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

to the Storage Area Network (SAN) during mezzanine adapter initialization, and SAN boot

may fail in such configurations.

It is strongly recommended that customers not use loop topology configurations for mezzanine

adapters in conjunction with FC Pass Thru I/O interconnect modules. Customers are advised

to use Point-to-Point Fabric topology configuration with mezzanine adapters.

For additional information, please refer to HP Customer Advisory Document ID c02985353.

• I/O traffic does not resume after Fibre Channel (FC) cable is disconnected and reconnected in

Loop Topology

In a private loop topology configuration, I/O traffic does not resume after Fibre Channel (FC)

cable is disconnected and reconnected. The application may hang or issue timeout warnings.

It is recommended that customers upgrade the firmware of part numbers AD221A and AD299A

to firmware version 2.82X4 SLI-3 (Z3 D 2.82X4) and part numbers AD222A, AD355A and

AD393A to firmware version 2.82X4 SLI-3 (Z3 F 2.82X4) or later.

For additional information, please refer to HP Customer Advisory Document ID c03064784.

• HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port FC Module firmware version

A fix in AR1203 exposes an issue with the HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module (QXCR

1001123468) that causes fcmsutil to incorrectly display the Previous Topology as

UNINITALIZED whenever the link goes down. The minimum firmware version required for the

HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port FC Module is v1.05.

• A voltage degradation alert message is shown in the System Events Logs upon system boot

up.

This is only an alert message for the 456972-B21 HBA. Functionality and performance on

the Mezzanine card are not adversely affected. No actions are needed. This message can

only be found through the SL command under the MP menu.

• EFI boot fails with no HP-UX partition on boot media message

Loading.: HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/4/0/0/0/0.8.0.20.0.3.0

Starting: HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/4/0/0/0/0.8.0.20.0.3.0

Using EFI boot partition (no HPUX partition on boot media)

HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.029

Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot

\EFI\HPUX\AUTO ==> boot vmunix

Seconds left till autoboot - 0

AUTOBOOTING...Could not open file vmunix to check for a directory

Could not open vmunix

loading failed

HPUX>

This issue is addressed in system firmware version 3.01 for rx2660, rx3600, and rx6600.

There are three workarounds for this issue:

1. Return to the Boot Manager, enter and exit the EFI shell a second time, and retry the boot;

or,

2. Reset the system and retry the boot; or,

3. Configure the EFI driver to always map the boot devices using the drvcfg -s at the EFI

shell prompt.

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