FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.11.15 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Release Notes, Edition 2.0 (June 2008)

Compatibility and Installation Requirements

This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release.

For specific installation instructions, refer to the installation guide specific to your to your

FibreChannel card.

Operating System and Version Compatibility

The following software (or later versions) must be installed before installing the FibrChanl-01

(fcd) driver, version B.11.11.15, into a system:

• Driver FibrChanl-00 (td) version B.11.11.09 or later for HP-UX 11i v1 (needed for SNIA-API)

• OnlineDiag bundle, product number B6191AAE, version A.47.00 (B.11.11.15.xx) or later

• PHKL_28569 needed for WSIO

• PHKL_28695 needed for VM

• PHKL_34161 needed for fcmsutil

• PHKL_30067 only needed on systems with PCI-X slots

• PHKL_31227 only needed if OLAR functionality is required; applies to all cards that have

a bridge, including A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A

• PHSS_33918 needed for online diagnostics

Driver bundles can be downloaded from the HP Software Depot at: http://www.software.hp.com

Patches are available from either: http://www.software.hp.com or http://itresourcecenter.hp.com

OnlineDiag is available at http://www.software.hp.com in the Enhancement releases and patch

bundles section, or on the HP-UX 11i v1 OE media (December 2004 and later). Installation

instructions are available at: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/diag/st/st_inst.htm

Requirements for Boot Support: AD193A/AD194A, AB378A, AB378B, AB379A, AB379B.

A6826A. A9782A, A9784A, AB465A

To boot through the fibre channel ports on these adapters, HP recommends that you update the

onboard firmware to the latest version. The following table lists the recommended firmware

versions at the release of FibrChanl-01 (fcd) driver, version B.11.11.15:

Table 2 Recommended Firmware Versions (March 2008)

Firmware VersionFibre Channel Adapter

4.00.70 or laterAD193A/AD194A

4.00.70 or laterAB378A

4.00.70 or laterAB378B

4.00.70 or laterAB379A

4.00.70 or laterAB379B

3.03.154 or laterA6826A

3.03.154 or laterA9782A

3.03.154 or laterA9784A

3.03.154 or laterAB465A

For current recommended firmware versions, see the HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support

Matrix at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel