About This Document; Release Notes Information; Intended Audience - HP 4000/6000/8000 Release Note

About this document

This section describes the content reflected in this document, including:
• Release notes
• Intended audience, page 3
• Accessing future product

Release notes information

These release notes describe the following topics:
•
Enhancements, page 3
• EVA storage
• EVA compatibility, page 4
• Operating
• Storage System Scripting Utility for
• Recommendations, page 9
• Host server

Intended audience

These release notes are intended for:
• Customers who purchased the HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array
(EVA4000/6000/8000) storage system to use with the Microsoft® Windows® operating system
• HP customer service personnel responsible for installing and maintaining devices connected to
an EVA4000/6000/8000 storage system
Accessing future product updates
HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber's choice web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates.
• Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements,
newest versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates, as well as instant access to
numerous other product resources.
• After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then
Storage under Product Category.
Enhancements
This release includes the following enhancements:
• Support for EVA4000/6000/8000 controller software 5.100
• Support for Storage Management Appliance
• Support for a 4 Gb front end controller
• Support for RoHS-compliant hardware
• Support for Direct Connect
In this release, the same server can attach to an EVA3000/5000 subsystem and an
EVA4000/6000/8000 subsystem.
information, page 3
updates, page 3
system, page 4
constraints, page 9
considerations, page 10
4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array connectivity 5.1A for Windows release notes
EVA, page 9
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