FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes Version Number B.11.31.1403 HP Part Number: 5900-3374 Published: March 2014 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 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 (AR1403) release.......................................................................
This document provides information about the B.11.31.1403 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.11.31.1403) documents version changes and defect fixes.
Table 2 HP-UX November 2013 (WEB1311) Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1001292193 This fixes an issue faced after disabling and enabling uplink port where ioscan output shows lunpath state as NO_HW for luns connected to the VFC (virtual Fibre Channel controller) port. Table 3 HP-UX September 2013 (WEB1309) Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1001278746 This fixes an IO hang issue that happens after interrupt migration failure.
Table 7 HP-UX April 2012 (WEB1204) Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1000945642 This fixes the issue where fcd device special files are not created automatically in some rare cases after loading the fcd driver module dynamically. QXCR1001198749 This fixes the fcd driver init script for the issue of HPVM guest boot delays caused when there is high number of stale IO nodes present.
Table 12 HP-UX March 2011 (AR1103) Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1001051386 This fixes the issue where the fcd driver does not restore the Symbolic Names to their default values when requested through scsimgr. QXCR1001041080 This fixes a memory leak in the fcd driver after executing certain fcmsutil echo, test, and rls commands. QXCR1001083355 This fixes a memory leak in the fcd driver after executing certain fcmsutil ns_query_ports commands.
Table 15 HP-UX March 2010 (WEB1003) Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1000994941 This fixes the issue in the fcd driver that can intermittently result in a mailbox timeout fatal error. QXCR1001000800 This fixes the significant drop in I/O performance encountered after installing fcd B.11.31.0903 and later versions. Table 16 HP-UX March 2010 (AR1003) Fixes Defect ID N/A Description There are no fixes for the AR1003 release.
Table 21 HP-UX March 2008 Fixes Defect ID Description QXCR1000754446 Added Symbolic Name support. Symbolic Names are user friendly names assigned to SAN components, and registered with the name server of an Fibre Channel switch. Fibre Channel switches display the registered symbolic names, which can be used by users to correlate SAN components across multiple servers and storage.
• 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. These configurations can result in servers losing connection to the Storage Area Network (SAN) during mezzanine adapter initialization, and SAN boot may fail in such configurations.
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. NOTE: The HP-UX 11iv3 AR1203 FibrChanl-01 (fcd) driver will display a warning message on detecting loop topology for HP 8Gb and 4Gb Dual Port Qlogic Mezzanine HBAs (part numbers 451871–B21 and 403619–B21). Refer to HP customer advisory c02985353 for details. • Some PCIe I/O backplanes do not support PCIe2 (5.
• DLKM infrastructure must be installed A complete Dyamically Loadable Kernel Module (DLKM) infrastructure is required for FibrChanl-01 B.11.31.0803. This requires that the following kernel patches be installed: ◦ PHKL_36387: MCA recovery/shutdown patch ◦ PHKL_36332: Cumulative GIO patch ◦ PHCO_36371: PCI OL* DLKM and Chassis Delete These patches and other required patches are delivered in the FEATURE11i patch bundle on the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) OEUR media for September 2007.
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. Go to www.hp.com 2. Click Software & Driver Downloads. 3. In the white text box, type the name of the I/O card, such as A6826A. 4. Click the >> button. 5. Click the Cross Operating System button. 6. Look for EFI 1.49 or later for adapters A6826A, A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A. Look for EFI 1.
Operating system and version compatibility The following software (or later versions) must be installed before installing the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) driver, version B.11.31.1403 into a system: • PHCO_36371 (PCI OL* DLKM and Chassis Delete) • PHKL_36332 (Cumulative GIO Patch) • PHKL_36387 (MCA Recovery/Shutdown Patch) • PHCO_36356 (Mass Storage Critical Resource Analysis) • PHCO_36530 (Software Distributor Patch) • HP-UX CommonIO 11.31 (B.11.31.0709 or later). NOTE: The FC-COMMON.
Table 23 Recommended firmware versions (March 2014) (continued) Fibre channel adapter EFI driver version Firmware version B9F23A* 6.13 or later 6.07.02 or later B9F24A** 6.13 or later 6.07.02 or later * “fcmsutil vpd” output might list part number as either "QW971-63001" or “B9F23A”; both refer to the same HBA. * “fcmsutil vpd” output might list part number as either "QW971-63001" or “B9F23A”; both refer to the same HBA.
Table 24 Table of Driver Versions (continued) Release Name Driver Version Release Date Web Release 1311 B.11.31.1311 November 2013 Application Release 1403 B.11.31.1403 March 2014 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.
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