HP QLogic Adapters Release Notes

For more information about software support, see the HP SPOCK website at http://

h20272.www2.hp.com/Pages/spock2Html.aspx?htmlFile=hw_hbas.html&lang=en&cc=US&

hpappid=hppcf. it is essential to sign up for an HP Passport to enable access. From the web page,

click HBAs, CNAs, Flex Fabric Adapters, & Server LOMs Support Matrix: Linux, Citrix, VMware,

Windows, and then select the operating system.

NOTE: If QCC GUI version fails to connect and displays an error message like “FC Get Host

Info failed, see if agent is installed/running”, you might be running an

unsupported browser. For more information about supported browser versions, see the QLogic

QCC read me or Qlogic QCC Release Notes.

Important notes

This section describes restrictions and notes for QLogic adapters.

General notes

The notes in this section apply to all operating systems.

HP QLogic 8Gb and 16GB HBA Support for HP Proliant DL580 Gen8 Server

HP Qlogic 8Gb and 16Gb HBAs are supported on the HP Proliant DL580 Gen8 server with UEFI

Boot, Legacy Boot, and Secure Boot.

NOTE: Secure Boot is supported only on Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows

Server 2012 R2, and SLES11 SP3.

Adapter version requirement:

The HP QLogic 8Gb and 16Gb HBAs require the following minimum version components:

81/82q 8Gb HBA

• BIOS: 3.13/uEFI 6.28

• MultiBoot Image: 3.60.04

SN1000Q 16Gb HBA

• BIOS: 3.21/uEFI 6.25

• FC FW: 6.07.02

• Flash Image: 3.90.02

Linux important notes

This section describes restrictions and notes for QLogic adapters installed on servers running Linux.

Filesystem recommendation

HP recommends use of the ext3 filesystem in HA environments. For information on how to use

other Linux file systems in an HA environment, see SLES 11 Administration Guide, available at the

Novell website http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles11, and the Red Hat Deployment

Guide, available at the Red Hat website http://www.redhat.com.

For information on the differences between ext2 and ext3, see the operating system

documentation.

SLES11 ReiserFS issue

ReiserFS file systems can exhibit unexpected behavior under heavy loads. For up-to-date

recommendations, see the Novell website http://support.novell.com/.