This README file contains the latest information about installing IBM TotalStorage™ DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.15 for Sun Solaris. Note: Sun Solaris host attachment to the IBM 1722-all models (DS4300), the 1724- all models (DS4100), the 1742-models 90U/90X (DS4500) and the 1815-all models (DS4800) requires the additional purchase of an IBM DS4300/DS4100/DS4500/DS4800 Sun Solaris Host Kit Option. The IBM DS4000 Sun Solaris Host Kit options contain the required IBM licensing to attach a Sun Solaris Host System to the DS4100, DS4300, DS4500 or DS4800 storage subsystems. Please contact your IBM service representative or IBM resellers for purchasing information. Refer to the IBM TotalStorage™ Support Web Site or CD for the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guides for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER. This guide along with the DS4000 Storage Manager program Online Help provide the installation and support information. Last Update: 12/1/2005 Note: The 12/1/2005 version is to document the release of the new DS4000 Storage Manager client program version 09.15.G5.03. Products Supported ---------------------------------------------------------------- | New Model | Old Model | Machine Type | Model | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4800 | N/A | 1815 | 82A, 84A, 82H, 84H | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4500 | FAStT 900 | 1742 | 90X, 90U | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4400 | FAStT 700 | 1742 | 1RX, 1RU | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4300 | FAStT 600 | 1722 | 6LX, 6LU, 6LJ, 60X | | | | | 60U, 60J, 60K, 60L | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4100 | FAStT 100 | 1724 | 100, 1SC | |----------- |-----------|--------------|------------------------| | N/A | FAStT 500 | 3552 | 1RX, 1RU | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | N/A | FAStT 200 | 3542 | 1RX, 1RU, 2RX and 2RU | ------------ --------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: - The DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware version 05.40.xx.xx and earlier along with its associated NVSRAM files should not be loaded into DS4000 storage subsystems connected to DS4000 EXP100 drive expansion enclosures. - For the DS4300 with Standard(base) or Turbo options, the DS4400 and the DS4500 storage subsystems connected to the DS4000 EXP100 drive expansion enclosures, the latest controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx and its associated NVSRAM file must be used. In addition, the DS4100 storage server - all models (Standard/dual-controller and Single Controller) are now supporting the controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx. - For the DS4300 storage subsystems with Single Controller option, the controller firmware version 05.34.xx.xx and its associated NVSRAM file must be used. Do not attempt to download the controller firmware version 06.1x.xx.xx into these DS4300 storage subsystem models with single controller option. - For the FAStT200 (M/T 3542-all models) and FAStT500 (M/T 3552-all models) storage subsystems, the controller firmware version 05.30.xx.xx and its associated NVSRAM file must be used. Do not attempt to download the controller firmware version 06.1x.xx.xx into these DS4000 storage subsystems. CONTENTS -------- 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Unattended Mode 6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 7.0 Trademarks and Notices 8.0 Disclaimer ======================================================================= 1.0 Overview -------------- 1.1 Overview -------------- This IBM Storage Manager release includes the latest version of IBM DS4000 Storage Manager host software for Sun Solaris. The IBM TotalStorage™ DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.15 for Sun Solaris™ software package is required for managing the DS4800 storage subsystems with controller firmware version 06.15.xx.xx. It is also required for managing the following DS4000 storage subsystems - the DS4100 with standard (dual controller) or single-controller option, the DS4300 with standard (base) or Turbo options, the DS4400 and the DS4500 - with controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx installed. The Solaris CD-ROM directory contains the files necessary for installing the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Software version 9 in the Sun Solaris Operating System (OS) environment. The DS4000 storage subsystem controller Firmware and NVSRAM files are located in the FIRMWARE and NVSRAM CD-ROM directories. These host software and DS4000 storage subsystem firmware files are also