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

Table 3 HP-UX March 2013 (AR1303) Fixes (continued)
DescriptionDefect ID
To get a complete fix for this problem, you must install kernel patch PHKL_43410.
This fixes an issue where suspending PFC (physical Fibre Channel controller) port does not
transition corresponding VFC (virtual Fibre Channel controller) port’s health State from the CLAIMED
state to the SUSPEND state.
QXCR1001210641
This fixes an issue where CRA encounters internal failures during OLRAD removal command
“olrad –r” execution.
QXCR1001233122
In an unstable SAN configuration the fcd driver could end up with unresponsive IOs, causing
Fatal Error Notification with HBA firmware dump. This change fixes that.
QXCR1001225951
This fixes an issue where lun_reset or warm_bdr fails during heavy load and reports multiple
errors.
QXCR1001232952
Table 4 HP-UX September 2012 (WEB1209) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
A limited number of AH401A HBA ports with EDC code A-4832 are not getting claimed by
1103 or newer fcd driver. Also storage is not seen though these ports during installation of 1103
or newer install kernel.
QXCR1001230982
This fixes an issue in SNIA library calls where close(2) is not invoked on the opened Fibre Channel
device file descriptors before SNIA library call returns to the invoker, thereby leaking file
descriptors.
QXCR1001226660
Table 5 HP-UX September 2012 (AR1209) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
The fcd driver is now bundled with new QLogic firmware version 5.06.05, supported for 4Gb
and 8Gb QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs. The firmware release note can be found at http://
filedownloads.qlogic.com/files/driver/82446/release.pdf.
QXCR1001215918
Table 6 HP-UX April 2012 (WEB1204) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
This fixes the issue where fcd device special files are not created automatically in some rare cases
after loading the fcd driver module dynamically.
QXCR1000945642
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.
QXCR1001198749
This modifies the fcd driver init script to remove the limitation of maximum 256 fcd device specific
files that can be created at boot time.
QXCR1001201543
Table 7 HP-UX March 2012 (WEB1203) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
Driver has been modified to handle FW timeout issue seen when ERASE command is issued to
tape drives. Maximum IO timeout value in driver has been increased from 0x1999 seconds to
0xFFFF seconds to be in compliance with the change in QLogic ISP 24xx FW specification.
QXCR1001192329
Warning message is updated for Fibre Channel Mezzanine configured in Loop Topology.QXCR1001196129
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