FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Version Number B.11.23.0809 HP Part Number: J6374-90073 Published: September 2008 Edition: 3.
Table of Contents FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Overview...........................5 New and Changed Features in This Release..........................................................................................5 Defect Fixes.............................................................................................................................................5 Driver Versions.....................................................................................
List of Tables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2008 Fixes...............................................................................................5 HP-UX 11i v2 July 2008 Fixes..........................................................................................................5 HP-UX 11i v2 December 2007 Fixes................................................................................................5 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2007 Fixes..................................
This document provides information about the B.11.23.0809 release of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2. FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Overview This release of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 (version B.11.23.0809) provides fixes for defects listed in Table 1. New and Changed Features in This Release There are no new features with this release.
Table 5 HP-UX 11i v2 April 2007 Fixes Defect ID Description SR: 8606468464 Fixed a problem where the system hung with an STK 9940B tape drive, when connected to a 4 Gb card. SR: 8606467276 Fixed a problem by removing an unwanted diagnostics message for initiator ports, Device disappeared from Name Server GPN_FT. SR: 8606472417 Fixed a problem where a path failover was seen with a split cable disconnection from switch Rx.
Table 9 HP-UX 11i v2 December 2005 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description SR: 8606414166 Concurrent BDRs issued to the same device when both BDRs failed, the application that issued the commands hangs instead of timing out. Single BDRs repeatedly timed out due to a timer reset issue. Both of these have been corrected by changing the way that a failed BDR request is retried.
Table 11 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description SR: 8606353003 Online Adapter ROM update command hangs SR: 8606364880 File descriptor leak in SNIA API for TargetMapping and PersistentBinding SR: 8606358270 SNIA HBA API functions may return HBA_STATUS_ERROR_UNAVAILABLE for correctly installed HBAs; SNIA HBA API function HBA_SendCTPassThru() may hang SR: 8606360197 Ioscan problems with FCP array using Peripheral Device Addressing lun addressing method.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. • Go to www.hp.com Click Software & Driver Downloads. In the white text box, type the name of the I/O card, such as A6826A. Click the >> button. Click the Cross Operating System button. Look for EFI 1.49 for adapters A6826A, A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A. Look for EFI 1.05 for adapters AB378A and AB379A.
1. 2. • Attach loop back hoods to all of the unconnected HBA ports. The loop back hoods will cause the unconnected HBA ports to come online in a private loop topology. Install the product bundle, mtIOScan, that enables boot time kernel threads. This will reduce the overall boot delay due to unconnected ports to 21 seconds. This product can be obtained from www.software.hp.
Table 13 Recommended Firmware Versions (July 2008 or later) (continued) Fibre Channel Adapter EFI Driver Version Firmware Version AB378A 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB378B 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB379A 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB379B 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later A6826A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later A9782A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later A9784A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later AB465A 1.49 or later 3.03.
• • Support Matrix: includes a matrix of Fibre Channel adapters, supported hardware platforms, operating systems, driver bundle versions, and minimum PDC/firmware requirements. White Paper: white papers can also be found in this section. Software Availability in Native Languages This product is available only in the English language.