10GigEthr-03 (iocxgbe) B.11.31.1303 Ethernet Driver Release Notes (Edition 3, June 2013 Update)

The PCI ER feature avoids system crashes, decreases system downtime, and supports
single-system high availability. For more information about PCI error handling and recovery,
see the PCI/PCIe Error Recovery Product Note at:
http://www.hp.com/go/pci-error-handling-recovery-docs
Changed features
The iocxgbe driver has been enhanced with performance and stability improvements.
Problems fixed in this and recent versions
This section describes any problems fixed in this and recent releases of the 10GigEthr-03 product.
Problems fixed in this release
The following problems were fixed in this release:
DescriptionSR number
olrad -r/R command does not flag and block attempts to replace an adapter with a different type of
adapter
When replacing an interface adapter online, an identical adapter must be used as the replacement.
The iocxgbe driver should detect and block mismatches but was failing to do so. All replacements were
QXCR1001246487
treated as if identical, causing unpredictable results. The driver now detects and blocks attempts to
replace an adapter with one that is not identical.
Host panic on fault when executing in kernel mode during reboot of vPars
During reboot of vPars, the host crashes while freeing MSI objects. A message like the following is
displayed in msgbuf immediately prior to the crash:
QXCR1001231153
iocxgbe: The device at hardware path 0/0/0/3/0/0/1 failed initialization (0).
wsio_claim init failed isc=0xe000000166f20400 name=iocxgbe
SM: iocxgbe; traffic with reset+unplumb/ifcfg+olrad, vPars panic/crash
During port resets, issuing ifconfig unplumb and olrad commands, the HPVM guest/vPars crashes
in the initialization path of the iocxgbe adapter.
QXCR1001230782
SM:iocxgbe, VPD checksum failure under HP-UX
On some adapters, the following two commands may return error status (Warning: VPD checksum
failed) when returning Vital Product Data (VPD):
QXCR1001232905
lanadmin –x vpd PPA
nwmgr –g –q vpd –c lanPPA
rx2800 i4 host panic when running pc_cycle_loop on HPVM guests
This problem was reported while running Power Cycling tests on HPVM guests and vPars.
QXCR1001256164
HP-UX APA group with iocxgbe driver reports 10Gb ports are configured for 2Gb
Aggregated ports with iocxgbe interfaces give the incorrect APA port speed value of 2Gb instead of
10Gb.
QXCR1001244879
Problems fixed in recent releases
B.11.1203 No defects were reported.
Problems fixed in this and recent versions 9