SFA™ OS Version 2.2.1.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................................
1.0 Overview This document applies to the SFA OS version 2.2.1.3-21587 release for DataDirect Networks’ SFA7700 Series, SFA10K Series, and SFA12K Series products. It details upgrade procedures, enhancements, resolved issues, known issues with workarounds, and recommended practices associated with SFA OS 2.2.1.3. In this document, except where otherwise specified, SFA10K represents SFA10K, SFA10K-X, SFA10K-M, and SFA10K-E. SFA12K represents SFA12K-40, SFA12K-20, and SFA12K-20E.
2.3 Procedure to Request Firmware To request the new firmware, contact DDN by sending an email to support@ddn.com and include the following information: Name: Title: Company: Address: Phone: Email: System Type: System Serial Number: Firmware Upgrade Requested: A response will be sent to the provided email with instructions on downloading the requested firmware. 2.4 Pre-Firmware-Upgrade Procedure: SFA12K Series NOTE: Before upgrading SFA OS on an SFA12K system, please read this section carefully.
Figure 1 $ show enclosure ************************ * Enclosure(s) * ************************ Idx|Pos|Type |Logical ID |Vendor ID| Product ID|Revision|… --------------------------------------------------------------------------… 0 NA CONTROLLER 0x0001ff0900160000 DDN SFA12000 0000 … 1 3 DISK 0x50001ff211320000 DDN SS7000 0502 … 2 2 DISK 0x50001ff2114be000 DDN SS7000 0502 … 3 5 DISK 0x50001ff2114ce000 DDN SS7000 0502 … 4 1 DISK 0x50001ff21156a000 DDN SS7000 0502 … 5 4 DISK 0x50001ff2114ba000 DDN SS7000 0502 …
• SFA12K Series: 2.31.5050 • SFA10K Series 2.9.1200 How to identify new vs. old firmware The command SHOW ICL_IOC will report firmware version 2.31.5050 on updated systems. New version: SFA12K[0]$ show icl_ioc ********************** * ICL IOC(s) * ********************** |ICL| Idx|Ctlr|RP|IOC| Type |Vendor|Product| Slot | Model Name | HW Version | FW Version… ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------… 0 1 0 00 IB HCA 15b3 1003 2 MT4099 0x00000000 2.30.
Figure 4 Battery Mfg. Date: Thu Sep 8 4:10:30 2011 Battery Life Remaining: 730 days 3.0 Enhancements SFA OS 2.2.1.3 has no enhancements. 4.0 Resolved Issues The following issues are fixed in SFA OS v2.2.1.3. • Tracking of preexisting bad blocks could be lost when upgrading to SFA OS 2.2.1.0 or 2.2.1.2. • Previously, an error in the kernel memory allocator could cause a controller reboot on SFA10K-E, SFA12K-20E, and SFA12KXE systems. This happened rarely.
NOTE: A controller will not attempt to shut down until it has completed the flushing of its mirrored cached data which may take up to an hour depending on I/O load and I/O transfer sizes. • The drive serial number reported in SHOW PD output may contain additional characters that are not on the disk label. The serial number on the disk label will always be contained within the potentially more verbose string reported by SFA OS.
o If the ULA field has the value "0000000000000000", continue to wait and not issue any CLI commands besides "SHOW CONTROLLER".
If you install a version of GRIDScaler older than 2.0.0 or EXAScaler older than 1.6.1 and you are using enhanced network management in the VMs (sr-iov virtual function interfaces), you could run in to an Ethernet ordering issue during installation where eth0 may not be associated with the expected driver. This could result in failure of user mode networking (the port 555x access) or other problems. A workaround is to temporarily un-bind the virtual function interfaces from the stack using CLUI.
app app app app bind bind bind bind stack stack stack stack 32770 32770 32771 32771 ioc ioc ioc ioc 34560 34561 34560 34561 Now, shut down and start up the VMs/stacks again using CLUI. After they boot up, you can configure networking on the virtual machines. • Suggested Ethernet Ordering in Virtual Machines for SFA12K-20E For new installations, DDN recommends the following virtual machine Ethernet ordering starting in SFA OS 2.0.0.
• When the controller is preparing to shutdown, it will first put all its pools into writethrough mode and attempt to flush all the dirty cache. On SFA platforms with multiple RAID processors (RP), in the case where one RP finishes flushing its cache before the other RP, the first RP to finish flushing its cache will not service I/O from the host until the SFA reboots. This may cause I/O errors on the host and cause applications on the hosts to hang and eventually time out.
2. Perform the controller firmware upgrade on both controllers. 4. After both controllers come back online, issue the CLI command APP SHOW DISCOVERED_INITIATOR. This should report “No discovered_initiators exist.” This will be the state until a read request for information from those SCSI devices is issued. Once the devices are accessed, there will be a small delay as they are rediscovered by the system. 3. Issue the CLI command SHUTDOWN SUBSYSTEM RESTART. 5.4 5.
After a SHUTDOWN CONTROLLER or SHUTDOWN SUBSYSTEM, which ends with an IPMI Power Off, the canister fan may restart even though the canister is in the shutdown or standby state. Resolution: This condition is benign except that it makes it confusing whether the canister is shutdown or not. If all five canister LEDs are off, then it did indeed shut down (trust the LEDs). [FPGA-78] • Occasionally an extra enclosure shows up in SHOW ENCLOSURE immediately after powering up the system.
2. modprobe ib_uverbs 6.0 3. modprobe mlx4_ib 4. opensm -g (where port GUID is the port GUID from ibstat output 5. run_srp_daemon -R 20 -T 10 -nce -i -p (where ca_name is the channel adapter name and port is the port number) Recommended Practices The recommended best practices for SFA OS version 2.2.1.3 include: • SS6000 DEM and I/O module replacement. For SS6000 DEM and I/O module replacement, see the SFA OS User Guide for the procedures.
7.0 Compatibility Guide The SFA OS Compatibility Guide lists the client operating systems, HBA and HCAs, enclosures, and disk drives that are supported by SFA OS. The guide is available at http://www.ddn.com/en/support/product-downloads-and-documentation. NOTE: The Compatibility Guide applies to SFA12K Series, SFA10K Series, and SFA7700 Series. 8.0 Support To submit debug information to DDN, use the diag tgz command.
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