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HP OpenVMS V8.4 Field Test Results to-date and expectations John Egolf, OpenVMS New England email: John.Egolf@hp.com. Topics Covered. Field Test Contacts What’s new in V8.4 (very quick review) Why we do a Field Test A few Field Test Statics and feedback so far HPVM and OpenVMS as a Guest OS

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  1. HP OpenVMS V8.4 Field Test Results to-date and expectationsJohn Egolf, OpenVMS New Englandemail: John.Egolf@hp.com

  2. Topics Covered Field Test Contacts What’s new in V8.4 (very quick review) Why we do a Field Test A few Field Test Statics and feedback so far HPVM and OpenVMS as a Guest OS How our Field Test Benefits you, our Partners Q&A

  3. OpenVMS Field Test Contacts Srini Krishnamurthy OpenVMS Field Test Management Email: OpenVMSFieldTestOps@hp.com John Egolf OpenVMS Integrity Migration manager Email: John.Egolf@hp.com (Primary contact for USA Government FT participants) Field Test candidates should send problems / issues toVMS84FTPTR@hp.com

  4. What’s New in V8.4? (1 of 2) • Support for the latest Integrity server systems • Incorporates the latest generation of industry-standard Itanium processors • OpenVMS as an HP Integrity Virtual Machine (HPVM) guest • OpenVMS v8.4 supported as a guest operating system with HP Integrity Virtual Machine v4.2 • Support for AVIO • Online guest migration • Cluster support with MSCP/TMSCP • IP Cluster Interconnect (IPCI) (Alpha and Integrity) • IPCI enables use of IP for OpenVMS cluster communication • IPCI allows the PE driver, the module in OpenVMS cluster communication, to use IP services • IPCI will co-exist with LAN interconnect for cluster communication • Enables the discovery of nodes and the formation of clusters in an IP-only network where LAN bridging is not available • 2TB volume support • Maximum volume size has increased from 1TB to 2TB • Extended membership on shadowing • Increase the number of member disks in a host-based volume-shadowing set from 3 to 6 disks

  5. What’s New in V8.4? (2 of 2) • Provisioning full install with no assumptions • Complete install • Apply a license PAK • Configuration of: • TCP/IP • Cluster • Integrity RAD support gives improved performance on NUMA systems • Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Smart Array Support • Supports next-generation SAS Smart Array HBA and SAS blade interconnects • Shared SAS blade storage • Has solutions to connect multiple HP C-class I64 blade systems to a storage shared over the SAS • HP TCP/IP services for OpenVMS v5.7 enhancements (Alpha and Integrity) • Packet-processing engine • FTP over SSL • IPCI • SCTP

  6. Why Field Test? • 3 Major Reasons • Increase Quality • We can’t imagine all the ways people will use OpenVMS! • Receive Feedback on Features / Functionality • Avoid “Works as coded” • Give Partners a preview so they can be ready when we release new version • Good for our Partners, Good for HP, Good for our customers

  7. OpenVMS V8.4 Field Test 05-Nov-09 Sneak Peak (Alpha and Integrity) 16-Nov-09 Formal Start of Field Test 180+ Field Test Participants and counting…Largest Field Test Ever! More than 75 kit downloads in first 24 hours! Possible FT2 kit available end-Jan / start-Feb

  8. Feedback to-date… • How can I create a CD/DVD of the download? • Where are the ISO images (how can I can install from BCK)? • Ok, now that I have the Integrity ISO how about an Alpha ISO! • What the heck is a SAID? • New items in HELP have "Change Bars" in them… • How can I tell if my server can run HPVM? • I just tested one of my Motif applications under the field test, ITS WICKED FAST!

  9. HPVM and OpenVMS as a Guest OS HPVM / OpenVMS as a Guest was delayed due to a problem found in HPVM that has now been resolved. Expect announcement soon! – End of next week? HP-UX and HPVM will be provided to qualified FT Candidates via physical media snail mailed to you About 50% of FT Participants are interested in evaluating HPVM/VMS Cookbook being provided to help non-UNIX people get HP-UX and HPVM installed

  10. Can I run HPVM on my Server? • If you already have OpenVMS running on your server do a: $ ana/sys SDA> clue config CPU ID         0.                        CPU State    rc,pa,pp,cv,pv,pmv,pl CPU Type       Itanium3  Montecito  Rev C2 CPU ID 0. CPU State rc,pa,pp,cv,pv,pmv,pl CPU Type Itanium2 MadisonRev B1 • From the EFI Shell Shell> info cpu PROCESSOR MODULE INFORMATION # of L3 L4 Family/ CPU Logical Cache Cache Model Processor Module CPUs Speed Size Size (hex.) Rev State ------ ------- -------- ------ ------ ------- --- ------------ 0 2 1.4 GHz 6 MB None 20/00 B0 Active 1 2 1.4 GHz 6 MB None 20/00 B0 Active

  11. Packaging and Licensing • Heads – up! These are being considered and are not finalized yet. • Change in OE (Operating Environment) Packages • FOE, EOE, MCOE  BOE, HAOE • Change from per-Core to per-Socket licensing • Licensing , while running with HPVM, is hard to understand initially We will plan a separate webinar and paper for our DSPP partners as soon as possible to ensure you are ready for any changes we implement.

  12. How DSPP Members can Benefit from the Field Test

  13. How Field Test benefits our partners Note: Always check with HP to ensure there is no / low risk of feature / function being changed • Get a head start on qualifying your solution on the new release • Take advantage of new functions / features in your solution (see note below) • You can be ready on day-one to ship your solution when V8.4 is released • You can feed back requests to engineering for minor enhancements or doc changes • Use OpenVMS Customer Lab for “complex” qualification configurations of your solution(s). • You will be added to “V8.4 Ready” marketing materials and OpenVMS presentations • More visibility to you and your solutions

  14. Expectations As we get more in-depth usage by our partners and customers we expect, as usual, issues to surface and be worked / resolved HPVM is a major new and exciting piece of technology and functionality. We expect a lot of creative uses of it by our users I expect that all of our key DSPP Partners will be ready on day-one or shortly after release of V8.4 with their solutions Open dialog between OpenVMS engineering and our partners to ensure a Win – Win for our Partners and HP to drive more business for each

  15. Its not too late! For DSPP Partners, If you are already a FT participant THANK YOU! If you haven’t already signed up to be a Field Test site, you still have time! Send contact info and what platform (Alpha, Integrity, both) and what features you are interested in evaluating to: OpenVMSFieldTestOps@hp.com

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