HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 MU5 Release Notes

◦ 1.2 TB drive (HCEP1200S5xnN010)
◦ 480 GB (DOPA0480S5xnNMRI) and 920 GB (DOPA0920S5xnNMRI) drives
• Reduces service times when running AO (Adaptive Optimization) or Tunesys.
• Enhances the disk capacity of HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage array by increasing the
maximum spindle count and the maximum raw capacity.
• Provides support for failover via persistent ports of matched set VLUNs.
Modifications to the HP 3PAR OS
DescriptionItemIssue ID
Supports new self-signed 2048-bit RSA SSL
certificate.
Supports new self-signed 2048-bit RSA SSL
certificate.
69843
The UNREG_LOGIN Maibox command cannot be
called in an interrupt context. This is resolved by
having a task thread to do UNREG_LOGIN.
FC driver.87689/
93030
During online upgrade from HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 to
HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 release, if the upgrade fails and
An issue with pfail save path can cause recovery
to become unresponsive during online upgrade.
91313
system reverts to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1, the recovery
might not be successful. This is because HP 3PAR
OS 3.1.2 does not save the correct node replicant
information. This is resolved by adding a check to
the pfail save code path for online upgrades from
HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 and then ensuring that the
replicant information saved is read by HP 3PAR OS
3.1.1 correctly.
New drives support:New drive support requires new firmware.91779
• 2 TB (SMEG2000S5xnN7.2 or
SMEG2000S5xnF7.2) and 4 TB
(SMEG4000S5xnN7.2 or SMEG4000S5xnF7.2)
drives
• 450 GB (SLTN0450S5xnF010) and 900 GB
(SLTN0900S5xnF010) drives
• 400 GB (HSSC0400S5xnNMME), 480 GB
(HSSC0480S5xnNMRI) and 920 GB
(HSSC0920S5xnNMRI) drives
This is resolved by changing the point from which
recovery is attempted using the snap difference
instead of the chunk difference.
Remote Copy Periodic synchronization takes longer
time than the synchronization period.
92259
Systems with HP-A 8Gb SFP experience poor
performance on fiber channel ports, along with CRC
Systems with HP-A 8Gb SFP experience poor
performance on fiber channel ports, along with
CRC and INVWord errors.
94154
and INVWord errors. The performance issue is
resolved and ensures correct performance of HP-A
D9 SFP transceiver at 8 Gb speed.
During persistent port failover, multiple nodes might
encounter an error and reboot due to a large
During persistent port failover, multiple nodes might
encounter an error and reboot.
96827
number of SCSI command retry messages which
overload the event handling mechanism. This is
resolved.
A diagnostic command, checkPD diag, can lead
to an offset overflow on 3 TB or 4 TB Nearline
Diagnostic routine can lead to an offset overflow
on 3 TB or 4 TB Nearline drives on HP 3PAR
StoreServ 7000 Storage systems.
96945
drives on HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems.
This offset overflow issue is addressed.
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