available for download from the IBM TotalStorage™ DS4000 Support web site - http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/. The IBM DS4000 TotalStorage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER is also available on IBM's Support web site as a downloadable Portable Document format (PDF) file. This guide along with the DS4000 Storage Manager program Online Help provide the installation and support information. In addition, the Docs directory in the DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9.15 Support for SUN Solaris CD-ROM also contains others DS4000 publications that provide helpful information. The latest versions of these files are available on IBM TotalStorage™ DS4000 Support web site as PDF files. IMPORTANT: This release of IBM DS4000 Storage Manager host software supports all DS4000 storage subsystems with general released firmware versions from 04.01.xx.xx up to 06.15.xx.xx. Refer to the IBM DS4000 Support Web Site for latest DS4000 controller firmware and NVSRAM files for IBM machine types 1722, 1724, 1742, 1815, 3542 and 3552. The following table shows the first four digits of the latest controller firmware versions that are currently available for various models of the DS4000 storage subsystems. --------------------------------------------------- | | Controller firmware version | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4000 | | | storage subsystem| | | Model | | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4800 (1815) | 06.15.xx.xx | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4500 (1742) | 06.12.xx.xx | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4400 (1742) | 06.12.xx.xx | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4300 Turbo | 06.12.xx.xx | | Option (1722) | | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4300 | 06.12.xx.xx | | Standard Option | | | (1722) | | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4300 Single | 05.34.xx.xx | | Controller Opt. | (for DS4300 SCU | | (1722) | only) | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4100 (1724) | 06.12.xx.xx | | (standard dual | (for SCU model, 06.12.16.xx | | and single | or higher) | | controller Opt.)| | |------------------|--------------------------------| | FAStT500 (3552) | 05.30.xx.xx | |------------------|--------------------------------| | FAStT200 (3542) | 05.30.xx.xx | --------------------------------------------------- Note: New features that are introduced with the controller firmware version 06.15.xx.xx or later will not be available for any DS4000 storage subsystem controllers without the controller firmware version 06.15.xx.xx installed. Similarly, new features that are introduced with the controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx or later will not be available for any DS4000 storage subsystem controllers without the controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx installed. ======================================================================= 1.2 Limitations ---------------- IMPORTANT: The listed limitations are cumulative. However, they are listed by the DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware and Storage Manager host software releases to indicate which controller firmware and Storage Manager host software release that they were first seen and documented. New limitations with version 09.15.xx.06 release for DS4000 controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx and 06.15.xx.xx release 1. The following error message may be encountered under certain conditions when attempting to create a 2 TB LUN using the Create Logical drive wizard in the Subsystem Management window: "Error 4 - The operation cannot complete because of an incorrect parameter in the command sent to the controller." To avoid this error message, you must take certain steps while using the Create Logical Drive wizard to create a 2 TB LUN. Within the Specify Capacity/Name window within the create logical drive wizard, you must not manually specify the numeric value '2' in the New logical drive capacity field in tandem with the "TB" Units designator. If you do this, the Error 4 message will be issued and you will be unable to create the 2 TB LUN. Click on the up or down arrows next to the input field to select the desire capacity instead. When using the arrows, the program will display the correct maximum logical drive capacity value that can be specified for a given capacity unit (TB, GB, or MB). New limitations with Storage Manager version 9.15.xx.xx and DS4000 controller firmware version 06.15.xx.xx release None New limitations with Storage Manager version 9.14.xx.05 and DS4000 controller firmware version 