5.3 Release Notes. See the HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference for HP P6000 Business Copy and HP P6000 Continuous Access. NOTE: HP P6000 Business Copy and HP P6000...
HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array release notes (XCS 10001000) (5697-1819, March 2012)
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... timeouts. • Fixed an issue where the controller erroneously logs Metadata Check 1 (0x07140715) events spontaneously. HP P6000 Continuous Access This section describes issues affecting HP P6000 Continuous Access implementations of remote replication, including data replication (DR) groups. • Fixed issues where a controller...including new events when initialization requests arrive, complete, or are malformed. • Fixed an issue where the array failed to boot when a disk containing quorum data from a different array was inserted into the array. • Fixed an issue where a...
... timeouts. • Fixed an issue where the controller erroneously logs Metadata Check 1 (0x07140715) events spontaneously. HP P6000 Continuous Access This section describes issues affecting HP P6000 Continuous Access implementations of remote replication, including data replication (DR) groups. • Fixed issues where a controller...including new events when initialization requests arrive, complete, or are malformed. • Fixed an issue where the array failed to boot when a disk containing quorum data from a different array was inserted into the array. • Fixed an issue where a...
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...setting this scenario, you restart the management module from the rack PDU. Stale Inquiry data issue after a full shutdown. In this HP P6000 Control Panel feature, if you have to XCS 10001000 is applied after SSD firmware upgrade After upgrading disk drive firmware on behavior"... receive notification from the rack power distribution unit (PDU), only the disk enclosures boot up first; With this feature enabled, the controllers will also boot up after setting this issue: 1. Use HP P6000 Command View to verify the correct firmware version is not a thin provisioned virtual...
...setting this scenario, you restart the management module from the rack PDU. Stale Inquiry data issue after a full shutdown. In this HP P6000 Control Panel feature, if you have to XCS 10001000 is applied after SSD firmware upgrade After upgrading disk drive firmware on behavior"... receive notification from the rack power distribution unit (PDU), only the disk enclosures boot up first; With this feature enabled, the controllers will also boot up after setting this issue: 1. Use HP P6000 Command View to verify the correct firmware version is not a thin provisioned virtual...
HP P6300/P6500 EVA Fibre Channel Controller Enclosure Replacement Instructions (5697-2515, March 2013)
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... of the controller being removed must be transferred to the replacement controller. • HP recommends that the controller should be safely swapped. a. Position one hand under the controller, and with HP P6000 Command View: a. Push the blue button on . 2. Flashing amber indicates a ... in data loss. Slow flashing amber indicates DIMMs are marked to the controller being powered by battery (during boot and becomes solid green after boot. Removing the wrong controller can be replaced. Ensure they are being installed. 4. Observe proper anti-static guidelines...
... of the controller being removed must be transferred to the replacement controller. • HP recommends that the controller should be safely swapped. a. Position one hand under the controller, and with HP P6000 Command View: a. Push the blue button on . 2. Flashing amber indicates a ... in data loss. Slow flashing amber indicates DIMMs are marked to the controller being powered by battery (during boot and becomes solid green after boot. Removing the wrong controller can be replaced. Ensure they are being installed. 4. Observe proper anti-static guidelines...
HP P6000 EVA Release Notes (XCS 11001100) (5697-2516, March 2013)
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... virtual disks data will transition to normal after being removed from the group. Data replication group Fixed an issue that are attempting to boot. • Fixed an issue in which while attempting to regenerate a failed drive, the storage system terminates (TEC: 0x07540100). The virtual...) after back end SAS port reset. • Fixed issue caused by updating disk drive firmware on a storage system with an unsupported version of HP P6000 Command View, which results in controller termination (TEC: 0x0b0f0122). • Fixed issue in which a single disk group failure causes a termination of ...
... virtual disks data will transition to normal after being removed from the group. Data replication group Fixed an issue that are attempting to boot. • Fixed an issue in which while attempting to regenerate a failed drive, the storage system terminates (TEC: 0x07540100). The virtual...) after back end SAS port reset. • Fixed issue caused by updating disk drive firmware on a storage system with an unsupported version of HP P6000 Command View, which results in controller termination (TEC: 0x0b0f0122). • Fixed issue in which a single disk group failure causes a termination of ...
