SerialSCSI-00 (sasd) B.11.31.1209 Mass Storage Driver Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 Abstract This document contains specific information that is intended for users of this HP product.
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1 SerialSCSI-00 (sasd) overview The SerialSCSI-00 bundle contains the sasd driver for the AH303A PCIe SC44Ge SAS Host Bus Adapter, and the core-only HP 8 Internal Port SAS Controller and HP Multi Port Internal SAS Controller. The sasd driver is always installed. 2 New and changed features in this release 2.1 New features There are no new features included in SerialSCSI-00 at the time of this publication. 2.
Changing the target ID might cause physical disks, including the OS boot disk, to become inaccessible. If some of the disks from the IR volume are inaccessible, the volume can become degraded or fail. NOTE: The target ID change does not occur on systems without a RAID-1 volume. It also does not occur on Bl860c servers with the HP Multiport SAS Controller. For detailed information on how to avoid or correct this problem, see Updating Internal SAS Controller Firmware to Version 1.23.
Under “Maintenance and Support,” click the Patch Database link, then search for the patch number. For more information on how to manage and install patches, see the Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs NOTE: If you remove the dynamically loaded sasd driver while it is in use, or if you remove the statically loaded sasd driver at any time, you must perform a reboot. This is normal behavior under these conditions and is not affected by patch PHCO_36356.
(Replace X with the instance of the SAS controller.) • Swapping Spare Disks Consider the following when you swap physical disks in a RAID volume controlled by an HP 8 Internal Port SAS Controller: ◦ Before swapping a spare disk, delete it using sasmgr(1M): sasmgr delete -D /dev/sasdX -q raid -q spare (Replace X with the instance of the SAS controller.
Documents are organized as follows: • Installation guides are listed alphabetically in the “Setup and install — general” section. • Release notes are listed alphabetically in the “Getting started” section. • Support guides are listed alphabetically in the “User guide” section. • Support Matrix documents are listed alphabetically in the “General reference” section. 8 Software availability in native languages The SerialSCSI-00 product is available only in the English language.
