HP P4000 9.0.00 P4000 SAN Solution Software Release Notes (AX696-96046, March - Page 8

Prerequisites • HP StorageWorks P4000 Centralized Management Console • For the CMC complete installation, 35 MB disk space and 50 MB RAM during runtime. • Minimum monitor resolution for the CMC is 1024 x 600. • HP StorageWorks P4000 Windows Solution Pack • 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 • VSS Provider - Windows Server 2003 • Windows Server 2008, all versions • DSM for MPIO - Windows Server 2003, SP1 • Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator - Recommended: Version 2.08 (or greater) • HP StorageWorks P4000 Command-line interface (Cliq) • Windows Server 2003 SP1 • Windows Server 2003 R2 • Windows Server 2008 R2 • Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista • 10 MB available space • Failover Managers • FOM for ESX • VMware ESX Server version 3.x • 1 GB RAM • FOM for Hyper-V See Installing the Failover Manager (Hyper-V), page 6 Version requirements To upgrade to release 9.0 SAN/iQ software, the storage systems must be at version 7.0 SP1 or later. If the storage systems are at a lower version, please contact Customer Support for access to the interim upgrade files. Refer to HP technical support for customer support contact information. If you are upgrading to version 9.0 from version 7.0 SP1, you must first upgrade to version 8.5, and then upgrade to version 9.0. This additional upgrade is done automatically by the automatic upgrade feature. Required version of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator - version 2.08 (or greater) Upgrading the SAN Release 9.0 has automatic online upgrades. To begin using the online upgrades feature, you must first install the release 9.0 CMC. You can download the latest CMC from www.hp.com/go/P4000downloads. Install the CMC and begin using the online upgrades. 8