HP A6795A Fibre Channel PCI XL2 Adapter Release Notes Manufacturing Part Number: J2635-90019 March 2004 U.S.A. © Copyright 2004 Hewlett Packard Development Company L.P.
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HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Announcement 1 HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Announcement This release note contains information pertaining to the A6795A driver provided with HP-UX 11.00 and 11i v1.0, 11i v1.6 and 11i v2.0.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes What’s New What’s New • 4 A6795A driver updated to incorporate defect fixes.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Driver Versions Driver Versions The following table shows the driver versions for each release of the A6795A driver: Table 1-1 Release HP-UX 11.00 Application Release 1201 B.11.00.10 (32/64-bit) 11i v1.6 OE Release HP-UX 11i v1.0 HP-UX 11i v1.6 HP-UX 11i v2.0 B.11.11.09 (32/64-bit) B.11.22.01 (64-bit) 11i v2.0 OE Release B.11.23.01 (64-bit) Application Release 0304 B.11.23.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Documentation Documentation Additional documentation, covering the A6795A and other HP Fibre Channel adapters, is available from the web at http://docs.hp.com under the Fibre Channel area of the Networking and Communications section. The HP Fibre Channel Support Guide, available from the web, is the primary source of support documentation for HP Fibre Channel adapters.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds (11.00) Known Problems and Workarounds (11.00) 1. 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.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds (11.00) This message is related to the previous warning. You can ignore this message. The following messages are logged in the swremove.log file during swremove and swinstall. ERROR: Could not apply the software selection “Obsolete.NCSNCK,l=/,r=B.11.00,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64”; it is not available from depot or root” This problem is being fixed in a later version of SD. You can ignore this message.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds (11i v1.0, v1.6, v2.0) Known Problems and Workarounds (11i v1.0, v1.6, v2.0) There are no listed problems/workarounds for HP-UX 11i v1.6 or v2.0. The following list is for HP-UX 11i v1.0 only. 1. Problem: During online replacement (OLR) of the A6795A adapter on Superdome systems, the replacement could fail if the adapter is connected to hub/switch/device.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds (11i v1.0, v1.6, v2.0) printf(“HBA_OpenAdapter() failed - errno set to %d\n”, errno); } }else { printf(“HBA_OpenAdapter() returned a handle of %u\n”, adapter_handle); } 5. The following is a description of a problem that occurs with the Brocade 2800 switch. It is not a problem with the A6795A adapter or software. We document it here for A6795A customers who use Brocade switches in Fabric mode in a Public Loop topology.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Software Requirements • HP-UX 11.00, 11i v1.0, 11i v1.6, 11i v2.0 • A6795A software driver • Tachyon patch PHKL_23939 or later (only for HP-UX 11.00) • Tachyon patch PHKL_23626 or later (only for HP-UX 11iv1.0) You can download the bundles from the HP Software Depot: http://www.software.hp.
HP A6795A Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages This product is available only in the English language.