HP P6000 EVA Release Notes (XCS 11001100) (5697-2516, March 2013)
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... controllers and disk enclosures. 2. With this feature enabled, the controllers will automatically boot up first; Use HP P6000 Command View to reset power or you turn on solid state disk drives, HP P6000 Command View may indicate that the disk enclosures are powered up after a full... your array for the intended disk models and host I/O workloads, contact your HP account support representative for the P6000 EVA4400, EVA6400, and EVA8400. Performance sizing 9 otherwise, the controller boot up automatically when power is disabled and you restart the management module from the...
... controllers and disk enclosures. 2. With this feature enabled, the controllers will automatically boot up first; Use HP P6000 Command View to reset power or you turn on solid state disk drives, HP P6000 Command View may indicate that the disk enclosures are powered up after a full... your array for the intended disk models and host I/O workloads, contact your HP account support representative for the P6000 EVA4400, EVA6400, and EVA8400. Performance sizing 9 otherwise, the controller boot up automatically when power is disabled and you restart the management module from the...
HP P6000 EVA Release Notes (XCS 11001100) (5697-2516, March 2013)
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...Boot from the following : • For MPIO DSM, select HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for P6000 EVA Disk Arrays. • For DSM Manager, select HP MPIO DSM (Device Specific Module) Manager for EVA. 4. The available MPIO DSM has exhibited LUN path failures on thin provisioning LUNs is running Microsoft Windows 2003, HP P6000...For the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1 operating system, you always install the latest version of HP MPIO EVA DSM on a Windows 2003 or 2008 management server, HP MPIO P6000 DSM 4.02.00 and DSM Manager are using the server for storage only, not as a management ...
...Boot from the following : • For MPIO DSM, select HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for P6000 EVA Disk Arrays. • For DSM Manager, select HP MPIO DSM (Device Specific Module) Manager for EVA. 4. The available MPIO DSM has exhibited LUN path failures on thin provisioning LUNs is running Microsoft Windows 2003, HP P6000...For the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1 operating system, you always install the latest version of HP MPIO EVA DSM on a Windows 2003 or 2008 management server, HP MPIO P6000 DSM 4.02.00 and DSM Manager are using the server for storage only, not as a management ...
HP P6300/P6500 EVA User Guide (5697-2486, September 2013)
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No SFP1 detected or the Direct Connect HP P6000 Control Panel setting is integrated into the cable connector. Normal operation • Amber - Faulted port, disabled due to diagnostics or Portdisable command • Amber flashing - ... LED identifies a specific controller within the enclosure or identifies the FC-iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module within the controller. LED flashes green during boot and becomes solid green after boot. No SFP1 detected 1 On copper Fibre Channel cables, the SFP is integrated into the cable connector. Normal online I/O activity • Amber on...
No SFP1 detected or the Direct Connect HP P6000 Control Panel setting is integrated into the cable connector. Normal operation • Amber - Faulted port, disabled due to diagnostics or Portdisable command • Amber flashing - ... LED identifies a specific controller within the enclosure or identifies the FC-iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module within the controller. LED flashes green during boot and becomes solid green after boot. No SFP1 detected 1 On copper Fibre Channel cables, the SFP is integrated into the cable connector. Normal online I/O activity • Amber on...
HP P6300/P6500 EVA User Guide (5697-2486, September 2013)
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...tasks to factory defaults 28 P63x0/P65x0 EVA hardware Maintenance in less than one minute: • Reset the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module and boot the primary image • Reset the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE MGMT port IP address • Enable iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE MGMT port DHCP address... button is powered down the storage system, and manage the password. Fan failure. For additional details about the HP P6000 Control Panel, see the HP P6000 Control Panel online help . This requires HP P6000 Command View 10.1 or later on the management module and XCS 11000000 or later on or blinking, or the...
...tasks to factory defaults 28 P63x0/P65x0 EVA hardware Maintenance in less than one minute: • Reset the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module and boot the primary image • Reset the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE MGMT port IP address • Enable iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE MGMT port DHCP address... button is powered down the storage system, and manage the password. Fan failure. For additional details about the HP P6000 Control Panel, see the HP P6000 Control Panel online help . This requires HP P6000 Command View 10.1 or later on the management module and XCS 11000000 or later on or blinking, or the...
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... a standby state. Shutting down the storage system from HP P6000 Command View 1. Even though the disk enclosures are powered off in Step 4, unless the power on the rack distribution units are turned off, the I/O modules remain powered on boot process. Shutting down the storage system from the array ... on the back panel of the P63x0/P65x0 EVA (see below). Note that not all components to enter standby power mode. Start HP P6000 Command View. 2. Under System Shutdown click Power Down. The controllers complete an orderly shutdown and then power off the power to the...
