HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 Patch 01 Release Notes (QL226-96786, December 2012)

These release notes describe the modifications and known issues for Patch 01. This is a mandatory
patch and is intended to be applied to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2.278 (GA) only. Only an authorized HP
Service provider should perform this maintenance procedure.
1.1 Supported platforms
The HP 3PAR Configuration Matrix for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 contains information about supported
hardware and software platforms. For a list of supported versions of each operating system, see the
Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
1.2 Verifying the patch installation
The installation of Patch 01 can be verified from an Interactive CLI session. Issue the CLI command
showversion -a -b to verify that Patch 01 is listed.
showversion -a -b
Release version 3.1.2.278
Patches: P01
Component Name Version
CLI Server 3.1.2.282 (P01)
CLI Client 3.1.2.278
System Manager 3.1.2.282 (P01)
Kernel 3.1.2.278
TPD Kernel Code 3.1.2.278
TPD Kernel Patch 3.1.2.282 (P01)
1.3 Components
VersionComponent
3.1.2.278HP 3PAR OS
NOTE: Applying this patch to the HP 3PAR OS may cause a restart of the affected OS components.
With these restarts, expected behaviors such as events and alerts may generate. The system will
continue to serve data but existing CLI or MC (Management Console) sessions may be interrupted.
NOTE: After installation of this patch, the patch description indicates Addressed a powerfail
issue on the 3PAR StoreServ 7000 series. This issue is actually resolved for all HP 3PAR
platforms.
1.4 Modifications to the HP 3PAR OS
The following items have been addressed in this release.
DescriptionItemBug ID
The CLI commands showcage and showinventory are not displaying
correct values for some manufacturing information. This was resolved by
CLI commands are not
displaying the correct
EEPROM values
81544
correcting the reading of the VPD EEPROM information and now displays
the correct output.
A data inconsistency issue arises when a disk media failure is encountered
during a RAID-1 data reconstruction while moving a chunklet. This issue is
A data inconsistency issue
arises when a disk media
81657
resolved by correctly updating the Logical Disk (LD) offset of each splitfailure is encountered during
1.1 Supported platforms 3