HP XP Continuous Access Software - Manual (Page 9)

Continuous Access XP user guide for the XP1024/XP128 9
About this guide
This guide provides information about the following:
• ” Overview of Continuous Access XP operations ” on page 13”
• ” Preparing for Continuous Access XP operations ” on page 30
• ” Starting Continuous Access XP ” on page 41
• ” Performing Continuous Access XP configuration operations ” on page 53
• ” Performing Continuous Access XP pair operations ” on page 78
• ” Continuous Access XP disaster recovery operations ” on page 97
• ” Error codes and messages ” on page 103
• ” Pinned track recovery for Continuous Access XP volumes ” on page 103
Intended audience
This guide is intended for customers and HP-authorized service providers with knowledge of the following:
• Disk array hardware and software
• Data processing and RAID storage subsystems and their basic functions
NOTE: The functions described in this manual may be limited, depending on your assigned level of user
access. Some users will have read-only access while others will have limited or full array access. For
additional information on users and user groups, please see the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web
Console user guide.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for using this product include:
• Installation of the HP StorageWorks disk array(s)
• Installation of the license key for this product
Firmware versions
The recommended firmware versions shown in Table 1 provide the optimal level of support for the
features provided with this product. Older firmware versions can be used; however, product features
enabled with newer firmware will not appear.
Related documentation
In addition to this guide, please refer to other documents for this product:
• HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for XP1024/XP128
• HP StorageWorks External Storage XP user guide
• HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition user guide
You can find these documents at http://www.hp.com/support/rwc/manuals
Table 1 Recommended and minimum firmware versions
XP disk array Minimum Recommended
XP1024/XP128 21-14-14-00/00 or later 21-14-18-00/00 or later