FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Version Number B.11.23.1205 HP Part Number: 5900-2314 Published: May 2012 Edition: 8.
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Contents 1 FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2.............4 Overview................................................................................................................................4 New and Changed Features in This Release.................................................................................4 Defect Fixes.............................................................................................................................4 Driver Versions..
1 FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 This document provides information about the B.11.23.1205 release of the 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.11.23.1205) provides fixes for defects listed in Table 1. New and Changed Features in This Release There are no new features with this release.
Table 4 HP-UX 11i v2 November 2009 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description HBA_GetFcpTargetMapping() API call made on a huge storage configuration takes a long time to respond. Table 5 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2009 Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1000902169 SNIA to support HBA_GetEventBuffer() Table 6 HP-UX 11i v2 March 2009 Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1000788939 The command /usr/sbin/ioscan -fnC disk displays NO_HW state for a LUN when a volume group is activated on that LUN.
Table 11 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2007 Fixes Defect ID Description SR: 8606487612 Fixed fcmsutil to accept the multiboot image with embedded firmware for flashing. SR: 8606483960 Panic due to cdio list getting corrupted Table 12 HP-UX 11i v2 April 2007 Fixes Defect ID Description SR: 8606468464 Fixed a problem where the system hung with an STK 9940B tape drive, when connected to a 4 Gb card.
Table 16 HP-UX 11i v2 December 2005 Fixes Defect ID Description SR: 8606413902 After installation of PHKL_30257 MO library drives in a 10-drive optical jukebox in SCC mode are not visible any more. By changing to indexed mapping 8 devices are visible, not all 10 drives. SR: 8606414341 A fix was applied to work around an ISP2312 controller issue with PCI-X memory writes when these memory writes are intermixed with partial split completions for PCI-X memory reads.
Table 17 HP-UX 11i v2 March 2005 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description SR: 8606392547 set_int_delay command does not display any message when command is successful SR: 8606392748 fcmsutil: does not check to discover if too many parameters have been given SR: 8606395620 The vgcfgbackup command hangs with the fcd driver SR: 8606395543 A6826A HBA is not coming online when connected to an 8 port Brocade switch SR: 8606369480 The fcd driver is not seeing devices through the Cisco MDS 9000 family of
Table 19 FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Driver Version History (continued) Release Revision March 2009 B.11.23.0903 November 2008 B.11.23.0811 September 2008 B.11.23.0809 July 2008 B.11.23.0807 March 2008 B.11.23.0803 December 2007 B.11.23.08.02 September 2007 B.11.23.08.01 April 2007 B.11.23.08 December 2006 B.11.23.07 September 2006 B.11.23.06 June 2006 B.11.23.05 (64-bit) December 2005 B.11.23.04.01 (64-bit) March 2005 B.11.23.03 (64-bit) September 2004 B.11.23.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. • Go to www.hp.com Click Software & Driver Downloads. In the white text box, type the name of the I/O card, such as A6826A. Click the >> button. Click the Cross Operating System button. Look for EFI 1.49 or later for adapters A6826A, A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A. Look for EFI 1.05 or later for adapters AB378A and AB379A.
1. 2. • Attach loop back hoods to all of the unconnected HBA ports. The loop back hoods will cause the unconnected HBA ports to come online in a private loop topology. Install the product bundle, mtIOScan, that enables boot time kernel threads. This will reduce the overall boot delay due to unconnected ports to 21 seconds. This product can be obtained from www.software.hp.
Table 20 Recommended Firmware Versions (March 2010 or later) (continued) Fibre Channel Adapter EFI Driver Version Firmware Version AB378A 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB378B 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB379A 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB379B 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later A6826A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later A9782A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later A9784A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later AB465A 1.49 or later 3.03.
Related Information The latest documentation for the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 is available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs, under the I/O Cards and Networking Software section in the Fibre Channel category. Available documents include: • Support Guide: includes an adapter overview, installation details, adapter configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance information, additional features, and regulatory information.
