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NOTE:

The enhancements below are primarily intended to highlight new software (GUI) features, and are
not an exhaustive list of enhancements. For complete information about new features and
enhancements, see the:

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HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software Release Notes

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HP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager Software Release Notes

For complete information about management server, host data collector, device manager agent, CLI,
and storage system requirements, see the:

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HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software System Requirements

Device Manager enhancements

For LUN path management, Device Manager now supports:

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Deletion of individual LUN paths.

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When replacing a host HBA, Command View AE Suite sets the LUN paths in the replacement HBA
based on the LUN path configuration assigned to the existing HBA.

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Edit LUN paths for multiple HBAs collectively.

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Specify odd block size volumes when creating, allocating, or expanding volumes.

For WWN, Device Manager now supports:

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Specify a new WWN nickname, change, or delete an existing nickname for storage HBA WWNs
registered in a host group.

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In the Add Hosts and Edit Hosts dialog boxes, WWNs that have logged in to a port of a managed
storage system now appear in the list of known WWNs that is used to manually add WWNs.

For host group management, Device Manager now supports:

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Define clustered-host storage by allocating new volumes to a new host within an existing host
group.

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Edit host group information, such as host group name, host mode, and host mode options.

For logical groups in multi-tenant environments, Device Manager now supports:

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Restriction of logical group privileges for each user group.

For task management, Device Manager now supports:

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Restart failed or stopped tasks, with inheritance of the values set at the time the task was registered.

In the Allocate Volumes dialog box, the Device Manager GUI now supports:

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Preservation and restoration of LUN path information.

For removing hosts, Device Manager now supports:

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Removes related storage resources, such as volumes allocated to the target hosts and path setting
information.

Device Manager GUI now supports:

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Starting Element Manager from a FQDN.