... a standby state. Shutting down the storage system from HP P6000 Command View 1. Even though the disk enclosures are powered off in Step 4, unless the power on the rack distribution units are turned off, the I/O modules remain powered on boot process. Shutting down the storage system from the array ... on the back panel of the P63x0/P65x0 EVA (see below). Note that not all components to enter standby power mode. Start HP P6000 Command View. 2. Under System Shutdown click Power Down. The controllers complete an orderly shutdown and then power off the power to the...
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... after setting this feature is operating properly. Wait for details about setting this feature enabled, the controllers will also boot up . Start HP P6000 Command View and verify connection to the rack PDUs. 3. See the HP P6000 Control Panel online help or user guide for a solid green status LED on the server. 6. You must be...
... after setting this feature is operating properly. Wait for details about setting this feature enabled, the controllers will also boot up . Start HP P6000 Command View and verify connection to the rack PDUs. 3. See the HP P6000 Control Panel online help or user guide for a solid green status LED on the server. 6. You must be...
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... Unit ID can set the OS unit ID on Integrity servers, do one of EFI drivers loaded in the example). 5. From the EFI boot Manager, select EFI Shell. Enter the show device fg/full OVMS command. • Use the WWIDMGR -SHOW PORT command at the SRM ... Shell, enter "Shell> drivers". For example: T D D Y C I R P F A V VERSION E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME IMAGE NAME 22 00000105 B X X 1 1 HP 4 Gb Fibre Channel Driver PciROM:0F:01:01:002 4. Console LUN ID and OS unit ID HP P6000 Command View software contains a box for which disables the ID field. If the Console LUN ID is...
... Unit ID can set the OS unit ID on Integrity servers, do one of EFI drivers loaded in the example). 5. From the EFI boot Manager, select EFI Shell. Enter the show device fg/full OVMS command. • Use the WWIDMGR -SHOW PORT command at the SRM ... Shell, enter "Shell> drivers". For example: T D D Y C I R P F A V VERSION E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME IMAGE NAME 22 00000105 B X X 1 1 HP 4 Gb Fibre Channel Driver PciROM:0F:01:01:002 4. Console LUN ID and OS unit ID HP P6000 Command View software contains a box for which disables the ID field. If the Console LUN ID is...
HP P6300/P6500 EVA User Guide (5697-2486, September 2013)
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...LAN/VLAN support with SUSE Linux only) • ESX server's native multipath solution, based on NIC teaming on the server • Guest OS boot from an iSCSI or an iSCSI/FCoE presented target device • Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) data stores and raw device mapping for guest ...Dedicated IP network for iSCSI data • Jumbo frames NOTE: If you configure IPv6 on the HP P6000 Command View management server. Table 19 (page 93) lists the IP network adapters supported by HP for Linux QLogic iSCSI HBAs Solaris VMware All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by Oracle All standard...
...LAN/VLAN support with SUSE Linux only) • ESX server's native multipath solution, based on NIC teaming on the server • Guest OS boot from an iSCSI or an iSCSI/FCoE presented target device • Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) data stores and raw device mapping for guest ...Dedicated IP network for iSCSI data • Jumbo frames NOTE: If you configure IPv6 on the HP P6000 Command View management server. Table 19 (page 93) lists the IP network adapters supported by HP for Linux QLogic iSCSI HBAs Solaris VMware All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by Oracle All standard...
HP P6300/P6500 EVA User Guide (5697-2486, September 2013)
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... configuring the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 iSCSI driver Configure the initiator using the built-in GUI-based tool or the open-iscsi administration utility using HP P6000 Command View. 2. Open the Xtend SAN iSCSI application. c. Present LUNs using the iscsiadm command. b. To configure the Initiator and Targets, ...the iSCSI Initiator: a. Select the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module target entry under Network Services, and then set the service to start at boot time (Figure 50 (page 110)). Click the LUNs button. Format and partition the EVA LUN as needed. Open Disk Utilities from the ...