06.14.xx.xx release None New limitations with Storage Manager version 9.12.xx.08 and DS4000 controller firmware version 06.12.03.xx release 1. Do not cut and paste the information in the DS4000 Storage Manager online help into the DS4000 Storage Manager script command window or into the text file that will be used as input for the SMcli script engine. Extra space may be inserted in the required parameter names which will cause error(s) during the script command execution. (267873) 2. In the configuration that have both SATA-technology drives (EXP100) and Fibre-Channel technology drives (EXP700/EXP710/DS4100) behind the same DS4000 storage subsystem, do not download drives firmware to both SATA-technology drives and Fibre-Channel(FC) technology drives at the same time. Download the drive firmware to drives of a single drive technology (either SATA or FC) at a time. 3. Currently, IBM does not support Gold key Premium Feature as a chargeable upgrade. The Gold key Premium Feature is enable or disable depending on the DS4000 storage subsystem models. 4. The Asynchronous Remote Mirroring utility, asyncRVMUtil, is not supported. This utility is used to automatically synchronize the logical drives in the Remote Mirroring pairs. Please contact IBM representatives or resellers for the support of this utility in the future. New limitations with Storage Manager version 9.10.xx.05 and DS4000 controller firmware version 06.10.11.xx release 1. Do not update the DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware to version 06.1x.xx.xx from versions 05.4x.xx.xx or earlier if the exp700 esm firmware of the attached exp700 was not at 9326. If the EXP700 ESM firmware is earlier than the 9326 versions, the EXP700 enclosure and the installed drives may not be displayed in the DS4000 subsystem management window after the controller firmware is upgraded to 06.1x.xx.xx version. The workaround is to update the EXP700 ESM firmware to the 9326 version first before upgrading the controller firmware to version 06.1x.xx.xx. (260160 - 82841) 2. When connecting the EXP100 drive expansion enclosures, one must set the single digit (X1) of the enclosure ID to unique values. This is to prevent the possibility that one of the drives in the EXP100 enclosures be assigned the same ALPA as the DS4000 controller blade under certain DS4000 storage subsystem reboot scenarios. (261188) New limitations with Storage Manager version 9.10.xx.02 and DS4000 controller firmware version 06.10.06.xx release 1. The DS4000 Copy Service RVM is not supported at this time for the DS4100 and the DS4300 storage subsystem with Standard or Single Controller options. (Note: With the release of the controller firmware version 06.12.16.00 or higher, the DS4100 with standard option is now supported Copy Service Remote Mirroring and VolumeCopy premium features.) 2. In the Storage Manager version 9 client Subsystem Management window, the preferred owner of a defined logical drive can not be changed if the logical drive is not managed by the preferred owner/controller. The Storage Manager client will grey-out (not allowing one to select) the controller that is currently managing the logical drive in the selection list of the new preferred owner/controller. One is allowed to only select the controller that is not managing the logical to be the new preferred owner. There is no work-around. 3. Concurrent firmware download (downloading firmware/NVSRAM to the DS4000 storage subsystem controllers with IOs to the host servers) is not supported when upgrading the controller firmware from a 05.xx.xx.xx version to a 06.1x.xx.xx version. ALL IOs must be stopped during the version 06.1x.xx.xx controller firmware upgrade from a 05.xx.xx.xx version. Note: For Sun Solaris hosts, concurrent firmware download is supported only when upgrading controller firmware between a 05.40.xx.xx version to another 5.40.xx.xx version, from a 05.41.5x.xx version to another 5.41.5x.xx version or from a 05.42.xx.xx version to another 5.42.xx.xx version or from a 06.1x.xx.xx version to another 6.1x.xx.xx version. 4. Do not pull or inserting drives during the drive firmware download. In addition, ALL IOs must also be stopped during the drive firmware download. Otherwise, drives may be shown as missing, unavailable or failed. 5. Controller diagnostics will not run in a DS4000 storage subsystem with single controller. 