HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes

Table Of Contents
Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
Always-Installed Mass Storage Drivers
Chapter 7
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HP RAID 4Si Driver (RAID-00)
HP RAID 4Si (A5856A) combines multiple small, inexpensive disks into an array that
appears as a single logical unit or drive. The data is distributed across the disks in order
to provide a method for data recovery or reconstruction in the event of a drive failure.
discontinued for
October 2004
As of October 2004, the A5856A card has been discontinued. The RAID-00 driver bundle
will remain in HP-UX 11i v1 to support previously purchased A5856A cards.
NOTE For documentation about the HP RAID 4Si driver in previous releases of HP-UX 11i v1,
see the HP-UX 11i March 2002 Release Notes, available at
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11i/index.html#Release%20Notes.
Documentation
For more information see the HP A5856A RAID 4Si PCI 4-Channel Ultra2 SCSI
Controller Installation and Administration Guide at http://docs.hp.com and the
following manpages:
irdfd (1M) (new)
irconcheck (1M ) (new)
irdisplay (1M) (revised)
irmd (1M) (revised)
irdiag (1M) (revised)
irm (1M)
i2outil (1M)
RAID-01 Driver Bundle
The RAID-01 driver bundle delivers the driver ciss for the A9890A Smart Array 6402
and the A9891A Smart Array 6404 cards, as well as the A7143A RAID160 SA Controller.
updated for
December 2004
The RAID-01 bundle containing the ciss driver has been updated to support the A9891A
Smart Array 6404 card on PA-RISC systems.
In addition, the RAID-01 software has been changed from Selectable to Always-Installed,
and the software has been updated with defect repairs.
updated for June
2004
RAID-01 has been updated to support the A9890A Smart Array 6402 card on PA-RISC
systems.
updated for
December 2003
RAID-01 has been updated to improve diagnostic capabilities.
new for September
2003
RAID-01 has been added to support the HP A7143A PCI 4-Channel RAID160 SA SCSI
Controller. A7143A combines multiple small disk drives into an array (logical unit) that
functions as a single drive. Data is distributed across the disks providing a way to
recover from drive failure and reconstruct data.