HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Release Notes

Workstation/Server Specific Information
Fibre Channel Tachlite Driver
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In this version, the Fibre Channel Tachyon driver is not supported and is removed from
the software. The driver diagnostic tool, fcmsutil, has been modified to remove options
specific to Tachyon and to add the new vpd option. This option lists Vital Product Data
(VPD) on the A6795A HBA. It provides such information as the product description, part
number, engineering date code, serial number, etc. The vpd option applies only to the
A6795A adapter.
The command for retrieving VPD information is:
fcmsutil
<device filename> vpd
An example of the information that displays is:
V I T A L P R O D U C T D A T A
--------- ------------- -------
Product Discription :’A6795A 2Gbps/1Gbps Fibre Channel 4X PCI HBA’
Part number :’A6795-62001’
Engineering Date Code :’A-4142’
Part Serial number :’A56466014504’
Misc. Information :’PW=15W’
Mfd. Date :’A-4142’
Check Sum : 0x46
EFI version : ‘000000’
Asset Tag :’NA
The Fibre Channel 11i v1.6 driver supports FC SNIA HBA API (Fibre Channel Storage
Network Industry Association Host Bus Adapter Application Programming Interface).
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 library for HP’s A6795A Fibre
Channel adapter. SNIA user applications are packaged with the HP-UX 11i v1.6 driver
depot and installed when you install the driver. Intended users of this API are
programmers who create applications for managing SANs networks.
For more information about SNIA HBA API, refer to the Fibre Channel SNIA HBA API
Programmer’s Guide, J2635-90015, E1201 at http://www.docs.hp.com . Following is
an updated flowchart of the Call Order Sequence for HP’s vendor library that appears in
Appendix A of this manual. The flowchart was updated to reflect a change in the call
order sequence and is different from the flowchart in the manual.