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ISS Technology Update, Volume 9 Number 1 - Page 1
...HP Power Supply Technology
http://techcomm.cca.hp.com/whitepapers/2009/TC091110TB.pdf
HP ProLiant 100-series Intel-based G6 server technology, 3rd edition
http://techcomm.cca.hp.com/WhitePapers/2009/TC091203TB.pdf
HP Smart Array Controller technology, 3rd edition
http://techcomm.cca.hp.com/WhitePapers/2009/TC091204TB.pdf
Using HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software with Microsoft® Windows...
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How many bytes are in a GB?
Storage device manufacturers and operating system developers answer this question differently. This is the reason why a number of lawsuits have sprung up around the country, typically between storage device manufacturers and disgruntled customers. For example, the capacity of a 300,000,000,000 byte drive is reported as...
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edition, Letter symbols to be used in electrical technology - Part 2: Telecommunications...sizes to powers of ten.
For memory capacities, binary prefixes are more natural. For example, reporting a Smart Array controller cache size of 512 MiB is preferable to reporting it as 536.9 MB.
HP is considering modifying its storage utilities to report disk capacity ...
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... Table 1). The option to enable only one core is not present in the currently released BIOS updates.
HP Note The lack of support for single-core operation is based on observations with Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade for HP ProLiant DL385 G5 (A09) Servers Version: 2009.07.11 (A) (11 Sep 2009).
AMD Core Select technology
AMD Core Select is...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 9 Number 1 - Page 5
... on the system during the operating system installation as follows:
- When installing to disks attached to a Smart Array controller, the miniroot must have the array driver so that the Solaris software can be installed onto the disks. See the deployment guide for information on installing the Smart Array driver, cpqary3, into the miniroot.
- For network-based deployments, the miniroot must have...
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... in over 200 standards organizations through more than 500 technical committees. HP engineers help develop specifications for memory, wired and wireless telecommunications, storage, management software, information technology and security, ANSI, IEEE, ISO/IEC, and so forth. HP also works closely with industry partners that develop processors, memory, storage, and networking components.
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... only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. AMD and AMD Opteron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, Intel...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 2
... without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 3
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This version supersedes XPath OS 7.4.1e released in August 2007.
Effective date
November 2009
Update recommendation
Routine
Product compatibility
Table 1 lists compatible HP MP Routers and transceivers. Table 1 Supported MP Routers and transceivers
MP Routers StorageWorks MP Router base (8-port)
Part number A7437A
StorageWorks MP Router full (16-port)
A7438A
Multi-protocol Router upgrade...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 4
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This product supports the following operating systems. For specific version information, contact an HP Storage representative. • HP-UX • HP OpenVMS • HP Tru64 UNIX • IBM AIX • Microsoft Windows • Novell NetWare • Red Hat Linux • SUSE Linux • Sun Solaris
Language
English
Fixes
Table 2 lists issues resolved in XPath OS 7.4.1f firmware. Table...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 5
... installation issues.
Migration procedure
For instructions on migrating to XPath OS 7.4.1f from earlier versions of XPath OS, see the HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.x Administrator Guide.
Initial MP Router setup rules
When an MP Router is powered on for the first time, all ports are disabled by default. You must explicitly set each MP Router port to the desired port type before making any cable...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 7
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Unexpected LSAN Zone Update messages or unexpected physical device offline messages
These messages can occur during normal operation. However, if the MP Router reports numerous occurrences that cannot be correlated to actual initiated events, such as planned device reconfigurations or reboots, examine low-level port error counts using the portstatsshow command.
Faulty cables and SFPs that...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 8
... disabled EX_Port can be seen in the Router's port display:
# switchshow
:
7 id AN No_Light disabled EX_PORT
(Last error: Failed to init in time)
Workaround for switches running FOS 3.x /4.x: • Issue the diagdisablepost command on edge switches connected
to Router EX_Ports. • Upgrade edge switches to Fabric OS 3.x/4.x. • Manually enable any disabled EX_Ports when the condition...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 9
... enable jumbo frame support on a network that does not support jumbo Ethernet frames end-to-end, the link will fail if a 2 KB FC frame is sent across the FCIP ISL.
Table 7 iSCSI Gateway service
Issue
Description
Releasing the IP address for a GbE port
Releasing the IP address of a Multiprotocol Router Gigabit Ethernet port requires setting the IP address of the port to 0.0.0.0. For example...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 10
..., see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/ documentation.html
iSCSI Multi-path
iSCSI configurations using the MP Router are not supported with multi-path software. Windows servers using an iSCSI initiator must not have multi-path software installed.
Microsoft iSCSI version
This release of XPath supports Microsoft iSCSI initiator...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 11
... the latest version of the recovery kernel. If you use firmwareDownload from the latest xpath_rk package, the recovery kernel is updated, any NVRAM corruption are resolved, and the latest XPath OS is installed in a single step.
If you are unable to use firmwareDownload to install the recovery kernel package, follow the product manual instructions to install the XPath Recover RPG through...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 12
... Routing Different models of the MP Router ship with either 8 or 16 ports enabled. If you require an upgrade from 8 to 16 ports, contact your sales representative.
SFP media support Duplicate domain IDs
The MP Router supports only qualified SFP media. Run the sfpSupport command for a list of the qualified SFPs.
When manually setting domain IDs, avoid duplicates. Under...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 13
... not been completed. Check with the management application vendor for AP support status.
• Existing versions of Fabric Manager and other API-based applications that manage zoning in edge fabrics use the MP Router to configure LSAN zones that create logical storage area networks.
• API-based applications must be compiled with new API libraries...
HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010) - Page 14
... error message is received.
XPath OS migration procedures
The XPath OS migration procedures are described in the HP StorageWorks XPath OS Administrator Guide. See this guide for explicit instructions on upgrading or downgrading your XPath OS. Table 11 lists the XPath OS file and its associated recovery kernel file for each firmware version. Table 11 XPath OS file and recovery version...
Familiarization Guide - Page 6
Updates
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