FibrChanl-02 (fclp) B.11.31.1303 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes

This document provides information about the B.11.31.1303 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.11.31.1303) documents defect fixes and version changes.
New and changed features in this release
New features
The following feature is new with the B.11.31.1303 version of the FibrChanl-02 (FCLP) Fibre
Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3:
• FCLP supports multi-initiator NPIV in the Matrix OE 6.3. Please refer to Insight Software 6.3
documentation for more information.
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 March 2013 (AR1303) 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 March 2013 (AR1303) Fixes
DescriptionDefect ID
This fixes a boot failure where server fails to boot with “-tm” option from a SAN device managed
by FCLP driver.
QXCR1001229789
This fixes an issue where the FCLP driver passes an incorrect N_PortID in a LOGO ELS request.QXCR1001228940
The FCLP driver is modified to split the diagnostic event#59 “Driver cannot authenticate a target
because the PWWN, the NWWN, or the nport id has changed. Luns behind this port……” into
two events for better clarity:
QXCR1001209566
• Event#59: “Driver detected an authentication failure for device id nport id, PWWN WWN.
Luns behind this port…...”
• Event#65: “Driver detected nport id change for device with PWWN WWN, old nport id
nport id, new nport id nport id”
This fixes a problem with the fclp driver where DLKM operation fails under heavy load conditions.QXCR1001205378
This fixes a problem with the fclp driver where the driver generates an insufficient firmware dump.QXCR1001217895
Table 2 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
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