HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 MU5 Release Notes

DescriptionItemIssue ID
device entry, thus the follow-up operations (e.g. LOGO) caused a
host being wrongly disconnected.
Fixed a defect in the sysmgr subsystem that could cause the sysmgr
to be unresponsive and for host io to be blocked. Operations involving
Sysmgr Unresponsive78498
a region move (such as tunes) or a node integration could get the
sysmgr into this state. Fixed the race condition between the sysmgr
and kernel that caused this behavior.
In earlier versions of HP 3PAR OS for P10000 systems, a node was
allowed to continue operating despite experiencing certain hardware
Correct handling of P10000 ASIC
hardware errors
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errors internal to its ASIC device. This deficiency has now been
addressed. When a node encounters any hardware error in an ASIC
device, it is rebooted.
The ioctl to non-existant nodes has been removed in 3.1.2, this ioctl
will only be sent to nodes whic are online.
Host lost access during HP 3PAR OS
upgrade from 3.1.1 MU1 to 3.1.1
MU2
78639
The default interrupt coalescing stance for FC ports has been changed
as follows: 1. Target ports will come up with interrupt coalescing
int coal is still enabled in 3.1.2.22078761
disabled across a 3.1.1->3.1.2 update. 2. All new target ports
created will have interrupt coalescing disabled.
Due to a software error in earlier versions of HP 3PAR OS, abort of
commands which trigger the ACA ACTIVE condition was not handled
Handle abort of pending NACA
commands
79944
correctly. Under rare circumstances, this could cause node panics on
busy systems to which AIX hosts were attached. The software error
has been fixed in this release.
Known Issues with the OS
DescriptionItemIssue ID
The Emulex-based 8Gb HBAs use a different fill word (ARB(FF)) for
Fibre Channel connections. The Fibre Channel switch port connecting
Emulex-based 8Gb HBAs fill word
compatibility
54303
the Emulex-based 8Gb HBAs fill word compatibility 54303 8Gb HBA
port must have the same fill word configured for compatibility. Contact
the switch vendor for help to configure the fill word. On Brocade
switches, the command to configure the fill word is
portcfgfillword.
On Windows 7 or Vista systems, if this error is encountered:Need to disable UAC if libtls
cannot load
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C:\Users\cli>cli -sockssl system: s238 user: a
username password: Could not open connection to
CLI server process on ""s238"": -sockssl option
not supported, libtls not loaded. System name may
be invalid, or the process may not have started
yet or may have failed.
Disable the UAC feature and run the libtls command again.
Afterwards, turn on the UAC if needed.
When setting link speeds for Remote Copy operations using the
controlport command speed setting, only the 1000Mbps link
Remote Copy Link Speeds60162
speed option should be used. Using the 10Mbps and 100Mbps link
speed options may result in negotiation issues. Support for setting the
interface speed to 10Mbps and 100MBps will be removed in a future
release.
Under heavy remote copy traffic, adding or removing an ISL to the
fabric may cause traffic delays and congestion, due to the dropping
RCFC link issues when ISLs are
removed.
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of FC frames. FC fabrics with multiple ISL connections should be
configured with these links trunked together.
Known Issues with the OS 15