FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.23.0807 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Release Notes, Edition 2.0 (July 2008)

This document provides information about the B.11.23.0807 release of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd)
Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2.
FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2
Overview
This release of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2
(version B.11.23.0807) provides fixes for several defects.
New and Changed Features in This Release
New Features
The following features are new with the B.11.23.0807 version of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre
Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2:
• There are no new features with this release.
Defects Fixed in This Version
The following defect is fixed in the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for
HP-UX 11i v2 July 2008 release. To view the entire details of each defect fix, refer to the HP IT
Resource Center at: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/home.do
Table 1 HP-UX 11i v2 July 2008 Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
SNIA HBA Library API HBA_GetFcpTargetMapping() is taking longer time to obtain the
FCP target mapping details if the hosts have many LUN's in NO_HW state. Fix has been done
to ignore the LUN's in NO_HW state from further processing
QXCR1000824321
Known Problems and Limitations
This section provides a list of known problems and limitations as known to HP at time of
publication. If workarounds are available, they are included.
• EFI SEARCH Causes Boot to Fail on rx7640, rx8640, and sx2000 Superdome Server Systems
Running the SEARCH command at the EFI shell on rx7640, rx8640, and HP Integrity
Superdome/SX2000 server systems can cause the system to fail to boot through a Fibre
Channel HBA. rx7640 systems have a built-in SEARCH of slot 7. Affected 2Gb Fibre Channel
HBAs are: A6826A, A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A with EFI driver version 1.47 or earlier.
Affected 4Gb Fibre Channel HBAs are: AB378A and AB379A with EFI driver version 1.01.
The boot will fail with a message similar to the following:
Load of HP-UX
Primary Boot: 1.0.1/1/0/4/0.8.0.255.0.6.0 failed: Not Found
Corrective Action: A fix in the 2Gb/4Gb drivers has been released. The following steps will
resolve the issue:
1. Go to www.hp.com
2. Click Software & Driver Downloads.
3. In the white text box, type the name of the I/O card, such as A6826A.
4. Click the >> button.
5. Click the Cross Operating System button.
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