6. When instructed to remove and reinsert or to replace a hard drive, wait at least 70 seconds before inserting either the removed existing drive or the new drive into the drive slot. Then, wait up to 3 minutes for the drive to be spun up, recognized by the DS4000 storage subsystem and displayed in the Subsystem Management window before repeating the process for another hard drive. There is no work-around. Similarly, wait at least 70 seconds before reinserting either the removed existing ESM module or the new ESM module into the empty ESM slot in the EXP drive expansion enclosure. Then, wait up to 3 minutes for the ESM CRU to be recognized by the DS4000 storage subsystem and displayed in the Subsystem Management window before repeating the process for another ESM. There is no work-around. 7. Staged firmware and NVSRAM download function is not available on the DS4400 (machine type 1742) models with firmware 06.1x.00.00 in conjunction with IBM Storage Manager 09.1x.xx.xx. 8. Veritas DMP version 4.0 is not supported with Storage Manager version 9.10.xx.02 and controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx. It is supported Storage Manager version 9.12.xx.xx and higher in conjunction with controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx and higher. Limitations with Storage Manager version 8.4x.xx.xx (and earlier) and DS4000 controller firmware version 05.4x.xx.xx (and earlier) releases 1. Host groups can not be created at the default group level. Host groups MUST be created at the storage system level. If the storage partitioning premium feature is not enable, the default host group must be set to the correct host type. 2. RDAC and dynamic multipathing (DMP) coexistence is not supported. 3. Dynamic multipathing (DMP) requires the installation of VERITAS Volume Manager. 4. Dynamically changing the cache read ahead multiplier setting via the storage manager client may result in an error message indicating the operation has failed. Despite the error message, the request to change the cache read ahead multiplier will remain queued to the controllers and will eventually complete when I/O activity to the storage subsystem has subsided. In order to avoid the error message and any delays in the cache read ahead multiplier value changing, it is recommended to change the cache read ahead multiplier when the subsystem is in a quiesced state. 5. This following behavior applies for the direct Fibre Channel connection setup between the DS4300 storage subsystem host ports and the server HBA ports only. If all DS4300 host ports are occupied, the DS4300 event log may show "host-side data rate negotiation failed" error when the server is booted up, this is normal error that were generated during the host rate negotiation routine inside the DS4300 storage subsystem. 6. When configuring DS4000 Logical volumes to be used with Veritas Volume Manager on Solaris, the maximum capacity per disk is limited to 999GB. For 1024GB disk group support using Veritas Volume Manager, it is recommended to use multiple disks of sizes less than 999GB. 7. When managing the DS4000 storage subsystems with firmware version 05.3x.xx.xx, the Help window of the Subsystem Management window may not be displayed correctly the topics that are listed as result of executing a full text search. 8. When migrating array(s) from a dual controller DS4000 storage subsystem to a single controller DS4000 storage subsystem, you must first set the preferred owner of the to-be-migrated array(s) to be controller A before inserting it into the drive slots of a single controller DS4000 storage server. Otherwise, the array(s) will not be added to the single controller DS4000 storage subsystem correctly which might cause problems. 9. When managing a single controller DS4000 storage subsystem model, do not use the menu option - Configuration->Automatic... - in the Subsystem Management window to create LUNs. You might not be able to access or manage LUNs that are created this way. 10. After you replace a controller with a new controller in the single controller models of DS4000 storage subsystems, the premium features become unauthorized and are out of compliance. Any premium features not supported by the firmware of the new controller are unavailable. The work- around is to upgrade the firmware in the new controller to the same level as the removed controller and re-enable the premium features using the key files that you were provided when the premium feature was originally enabled. 11. When you migrating drive Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs) from multiple DS4000 storage subsystems into a single destination DS4000 storage subsystems, all of the drive CRUs from the same DS4000 storage subsystem should be moved as a ‘set’ into the new destination DS4000 storage subsystem. Before moving the next ‘set’ of drive CRUs, ensure that all of the drive CRUs for a single ‘set’ have been moved to the destination DS4000 storage subsystem. If drive CRUs are not moved as a ‘set’ to the destination DS4000 storage servers, the newly relocated array may not appear in the Subsystem Management window. 