FibrChanl-02 (fclp) B.11.31.1209 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes

This document provides information about the B.11.31.1209 release of the FibrChanl-02 (fclp)
Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3.
FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3
overview
This release of the document for the FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for
HP-UX 11i v3 (version B.11.31.1209) documents defect fixes and version changes.
New and changed features in this release
New features
There are no new features in this release.
Known problems fixed in this version
These issues have been fixed in the FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for
HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 (AR1209) release. To view the entire details of the fix, refer to the
HP IT Resource Center at: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/home.do
Table 1 HP-UX September 2012 (AR1209) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
Installing or updating the FCLP driver no longer requires a reboot if the driver is not in use.QXCR1001179841
This fix enables the FCLP driver to automatically probe for new target ports after the OS is booted
if target device is directly connected in a private loop topology after boot.
QXCR1001179817
This fix will allow I/O operations that have a potential duration of longer than 109 minutes (such
as some tape operations) to complete without timing out.
QXCR1001194022
Driver will no longer incorrectly print the message “fclps_els_await_res: “ to the
console/syslog.
QXCR1001196773
This fixes a timing-related issue in the FCLP driver that may cause a system panic when a driver
internal error occurs while the driver is being reset.
QXCR1001181867
QXCR1001226959
QXCR1001184198
Table 2 HP-UX April 2012 (WEB1204) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
This fixes a panic caused by an unsupported ELS status from the firmware. The Syslog would also
show that the driver is recovering from an unexpected condition.
QXCR1001178585
This fixes a FCLP dump write error when crossing a 4GB page boundary.QXCR1001192222
Warning message is updated for FC Mezzanine configured in Loop Topology.QXCR1001170935
This fixes a long boot time on a HPVM Guest if the Guest has a large number of stale device
special files.
QXCR1001199568
Table 3 HP-UX March 2012 (AR1203) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
This fixes the issue where fcmsutil would incorrectly display the Previous Topology as
UNINITIALIZED when the link goes down for the first time after the system was booted or after
the driver was reloaded.
QXCR1001119607
This fixes an issue when the DLKM unload fails, the driver remains in the UNCLAIMED S/W State
while kcmodule reports that the driver is in a loaded state.
QXCR1001134094
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