FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.11.16 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Release Notes, Edition 3.0 (September 2008)

• 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.11.11.16:

Table 16 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

NOTE: Display ROM firmware versions using fcmsutil <fcd_device_file> vpd

Firmware bundles can be downloaded from www.hp.com, in the Software and Driver Downloads

section.

Hardware Requirements

This version of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v1 runs

on HP Integrity servers with the HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) operating system. It supports Fibre Channel

hardware products such as:

• AD193A/AD194A PCI-X 4Gb FC and 1000BT Combination Card

• AB378B PCI-X Single Port 4Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

• AB379B PCI-X Dual Port 4Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

• AB378A PCI-X Single Port 4Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

• AB379A PCI-X Dual Port 4Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

• AB465A PCI-X Dual Port 2Gb Fibre Channel and Dual Port 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet

Combination Card

• AB6826A PCI-X Dual Port 2 Gb/1 Gb Fibre Channel Adapter