FibrChanl-01 (fcd) B.11.31.1311 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes

• Configuring an alternate path on the same 2–Port HBA as the primary path
On midrange and high end Integrity servers, if the primary and alternate boot devices are on
the same Fibre Channel HBA port, an attempt to manually boot from the alternate device will
fail.
For example, if your primary and alternate paths are set as follows:
Primary bootpath: 0/0/10/1/0/4/0.8.0.255.0.7.0
Alternate bootpath: 0/0/10/1/0/4/0.8.0.255.0.0.0
This will set the primary and alternate bootpaths, but you will only be able to boot from the
primary path.
Corrective action:The issue can be resolved by following one of the following scenarios:
1. From the EFI shell: Manually issue the EFI shell command reconnect —r, before
attempting to boot from the alternate path.
2. Online: Use the HP-UX setboot command to swap the primary and alternate boot
devices.
3. Hardware configuration: Reconfigure by moving the alternate boot device to a different
HBA.
• Using ioscan with krm Not Running
When ioscan is run with the —fn or —Fn option, and the kernel resource monitor (krm) is
not running, there could be stale krm device files in the system, which would correspond to
different devices, including fcd, in ioscan output. This issue has no impact on the functionality
of the Fibre Channel port; however, ioscan output may be confusing. This issue can impact
any card accessible with ioscan, and is not specific to the cards supported by the fcd driver.
Corrective Action:The ioscan output can be returned to normal by either deleting the stale
krm device files, or by starting krm, which will recreate the device files.
• swlist does not indicate the mezzanine HBAs
swlist does not indicate the Mezzanine HBAs, and cannot be added onto because of string
size limitation.
Corrective action: Refer to Hardware Requirements later in this document for more information.
Compatibility and installation requirements
This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release.
For specific installation instructions, refer to the installation guide specific to your FibreChannel
card.
Operating system and version compatibility
The following software (or later versions) must be installed before installing the FibrChanl-01 (fcd)
driver, version B.11.31.1311 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).
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