FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.31.1303 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes

Operating system and version compatibility

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

driver, version B.11.31.1303 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

theFC-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.11.31.1303:

Table 20 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