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IMPORTANT: Optional HP 3PAR software features may not currently be enabled on your system because they require additional licenses and may require separate installations. When features are not available on your system because they are not licensed for use, screens and functionality relating to those features may appear grayed-out or be otherwise inaccessible in the HP 3PAR Management Console and HP 3PAR CLI. To learn about adding optional products and features to enhance your HP 3PAR storage systems, contact your local service provider. HP 3PAR Software Products and Features The following HP 3PAR software products and features are available for HP 3PAR storage systems. For more detailed information about all HP 3PAR software suites and standalone software applications, see the QuickSpecs for your product at http://www.hp.com/go/3par/. • HP 3PAR Operating System Software: independent instances of the HP 3PAR OS running on each controller node. • HP 3PAR Access Guard Software: provides volume security at logical and physical levels by enabling you to secure hosts and ports to specific virtual volumes. • HP 3PAR Data Encryption: provides data encryption for HP 3PAR StoreServ arrays using self-encrypting drives. See "Data Encryption" (page 58). • HP 3PAR Full Copy Software: thin-aware, point-in-time clones with independent service-level parameters that can be rapidly resynchronized with base volumes as needed. • HP 3PAR Rapid Provisioning Software: instant application-tailored volume provisioning. • HP 3PAR Autonomic Rebalance Software: provides the ability to analyze how volumes on the system use physical disk space and make intelligent, autonomic adjustments to ensure optimal volume distribution when new hardware is added to the system. • HP 3PAR Thin Copy Reclamation Software: reclaims space when snapshots are deleted from an HP 3PAR storage system. As snapshots are deleted, the snapshot space is reclaimed from a TPVV or FPVV and returned to the CPG for reuse by other volumes. To learn more about HP 3PAR thin copy reclamation, see "Enhanced Storage Applications" (page 53). • HP 3PAR Persistent Ports Software: eliminates the dependency on multipath software during the process of online software upgrades. Persistent ports enable the host paths to remain online during the online upgrade process. Persistent ports are also called virtual ports. • HP 3PAR Persistent Cache Software: allows systems to maintain a high level of performance and availability during node failure conditions, and during hardware and software upgrades. This feature allows the host to continue to write data and receive acknowledgments from the system if the backup node is unavailable. Persistent cache automatically creates multiple backup nodes for logical disks that have the same owner. Persistent cache also maintains service levels by preserving write-caching through rapidly re-mirroring the cache to the other nodes in the cluster in the event of a cache or controller node failure. • HP 3PAR System Tuner Software: improves performance by identifying overused physical disks and performing load balancing on those disks without interrupting access. To learn more about the HP 3PAR System Tuner, see "Enhanced Storage Applications" (page 53). • HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software: allows you to allocate virtual volumes to application servers yet provision only a fraction of the physical storage behind these volumes. By enabling a true capacity-on-demand model, a storage administrator can use HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning to create TPVVs that maximize asset use. To learn more about TPVVs, see "Virtual Volumes" (page 42). • HP 3PAR Thin Conversion Software: converts an FTPP to a TPPV. Virtual volumes with large amounts of allocated but unused space are converted to TPVVs that are much smaller than the original volume. To use the thin conversion feature, you must have an F-Class, T-Class, HP 10 Overview

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IMPORTANT:
Optional HP 3PAR software features may not currently be enabled on your system
because they require additional licenses and may require separate installations. When features
are not available on your system because they are not licensed for use, screens and functionality
relating to those features may appear grayed-out or be otherwise inaccessible in the HP 3PAR
Management Console and HP 3PAR CLI.
To learn about adding optional products and features to enhance your HP 3PAR storage systems,
contact your local service provider.
HP 3PAR Software Products and Features
The following HP 3PAR software products and features are available for HP 3PAR storage systems.
For more detailed information about all HP 3PAR software suites and standalone software
applications, see the QuickSpecs for your product at
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•
HP 3PAR Operating System Software
: independent instances of the HP 3PAR OS running on
each controller node.
•
HP 3PAR Access Guard Software
: provides volume security at logical and physical levels by
enabling you to secure hosts and ports to specific virtual volumes.
•
HP 3PAR Data Encryption: provides data encryption for HP 3PAR StoreServ arrays using
self-encrypting drives. See
“Data Encryption” (page 58)
.
•
HP 3PAR Full Copy Software
: thin-aware, point-in-time clones with independent service-level
parameters that can be rapidly resynchronized with base volumes as needed.
•
HP 3PAR Rapid Provisioning Software
: instant application-tailored volume provisioning.
•
HP 3PAR Autonomic Rebalance Software
: provides the ability to analyze how volumes on the
system use physical disk space and make intelligent, autonomic adjustments to ensure optimal
volume distribution when new hardware is added to the system.
•
HP 3PAR Thin Copy Reclamation Software
: reclaims space when snapshots are deleted from
an HP 3PAR storage system. As snapshots are deleted, the snapshot space is reclaimed from
a TPVVor FPVV and returned to the CPG for reuse by other volumes. To learn more about HP
3PAR thin copy reclamation, see
“Enhanced Storage Applications” (page 53)
.
•
HP 3PAR Persistent Ports Software
: eliminates the dependency on multipath software during
the process of online software upgrades. Persistent ports enable the host paths to remain online
during the online upgrade process. Persistent ports are also called virtual ports.
•
HP 3PAR Persistent Cache Software
: allows systems to maintain a high level of performance
and availability during node failure conditions, and during hardware and software upgrades.
This feature allows the host to continue to write data and receive acknowledgments from the
system if the backup node is unavailable. Persistent cache automatically creates multiple
backup nodes for logical disks that have the same owner. Persistent cache also maintains
service levels by preserving write-caching through rapidly re-mirroring the cache to the other
nodes in the cluster in the event of a cache or controller node failure.
•
HP 3PAR System Tuner Software
: improves performance by identifying overused physical disks
and performing load balancing on those disks without interrupting access. To learn more
about the HP 3PAR System Tuner, see
“Enhanced Storage Applications” (page 53)
.
•
HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software
: allows you to allocate virtual volumes to application
servers yet provision only a fraction of the physical storage behind these volumes. By enabling
a true capacity-on-demand model, a storage administrator can use HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning
to create TPVVs that maximize asset use. To learn more about TPVVs, see
“Virtual
Volumes” (page 42)
.
•
HP 3PAR Thin Conversion Software
: converts an FTPP to a TPPV. Virtual volumes with large
amounts of allocated but unused space are converted to TPVVs that are much smaller than the
original volume. To use the thin conversion feature, you must have an F-Class, T-Class, HP
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