FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.31.1109.01 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes

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.11.31.1109.01:

Table 14 Recommended firmware versions (September 2011)

Firmware versionEFI driver versionFibre channel adapter

5.03.02 or later2.20 or later451871-B21

5.03.02 or later2.20 or laterAH400A/AH401A

5.03.02 or later2.20 or laterAD193A/AD194A

5.03.02 or later2.20 or later403619-B21

5.03.02 or later2.20 or later403619-B21 (with VC-FC boot 2.15

or later 4.04.04 or later support in

BL860c)

5.03.02 or later2.20 or laterAD300A

4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAB378A

5.03.02 or later2.20 or laterAB378B

4.04.04 or later2.15 or laterAB379A

5.03.02 or later2.20 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

For current recommended firmware versions, see the HP-UX Fibre Channel (fcd and fclp) Host Bus

Adapter Support Matrix at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs .

NOTE: Display EFI driver and ROM firmware versions using fcmsutil <fcd_device_file>

vpd

EFI/firmware bundles can be downloaded from www.hp.com, in the Software and Driver Downloads

section.

Driver versions

The following table lists all the driver versions of the fcd driver on HP-UX 11i v3 with their associated

release names and dates.

Table 15 Table of Driver Versions

Release DateDriver VersionRelease Name

February 2007B.11.31Initial 11.31 Support

September 2007B.11.31.0709Application Release 0709

March 2008B.11.31.0803Application Release 0803

September 2008B.11.31.0809Application Release 0809

March 2009B.11.31.0903Application Release 0903