HP-UX 11i December 2001 Release Notes

I/0 and Networking Cards
Network Drivers
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• As of December 2001, you can use the HSC Tachlite adapters (A6684A and A6685A)
on the following additional platforms:
— D320
— D330
— D220
— D230
The HSC Tachlite adapters (A6684A and A6685A) will also support boot on K260,
K360, K460, D390, R390, K370, K570, and K580.
• Changes have also been made to the Fibre Channel online diagnostic tool, fcmsutil,
to support the A6795A adapter. When you use the command, fcmsutil/dev/tdx
(where x is the number assigned to the adapter), the following additional information
will display:
— Link Speed (1Gb or 2Gb)
— Dino Present on Card
— Maximum Frame Size
— Driver Version
By using the command, fcmsutil/dev/tdx vpd, you can display Vital Product Data
(VPD) information on the adapter. This information includes the following:
— Product description
— Part number
— Engineering date code
— Part serial number
— Miscellaneous information
— Manufacturing date
— Check sum
— EFI version
— Asset Tag
Compatibility Issues
None.
Documentation Changes
Effective December 2001, the following documents (available at
http://www.docs.hp.com) have changed or have been added:
• Hewlett-Packard Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapters Manual
• HP Fibre Channel Fabric Migration Guide
• HP FC SNIA HBA API Programmer’s Guide (new)
• fcmsutil (1M) manpage
updated for
September 2001
The Tachlite driver enables the HSC Tachlite adapters (A6684A and A6685A), used in
the K-, R- and D-Class servers, to have the same fabric capabilities as the PCI Tachlite
adapter.
For a current list of driver versions, visit the ITRC web site at
http://us-support2.external.hp.com. To access Fibre Channel HBA support
information at ITRC, go to the Knowledge Tree area, then navigate to networks / hp-ux
networking
/ mass storage / fibre channel. Once you are at the Fibre Channel page, select
the fabric driver reference table in the "at a glance" box.