HP-UX WBEM FC (Fibre-Channel) Provider Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 766962-001 Published: March 2014 Edition: 1
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Contents HP secure development lifecycle......................................................................4 1 FC (Fibre-Channel) provider release notes for March 2014 release....................5 Announcement.........................................................................................................................5 HP-UX WBEM FC (Fibre-Channel) provider...................................................................................5 What's new in this release............................
HP secure development lifecycle Starting with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 update release, HP secure development lifecycle provides the ability to authenticate HP-UX software. Software delivered through this release has been digitally signed using HP's private key. You can now verify the authenticity of the software, before installing the products, delivered through this release. To verify the software signatures in signed depot, the following products must be installed on your system: • B.11.31.
1 FC (Fibre-Channel) provider release notes for March 2014 release This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX WBEM FC (Fibre-Channel) provider, which is supported on HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems. Table 1 (page 5) lists the product versions for which the document is applicable. Table 1 Documentation Support for FC (Fibre-Channel) provider Operating system Version HP-UX 11i v3 B.11.31.1403.05.
What's new in this release Starting with WBEMMgmtBundle C.07.01 (September 2013) release onwards, following feature is supported. • FCProvider monitors HP PCIe 16Gb single port and dual port FC QLogic HBA. For information about defect fixes, see “Defects fixed in various versions” (page 10). Installing HP-UX WBEM FC (Fibre-Channel) provider The WBEM FCProvider depot is available for download on the OE media and web.
Table 3 FC (Fibre-Channel) provider supported platforms (continued) Provider name Product name Supported platforms • SD16, SD32, SD64 • SD16A, SD32A, SD64A • SD16B, SD32B, SD64B HP Integrity servers • cx2600 • cx2620 • rx1600 • rx1620 • rx2600 • rx2620 • rx2660 • rx3600 • rx4640 • rx5670 • rx6600 • rx7620 • rx7640 • rx8620 • rx8640 • SD16A, SD32A, SD64A • SD16B, SD32B, SD64B • BL60p HP Server Blade • BL860c HP Server Blade • BL870c HP Server Blade • BL860c i2, BL870c i2 & BL890c i2 • rx2800 i2 • Superdome
Table 4 FC (Fibre-Channel) provider software requirement (continued) WBEM Services A.02.05 or later on HP-UX 11i v2 system and A.02.09.04 or later on HP-UX 11i v3 system HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity system and PA-RISC system EMS-Core A.04.00.01 HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity system and PA-RISC system OnlineDiag B.11.31.06.
Table 7 FC (Fibre-Channel) adapter list (continued) AB465A PCI-X 2 Gb FC (Fibre-Channel)/Gigabit Ethernet Combination Adapter AB378A PCI-X Single Port 4Gb FC (Fibre-Channel) Adapter AB379A PCI-X Dual Port 4Gb FC (Fibre-Channel) Adapter AB378B PCI-X Single Port 4Gb FC (Fibre-Channel) Adapter AB379B PCI-X Dual Port 4Gb FC (Fibre-Channel) Adapter AD193A PCI-X 4Gb FC (Fibre-Channel)/Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) Combination Adapter AD194A PCI-X 4Gb FC (Fibre-Channel)/Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) Combination Adapter AD
Hardware monitoring supported by FC (Fibre-Channel) provider, in virtualization environment Table 8 (page 10) lists the support status for the providers in HPVM 4.x and vPars/HPVM v6.x. Table 8 Support status for the FCProvider in HPVM v4.x and vPars/HPVM v6.x HPVM v4.x Hosts vPars/HPVM v6.x v2/v3 guests All FC HBAs are monitored Not by FCProvider: supported HPUXFCCSProviderModule, HPUXFCIndicationProviderModule and HPUXFCProviderModule.
Table 11 B.11.31.1209.10.02 (continued) Defect ID Description This issue is fixed in this release. QXCR1001223185 In the previous release, cimprovagt process generated a core during unload of the HPUXFCIndicationProviderModule. In the current release, this problem is fixed. Defect fixes in B.11.31.1209.08.01 release Table 12 B.11.31.1209.08.01 Defect ID QXCR1001198841 Description During multiple system reboot, old provider events get reported for FCProvider. This issue is fixed in this release.
Table 14 B.11.31.1203 (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1001087417 The Provider Data Sheets (PDS) is no longer shipped as part of the depot. The latest PDS is available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp. QXCR1001163320 The system crashes during the FCProvider upgradation. This defect is fixed in the current release. QXCR1001164894 The system crashes while registering and unregistering the provider along with the event generation in process.
Table 16 B.11.31.1103.14 (continued) Defect ID Description This defect is fixed in the current release, and the event descriptions do not contain these special characters. QXCR1001066416 The consolidated status provider displays the overall status of the IO subsystem based on the GroupOperationalStatus property severity level. The severity levels associated for the GroupOperationalStatus property values during the previous release and the current release are tabulated below.
Table 18 B.11.31.1103 (continued) Defect ID Description This defect is fixed in the current release. Enumeration of classes available in FC (Fibre-Channel) Instance provider and FC (Fibre-Channel) Consolidated Status provider is successful even for a normal user. QXCR1001078598 In the previous release on BL870c i2 platform, when the cimserver / HPUXFCNativeIndicationProviderModule is restarted, the Indication Identifier index is reset.
Table 19 B.11.31.1009 (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1001029324 On HP-UX system, enumerate instance of HPUX_FCPortControllerCollection class returns incorrect data when FC port controllers are not present. QXCR1001023590 In the previous release, memory leak is encountered in the HPUXFCNativeIndicationProviderModule when the evweb logviewer -L command is invoked on NGIS platform. This defect is fixed in the current release. Defect fixes in B.11.31.1004 release Table 20 B.11.31.
Defect fixes in B.11.31.0909 release Table 21 B.11.31.0909 Defect ID QXCR1000897995/ QXCR1000988741 Description In the previous release, when event subscriptions are created by a non-privileged user, the HPUXFCIndicationProviderModule runs out of file descriptors and stops functioning. As a result, events reported by the HPUXFCIndicationProviderModule may be lost. In the current release, this defect is fixed.
Table 24 B.11.23.1003 (continued) Defect ID Description In the current release, this defect is fixed. As a result, events reported by the HPUXFCIndicationProviderModule are not lost even if event subscriptions are created by a non-privileged user.
After installation run /opt/fcprovider/bin/FC_Provider_Test -a twice. • Problem: When FCProvider B.11.31.1103.14 or later is installed on legacy Integrity systems, dm_ql_adapter and dm_fclp_adapter are never launched regardless of the diag mode. HPUXFCNativeIndicationProvider always monitors natively the hardware and generates WBEM events. The reverse wrapper, FC_Wbemwrapper, may be launched depending on the connected hardware. This reverse wrapper converts the WBEM event to the corresponding EMS event.
Table 27 WBEM provider related documents Description Location CIM Tutorial http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim Information about HP WBEM Services http://software.hp.com and http://www.hp.com Overview of the indication Schema http://www.openpegasus.org/uploads/40/3452/WBEMIndications.
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