January, 2005 Valued HP OpenView Storage Provisioner customer: HP OpenView Storage Provisioner shall be discontinued effective March 31, 2005. You are receiving this letter as a notice for a final purchase opportunity for the following product numbers: T2531AA HP OpenView Storage Provisioner Media T2532AA HP OpenView Storage Provisioner 1 TB LTU J4784AA HP OpenView Storage Provisioner 5 TB LTU J4785AA HP OpenView Storage Provisioner 10TB LTU J4786AA HP OpenView Storage Provisioner 50TB LTU
Beyond March 31, 2005 storage provisioning capability on your HP StorageWorks HSG and HSV based arrays shall be provided via the array-based management tools delivered with these arrays. You may be aware that this native storage provisioning capability is already being delivered (today) via the element managers for the HP StorageWorks HSG- and HSV-based arrays and shall continue in the future. For more information visit the following website: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/prodserv/storage.html Your HP OpenView Storage Provisioner product shall continue to be supported through March 31, 2008. Continue to direct your support questions via the normal process specified in your support agreement, including submission via the web: http://support.openview.hp.com (then select submit a support case) Summary: HP OpenView Storage Provisioner shall be discontinued on March 31, 2005 all purchases must be submitted by this date Replacement storage provisioning capability shall be provided via the element managers delivered with all HP StorageWorks midrange arrays Support for HP OpenView Storage Provisioner shall continue through March 31, 2008 Sincerely, HP OpenView Storage Provisioner Team HP

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