HP-UX WBEM Mass Storage Providers Release Notes, September 2008

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Defects Fixed in This Version

The following defects are fixed in the Mass Storage providers for September 2008 release. To

view the entire details of each defect fix, refer to the HP IT Resource Center at: http://

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Table 1-3 September 2008 Defect Fixes for HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 OS

DescriptionDefect ID

RAIDSA Provider generates a core when the ioctl call fails, and the number of file

descriptors opened are more than the maximum number of file descriptors that can be

opened. This scenario is an exception case which is observed only when the ioctl call fails

multiple times. This defect is fixed on HP-UX 11i v3 OS.

QXCR1000768317

The SMH web page reports system status as Major when SCSI cards are not installed on

HP-UX 11i v3 OS. This defect is fixed and the status is displayed as OK on the SMH web

page when SCSI cards are not installed.

QXCR1000805651

The Fibre-Channel Consolidated Status Provider (FC-CSP) reports incorrect operational

status if FC cards are not installed on HP-UX 11i v3 OS. This defect is fixed and the provider

reports the consolidated status as OK if FC cards are not installed on HP-UX 11i v3 OS.

QXCR1000805664

The getInstance( ) method fails for non-mpt based SCSI Card on HP-UX 11i v3 OS.

This defect is fixed and the getInstance( ) method returns values for non-mpt based

SCSI card.

QXCR1000817243

In the SMH web page, the SCSI HBA shows virtual HBA with mpt only. The vHBAs with

gvsd driver is not displayed on HP-UX 11i v3 OS. This defect is fixed, and the vHBAs with

gvsd driver is displayed.

QXCR1000810886

The LAN Indication provider prevents I/O deletion by the olrad operation on HP-UX 11i

v3 OS. This defect is fixed and the olrad command can now perform I/O deletion even if

the LAN Indication provider is installed on the system.

QXCR1000585416

In the Fibre-Channel provider, the property type of the class HPUX_FCControlledBy is

changed to a string type from a reference type.

QXCR1000749487

The RAIDSA provider was not supporting some RAIDSA HBA model numbers that were

supported by the driver. This defect is fixed in the current release and the provider handles

all model numbers that are supported by the driver. The provider logs a message for any

unsupported model number as Unsupported HBA with model number %d.

QXCR1000819792

The debugging trace log was enabled by default for RAIDSA and SAS providers. This defect

is fixed and the debugging trace log is disabled for RAIDSA and SAS providers.

QXCR1000819510

Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations

There are no known problems and workarounds in the current release.

Following are the limitations of the WBEM Providers:

• The IOTree Instance Provider does not support enumerateInstances and getInstance

methods for the association classes.

• All the instance providers are read-only providers. The providers do not allow users to

modify, create, or delete instances.

• The IOTree Indication Provider generates events for hot-swappable slots only.

• HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider supports GVSD based SCSI vHBAs. For GVSD based SCSI

vHBAs, the properties: Maximum Size, Maximum Width, Maximum Targets Controlled,

Supported Signal Capability, and Current Speed are not applicable. They will either be

displayed as NA or 0.