HP-UX 11i June 2002 Release Notes
I/0 and Networking Cards
Network Drivers
Chapter 7
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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.
For a current list of driver versions, go to the ITRC web site, http://itrc.hp.com.
Click navigate knowledge trees and response center FAQs. After logging in (if necessary),
scroll to the Hardware area and navigate the links to networks/mass storage
connectivity/fibre channel/technical support. Once you are on the Fibre Channel page,
select the Tachlite driver table in the “at a glance” box.
Summary of Changes
• Boot support for the A6685A and A6685A HSC adapters on selected platforms will
be available later in 2001. For the latest information on boot support for these
adapters and other support information, see the web site mentioned above.
This version of the driver continues to support the following features:
• Fabric zoning and cascading
• Fabric boot and dump for supported platforms (PCI A5158A only)
• Supported configurations
— Arbitrated private loop
— Direct fabric attachment
— QuickLoop (translative mode)
— Public Loop
Documentation
For more information on supported Fabric topologies, see the HP Fibre Channel Fabric
Migration Guide located at http://docs.hp.com.
The following documents have been revised: