HyperFabric Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2 Edition 3 Manufacturing Part Number: B6257-90062 November 2006 United States © Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
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1 HyperFabric Release Notes The information in this document applies to the release of HyperFabric software product (HyprFabrc-00) versions B.11.11.05.01 and B.11.23.03.01 on the HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11iv2 operating systems respectively.
HyperFabric Release Notes Announcement Announcement HyperFabric is a high-speed network link that runs on various HP systems running HP-UX. HyperFabric supports Hyper Messaging Protocol (HMP) and the IP network protocol stack (TCP/IP/UDP). This release note contains information about versions B.11.11.05.01 and B.11.23.03.01 of the HyperFabric software. Notice of non support of Oracle 10g RAC HyperFabric product suite was designed to optimize performance of Oracle 9i RAC database running on HP-UX clusters.
HyperFabric Release Notes What’s in This Version What’s in This Version HyperFabric version B.11.23.03.01 supports the following feature: Support for Large User Count Prior to the B.11.23.02 releases, each HP-UX instance limited the value of SKGXP attribute CLIC_ATTR_APPL_MAX_PROCS. This value was less than 2500 in the Local Failover mode. This limited the number of HMP instances created by Oracle to 2500 HMP instances, and indirectly limited the number of Oracle end users.
HyperFabric Release Notes What’s in This Version In the Non-Local Failover configuration mode, these values can be set to a maximum of (4997 * Number of CLIC cards configured). Oracle RAC users must use the Local Failover configuration mode. Documentation Availability The documentation for the HyperFabric software versions B.11.11.05.01 and B.11.23.03.01 is available on the HP web site: http://www.docs.hp.
HyperFabric Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The known problems and corresponding workarounds for versions B.11.11.05.01 and B.11.23.03.01 of the HyperFabric software are as follows: • HyperFabric initialization may fail if the STRMSGSZ kernel parameter is set. WORKAROUND: Set STRMSGSZ to 0 on /stand/system from the command line to unset the parameter. In SAM, set STRMSGSZ to 0 (zero) to unset the parameter.
HyperFabric Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds The result is that HyperFabric cannot find the existing configuration information, because it has been removed from its normal locations. WORKAROUND: After the HyperFabric software installation is complete, you must run clic_init -c to create the global configuration file.
HyperFabric Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements This section describes the software and hardware requirements for installing HyperFabric on the HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11iv2 operating systems. Prerequisites • Before you install the HyperFabric version B.11.11.05.01, you must have already installed the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system. • Similarly, before you install the HyperFabric version B.11.23.03.
HyperFabric Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Software Product Numbers within swinstall When you install HyperFabric software with swinstall, select HyprFabrc-00 as the product number for both HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11iv2 operating systems. Using OLAR For both HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11iv2, if you want to use OLAR, you might need to update the system firmware on your HP 9000 system.
HyperFabric Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 Supported Configurations for A6386A HF2 Adapter On PCI (4X) Supported HP 9000 Systems HP-UX Version OLAR Support? Maximum Adapters per System rx2600 Servers 11i v2 No 1 rx4640 Servers 11i v2 Yes 4 rx56xx Series 11i v2 No 4 rx7620 Servers 11i v2 No 8 (maximum 4 per PCI card cage) rx8620 Servers 11i v2 Yes 8 (maximum 4 per PCI card cage) zx6000 Workstations 11i v2 No 1 B1000, B2000, B2600,
HyperFabric Release Notes Updating the Software from an Older Version Updating the Software from an Older Version If you have an older version of the HyperFabric software, you can update it by installing the latest version of HyperFabric (B.11.11.05.01 forHP-UX 11iv1 or B.11.23.03.01 for HP-UX 11iv2) over the old one. You do not have to un-install the old version first, unless you are updating from version B.11.00.11 to the latest version (see “Known Problems and Workarounds” on page 7).
HyperFabric Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version This section lists the fixes and patches that have been applied in the latest versions of the HyperFabric software. Patches This release contains no HyperFabric-specific patches. Fixes Table 1-3 lists the fixes for version B.11.11.05.01 of the HyperFabric software. Table 1-3 CR Number Fixes included in B.11.11.05.
HyperFabric Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages The Native Language Support (NLS) for versions B.11.11.05.01 and B.11.23.03.01 of the HyperFabric software is as follows: • The software is available in English only. • The product documentation is available in English only.
