Quantum STORNEXT FX 2.2 User Manual
Contents
Release Notes
Product StorNext FX 2.2
Date May 2010
Purpose of This Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Xsan Metadata Controller/SNFX Client Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Resolved Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Contacting Quantum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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StorNext FX 2.2 Release Notes
6-01663-04 Rev A
May 2010
Purpose of This Release
StorNext FX is client-only software that is licensed to run in Apple Xsan
managed environments and used with an Apple metadata controller.
StorNext FX 2.2 is a maintenance release which resolves a number of issues and
updates the list of supported operating systems and platforms.
Visit www.quantum.com/ServiceandSupport
updates for StorNext.
Operating System Requirements
The following table shows the supported operating systems, kernel versions,
CPU type and StorNext FX client versions for StorNext FX 2.2.
for additional information and
2 Purpose of This Release
StorNext FX 2.2 Release Notes
6-01663-04 Rev A
May 2010
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All releases of RHEL4 and RHEL5 except RHEL4 Update 8 and RHEL5 Update 4 have a
possible silent data corruption issue as documented in Product Alert #20. Quantum
recommends that users migrate to RHEL4 Update 8 or RHEL5 Update 4 as soon as
possible. Also, note that the “Xen” virtualization software is not supported for RHEL 4
and RHEL 5.
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SLES 10 SP1 (and earlier) and SP2 kernels earlier than 37 are sensitive to the same
silent data corruption issue documented in Product Alert #20. The problem has been
fixed in SP2 that includes level 2.6.16.60-0.37_f594963d, in SLES 10 SP3, and in the
SLES 11 releases. There is no recommended workaround at this time.
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A "roll" of a particular digit is not indicative that a new SLES service pack has been
declared by Novell. The kernel revisions listed in this document are typically (but not
always), the first kernel revision of the service pack. Later revisions within the service
pack are typically, but not always, supported.
Note: For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 or 5, before
installing StorNext you must first install the kernel header files (shipped
as the kernel-devel-smp or kernel-devel RPM).
For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, you must first install
the kernel source code (typically shipped as the kernel-source RPM).
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