12. Enclosure IDs may be listed incorrectly in the Subsystem Management window, even if the Enclosure ID switch settings appear to be correct. This is because of the physical design and movement of the Enclosure ID switch, it is possible to leave the switch in a “dead zone” between ID numbers, which will return an incorrect Enclosure ID (this value is 0 in most cases) to the storage management software. When setting the Enclosure ID, ensure that the switch has actuated completely and has settled where the value is clearly visible in the viewing window. 13. To download controller firmware, you must select the drive where the firmware is located. If the drive you select does not respond, the File Selection dialog box will revert to the A: drive and display an error message that drive A: is not ready if there are no media in drive A:. 14. You must suspend all I/O while ESM firmware downloads if you select multiple enclosures for downloading ESM firmware. If you select only one enclosure for download at a time, you can download ESM firmware with I/Os. However, IBM recommends that you suspend all I/O activity to perform firmware upgrades. 15. If the EXP100 ESM firmware version is 953x or earlier, no IOs are allowed during the duration that the EXP100 ESMs are being updated with new firmware, including clustering reservation checking IOs. 16. The DS4000 storage subsystem when configured with the DS4000 EXP100 SATA Drive Expansion Unit is currently reporting a higher frequency of informational events such as Destination Driver Events (DDEs) and FibreChannel link up/down events ... in the DS4000 Controller event log compared to the DS4000 storage subsystem configured with Fibre Channel drives. Slower response times of SATA disk drives compared to Fibre Channel disk drives cause higher I/O retries from the DS4000 storage subsystem controllers, resulting in a greater number of informational events logged. In addition, the number of information events reported in the DS4000 storage subsystem event log will also grow in proportion to the increase in I/Os to the Logical Drives. In all cases, the DS4000 storage subsystem controller will always successfully service the timeout I/O on the subsequent retries. 17. When saving the DS4000 storage subsystem event log entries, it may take up to several minutes to save all entries in the event log depending on the DS4000 management workstation resources. However, the DS4000 Storage Manager client GUI will show the completion of the event log saving almost instantly. The work around is to check the file size of the file that the event log entries are saved periodically; if the file size does not change, the event log saving is completed. 18. Do not perform other storage management tasks, such as creating or deleting logical drives, reconstructing arrays, and so on, while downloading the DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware and DS4000 EXP ESM firmware. It is recommended that you close all storage management sessions (other than the session that you use to upgrade the firmware) to the DS4000 storage subsystem that you plan to update. 19. VERITAS Volume Manager with Dynamic Multipathing (DMP) for Sun Solaris is not support for FASTtT100 storage subsystem. Please contact IBM resellers or representatives for the availability of such support in the future. 20. Interoperability with tape devices is supported on separate HBA and switch zones. 21. Interoperability with Shark and SDD Software is supported on separate HBA and switch zones. ======================================================================= 1.3 Enhancements ----------------- The DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.15 host software for Sun Solaris operating systems supports the new version of controller firmware for the DS4100, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500 and DS4800 storage subsystem models to support the new 400G SATA hard drive option/CRU and the new 250G SATA drive CRU. It also supports the controller firmware version 06.12.16.xx or higher for the DS4100 storage subsystem with single controller option. Please refer to the New Features section of the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER for additional information about the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 enhancements. ======================================================================= 1.4 Prerequisites ------------------ This release of IBM DS4000 Storage Manager host software for Sun Solaris was tested on the following Sun servers and Operating System configurations: The minimum requirement is a Sun server with PCI and/or S-Bus Architecture with: 1. 