HP-UX WBEM Fibre-Channel Provider Release Notes, September 2010

• Supports Indication provider (FC-IP) feature
This feature generates indications whenever the events of interest occur in the Fibre Channel
subsystems.
• Reports data for the subsystem.
• Supports HP-UX WBEM services to provide Web access to HP-UX data for management clients.
• Used by HP Software Management clients, HP System Insight Manager (SIM), HP System
Management HomePage (SMH), and others.
• Supports WBEM 2.5 services security features to control access to HP-UX data.
What's New in This Release
Following changes are applicable for the current version of the product:
• Fibre-Channel Indication provider generate indications during stand-alone Fibre-Channel
Virtual port failure.
• Fibre-Channel Instance provider and Consolidated Status provider does not obtain
Fibre-Channel Virtual port details available on Itanium-based legacy and NGIS servers. For
more information about legacy and NGIS servers, see Table 3 (page 5).
In addition to these changes, defects are fixed in the current version of the product. For information
about the defect fixes, see “Defects Fixed in This Version” (page 8).
Installing HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider
The latest WBEM FC Provider depot is available for download on the OE media. It is also available
on the Web for download at: http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/
hpsim/dl_hpux.html#managed
For more information on installing the providers, see the Website at: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/
portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=FCPROVIDER01
Hardware Requirements and OS Support
Table 2 and Table 3 lists the OS and platform support information for the Fibre-Channel provider.
Table 2 Fibre-Channel Provider OS Requirement
Mode of DeliverySupported OSProduct NameProvider
ISUHP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3FCPROVIDER01Fibre-Channel Provider
ISUHP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3FCPROVIDER01Fibre-Channel
Indication Provider
ISUHP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3FCPROVIDER01Fibre-Channel
Consolidated Status
Provider (CSP)
Table 3 Fibre-Channel Provider Supported Platforms
Supported PlatformsProduct NameProvider Name
HP 9000 serversFCPROVIDER01Fibre-Channel Provider
• rp3410
• rp3440
• rp4410
• rp4440
• rp7405
• rp7410
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