HP P4000 LeftHand SAN New Feature Summary

SAN/iQ 9.5

Table of contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................2 New Features...............................................................................................................................2 Application Managed Snapshots for VMware ESX ........................................................................2 Application Managed Snapshots for Hyper-V ...............................................................................3 SAN Status Home Page .............................................................................................................4 Peer Motion Data Mobility with Cluster Swap ...............................................................................5 Remote Copy Performance Improvements .....................................................................................5 Language Localization ...............................................................................................................5 Storage Replication Adaptor for vSphere Site Recovery Manager 5.x .............................................6 Best Practice Configuration Wizards ...........................................................................................7 Zero to VSA Automated Installation and Deployment .....................................................................7 Supported platforms and upgrade paths ..........................................................................................9 Supported platforms ..................................................................................................................9 Supported direct upgrade paths..................................................................................................9 For more information...................................................................................................................10

Introduction
HP Storage released SAN/iQ version 9.5 for the HP P4000 LeftHand SAN storage family in October, 2011. This document is designed to provide an introduction to the new features that comprise the release. More information on the HP P4000 LeftHand SAN products can be found at www.hp.com/go/p4000.

New Features
Application Managed Snapshots for VMware ESX
SAN/iQ 9.5 will expand Application Integration functionality of the P4000 to include VMware integrated snapshots. The existing HP P4000 Windows Solution Pack is replaced by the new Application Integration Solution Pack which includes the Application Aware Snapshot Manager. This tool allows users to take Application Aware snapshots for both VMware and Windows volumes and create application consistent, point in time copies for speedy and reliable recovery of VMs.

Users configure IP addresses of Virtual Center (vCenter) server in the P4000 Centralized Management Console
(CMC)

The CMC communicates with vCenter server during the snapshot process vCenter quiesces the VMs and takes a VMware snapshot. VMware tools within guest quiesces the applications The SAN/iQ hardware snapshot contains VMware snapshots which are visible to ESX when SAN/iQ snaps are
presented to the host

Figure 1: vCenter Server IP address is configured as Controlling Server in the CMC

Application Managed Snapshots for Hyper-V

SAN/iQ 9.5 supports the Hyper-V VSS writer allowing users to take quiesced snapshots of Hyper-V VMs. Schedule local and/or remote application aware snapshots of Hyper-V VMs.

Enabled with P4000 Application Aware Snapshot Manager SAN/iQ communicates with the Hyper-V host during snapshots process VMs are quiesced by Hyper-V VSS writer SAN/iQ snapshots contain application consistent snapshots of VMs

Figure 2: HP P4000 Application Aware Snapshot Manager provides the ability to take application consistent snapshots of Hyper-V or VMware virtual machines.

SAN Status Home Page

Administrators can now get a global view of larger environments with multiple management groups. The new SAN Status home page presents vitals of the entire P4000 storage environment in a single view.

All new home page for the CMC Provides single pane of glass view of entire P4000 environment Key information for all Management Groups displayed in a single, customizable view Undockable sections of the CMC that sit on the desktop allow monitoring of SAN Status while performing other
administrative tasks

Figure 3: SAN Status home page

Peer Motion Data Mobility with Cluster Swap

SAN/iQ has the ability to move data seamlessly and on-line between clusters or tiers of storage. Cluster refreshes/replacements can be done online with just a few clicks. The system automatically rebalances whenever cluster membership is changed in any way. These functions are easier than ever with SAN/iQ 9.5. Peer Motion functionalities such as Cluster Swap are simplified for maximum ease of us.

Cluster Swap functionality allows users to replace or upgrade P4000 clusters with just a few clicks. No
maintenance windows and no downtime required

New Edit Cluster menu item guides users to better decisions when adding, removing or exchanging nodes Easily migrate data online between P4000 tiers with HP Peer Motion

Figure 4: Peer Motion capabilities simplified with new tools for online data mobility.

Remote Copy Performance Improvements

Improved change tracking mechanism Less time required to scan volumes Able to support more frequent snaps especially for large volumes with low change rates Reduces RPOs for DR solutions Test example: 50% improvement in copy time on 2TB volume with 10GB of changes.

Language Localization
P4000 LeftHand SANs now available in localized Spanish version

Storage Replication Adaptor for vSphere Site Recovery Manager 5.x

New SRA to support VMware Site Recovery Manager 5 with vSphere 5 Automated failback now supported Included in HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack

Figure 5: SRA Installer

Best Practice Configuration Wizards

New Wizards help user choose highest availability configurations

Failover Manager for 2-node configuration Hardware RAID-6 for single-node configuration Suggest replicating volumes when expanding clusters from one to more than one node

Figure 6: Warning for users when system configuration could be more highly available

Zero to VSA Automated Installation and Deployment

All new installer for HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) Software

Speeds and simplifies install process for one or more VSAs Single installer can install VSA, Failover Manager (FOM), and Centralized Management Console (CMC) Go from zero to a fully functional virtual SAN in just a few easy steps Scriptable install tool allows ROBO customers to script install once and deploy VSA quickly at multiple remote
locations (Scriptable option only for VMware in v1)

Figure 7: Zero to VSA host discovery

Figure 8: Zero to VSA network configuration

Supported platforms and upgrade paths

Supported platforms
The following storage nodes are supported by SAN/iQ 9.5 HP P4800 G2 Storage System

HP P4500 G2 Storage System HP P4300 G2 Storage System HP P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance (ESX and Hyper-V versions) HP LeftHand P4300 Storage System (G1) HP LeftHand P4500 Storage System (G1) HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance NSM 2120 G2 NSM 2060 G2

Supported direct upgrade paths

Direct upgrades to SAN/iQ 9.5 can be performed from the following SAN/iQ versions SAN/iQ 9.0

SAN/iQ 8.5 SAN/iQ 8.1 SAN/iQ 8.0 SAN/iQ 7.01(two node reboots automated by new upgrade management)

For more information

To read more about HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions, go to www.hp.com/go/p4000 For more information of HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software, go to www.hp.com/go/vsa To download HP P4000 software, go to www.hp.com/go/p4000downloads

Copyright 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

4AA3-8523ENW, Created November 2011