HP HSG80 manual Release Notes Contents

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Release Notes Contents

Release Notes Contents

These release notes cover the following major topics:

What’s New, page 4

SAN Extension Products, page 4

Controller Firmware Upgrade Path, page 4

Operating System and Fibre Channel Switch Support, page 5

Common Platform Issues, page 8

Performance Considerations—Adding Target Unit Back to Remote Copy Sets, page 8

Performance Considerations—Full Copy Operation, page 8

Performance Considerations—Write History Log Merge, page 8

SWCC and OpenView Management Appliance Limitations, page 8

Using Switch Zoning to Prevent Crashes When Using VTDPY Host Display, page 8

Invalid VTDPY Percentages, page 8

Using Switch Zoning to Prevent Crashes When the 96-Connection Limit Is Exceeded, page 9

I/O Pause During Fabric Reconfiguration, page 9

Controller Saturation, page 9

RAID 5 Remote Copy Set Target Drop, page 9

Required Delay Time Before Failback, page 10

Removing Targets from the Proper Controller, page 10

Startup of Only One Fabric at a Time, page 10

Intermittent Double Normalization After a Full Failback or Failback to New Hardware Procedure, page 11

Command Scripter Communication Loss Due to SCSI Error, page 11

Waiting for Write History Logging Disks, page 11

Association Sets, page 11

Platform-Specific Issues, page 12

HP HP-UX, page 12

HP OpenVMS, page 12

HP Tru64 UNIX, page 12

IBM AIX, page 13

Microsoft Windows 2000, page 13

Microsoft Windows NT, page 15

Novell NetWare, page 16

Sun Solaris, page 18

Data Replication Manager HSG80 ACS Version 8.7P Release Notes

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Contents Release Notes Copyright 2000-2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P Release Notes Contents Related documentation Controller Firmware Upgrade PathWhat’s New Intended AudienceOperating System Support Matrix Operating System and Fibre Channel Switch SupportOperating OS Version Fibre Channel Switch DRM Supported Switch Firmware Swcc and OpenView Management Appliance Limitations Common Platform IssuesPerformance Considerations-Full Copy Operation Performance Considerations-Write History Log MergePause During Fabric Reconfiguration Controller SaturationRAID 5 Remote Copy Set Target Drop Required Delay Time Before Failback Removing Targets from the Proper ControllerStartup of Only One Fabric at a Time Command Scripter Communication Loss Due to Scsi Error Waiting for Write History Logging DisksAssociation Sets Platform-Specific Issues HP OpenVMSHP Tru64 Unix Auto Failback Booting Windows 2000 Servers Over the FabricMicrosoft Windows Increased LUN SupportHSG80 Controller Soft Shutdown/Restart LUNs Lettered IncorrectlyChanging Host Connection Unit Offsets Windows Using Large LUNs While in SCSI-2 Mode Microsoft Windows NTAssociation Sets NetWare 6 Storage Planning Considerations NetWare Cluster Services NwcsNovell NetWare Planned Failover/Failback with NwcsPartitioned LUNs CPU Hog AbendsSun Solaris Maximum Number of Host Bus AdaptersMemory Requirement