FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.31.1003 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Release Notes, Edition 1.1 (October 2010)

Corrective Action:The ioscan output can be returned to normal by either deleting the stale
krm device files, or by starting krm, which will recreate the device files.
• swlist does not indicate the mezzanine HBAs
swlist does not indicate the Mezzanine HBAs, and cannot be added onto because of string
size limitation.
Corrective action: Refer to Hardware Requirements later in this document for more information.
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 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.11.31.1003 into a system:
• PHCO_36371 (PCI OL* DLKM and Chassis Delete)
• PHKL_36332 (Cumulative GIO Patch)
• PHKL_36387 (MCA Recovery/Shutdown Patch)
• PHCO_36356 (Mass Storage Critical Resource Analysis)
• PHCO_36530 (Software Distributor Patch)
• HP-UX CommonIO 11.31.0709 (B.11.31.0709).
NOTE: The FC-COMMON.FC-SNIA fileset is part of the CommonIO bundle. If
FC-COMMON.FC-SNIA (0709 or later) is not present on a system, swinstall of the
FC-FCD product will display errors. If you ignore the errors and proceed with the swinstall,
the FC-FCD.FC-FCD-RUN fileset will not be installed.
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 v3 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: 451871-B21, AH400A/AH401A, AD193A/AD194A,
403619–B21, AD300A, AB378A, AB378B, AB379A, AB379B, A6826A. A9782A, A9784A,
AB465A
To boot through the fibre channel ports on these adapters, HP recommends that you update the
EFI driver and onboard firmware to the latest version. The following table lists the recommended
EFI and firmware versions at the release of FibrChanl-01 (fcd) driver, version B.11.31.1003:
Table 7 Recommended firmware versions (March 2010)
Firmware versionEFI driver versionFibre channel adapter
4.04.04 or later2.04 or later451871-B21
4.03.02 or later2.01 or laterAH400A/AH401A
4.00.70 or later1.05 or laterAD193A/AD194A
4.00.70 or later1.05 or later403619-B21
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