HP VMware vSphere 5.1 U1 OS Customized Image Release Notes for April 2013

FCoE on Emulex CNAs
To support FCoE on Emulex CNAs on vSphere 5.1 U1, HP recommends using the versions of the
vSphere 5.1 U1 Emulex drivers as defined in the HP ProLiant server and option firmware and driver
support recipe document available at: http://vibsdepot.hp.com.
iSCSI on Emulex
iSCSI on Emulex is now supported on vSphere 5.1 U1 using the versions of the Emulex drivers
defined in the October HP ProLiant server and option firmware and driver support recipe document
available at: http://vibsdepot.hp.com.
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers do not report the correct Smart Array License version
The Smart Array License version reported by the HP Insight Management WBEM providers
(‘VersionString’ property in the SMX_SALicense class) is empty or has a wrong value.
Consumers of HP Insight Management WBEM Providers like HP SIM will also be affected as they
do not get the appropriate Smart Array license version from the provider.
The custom image/depot contains a vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) plugin for the P2000
G3 array. ESXi hosts configured with a P711m, P712m or P721m Smart Array controller, P2000
G3 storage array, and the P2000 G3 VAAI plugin will experience an issue which impacts boot
from storage and datastore creation on attached P2000 LUNs. As a result of this issue, booting the
ESXi host from a P2000 LUN is not supported.
To support datastores on the P2000, a workaround must be implemented which disables the VAAI
Atomic Test and Set (ATS) primitive. To disable ATS, execute the following command on the ESXi
host from local command shell or remote esxcli:
esxcli system settings advanced set –i 0 –o
/VMFS3/HardwareAcceleratedLocking
Smart Array Controller incorrectly reports Degraded status
Fixed issue where HP Insight Management WBEM Providers were incorrectly reporting a ‘Degraded’
status for the Smart Array Controllers. This caused VMware vSphere Management Console under
Health Status category to display a ‘Warning’ Status (Yellow Exclamation) for the HP Smart Array
Controllers. HP System Insight Manager and Insight Control for vCenter and other users of the HP
Insight Management WBEM Providers would also report the Smart Array Controller as ‘Degraded’.
Smart Array physical drive incorrectly reports OK status
Fixed issue where HP Insight Management WBEM Providers were not correctly reporting a not-OK
status for a removed drive connected to a Smart Array Controller. This caused HP System Insight
Manager, VMware vSphere Management Console, Insight Control for vCenter, and other users
of the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers to report the physical drive as OK after it was
removed.
Server reports incorrect processor Model
Fixed issue where HP Insight Management WBEM Providers would report an incorrect Processor
Model for ProLiant servers and blades. For example: Intel(R) Family: Intel(R) Xeon(TM)
2.5GHz (x86 Family 179 Model 125 Stepping 7) is reported instead of the correct
Intel(R) Family: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) 2.5GHz (x86 Family 179 Model 45
Stepping 7).
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