FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.31.1003.01 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Release Notes, Edition 4.1 (October 2010)

Operating system and version compatibility

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

driver, version B.11.31.1003.01 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.11.31.1003.01:

Table 9 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

4.00.90 or later1.09 or later403619-B21 (with VC-FC boot

support in BL860c)

4.00.70 or later1.05 or laterAD300A

4.00.70 or later1.05 or laterAB378A

4.00.70 or later1.05 or laterAB378B

4.00.70 or later1.05 or laterAB379A

4.00.70 or later1.05 or laterAB379B

3.03.154 or later1.49 or laterA6826A

3.03.154 or later1.49 or laterA9782A