How To
Summary
The following shows the supported combinations available within PowerHA Enterprise Edition. The NPIV support was confirmed with PowerHA development, though no separate support flashes state it.
Objective
| Replication Option | HA version(minimum) | AIX 5.3 | AIX 6.1 | AIX 7.1 | VIOS | NPIV |
| GLVM synchronous | YES – ML2 | YES | YES | YES | ||
| GLVM asynchronous | NO | Yes-TL2 SP3 | YES | YES | ||
| SVC Metro Mirroring | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||
| SVC Global Mirroring | YES – TL9 RSCT 2.4.10.0 | YES–TL2 RSCT 2.5.2.0 | YES | Same as Metro above except no 5.4.1 support | YES | |
| Storwize v7000 replication | TL11, SP01RSCT 2.4.13.0 | TL04 SP03 RSCT 3.1.0.3 | TL0 SP02 RSCT 3.1.0.3 | Same as Metro above except no 5.4.1 support | YES | |
| ESS Metro | 5.1 | YES | YES | YES | YES | |
| DS6k/8K Metro | YES-ML1 | YES | YES | YES | ||
| EMC SRDF (sync and async)DMX-3DMX-4 FLASH10703 | YES – TL9 RSCT 2.4.12.0 | YES–TL2 SP1 RSCT 2.5.4.0 | YES | Not vSCSI | ||
| DS8700/DS8800 Global Mirror | YES – TL9 RSCT 2.4.12.0 | YES–TL2 SP1 RSCT 2.5.4.0 | YES RSCT 3.1.0.0 | Not vSCSI | ||
| Hitachi TrueCopy sync and HUR async | YES – TL9 RSCT 2.4.12.0 | YES–TL2 SP1 RSCT 2.5.4.0 | Not vSCSI | |||
| NO | YES - TL5 RSCT 3.1.0.3 | YES – RSCT 3.1.0.3 | Not vSCSI | |||
| YES – TL9 RSCT 2.4.13.0 | YES – TL5 RSCT 2.5.5.2 | YES - RSCT 3.1.0.3 | NO |
Addition EMC/SRDF software requirements:
·JAVA
·IBM’s Java 1.4 preferred
·EMC SYMCLI
·SYMCLI.SYMCLI.rte 7.0.0.0
The SYMCLI command line interfaces must be installed in the default location, /usr/symcli/bin
·EMC Storage Subsystem
·DMX-3 with microcode 5772.103.93 or higher
·DMX-4 with microcode 5773.134.94 or higher
·V-MAX with microcode 5874.188.156 or higher
·PowerPath
·5.3.0.0
·cluster.es.sr.rte
·cluster.es.sr.cmds
·cluster.msg.en_US.sr
Additional DS8700 Global Mirror software requirements
·DS8700 Firmware Software Bundle V75.1.145.0 or later
·DSCLI version 6.5.1.203 or later
·JAVA
·Additional filesets from 6.1 SP3 specifically above what comes on 6.1 EE base media
·cluster.es.genxd
·cluster.msg.en_US.genxd
Additional Hitachi software requirements
·USPV Microcode 60-06-05/00, or later
·CCI Version 01-23-03/06 or later
·Additional filesets from 6.1 SP3 specifically above what comes on 6.1 EE base media
·cluster.es.tc
·cluster.msg.en_US.tc
Additional HP software requirements
The following HP software and microcode were used as part of the testing:
1. HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software (no version needed)2. HP RAID Manager: 1.25.11 3. XP 24000 Microcode: 60-08-08-00/004. XP 12000 Microcode: 50-09-98-00/085. MPIO: MPIO ODM (5403) devices.fcp.disk.HP.xparray.mpio.rte 5.4.0.3
Remember that support is contingent on the common denominator across all the pieces. For example, SVC Metro Mirroring is supported at HA 5.2 and above. However, it is NOT supported in a VIOS environment in 5.2. Hopefully this chart makes sense. Any questions feel free to email me at sbodily@us.ibm.com
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Modified date:
19 October 2021
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TD105440