HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes vPars A.03.02 December 2004 Documentation Web Site: http://www.docs.hp.com Manufacturing Part Number : None E1204 U.S.A. © Copyright 2001-2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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vPars Release Notes What is in this Document 1 vPars Release Notes What is in this Document This document covers the vPars A.03.02 release.
vPars Release Notes What’s New in This Version of vPars What’s New in This Version of vPars This version adds support for: • • • • • specifying only the SBA on the vPars command-line new autosearch attributes using vparcreate and vparmodify commands to enable automatic fallback to an alternate bootpath new -m option that displays vPars monitor information for the vparstatus command logging of vPars commands that are executed customer-viewable defect fixes Known Problems and Workarounds This section descr
vPars Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds TC command of the GSP JAG JAGae41558 Description Initiating a TC (Transfer of Control) at the GSP (Guardian Service Processor) while the vPars monitor is booted may cause the hard partition/system to hang. Symptoms If the vPars monitor is booted (in other words, there is a MON> prompt at the console), and if a TC is issued via the GSP, the hard partition/system may hang.
vPars Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Workaround Bring down all the virtual partitions and configure the card at BCH using the SCSI command to set the desired parameters. Then, boot the vPars monitor Autoboot Fails from Fibre Channel Device via Brocade 3800 Switch JAG JAGae78109 Description Using a fibre channel mass storage device via a Brocade 3800 switch with firmware version 3.1.1 within a rp5405, L3000/rp5470, or N4000/rp7400 server running PDC 43.
vPars Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Symptoms The virtual partitions will not boot after a reboot.
vPars Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Do you want to modify this configuration? (Y/[N]) y Current Automatic System restart: Enabled Do you want to modify it? (Y/[N]) y New Automatic System restart (Enabled / Disabled): disabled New Automatic System restart: Disabled Confirm? (Y/[N]): y -> Automatic System restart will be updated.
vPars Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Topology of A5158A Changes from fabric to public loop After the Virtual Partition Reboots JAG JAGaf15533 Description When the A5158A is connected to the Brocade 2800 or 12000 switch, the topology of the A5158A changes after the virtual partition reboots. Symptoms Before a reboot, the topology shows PTTOPT_FABRIC: vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0 Vendor ID is = 0x00103c Device ID is = 0x001028 TL Chip Revision No is = 2.
vPars Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds port 1: port 2: port 3: port 4: ... --sw sw No_Module No_Module Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:00:f4:28 The switch information after the reboot shows: brocade01:admin> switchshow switchName: brocade01 switchType: 2.4 switchState: Online switchMode: Native ... port 0: -- No_Module port 1: -- No_Module port 2: -- No_Module port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa port 4: sw Online L-Port 1 public ...
vPars Release Notes Customer-Requested Fixes in This Version Customer-Requested Fixes in This Version This section lists the customer-requested fixes in this version. For detailed information, see the HP ITRC at http://itrc.hp.com. • JAGaf11868 SBA level allocation support • JAGaf17987 Monitor panic -unable to set poller for PDH events-during virtual partition shutdown • JAGaf31535 Doorbell does not flash the LED.
vPars Release Notes Customer-Requested Fixes in This Version • JAGaf39760 HART: CPU migration failed, CPU stuck in pending state • JAGaf26684 vphbd should check user id and running process as vpard does • JAGaf26692 vparutil does not check for root privilege directly • JAGaf26688 vparextract has poor error message when executed by a non-root user • JAGaf24209 System HPMCs after a virtual partion crashes while trying to save crash dump • JAGaf26691 vparreloc always opens files O_RDWR even when O_R
vPars Release Notes Obtaining vPars Obtaining vPars You can obtainthis release of vPars by ordering from the HP Software Depot at http://www.software.hp.com. For licensing and configuration information for vPars, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide available at http://docs.hp.com. vPars Documents This section lists the official vPars documents.
