FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes Version Number B.11.31.1204 HP Part Number: 5900-2251 Published: April 2012 Edition: 1.
Contents FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 overview..............................3 New and changed features in this release...................................................................................3 New features......................................................................................................................3 Changed features................................................................................................................
This document provides information about the B.11.31.1204 release of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3. FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 overview This release of the document for the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 (version B.11.31.1204) documents version changes and defect fixes. New and changed features in this release New features There are no new features in this release.
Table 3 HP-UX March 2012 (AR1203) Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1001140465 This fixes fcmsutil to print correct SFP information or print appropriate error message for the fcmsutil sfp command. QXCR1001159905 Issue WARNING messages if FC Mezzanine is configured in loop. QXCR1001169766 Driver has been modified to handle the intermittent ioscan hangs seen in a bladed configuration with Q-Logic FC cards due to infinite PLOGI retries to the Fabric Name Server.
Table 7 HP-UX September 2010 (AR1009) Fixes (continued) Defect ID QXCR1001024841 Description This fixes the issue where the health state of the fcd instances in ioscan may incorrectly show that it's online, even though the link is down. QXCR1000990675 This fixes the issue where FC-4 type devices that have disappeared from the Name Server are not logged in syslog. QXCR1001008433 This fixes the issue where FCP targets are intermittently not being seen during boot, especially on a large SAN configuration.
Table 11 HP-UX January 2010 (WEB1001) Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1000976060 fcd panics during system dump to an EMC device. This issue, caused by sense data handling, has been fixed. QXCR1000966390 This fixes a system hang which occurred after CPU deletion. The hang was caused by interrupt migration handling in the fcd driver.
Known problems and limitations This section provides a list of known problems and limitations as known to HP at time of publication. If workarounds are available, they are included. • Private Loop and Public Loop topology configuration support for Fibre Channel mezzanine adapters Private Loop and Public Loop topology configurations are not supported for Fibre Channel mezzanine adapters on HP Integrity Blade servers in combination with the Fibre Channel (FC) Pass Thru I/O Interconnect modules.
5. Under NVRAM Parameters section, press 1 to select Edit Adapter Settings option. 6. Press 7 to select the Connection Option. 7. Press 3 to select Loop Preferred, Otherwise Point to Point option. 8. Press 0 to go back to the previous menu. 9. Under Main Menu, press 11 to write the changes to the NVRAM. 10. Also under Main Menu, press 12 to quit and go back to the EFI shell.
vmunix: FCD: Allocate shared memory failed, error code = -1 vmunix: init of hardware not successful. id=10772532 and my_isc=2 Corrective action: Retry the operation at a time when the system has more free memory available. • DLKM infrastructure must be installed A complete Dyamically Loadable Kernel Module (DLKM) infrastructure is required for FibrChanl-01 B.11.31.0803.
Channel HBA. rx7640 systems have a built-in SEARCH of slot 7. Affected 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs are: A6826A, A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A with EFI driver version 1.47 or earlier. Affected 4Gb Fibre Channel HBAs are: AB378A and AB379A with EFI driver version 1.01. The boot will fail with a message similar to the following: Load of HP-UX Primary Boot: 1.0.1/1/0/4/0.8.0.255.0.6.0 failed: Not Found Corrective action: A fix in the 2Gb/4Gb drivers has been released. The following steps will resolve the issue: 1.
Compatibility and installation requirements This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release. For specific installation instructions, refer to the installation guide specific to your FibreChannel card. Operating system and version compatibility The following software (or later versions) must be installed before installing the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) driver, version B.11.31.
Table 17 Recommended firmware versions (September 2011) (continued) Fibre channel adapter EFI driver version Firmware version 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 3.03.154 or later For current recommended firmware versions, see the HP-UX Fibre Channel (fcd and fclp) Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs .
Hardware requirements This version of the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 runs on HP Integrity servers and HP PA servers with the HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) operating system.
