Storage System Release NotesP/N 83-00004169Revision EDecember 2006

10 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006Note – Redundant cabling is not supported. The Getting Started Guide incorrectly shows redu

Release Notes 11Cabling a Controller Enclosure to Two Expansion EnclosuresThis configuration requires four 0.5-meter SAS cables (83-00000193).Figure 2

12 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006Supported Fibre Channel SwitchesTable 6 lists supported Fibre Channel switches.Table 6 Sup

Release Notes 13Supported HBAs and Operating SystemsTable 7 lists supported HBAs and operating systems. Table 7 Supported HBAs and Operating Systems

14 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006Using Storport DriverTo use the Storport driver, you must first download the hotfix. Inform

Release Notes 15Emulex ParametersFor best reliability with all configurations, set the following values:NodeTimeOut = 60 LinkTimeOut = 60Table 9 shows

16 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 20063. When an Emulex HBA is directly connected to a R/Evolution storage system, set the follow

Release Notes 17RedHAT and SuSETo get RedHAT or SuSE updates, you need to have a service agreement or contract with RedHAT or SuSE. You need to have y

18 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006To download and Install the Solaris Patch Cluster1. Log in to the host that you want to con

Release Notes 19For example, with 500 Gbyte drives, you can build a 15 Tbyte virtual disk: RAID 50, 32 drives, 30 data disks, 2 parity disks, or 30 *

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20 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006Fault IsolationThe basic strategy for isolating a fault in one of the enclosures is to star

Release Notes 21Known IssuesThe following sections describe known issues for this release: “Snapshot Known Issues” on page 21 “MPIO” on page 23 “Do

22 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006All snap pools include a 526 Mbyte reserve for internal use. This reserve space guarantees

Release Notes 23MPIOMPIO DSM 2.0.0.13 does not support Microsoft Cluster. The current release of the R/Evolution MPIO DSM does not correctly implement

24 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006Known BugsTable 14 lists known bugs.show enclosure-status The CPLD field is omitted.show ho

Release Notes 252090 After pulling the SAS expander cable from Controller B on the 36 drive configuration, two Vdisks went offline2152 VSS error (dele

26 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 20062721 After disabling a switch port, last log messages says link up2761 Both systems showed

Release Notes 273089 Customer experiencing multiple Protocol Errors to E-BODRoot cause has not been established. 3124 Critical Error: Fault Type: NMI

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4 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006Known Bugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5Release NotesThis document contains information about outstanding issues or requirements that affect installation and operation of the R/Evolution st

6 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006Read the release notes before attempting to install, upgrade, or use a R/Evolution storage s

Release Notes 7Related DocumentationThe release notes supplement the documents shown in Table 1.Table 1 R/Evolution Storage System DocumentationAppli

8 R/Evolution Storage System Release Notes • December 2006Supported SystemsThe software and hardware identified in the following subsections have been

Release Notes 9Supported Disk Drive ConfigurationsTable 4 lists supported disk drive configurations.56 drives are supported in certain vendor-specific