FibrChanl-02 (fclp) B.11.31.1103 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes

NOTE: FibrChanl-02 on HP-UX 11i v3 is supported with VxVM 5.0 or later, including boot and

Ignite/UX.

Operating system and version compatibility

The March 2011 update of HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31.1103) must be installed for all supported

Emulex-based Fibre Channel cards.

The following software (or later versions) must be installed before installing the FibrChanl-02 (fclp)

driver, version B.11.31.1103, into a system:

• HP-UX CommonIO 11.31.0803 or later

• HP-UX 11.31 Support Tools Bundle, March 2008 (OnlineDiag), version B.11.31.03.06

NOTE: The FC-COMMON.FC-SNIA fileset is part of the CommonIO bundle. If

FC-COMMON.FC-SNIA (0803 or later) is not present on a system, swinstall of the

FC-FCLP product will display errors. If you ignore the errors and proceed with the swinstall,

the FC-FCLP.FC-FCLP-RUN fileset will not be installed.

The following patch is required only if your system is missing the March 2008 HP-UX 11.31 Support

Tools Bundle:

• PHSS_37101 (scsi_arry patch)

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. Installation instructions are available at: http://

www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs, by clicking onHP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters.

Requirements for boot support: AH402A, AH403A, 456972-B21, AD355A, AD299A, AD221A,

AD222A, AD393A, 403621-B21

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-02 (fclp) driver, version B.11.31.1103:

Table 11 Recommended firmware/EFI versions (March 2011)

Universal Boot CodeFirmware VersionEFI Driver VersionFibre Channel Adapter

5.03A61.00A12 or later5.03A6 or laterAH403A

5.03A61.00A12 or later5.03A6 or laterAH402A

6.03A71.10A5 or later6.03A7 or later456972-B21

N/A2.70X5 or later3.21A3 or laterAD355A, AD299A

N/A2.72A2 or later3.21A3 or laterAD221A, AD222A,

AD393A

6.00A52.72A2 or later4.00A1 or later403621-B21

For current recommended firmware versions, see the HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (fcd and

fclp) Support Matrix at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs, by clicking onHP Fibre Channel

Host Bus Adapters.

If your Fibre Channel adapter is not listed in the preceding table, no updates are required to enable

boot support.