1 GB system memory. 2. 480 Mhz Processor 3. Ethernet network interface card. 4. CDROM drive. 5. Mouse or similar pointing device. For SM8client, at least 120 MB of available on /opt and root-level (superuser) permission is required for installation Ensure the storage management station or the host acting as a storage management station is running one of the following operating systems: 1. Solaris 7.0 with the following patches (minimum versions): a. 106541-23 Kernel jumbo patch. b. 108376-42 (or later) OpenWindows patch. c. 107544-03 SunOS 5.7: /usr/lib/fs/ufs/fsck patch 2. Solaris 8.0 a. Solaris 8 Recommended Patch Cluster (108528-18,111293-04,111310-01,111111-03,108987-12) b. Solaris 8 Maintenance Update (MU) 7 Sun's latest recommended patches and security patches 3. Solaris 9.0 a. 113454 SunOS 5.8 (v.14 or higher) b. Solaris 9 Maintenance Update (MU) 4 Sun's latest recommended patches and security patches 4. The DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.14 and higher host software installer wizard requires the installation of a graphics adapter in the SUN Solaris server for it to run. For SUN Solaris servers without the graphics adapter, individual host software installation packages are provided in the DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9.1x (where x is an appropriate release version like 9.14, 9.15, ... ) Support for SUN Solaris OSes CD under the directory named "/Solaris/Individual packages". These individual host software installation packages can also be downloaded at the IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/ ======================================================================= 1.5 Dependencies ----------------- ATTENTION: 1. DS4000 STORAGE SUBSYSTEM CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION 06.1X.XX.XX REQUIRES THAT THE FIRMWARE VERSION OF AN ATTACHED EXP700 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE MODULE (ESM) BE AT VERSION 9326 OR HIGHER. IF THE EXP700 ESM FIRMWARE IS EARLIER THAN THE 9326 VERSIONS, THE EXP700 ENCLOSURE AND THE INSTALLED DRIVES MAY NOT BE DISPLAYED IN THE DS4000 SUBSYSTEM MANAGEMENT WINDOW AFTER THE CONTROLLER FIRMWARE IS UPGRADED. THE CURRENT RELEASE ESM FIRMWARE VERSION FOR THE EXP700 ESM IS 9327. 2. DS4000 STORAGE SUBSYSTEM CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION 06.1X.XX.XX REQUIRES THAT THE FIRMWARE VERSION OF AN ATTACHED EXP100 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE MODULE (ESM) BE AT VERSION 955X OR HIGHER. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO UPGRADE EXP100 ESM FIRMWARE VERSIONS THROUGH 953X TO VERSION 955X WHEN THE CONTROLLER FIRMWARE IS AT 06.1X.XX.XX. TO DETERMINE THE FIRMWARE LEVEL OF AN EXP100 ESM, IDENTIFY THE PRODUCT LABEL LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE EXP100 ENCLOSURE. ONLY LABELS ON WHICH THE FIELD REPLACEABLE UNIT (FRU) PART NUMBER READS 25R0156 POSITIVELY INDICATE THAT AN ESM MODULE IS RUNNING FIRMWARE VERSION 955X OR HIGHER. IF THERE IS NO LABEL OR THE PART NUMBER ON THE LABEL DOES NOT READ 25R0156, THE ESM MAY STILL HAVE THE FIRMWARE VERSION 955X OR HIGHER IF IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY UPGRADED. IF NECESSARY, CONTACT YOUR IBM REPRESENTATIVE, SUPPORT, OR RESELLERS FOR ASSISTANCE. IN ADDITION, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO UPGRADE THE ESM FIRMWARE FROM VERSION 953X TO VERSION 956X OR LATER DIRECTLY. THE 953X ESM MUST BE UPGRADED TO VERSION 9554 FIRST BEFORE IT CAN BE UPGRADED TO VERSION 956X. 3. CURRENTLY, THE ONLY DS4000 STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE 06.12.XX.XX CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION ARE THE DS4100 - ALL MODELS, THE DS4300 WITH STANDARD (BASE) OR TURBO OPTIONS, THE DS4400 AND THE DS4500. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS CONTROLLER FIRMWARE ON ANY OTHER DS4000 STORAGE SUBSYSTEM. THERE IS NOT ANY CHECKING FOR THIS RESTRICTION INSIDE THE STORAGE MANAGER CLIENT PROGRAM. 4. The only DS4000 storage subsystems that are supported by the 06.14.xx.xx or 06.15.xx.xx controller firmware version are the DS4800 storage subsystems. Currently, there are not any controller firmware packages version 06.14.xx.xx or 06.15.xx.xx for other DS4000 storage subsystems besides the DS4800 subsystems. Do not download this controller firmware on any other DS4000 storage subsystems. 5. Always check the README files (especially the Dependencies section) that are packaged together with the firmware files for any required minimum firmware level requirements and the firmware download sequence for the DS4000 drive expansion enclosure ESM, the DS4000 storage subsystem controller and the hard drive firmware. 