HP 5300A User Manual

Release Notes – Smart Array 5300A Backplane RAID Controllers

Part Number: AV-RT16E-TE / 192268-003

Sixth Edition (April 2004)

These release notes provide supplemental and updated information for the Smart Array 5300A RAID controller product not available elsewhere. Smart Array 5300A (SA5300A) controllers are modular in design and are shipped in one of two product configurations for use in supported Alpha systems. The 3X–KZPDC–BE (SA5302A/128) is a two channel U3 SCSI controller with 128MB of installed cache. The 3X–KZPDC–DF controller (SA5304A/256) provides four channels of SCSI device interconnect and includes 256MB of cache.

Note: Be sure to review the product documentation and to check the Smart Array 5300A product web site for updates before installing these controllers into your Alpha system.

The Smart Array 5300A controller product home page is located at:

http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/products/storage/sa5300a/

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Release Notes – Smart Array 5300A Backplane RAID Controllers Sixth Edition (April 2004) Part Number: AV-RT16E-TE / 192268-003

Intended Audience 1

KZPDC Product Updates 1

KZPDC Product Components 1

Controller Firmware Support 1 Alpha System Firmware Support 2 Operating System Support 2 Tru64 UNIX Software Components 3 OpenVMS Software Components 4 Runtime Utility Support 5 Tru64 UNIX Utility Components 5 OpenVMS Utility Components 6 Web Browser Support 8 KZPDC Event Translation Support 8

Supported HP Alpha Systems 9

KZPDC Product Issues and Restrictions 10

Platform Specific Issues and Restrictions 10 DS20E System Issues 10 GS80, GS160 and GS320 System Issues 10 ES47, ES80 and GS1280 System Issues 11 Alpha System Firmware Issues and Restrictions 11 Tru64 UNIX Issues and Restrictions 12 OpenVMS Issues and Restrictions 12 Runtime Utility Issues and Restrictions 12 Firmware Issues and Restrictions 13 Storage Enclosure Issues and Restrictions 14 Hardware and Connection Details 15

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Intended Audience

This document is intended for customers who install, use, or troubleshoot the KZPDC SmartArray 5300A controller product in Alpha systems. It describes KZPDC product updates and known issues or restrictions when using the controller within particular system configurations.

KZPDC Product Updates

This release announces several Smart Array 5300A product updates which are documented more fully later in these notes. These updates include:

New controller firmware, version 3.40, is available for download from the

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Smart Array controller for Alpha systems home page. Updated versions of the Smart Array OpenVMS runtime utilities are available

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which resolve prior incompatibilities between the version 3 OpenVMS Management Agent kit and the Smart Array Configuration Utility. Full support up to platform controller limits is now provided in the OpenVMS

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Smart Array runtime utilities for KZPDC installations on ES47, ES80, and GS1280 systems. Introducing OpenVMS version 7.3-2 support for the KZPDC controller which

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provides FastPath functionality for improved performance.

• New KZPDC Alpha system support

installations on the GS80, GS160, and GS320 platform.

for OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX

KZPDC Product Components

Controller Firmware Support

Smart Array 5300A controller firmware version 3.40 is available as an update for the KZPDC controller. Note that the KZPDC option kit presently ships with version 2.94 firmware.

Controller firmware v3.40 is a recommended update for KZPDC controller installations on all supported Alpha system platforms under OpenVMS or Tru64 UNIX.

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The v3.40 firmware image may be obtained from the Smart Array 5300A product web site or on the V6.6 Alpha Firmware CD in the OPTIONS subdirectory. Two examples of the controller firmware update command syntax are presented below. Both examples employ the Loadable Firmware Utility (LFU) function of the Alpha SRM console.

The first example will update controller instance PYA0 with the v3.40 image after booting the V6.6 Alpha Firmware CD in CD-ROM device DQA0 on any supported Alpha system:

UPD> update pya0 -p iso9660:[OPTIONS]kzpdc340.sys/dqa0

The second example employs the firmware image available on the Smart Array 5300A web site and assumes that the update media is a floppy disk in device DVA0. After unpacking the .zip archive of the v3.40 firmware image place the file onto a MS-DOS (FAT) formatted floppy disk. Place the disk into your Alpha system floppy drive and execute the following command after entering the LFU. Note that it is required to specify the .bin file extension of the firmware image. The example updates KZPDC controller instance PYC0.

UPD> update pyc0 -p fat:kzpdc340.bin/dva0

Alpha System Firmware Support

It is recommended that all Alpha system environments hosting the KZPDC product be updated using SRM firmware from the V6.6 (or later) Alpha Firmware CD release. The V6.6 release firmware for Alpha systems is downloadable from the following locations:

http://www.itrc.hp.com

http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/

Operating System Support

Smart Array 5300A controllers may be configured for operation under Tru64 UNIX version 5.1A or version 5.1B. OpenVMS support is available in versions

7.3-1 and 7.3-2 of the operating system. The product may be employed either as the system boot controller or as a data only array controller in all supported OS environments. Installation requirements vary, however, depending on the system environment under consideration when the SA5300A product is first installed.

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