HP 56976839 User Manual

HP ProLiant Storage Server

Service Release 6.6

release notes

These release notes provide information and describe issues related to the release of Service Release 6.6 for HP ProLiant Storage Servers, HP ProLiant Data Protection Storage Servers and HP StorageWorks NAS Products.

Part number: 5697–6839

irst edition: October 2007

VERSION: 6.6

Version information can be obtained:

• In the HP ProLiant Storage Server Management console by selecting System Settings and viewing

System Information.

• In the HP ProLiant Storage Server Web UI by selecting the Status tab, then System Information tab.

Description

These release related to the release of Service Release 6.6 for HP ProLiant Storage Servers, HP ProLiant Data Protection Storage Servers, and HP StorageWorks NAS products using the supported operating systems. The Service Release provides an installation utility and a rollup of individual support update components for your system.

NOTE:

Use the Service Release 6.6 setup program to install the Service Release.

Update recommendation Recommended

Prerequisites

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is required before installing the Service Release.

• For Web downloads, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 should be obtained

separately from Microsoft; it is not included in the Service Release contents downloaded from the HP.com (Software & Drivers) site.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is included as a separate installable component

located in the D:\MICROSOFT\W2K3_SP2 folder on the Service Release DVD.

IMPORTANT:

ForsystemsusingWindowsStorageServer2003withoutWindowsServer2003SP1installed,theService Release setup must be run ﬁ rst prior to installing Windows Server 2003 SP2. A required HP Storage Server system update will be installed allowing Windows Server 2003 SP2 to be installed successfully.

If needed, the HP Storage Server Installer for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 in the Service Release will guide you through the installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2. The following software components are required on HP Storage Server for installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2:

• HP Storage Server System Update

• Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

notes provide information about the contents of Service Release 6.6 and describe issues

Applying this Service Release will update your HP ProLiant Storage System to version 6.6.

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Service Release 5.6 is required before installing this Service Release for systems running Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 (without Windows Storage Server 2003 R2) for HP NAS Web User Interface (Web UI) updates. This prerequisite applies only to:

• Syste

• Systems that have been Quick Restored to the base image version (version 5.5 or earlier)

The HP Service Release 5.6 DVD can be ordered from the following location: h

h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/ swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=366133-006.

e information on this service pack, including the release notes, readme, installation instructions,

updates, and list of security updates, see the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Web

ttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sp2.mspx.

ms with no previous Service Release installed or systems with Service Release 5.5 or earlier

installed

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Storage Server Service Release 6.6 release notes

NOTE:

Service Release 5.6 does not apply to HP ProLiant Storage Servers running Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2.

Microsoft iSCSI Soft ware Target 3.1 is an update only for HP ProLiant Storage Servers with Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.0 installed.

Microsoft Windows Uniﬁed Data Storage Server 2003 Supplemental Update applies to HP ProLiant Storage Servers running Microsoft Windows Uniﬁed D a ta Storage Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition.

Product models

These release notes apply to the storage servers listed in the following table.

Table1StorageserverscoveredbyServiceRelease6.6

Product series Product model

HP ProLiant Storage Server

HP ProLiant Data Protection Storage Server

HP StorageWorks NAS

• DL100 Storage Server

• DL100G2StorageServer

• DL100G2FilePrintAppliance

• DL320s Storage Server

• DL380G3StorageServer

• DL380G4StorageServer

• DL380G5StorageServer

• DL380G5x64SANStorageServer

• DL580 G2 Storage Server

• DL585 Storage Server

• DL585 G2 Storage Server

• ML110 Storage Server

• ML110 G2 Storage Server

• ML310 G3 Storage Server

• ML310 G4 Storage Server

• ML350 G4 Storage Server

• ML350 G4p Storage Server

• ML350 G5 Storage Server

• ML370 G4 Storage Server

• DL100 G2 Data Protection Storage Server

• DL380 G4 Data Protection Storage Server

• DL380 G5 Data Protection Storage Server

• ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server

• StorageWorks NAS 500s

• StorageWorks NAS 1200s

• StorageWorks NAS 1500s

• StorageWorks NAS 2000s

• StorageWorks NAS 4000s

• StorageWorks NAS 9000s

Operating systems

Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003

Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Editions

Microsoft Windows Uniﬁed Data Storage Server 2 003 Enterprise x64 Edition

Languages

The Service Rel

ease is available in the following languages:

• French

• Italian

• German

• Japanese

• Korean

• Simpliﬁed Ch

inese

• Spanish

• Traditional Chinese

Issues and workarounds

Issues and their workarounds have been identiﬁed and placed into categories. These categories are:

• General installation issues

• Installation issues on systems using Windows Storage Server 2003

•HPServiceReleaseWizard

General installation issues

This secti Installation Wizard.

Issue:

on details general issues with the installation of Service Release 6.6 or use of Service Release

Minimum disk space requirement for Service Release 6.6 installatio n

Issue:

Description

Workaro

Free hard disk space requirements for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Description

Workaround Not applicable.

Intel N IC driver installation fails when installed over a network share

Description

Workaround

The HP ProLiant Storage Server should have at least 1 GB of available space on the system drive when installing the Service Release. The speciﬁcamountofdisk space required depends on the components that are selected for installation.

There is no workaround, other than ensuring that the system drive where the Service Release

und

up disk s situati selected for installation when the Service Release setup is run.

A minimum of 1.3GB of free hard disk space is required on your system when installing Windows Server 2003 SP2 from the Service Release DVD. For more information about hard disk free space requirements for Windows Server2003SP2,seeMicrosoftKnowledgeBasearticleKB926029at

The i over

Perform the installation directly from the Service Release DVD or by copying the DVD contents to a local drive on the storage server.

setup is installed has more than 1 GB of available disk spa ce. To free

pace, unnecessary ﬁles can be deleted from the C:\temp folder. This

on can also be avoided by ensuring that only the n ecessary components are

ttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/926029/.

nstallation of the Intel network inter face card driver fails when attempted

anetworkshare.

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