FibrChanl-03 (fcoc) B.11.31.1403 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes

• HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module firmware version
A fix in AR1203 exposes an issue with the HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module
(QXCR1001194681) that causes fcmsutil to incorrectly display the Previous Topology as
UNINITALIZED whenever the link goes down. Please see QXCR1001194681 for more
information and the minimum firmware version required for the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric
10Gb/24-Port Module when the fix becomes available.
• Up to a total of eight NC551m and/or NC553m HBAs are supported in a BL890c i2 system.
Up to a total of 140 Fibre Channel ports, which can be any combination of CN1100E and
AT094A HBAs, are supported in a Superdome2 system.
• The HP-UX boot path is lost during un-assign and re-assign of the BL8x0C i2 (Blade) profile.
The scenario that leads to this is:
1. Create a profile and assign it to the blade. Install a SAN disk connected from HBA with
HP-UX on it.
2. Power off the blade.
3. Un-assign the profile from the blade.
4. Power on the blade to EFI shell (bare-metal state).
5. Power off the blade.
6. Re-assign the profile back to the same blade.
7. Power on the blade again.
At this point, the blade should be booted from HP-UX and be up and running. However, the
blade remains in Ignite-UX and waits to be re-installed again.
NOTE: In order to reproduce the problem, a power cycle is necessary between the un-assign
and re-assign profile steps. Without the power cycle between the un-assign and re-assign
profile, the problem does not occur.
• FCoE Boot From SAN for Firmware version 4.1.450.7 or higher
In a non-Virtual Connect FlexFabric configuration, a system configured with a FCoE device in
the EFI Boot Manager should be able to boot by selecting the FCoE Boot Entry. If the system
does not have a FCoE device in EFI Boot Manager, the “Set boot from SAN” controls the
FCoE boot device mapping behavior. The “Set boot from SAN” should be set to “Enable” to
allow booting from the FCoE boot device.
In a Virtual Connect FlexFabric configuration, a system with the Fibre Channel HBA boot
parameters defined on the server profile will configure the FCoE boot device in EFI. A FCoE
Boot Entry is required to boot the device from the EFI Boot Manager. If the system does not
have the Fibre Channel HBA boot parameters defined, the boot behavior is similar to a non-VC
FlexFabric configuration above. For additional information about setting the Fibre Channel
HBA boot parameters with Virtual Connect FlexFabric, refer to the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric
Cookbook (Part Number c02616817).
• FCoE Boot From SAN for Firmware version 4.356.3 or lower
To enable booting through the fcoc driver, the following steps need to be performed once.
To start the Emulex Configuration Utility via the Human Interface Infrastructure (HII):
1. Launch the Device Manager. A front page is displayed.
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