HP 5300A - Manual (Page 16)

Tru64 UNIX Issues and Restrictions
• Smart Array 5300A volumes are not supported as shared storage devices in
TruCluster environments.
OpenVMS Issues and Restrictions
• Prior restrictions as noted in the Smart Array 5300A Product Release Notes on
the use of KZPDC logical volumes in Volume Shadowing environments are
removed. Users should consult the Volume Shadowing documentation
accompanying their specific OpenVMS release for guidance in configuring
this feature.
• Smart Array 5300A volumes are not supported as shared storage devices in
OpenVMS Cluster environments.
• KZPDC controller support under OpenVMS on the GS80, GS160, and GS320
system platform is available beginning with version 7.3-2 of the operating
system. KZPDC controller support is not available under OpenVMS version
7.3-1 on GS80, GS160, and GS320 systems. Consult the platform specific
section of these release notes for more information.
Runtime Utility Issues and Restrictions
The following items are known issues with the online utilities provided with Smart
Array 5300A controllers.
• Users are referred to the cautionary advice elsewhere in this document
concerning compatibility of the B0105 ACUXE kit with the version 3.xx
OpenVMS Management Agents kit.
• Resizing (dragging the border of) the Netscape "HP Array Configuration
Utility XE" window, causes the ACU-XE session to end. A new session of
ACU-XE will have to be started. This issue will be fixed in a future release of
Netscape for Tru64 UNIX.
• The GIF shown for an Array with a degraded Logical volume is the same as a
GIF for an Array with a failed Logical volume.
• In some Tru64 UNIX systems with large configurations and large numbers of
SA5300 logical drives, starting up or exiting the ACU-XE utility might take
an extra long time (up to 20 minutes.) The user might get an impression that
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