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Supported Fibre Channel switches, Supported disks, Important notes and workarounds

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NOTE: 1 Gb path and components have specific configuration requirements. For more information on configuration requirements and support for 2 Gb and 4 Gb EVAs, see the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide, which can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Storage Networking under Storage, and then select HP StorageWorks SAN under HP StorageWorks SAN Solutions. Supported Fibre Channel switches For complete information on which Fibre Channel switches are supported on XCS 6.100 or later, see the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide, which can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Storage Networking under Storage, and then select HP StorageWorks SAN under HP StorageWorks SAN Solutions. Supported disks For information about disk drive support, see HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array disk drive firmware support, available on the HP Manuals website: http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Under storage, click Disk Storage Systems, and then select the appropriate array model under EVA Disk Arrays. Important notes and workarounds This section identifies important notes and workarounds for the EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 hardware and XCS software. Similar information for related software applications is included in the following documents: • HP StorageWorks Command View EVA release notes • HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager release notes These documents can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.hp.com/support/ manuals. Click Storage Software under Storage and then select your product. Any workarounds pertaining to the host operating system can be found in the operating system connectivity release notes. See "Supported operating system specifications" on page 8. Upgrading to XCS 6.200 puts asynchronous DR groups in Temp Sync state The XCS 6.xxx controller software has a Temp Sync state for DR groups that is used when a full copy is required. If the DR groups require a full copy when you initiate a controller software upgrade, the DR groups will move to the Temp Sync state upon completion of the upgrade and the full copy. You HP StorageWorks 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array release notes (XCS 6.200) 9

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NOTE:
1 Gb path and components have specific configuration requirements.
For more information on configuration requirements and support for 2 Gb and 4 Gb EVAs, see the
HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide
, which can be downloaded from the following website:
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t/man
uals
Click
Storage Networking
under Storage, and then select
HP StorageWorks SAN
under HP
StorageWorks SAN Solutions.
Supported Fibre Channel switches
For complete information on which Fibre Channel switches are supported on XCS 6.100 or later, see
the
HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide
, which can be downloaded from the following
website:
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t/man
uals
Click
Storage Networking
under Storage, and then select
HP StorageWorks SAN
under HP
StorageWorks SAN Solutions.
Supported disks
For information about disk drive support, see
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array disk drive
firmware support
, available on the HP Manuals website:
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t/man
uals
Under storage, click
Disk Storage Systems
, and then select the appropriate array model under EVA
Disk Arrays.
Important notes and workarounds
This section identifies important notes and workarounds for the EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 hardware and
XCS software. Similar information for related software applications is included in the following
documents:
HP StorageWorks Command View EVA release notes
HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager release notes
These documents can be downloaded from the following website:
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t/
man
uals
. Click
Storage Software
under Storage and then select your product.
Any workarounds pertaining to the host operating system can be found in the operating system
connectivity release notes. See
Supported operating system specifications
on page 8.
Upgrading to XCS 6.200 puts asynchronous DR groups in Temp Sync state
The XCS 6.xxx controller software has a Temp Sync state for DR groups that is used when a full copy
is required. If the DR groups require a full copy when you initiate a controller software upgrade, the
DR groups will move to the Temp Sync state upon completion of the upgrade and the full copy. You
HP StorageWorks 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array release notes (XCS 6.200)
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