HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator B.11.23.03f Release Notes (April 2009)

Limitations
The following information is for revision B.11.23.03f of the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator:
• iSCSI usage of IPSec is supported on HP-UX, however, the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator
has not been tested with IPSec due to the lack of iSCSI targets that support IPSec.
Support of IPSec with the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator is dependent on the availability
of iSCSI targets that support IPSec and target vendor testing of the HP-UX iSCSI Software
Initiator with those targets.
• The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator does not support IPv6 addresses.
• The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator does not support the definition of the boot, root, primary
swap, dump, or var volumes on iSCSI physical volumes.
Known Problems and Workarounds
• Problem: For HFS file systems residing on LVM logical volumes that are defined on iSCSI
physical volumes, fsclean retries the open for the physical volume to become available,
on 10 second intervals, for a total of 360 seconds. This prolongs the system startup time,
depending on the number of HFS file systems configured.
Workaround: Install patch PHKL_32855.
• Problem: During system startup, the system cannot run fsck on VxFS file systems residing
on iSCSI devices, causing the bcheckrc to drop the control into a shell. This requires manual
intervention to continue with the boot. This defect exists on HP-UX 11i v2 with JFS 3.5 only.
Workaround: Install patch PHCO_32912.
Installation Requirements
You must install the following patches, or any superseding patches, along with revision B.11.23.03f
of the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator:
• PHCO_32912
• PHKL_32855
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