FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.31.1009 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Release Notes, Edition 3.0 (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.11.31.1009 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 (B.11.31.0709 or later).
NOTE: The FC-COMMON.FC-SNIA fileset is part of the CommonIO bundle. If
FC-COMMON.FC-SNIA (B.11.31.0709 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).
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.11.31.1009:
Table 11 Recommended firmware versions (September 2010)
Firmware versionEFI driver versionFibre channel adapter
5.03.02 or later2.20 or later451871-B21
4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAH400A/AH401A
4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAD193A/AD194A
4.04.04 or later2.15 or later403619-B21
4.04.04 or later2.15 or later403619-B21 (with VC-FC boot support
in BL860c)
4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAD300A
4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAB378A
4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAB378B
4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAB379A
4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAB379B
3.03.154 or later1.49 or laterA6826A
3.03.154 or later1.49 or laterA9782A
3.03.154 or later1.49 or laterA9784A
3.03.154 or later1.49 or laterAB465A
Compatibility and installation requirements 11