FSPM Support

The Oracle FS Path Manager (FSPM) is optional software that can be installed on a SAN host to manage multiple paths to the Oracle Flash Storage System.

Important! SAN hosts that access the Oracle FS System over multiple paths must use FSPM, not Pillar Axiom Path Manager (APM).

FSPM release 4.0 and higher support both Oracle Flash Storage Systems and Pillar Axiom systems (release 4.5 or higher).

The FSPM software performs the following primary functions:

Shares traffic among the available paths and ensures that access to the LUNs is not interrupted if some paths fail.
Automatically configures the host into the Oracle FS System Manager and updates the configuration if it changes.

Table 1 FSPM support
Operating system (OS)	OS release	FSPM	Notes
AIX	5.3 6.1 7.1	4.0	All platforms
Community Enterprise Operating System (CentOS)	5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.2	4.0 Linux	32-bit x86, 64-bit x86
HP-UX	11i v3	4.0	All platforms
Oracle Linux (OL)	5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.2	4.0 Linux	32-bit x86, 64-bit x86
Oracle Solaris	10 11	4.0	All platforms
Oracle VM Server for x86	3.1 3.2 3.3	4.0 Linux	All platforms
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.2	4.0 Linux	32-bit x86, 64-bit x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)	11.1 11.2 11.3 12.0 12.1	4.0 Linux	32-bit x86, 64-bit x86
Windows	Server 2008 Server 2008 R2 Server 2012 Server 2012 R2	4.0	All platforms

OS releases that are earlier than those listed above are not supported.
OS releases that are later than those listed above might be supported in future FSPM releases.
FSPM release 4.0 and later support both Oracle Flash Storage Systems and Pillar Axiom systems.

For FSPM release information, refer to the Oracle FS Path Manager Release Notes for your platform.