HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (DB) Adapter Release Notes (December 2005)

HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (DB) Adapter
Known Problems and Issues
Chapter
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Known Problems and Issues
Serviceguard
The following two patches must be installed in order to ensure proper operation of InfiniBand in Serviceguard
systems:
PHSS_32741 (specifically, PHSS_32741 s700_800 11.23 COM B.03.00.00/COM B.03.00.01) allows
SGCOM to support the configuration of IP over InfiniBand network interfaces.
PHSS_33039 (specifically, PHSS_33039 s700_800 11.23 Serviceguard A.11.16.00) supports IP
overInfiniBand network interfaces in a cluster as heartbeat and data networks.
Patches can be found through the HP IT Resource Center at: http://www.itrc.hp.com.
Potential Data Corruption in Applications
On a kernel with an InfiniBand driver, in order to avoid potential data corruption problems, you must install
the following patch:
PHKL_33563 to prevent potential data corruption in applications after fork() is executed.
Patches can be found through the HP IT Resource Center at: http://www.itrc.hp.com.
Message Signal Interrupt (MSI & MSI-X)
In order to perform transaction based interrupts, the following patches need to be installed:
PHKL_32632 enables Message Signaled Interrupts
PHKL_32645 WSIO (IO) subsystem MSI/MSI-X/WC patch
PHKL_32646 wsio.h header file patch
Patches can be found through the HP IT Resource Center at: http://www.itrc.hp.com.
Use Consistent OS and Software Versions in the Fabric
HP requires all systems in the fabric to use both the same HP-UX OS software version, and the same HP-UX
Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand software version, such as version B.11.23.04.
HP requires all switches in the fabric to use the same firmware image version such as:
HP-374305-001-Release-2.2.0hp-build018.img
Use the latest software and switch firmware available online at: http://support.hp.com.
1. Select Software and Driver downloads.
2. Enter your product name.
3. Click the double arrow.
Refer to the section “Configuration, Image, and Log Files” on page 81 in the HP Fabric Clustering System
HP-UX Administrator's Guide for details.