RAID-01 (ciss) B.11.31.1005 Mass Storage Driver Release Notes, Edition 2 (August 2010)

1.1 Driver versions

Table 3 lists the minimum supported RAID-01 ciss driver version for each Smart Array host

bus adapter:

Table 3 Minimum supported RAID-01 (ciss) versions for HP-UX 11i v3, by adapter

Minimum driver versionAdapter

B.11.31A7143A, A9890A, A9891A

B.11.31.0709.01Smart Array P400

B.11.31.1005Smart Array P410i

B.11.31.1005Smart Array P411

B.11.31.0903Smart Array P700m

B.11.31.0712Smart Array P800

B.11.31.1005Smart Array P812

2 New and changed features in this release

2.1 New features

The following features are new with this version of RAID-01:

• Support for HP Smart Array AM311A and AM312A controllers.

The RAID-01 bundle now supports the HP Smart Array AM311A and AM312A controllers

on servers running HP-UX 11i v3. For more information on these products, see the following

documents:

— AM311A Smart Array P411/256 Controller for HP Integrity Servers Installation Guide

— AM312A Smart Array P812/1GB Controller for HP Integrity Servers Installation Guide

— HP Smart Array SAS Controllers for Integrity Servers Support Guide

These documents are available on the HP website at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html

• Support for firmware downloading to additional devices.

The RAID-01 bundle now supports downloading firmware updates to the following devices:

— HP StorageWorks D2600 and D2700 Series enclosures connected to an HP AM311A or

AM312A controller.

— Embedded SAS Expander in AM312A controller.

— SATA hard disks in an HP StorageWorks D2600 and D2700 Series enclosures connected

to an HP AM311A or AM312A controller, when SATA support is added in a future

firmware update.

WARNING! HP AM311A and AM312A controllers do not support SATA disks in

their initial release with adapter firmware version 3.30.

For the latest information on recommended adapter firmware and supported peripherals,

see the HP Smart Array RAID Controllers Support Matrix at http://www.hp.com/go/

hpux-iocards-docs.

• Support for Host Bus Adapter (HBA) mode on HP AM311A controllers.

The RAID-01 bundle now supports HBA mode with the HP AM311A Smart Array P411

controller. In HBA mode, physical disks are directly exposed to the operating system as SAS

disks; the RAID features of the Smart Array controller are not used in this mode.