FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.31.1009 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Release Notes, Edition 3.0 (October 2010)

This document provides information about the B.11.31.1009 release of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd)
Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3.
FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3
overview
This release of the document for the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for
HP-UX 11i v3 (version B.11.31.1009) corrects a documentation error.
New and changed features in this release
New features
The following feature is new with the B.11.31.1009 version of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel
Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3:
• There are no new features for this release.
Known problems fixed in this version
The following issues have been fixed in the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver
for HP-UX 11i v3 September 2010 (AR1009) release. To view the entire details of each issue fix,
refer to the HP IT Resource Center at: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/home.do
Table 1 HP-UX September 2010 (AR1009) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
This fixes the issue where rmsf can hang when trying to delete the stale device special file on
the FC port that is no longer available or waiting for a link-up. The rmsf hang can further cause
subsequent hang in other commands (e.g. ioscan, olrad, network access).
QXCR1000984392
This fixes the issue where the timer list in the driver is corrupted, resulting in a panic with
Spinlock held too long!!
QXCR1000924185
This fixes the issue where the fcmsutil utility returns the message Target port is in
invalid state, when the user specifies the N_Port_ID as a parameter.
QXCR1000815634
This fixes the issue where the fcd driver may panic with Bad News!, if the first open of the
target failed because the link is down.
QXCR1001030695
This fixes the issue where the health state of the fcd instances in ioscan may incorrectly show
that it's online, even though the link is down.
QXCR1001024841
This fixes the issue where FC-4 type devices that have disappeared from the Name Server are
not logged in syslog.
QXCR1000990675
This fixes the issue where FCP targets are intermittently not being seen during boot, especially
on a large SAN configuration.
QXCR1001008433
This fixes the fcmsutil's flash failure issue, due to the fcd driver misinterpreting a TAG field
in the Vital Product Data.
QXCR1001012664
SNIA does not provide speed for AH401A, so System Management Homepage (SMH) doesn't
display speed for AH401A.
QXCR1001038471
Table 2 HP-UX May 2010 (WEB1005) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
This fixes the issue where the fcmsutil fails to update the ROM firmware for the 4Gb or 8Gb
Qlogic card if the ROM firmware version is 5 or greater..
QXCR1001021139
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