HP P6000 HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array XCS 10000000 Release Notes (593086- - Page 3

Version: XCS 10000000 Description This document contains information specific to the release of XCS 10000000, which applies to the following array models: Array model HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA4400) Controller model HSV3001 or HSV300-S1 HP 6400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA6400) HSV400 HP 8400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA8400) HSV450 HP P6300 Enterprise Virtual Array (P6300 EVA) HSV3401 HP P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array (P6500 EVA) HSV3601 1 One enclosure contains two controllers. Disk enclosure model M6412 or M6412A M6412A M6412A M6612 (LFF) or M6625 (SFF) M6612 (LFF) or M6625 (SFF) The information in this document is not provided elsewhere. HP recommends that you read this information thoroughly. IMPORTANT: With the release of the P6300/P6500 EVA, the EVA family name has been rebranded to HP P6000 EVA. The names for all existing EVA array models will not change. The rebranding change also affects related EVA software. The following product names have been rebranded: • HP P6000 Command View (formerly HP StorageWorks Command View EVA) • HP P6000 Business Copy (formerly HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA) • HP P6000 Continuous Access (formerly HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA) • HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager (formerly HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager) • HP P6000 SmartStart (formerly HP StorageWorks SmartStart EVA Storage) All rebranded software continues to support all existing EVA models (EVA3000/5000, EVA4000/6000/8000, EVA4100/6100/8100, EVA4400, and EVA6400/8400). NOTE: M6612 and M6625 are the product names for the large form factor (LFF) and small form factor (SFF) disk enclosures for the P6300/P6500 EVA. However, the product name or model number could appear in HP P6000 Command View as D2600 or D2700. Update recommendation Recommended Enhancements XCS 10000000 contains the following functionality: • EVA management software support-HP Command View EVA 9.4 or later (both server-based management and array-based management) is supported with XCS 10000000. The array-based management version is only supported on the EVA4400, P6300 EVA, and P6500 EVA and is installed on the management module in the controller enclosure, which reduces the need for a management server. (A management server is still required for HP P6000 Continuous Access support and certain other management tasks.) Without a management server in a direct connect environment, this allows for an additional Fibre Channel port, per controller, that you Description 3