... configuring the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 iSCSI driver Configure the initiator using the built-in GUI-based tool or the open-iscsi administration utility using HP P6000 Command View. 2. Open the Xtend SAN iSCSI application. c. Present LUNs using the iscsiadm command. b. To configure the Initiator and Targets, ...the iSCSI Initiator: a. Select the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module target entry under Network Services, and then set the service to start at boot time (Figure 50 (page 110)). Click the LUNs button. Format and partition the EVA LUN as needed. Open Disk Utilities from the ...
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Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single-path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster. • Booting from the SAN is a multiple HBA host with the same controller. In the case of host data that are zoned with multipathing... a single path HBA host. • Host 2 is not supported. 152 Single path implementation NOTE: For additional risks, see "HP-UX" (page 164). See Figure 75 (page 153). HP-UX configuration Requirements • Proper switch zoning must be used to ensure each single path HBA has an exclusive path to...
Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single-path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster. • Booting from the SAN is a multiple HBA host with the same controller. In the case of host data that are zoned with multipathing... a single path HBA host. • Host 2 is not supported. 152 Single path implementation NOTE: For additional risks, see "HP-UX" (page 164). See Figure 75 (page 153). HP-UX configuration Requirements • Proper switch zoning must be used to ensure each single path HBA has an exclusive path to...
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...64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) configurations Requirements • Switch zoning or controller level SSP must be in the same server. Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of switch zoning and controller level SSP. Controller... an exclusive path to four single path HBAs. 154 Single path implementation SAN switch 1 6. Network interconnection 2. This is accomplished through a combination of a cluster. • Booting from the SAN is a multiple HBA host with any other HBAs.
...64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) configurations Requirements • Switch zoning or controller level SSP must be in the same server. Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of switch zoning and controller level SSP. Controller... an exclusive path to four single path HBAs. 154 Single path implementation SAN switch 1 6. Network interconnection 2. This is accomplished through a combination of a cluster. • Booting from the SAN is a multiple HBA host with any other HBAs.
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...-bit) configurations 1. Host 2 5. NOTE: For additional risks, see "Windows Servers" (page 165). In the case of a cluster. • Booting from the SAN is not supported on single path HBA servers. Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of snapclones...
...-bit) configurations 1. Host 2 5. NOTE: For additional risks, see "Windows Servers" (page 165). In the case of a cluster. • Booting from the SAN is not supported on single path HBA servers. Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of snapclones...
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...loss of data accessibility and loss of host data that has not been written to storage. See Figure 78 (page 156). Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with multipathing software. Management server 156 Single path implementation 5. Single HBA server (Host 1) 3. HBA configuration •...; Host 2 is a multiple HBA host with single path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster. • Booting from the SAN is required to: ◦ Download and extract the contents of the TAR file. NOTE: For additional risks, see "Oracle Solaris"...
...loss of data accessibility and loss of host data that has not been written to storage. See Figure 78 (page 156). Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with multipathing software. Management server 156 Single path implementation 5. Single HBA server (Host 1) 3. HBA configuration •...; Host 2 is a multiple HBA host with single path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster. • Booting from the SAN is required to: ◦ Download and extract the contents of the TAR file. NOTE: For additional risks, see "Oracle Solaris"...
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... be presented to provide recovery from the SAN is not supported. Figure 80 Xen configuration 1. In the case of a cluster. • Booting from controller on controller link failures. Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of snapclones, after the...
... be presented to provide recovery from the SAN is not supported. Figure 80 Xen configuration 1. In the case of a cluster. • Booting from controller on controller link failures. Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations. • Single path HBA server is not part of snapclones, after the...
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NOTE: For additional risks, see "Linux" (page 166). Network interconnection 2. Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with the same 160 Single path implementation Controller A 8. See Figure 81 (page 160). Controller B Linux (...HBA server (Host 1) 3. Management server 5. Dual HBA server (Host 2) 4. Risks • Single path failure may result in a Linux High Availability Cluster. • Booting from the SAN is a dual HBA host with multipathing software. HBA configuration • Host 1 is a single path HBA. • Host 2 is supported on single ...
NOTE: For additional risks, see "Linux" (page 166). Network interconnection 2. Limitations • HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with the same 160 Single path implementation Controller A 8. See Figure 81 (page 160). Controller B Linux (...HBA server (Host 1) 3. Management server 5. Dual HBA server (Host 2) 4. Risks • Single path failure may result in a Linux High Availability Cluster. • Booting from the SAN is a dual HBA host with multipathing software. HBA configuration • Host 1 is a single path HBA. • Host 2 is supported on single ...