HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 GA/MU1/MU2/MU3 Release Notes

8 InForm OS 3.1.1 MU3 Release Notes
Online Upgrade Considerations
CAUTION: SP-2.5.1.GA-19 P005 or SP-2.5.2.GA-11 is a mandatory prerequisite Service
Processor level required when upgrading from 3.1.1 GA to 3.1.1 MU3.
This feature allows the upgrade of the InForm OS concurrently with I/O activity on the attached
hosts, provided certain conditions are met. For further information and pre-planning of Rolling
Upgrades, refer to the latest version of the HP 3PAR InForm OS Upgrade Pre-Planning Guide. To
obtain a copy of this documentation, see http://www.hp.com/go/3par/, navigate to your product
page, click Support for your product, and then click Manuals.
Supported Platforms
The HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 Configuration Matrix contains information about supported hardware
and software platforms. To obtain a copy of this documentation, see the Single Point of Connectivity
Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK) website: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
Components
VersionComponent
3.1.1.448OS
3.1.1.448CLI
1.5.0SNMP Agent
What's New in the InForm OS
• Support Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives in a native Fibre Channel (FC) storage infrastructure.
• Release Emulex bridge 2485 FW.
Modifications to the InForm OS
The following items are addressed in this release.
DescriptionItemIssue ID
Misleading alerts, indicating that a cage is inaccessible,
are not sent out at the time of System Manager startup.
Misleading cage inaccessible alerts are not
sent out.
59770,
69130
Due to an issue in the Inform OS, during double node
failure, surviving nodes might fail to detect this state and
Resolves an issue that can cause the system
to become unresponsive while trying to
initiate cluster-wide powerfail.
65328
does not initiate powerfail save and recovery. This is
resolved and it makes sure that double node failure is
detected correctly and cluster goes through an expected
powerfail save followed by recovery.
The Emulex FC driver enables T10 DIF based on the disk
block size. This means that DIF is enabled for HBAs other
Emulex FC044X (4-port 4G FC) HBA turns
off FC ports connecting to cage with
520-byte block size PDs.
68652
than LPe 12004 (4-port 8G FC) HBAs when the block
size is 520. FC044X (4-port 4G FC) HBA does not handle
the DIF protection BDEs properly causing multiple firmware
core dumps and the FC port is shutdown and connectivity
to the cage is turned off.
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