HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Performance Extender Software 2.
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Version: 2.1 Description In a typical Storage Area Network (SAN) environment, multiple I/O intensive applications share storage resources. Not all applications are mission critical, but they compete with the mission critical applications for the same I/O processing requirements. In such situations, there is a need to keep the key (mission critical) applications at a desired performance level and other (non critical) applications at an acceptable performance level.
Software and hardware requirements Table 1 describes the software and hardware required to install P9000 Application Performance Extender. Table 1 Software and hardware requirements XP24000 or XP20000 with Microcode version 60-04-1300/00 or later NOTE: XP disk array models P9000 disk array models Ensure that you select an XP disk array which does not have Storage Logical Partitions (SLPR) configured. P9500 with Microcode version 70-01-23-00/00 or later Minimum driver versions required: • Windows: 9.1.8.
Management station • Microsoft Windows XP SP 3 • Microsoft Windows Vista SP 2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP 2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP 2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP 2 Communication agent and controller Operating systems • HP-UX 11i v3 (HP-UX 11iv3 March 2010, September 2010), PHKL_40311 patch • SLES 10 Special Pack 3 • SLES 11 • RHEL 5.4 • RHEL 5.
Enhancements P9000 Application Performance Extender v2.1 includes the following enhancements: • Introduces the DLOM (Dynamic LDEV Ownership Management) feature. This feature enhances the array performance by balancing MP blade utilization. • License enforcement for P9500 disk arrays. Supports Meter based Term licenses for P9500 disk arrays. • Introduces the Watch dog feature to monitor the P9000 Application Performance Extender controller.
• During the removal of the last installed license for a P9500 disk array, you may occasionally encounter an error message even though the license is removed from the system. Product documentation All documentation associated with this release is also available on the Web. You can find the documents on the Manuals page of the HP Business Support Center website: http://www.hp.
