FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes Version Number B.11.31.1309 HP Part Number: 5900-3333 Published: October 2013 Edition: 1.
Contents FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 overview..............................3 New and changed features in this release...................................................................................3 New features......................................................................................................................3 Changed features................................................................................................................
This document provides information about the B.11.31.1309 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.11.31.1309) documents version changes and defect fixes. New and changed features in this release New features The following feature is new with the B.11.31.
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 March 2013 (WEB1309) 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 2013 (WEB1309) Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1001278746 This fixes an IO hang issue that happens after interrupt migration failure.
Table 5 HP-UX April 2012 (WEB1204) Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1000945642 This fixes the issue where fcd device special files are not created automatically in some rare cases after loading the fcd driver module dynamically. QXCR1001198749 This fixes the fcd driver init script for the issue of HPVM guest boot delays caused when there is high number of stale IO nodes present.
Table 10 HP-UX March 2011 (AR1103) Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1001051386 This fixes the issue where the fcd driver does not restore the Symbolic Names to their default values when requested through scsimgr. QXCR1001041080 This fixes a memory leak in the fcd driver after executing certain fcmsutil echo, test, and rls commands. QXCR1001083355 This fixes a memory leak in the fcd driver after executing certain fcmsutil ns_query_ports commands.
Table 13 HP-UX March 2010 (WEB1003) Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1000994941 This fixes the issue in the fcd driver that can intermittently result in a mailbox timeout fatal error. QXCR1001000800 This fixes the significant drop in I/O performance encountered after installing fcd B.11.31.0903 and later versions. Table 14 HP-UX March 2010 (AR1003) Fixes Defect ID N/A Description There are no fixes for the AR1003 release.
Table 19 HP-UX March 2008 Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1000754446 Added Symbolic Name support. Symbolic Names are user friendly names assigned to SAN components, and registered with the name server of an Fibre Channel switch. Fibre Channel switches display the registered symbolic names, which can be used by users to correlate SAN components across multiple servers and storage.
Executing this command will create the necessary device special files which the fcd OL* script did not create during the execution of olrad -A. • Private Loop and Public Loop topology configuration support for Fibre Channel mezzanine adapters Private Loop and Public Loop topology configurations are not supported for Fibre Channel mezzanine adapters on HP Integrity Blade servers in combination with the Fibre Channel (FC) Pass Thru I/O Interconnect modules.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Press 7 to select the Connection Option. Press 3 to select Loop Preferred, Otherwise Point to Point option. Press 0 to go back to the previous menu. Under Main Menu, press 11 to write the changes to the NVRAM. Also under Main Menu, press 12 to quit and go back to the EFI shell. NOTE: The HP-UX 11iv3 AR1203 FibrChanl-01 (fcd) driver will display a warning message on detecting loop topology for HP 8Gb and 4Gb Dual Port Qlogic Mezzanine HBAs (part numbers 451871–B21 and 403619–B21).
Corrective action: Retry the operation at a time when the system has more free memory available. • DLKM infrastructure must be installed A complete Dyamically Loadable Kernel Module (DLKM) infrastructure is required for FibrChanl-01 B.11.31.0803.
HBAs are: A6826A, A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A with EFI driver version 1.47 or earlier. Affected 4Gb Fibre Channel HBAs are: AB378A and AB379A with EFI driver version 1.01. The boot will fail with a message similar to the following: Load of HP-UX Primary Boot: 1.0.1/1/0/4/0.8.0.255.0.6.0 failed: Not Found Corrective action: A fix in the 2Gb/4Gb drivers has been released. The following steps will resolve the issue: 1. Go to www.hp.com 2. Click Software & Driver Downloads. 3.
Operating system and version compatibility The following software (or later versions) must be installed before installing the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) driver, version B.11.31.1309 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.
Table 21 Recommended firmware versions (September 2013) (continued) Fibre channel adapter EFI driver version Firmware version B9F23A* 6.13 or later 6.07.02 or later B9F24A** 6.13 or later 6.07.02 or later * “fcmsutil vpd” output might list part number as either "QW971-63001" or “B9F23A”; both refer to the same HBA. * “fcmsutil vpd” output might list part number as either "QW971-63001" or “B9F23A”; both refer to the same HBA.
Hardware requirements This version of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 runs on HP Integrity servers and HP PA servers with the HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) operating system.
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