Serviceguard Disaster Recovery Products Compatibility and Feature Matrix (Metrocluster with EMC SRDF) - HPUX and Linux
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Metrocluster with EMC
SRDF Version
HP-UX
Version
SG Version
MCDREnabler
fileset
Version
1
Symmetrix Platform &
Microcode
2
Supported
Solution Enabler
Versions
Feature(s)
Intro/End of
Support Date
3
product version:
If you are using the following microcodes:
5567: Upgrade to 5567.29
5267: Upgrade to 5267.22
For Dynamic R1/R2 swap: requires a
minimum microcode version 5567
For SRDF/A requires: a minimum
microcode version 5670
With PHSS_41308 (HP-UX 11iv1 only)
Symmetrix “VMAX”
Symmetrix “7” (DMX3, DMX4)
Symmetrix “6” (DMX)
Symmetrix “5”
5. Support for Virtual Provisioning
Enhancements with this revision:
1. Metrocluster with EMC SRDF product communicates with
Symmetrix devices using SYMAPI calls instead of SYMCLI
commands
(not customer visible)
2. Support VxVM/DMP 4.1 (CVM/CFS not supported)
3. Added HP-UX 11i v1 support with this revision (June’07)
4. Added HP Integrity Virtual Machines (VMs) 3.0 support with
VM’s configured as Serviceguard packages in HP-UX 11i v2
host environments (Oct’07)
Current Features:
SRDF Synchronous and Asynchronous data replication
(Asynchronous replication on Symmetrix DMX Series only)
SRDF Consistency Groups (for M by N configurations),
Synchronous data replication
SRDF Control Operations:
o Disaster restart – failover
o Disaster recovery – failback
SRDF Swap:
o R1/R2 personality swap on static and dynamic RDF
devices
SRDF Domino mode
Use of BCV protection
DWDM upto 300km
Notes:
a. MxN configurations not supported with Symmetrix 3
b. R1/R2 swapping not supported with Symmetrix 3, 4, 4.8
c. M by N configurations cannot be used with R1/R2 swapping
d. Modular packages introduced with Serviceguard A.11.18 not
supported (only legacy packages supported
11i v2
A.11.16,
A.11.17
and
A.11.18
HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 or later:
Symmetrix “7” (DMX3, DMX4)
Symmetrix “6” (DMX)
Symmetrix “5”
Symmetrix “7” (DMX3, DMX4)
- microcde 5771
Symmetrix “6” (DMX) - -
- microcode 5669 (HP-UX 11i v1)
- microcode 5670 (HP-UX 11i v2)
- requires 5671 or later for SRDF/A
Symmetrix “5”
- microcode 5264.57.47
For MxN support:
- microcode 5266 or later required
For R1/R2 swapping:
- requires 5567.34.19A
HP-UX 11i v2:
V6.2.x or V6.3.0
or V6.3.2