HP Emulex Adapters Release Notes

NOTE: HP does not support HP Emulex Fibre Channel or CNA FCoE products on Citrix XenServer
5.6 FP1. HP Emulex CNAs only support NIC functionality of Citrix XenServer 5.6 FP1. For more
information, see the Citrix Knowledge Center article at:
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX127573
For Fibre Channel and FCoE support, upgrade to Citrix XenServer 5.6 SP2 or later.
Important notes and workarounds
This section describes restrictions, notes, and issue workarounds for Emulex CNA/HBA adapters.
General notes
The notes in this section apply to all operating systems.
HP Emulex CNA connected to ports on HP P9500 or XP20000/24000 storage arrays can result
in channel adapter (front-end port) blockades
This blocked condition results in a loss of access to storage by the paths provided through the
channel adapter (CHA) to all connected hosts. This issue can occur with HP Emulex CNA firmware
earlier than 4.1.450.14. To prevent this issue, ensure that the HP Emulex CNA firmware version
is 4.1.450.14 or later and HP recommends that HP Emulex CNA firmware 4.1.450.16 or later
be installed.
Firmware update requirement
When updating firmware on an Emulex adapter, all Emulex adapters installed in the server must
be enabled. One or more disabled adapters or adapter ports will cause the firmware update to
fail.
HP LPe1205A BIOS speed
The HP LPe1205A BIOS does not auto-negotiate to the highest possible speed when the adapter
is installed in a BL465 Gen8 server. When searching for targets, the Boot BIOS negotiates to the
next-highest speed (4 Gb for 8 Gb connections or 2 Gb for 4 Gb connections). When the operating
system driver comes online, the link re-negotiates to the expected speed.
SN1000E 16 Gb HBA support
The SN1000E 16 Gb HBA does not support 2 Mb transfer sizes.
CNA personality
Use the server ROM-Based Setup Utility (RSBU) to view or change the CNA personality (iSCSI or
FCoE).
Running FCoE on CNAs
When a CNA is configured for FCoE, you must enable the network boot on all NIC ports in order
to detect LUNs. Use the server RBSU Embedded NICs menu to enable the network boot. In a blade
environment, if FCoE is configured with Vitual Connect, VC enables network boot in the RBSU
automatically.
HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit and OneCommand Manager Application interoperability
The HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit and OneCommand Manager both install API libraries and
can be used individually. For those configurations using both kits, HP recommends to install the
Enablement Kit before installing OneCommand Manager. When uninstalling, HP recommends to
remove OneCommand Manager before removing the Enablement Kit.
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