FibrChanl-00 (td) B.11.31 Fibre Channel Driver Release Notes

FibrChanl-00 HP PCI Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel Driver Release Notes
What is New in This Release
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What is New in This Release
This release of FibrChanl-00 HP PCI Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel driver supports the following new
features:
• Support for the new mass storage stack
The Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel driver supports the new mass storage stack. For information
about the new mass storage stack, see the The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack: Changes in Mass
Storage in HP-UX 11i Version 3 white paper, available at:
http://docs.hp.com/
• Support for Agile addressing
The Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel driver now uses agile addressing to track an FC target, based on
the unique port/node World-Wide Names (WWNs) of the target. The agile addressing feature simplifies
storage management, by automatically dealing with changes in the SAN configuration.
• Support for Soft Zoning
The Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel driver supports soft zoning in the fabric, based on WWN of the
target port.
• Support for PCI Online Deletion (OLD)
The Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel driver now supports online deletion of driver instances thereby
facilitating online addition of any other type of HBA in the same PCI slot.
• Support for PCI error detection and recovery
The Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel driver detects and recovers from PCI errors without manual
intervention and system downtime.