1. Release Notes
  2. Product Guidelines and Installation Requirements
  3. Hardware and Microcode Requirements

Hardware and Microcode Requirements

Note the following requirements:

  • VTSS – for 32GB VTV support, all VTSSs in the VTCS configuration must be a VSM6 at level 6.2 or higher.
  • RTD – 9840 models A and B cannot be used for 32GB VTV migration.
  • VLE – ELS 7.3 requires a minimum VLE microcode level of VLE 1.4.2 patch A3 or higher. For 32GB VTV support, all VLEs in the VTCS configuration must be at level 1.5.1 or higher.
  • From an HSC 7.3, issue a DISPLAY VTSS DETAIL command to determine whether a VTSS supports 32GB VTVs. If supported, the text 32GB VTVs is displayed in the Supported Features section of the output.
  • From an HSC 7.3, issue a DISPLAY STORMNGR command to determine whether a VLE supports 32GB VTVs. If supported, the text 32GB VTVs is displayed in the Features section of the output.
  • If there are any VTSSs or VLEs that do not have 32GB VTV support, then VTCS will not allow any 32GB VTV to be created.

Caution:

If any 32GB VTVs have been created and a non-32GB VLE (level 1.5 or below) is detected, then for each virtual RTD (vRTD) residing within the non-32GB VLE, message SLS7552W is issued and the vRTD will is forced offline.

If it becomes necessary to remove 32GB VTV support, follow the instructions provided in the ELS publication Configuring HSC and VTCS.