HP A5158A Fibre Channel Adapter Release Notes, August 2003

HP A5158A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes
Known Problems and Workarounds (11i v1.0, v1.5, v2.0)
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Known Problems and Workarounds (11i v1.0, v1.5, v2.0)
There are no listed problems/workarounds for HP-UX 11i v1.5 or v2.0. The following list is for
HP-UX 11i v1.0 only.
1. Problem: During online replacement (OLR) of the A5158A adapter on Superdome
systems, the replacement could fail if the adapter is connected to hub/switch/device. The
following error message will display:
OLARD error: General error
The slot will become inaccessible until you power cycle the system.
Workaround or Fix: This problem can be avoided by disconnecting the cable from the
adapter before doing OLAR operations.
2. Problem: During online replacement (OLR) of the A5158A adapter on L3000 systems,
the replacement could cause a system panic (HPMC) if the adapter is connected to
hub/switch/device. Subsequent boot will hang unless you power cycle the system.
Workaround or Fix: This problem can be avoided by disconnecting the cable from the
adapter before doing OLAR operations.
3. Problem: During online replacement (OLR) of the A5158A adapter on the L2000 system,
the replacement may fail and display the following error message:
OLARD error: General error
Workaround or Fix: This problem is fixed in PDC version 41.38.
4. This problem concerns the HP Fibre Channel SNIA HBA API.
Problem: When the HBA_OpenAdapter() API returns 0, it does not set the errno variable
appropriately under the following scenarios:
• When there is a file open error, the errno variable is not set to EACCES.
• When the adapter for open is not available, the errno variable is not set to ENXIO.
• When there is an internal error, the API does not always set the errno variable to EIO.
If the errno is not set appropriately, the user application may fail to identify the cause of
the failure.