HP-UX 11i December 2002 Release Notes

I/0 and Networking Cards
Network Drivers
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• HP has created a new Fibre Channel Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA)
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Application Programming Interface (API). The SNIA HBA
API is a C library interface that provides both a common HBA API library for all
HP-UX HBA vendors and a vendor-specific API library for HP’s Tachyon/Tachlite
Fibre Channel adapters. The API software is part of the driver and is installed at the
same time. The intended users of this API are programmers who want to create
applications for managing SANs networks.
• 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
Documentation
Effective December 2001, the following documents (available at http://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.