DOCTECA: HP MPIO Full Featured DSM (Device Specific Module) for MSA (Active/Active) Disk Arrays

18/5/10

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM (Device Specific Module) for MSA (Active/Active) Disk Arrays

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM (Device Specific Module) for MSA (Active/Active) Disk Arrays

This document summarizes the recent product information about HP MPIO Full Featured Device Specific Module (DSM) for MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) Disk Arrays (called the “HP MPIO MSA DSM” throughout this guide), which includes:

Release notes information

These release notes describes the following:

Intended audience

This document is intended for customers who use the HP MPIO MSA DSM software.

Accessing future product updates

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http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates.

Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on product enhancements, newer versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates, as well as instant access to other product resources.
After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then Storage under Product Category.

..HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) Disk Arrays support

This section describes the following:

Operating system requirements

Following are the operating system requirements for HP MPIO MSA DSM:

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (x86, IA64 and x64)
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (x86, IA64 and x64)
Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (x86 and x64)
Windows Server 2008 (x86, IA64 and x64)
Windows Server 2008 – Server Core (x86 and x64)

Supported storage systems

The HP MPIO MSA DSM supports the following disk arrays:

MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) with firmware version 6.x or later

Prerequisite drivers

HP StorageWorks RAID storage systems are generally installed with a Solution Software kit, such as the Fibre Channel Installation kit. These kits install or update certain drivers necessary for using HP StorageWorks products with Windows. For more information on Host Bus Adapter (HBA) drivers, see

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html.

Configuration limits

Table 1, “Configuration limits” lists the configuration limits for HP MPIO MSA DSM.

Table 1 Configuration limits

Features	HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for Windows for MSA Disk Arrays
Maximum number of paths per disk for MSA	32
Failback	Autofailback
Load balancing	Yes
User Interface	Yes
Coexistence with Secure Path on same server	Yes
Coexistence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays on same server	Yes
Coexistence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays on same server	Yes
Coexistence with HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA3000/5000 VCS 4.xxx Disk Arrays on same server	Yes
Coexistence with HP MPIO basic failover for EVA arrays on same server	Yes
Coexistence with HP MPIO basic failover for XP arrays on same server	No
Coexistence with HP MPIO basic failover for MSA arrays on same server	No
Coexistence with MS-DSM on the same server	Yes

Installation kit components

Table 2, “Installation kit components” lists the components that are supplied in this release of HP MPIO MSA DSM:

Table 2 Installation kit components

File	x86	ia64	x64
`hpmaadsm.sys`	3.1.3.130	3.1.4.130	3.1.5.130
`mpio.sys`	1.22.3790.2358	1.22.3790.2358	1.22.3790.2358
`mpdev.sys`	1.22.3790.2358	1.22.3790.2358	1.22.3790.2358
`mpspfltr.sys`	1.22.3790.2358	1.22.3790.2358	1.22.3790.2358
`hpperfprov.dll`	1.0.3.7	1.0.4.7	1.0.5.7
`hpdsm.exe`	3.1.2.190	3.1.4.190	3.1.5.190
`hpprutil.exe`	1.0.2.1	1.0.4.1	1.0.5.1



	NOTE: Multipath I/O is provided as an inbox feature on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and version numbers mentioned above for mpio.sys, mpdev.sys, and mpspfltr are not applicable for the same. Check with Microsoft for Multipath I/O feature updates on Windows Server 2008. On Windows Server 2003, minimum MPIO framework version supported on this DSM is 1.20.