6. If the managed DS4000 storage subsystem had the FC/SATA intermix premium feature enable, do not upgrade the controller firmware from version 06.10.xx.xx to version 06.12.xx.xx until a FC/SATA intermix premium feature key file is generated and available. Once the controller firmware is upgraded to version 06.12.xx.xx, the FC/SATA intermix premium feature will be shown as out-of-compliance and the FC/SATA intermix premium feature key file is required to re-enable the feature. When the FC/SATA intermix premium feature is in out-of- compliance state, LUNs management functions like creations, deletions and modifications will not be operational. Please refer to the FC/SATA intermix premium feature activation card that was shipped with the FC/SATA intermix premium feature kit for instructions to generate the required premium key file. 7. The DS4800 storage subsystems do not support the attachment of the DS4000 EXP700 drive expansion enclosures. The EXP700 enclosure must be upgraded into DS4000 EXP710 enclosure using the DS4000 EXP700 Models 1RU/1RX Switched-ESM Option Upgrade Kit before it can be attached to the DS4800 storage subsystems. 8. THE DS4000 STORAGE SERVER WITH CONTROLER FIRMWARE VERSION 05.41.1X.XX MUST BE UPGRADED TO CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION 05.41.5X.XX FIRST BEFORE IT CAN BE UPGRADED TO CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSON 06.1X.XX.XX OR LATER. OTHERWISE, THE ERROR 231-FIRMWARE INCOMPATIBLE WILL BE DISPLAYED. IBM DS4000 Storage Manager host software version 09.1x.xx.xx provides full management support for IBM machine types 3552 and 3542 storage controllers that have at least firmware version 04.01.xx.xx, IBM Machine type 1742-900 and 1742 storage controllers that have at least firmware version 05.00.04.xx, IBM Machine type 1722 storage controllers that have at least firmware version 05.3x.xx.xx, IBM Machine type 1724 storage controllers that have at least firmware version 05.42.xx.xx or IBM Machine type 1815 storage controllers that have at least firmware version 06.14.xx.xx. The only IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 09.1x.xx.xx supported management function on controllers with firmware version 04.xx.xx.xx to 04.00.02.xx is controller firmware and NVSRAM download. ======================================================================= 2.0 Change History --------------------- This is the latest release of IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 for Sun Solaris. Version 09.15.xx.x6 dated 12/01/2006 - Support the DS4100, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500 and DS4800 controller firmware versions that provide support for the new 400G SATA drive options and CRUs (P/Ns 39M4570 and 39M4575, respectively) in addition to the new 250G SATA drive CRUs (P/N 40K6837.) This new 250G SATA drive CRU is functionally equivalent to the previously-released CRUs (P/N 90P1349). Note: The drive enclosure EXP100 ESM must also be updated to version 9563 or later. - Support controller firmware version 06.12.16.xx or higher on the DS4100 storage subsystem with Single Controller option - The DS4100 storage subsystem with standard option is now supported the DS4000 Copy Services Remote Mirroring and VolumeCopy premium features. - Fix defect C291078 (90136/89954) - when managing DS4000 controllers with firmware version 06.10.xx.xx or 06.12.xx.xx installed, highlighting the selected drive firmware update package will result in no drives being listed as compatible in the select drives for firmware updating window. - Fix defect C290432 (91773) SM9_R3 MIB Naming violation causing compilation failure - Fix defect 87085 (~86641) Unable to see free capacity node of a migrated logical drive/array - Fix 87313 (~87099) RVM Repository Volume Cache States are missing from Array - Add 87941 (~85376) Support Diagnostic Data Capture (DDC) functions in the DS4000 controller firmware - Fix defect 88007 (~87397) (C273843) RVM logical drive status is inconsistent. The storage subsystem profile and RVM logical drive properties status can indicate "Not Available" when GUI fly-over status indicates optimal, mirror synchronized. Some RVM volumes update the status correctly over time while others don't appear to change from the "Not Available" state. - Fix defect 89457 Create FlashCopy wizard Subsystem Management online help incorrect in some circumstances - Fix defect 93883 Not Printing out Stack Trace in Diagnostic Data Capture Version 09.15.xx.x3 dated 6/28/2005 - Support the DS4800 storage subsystems with controller firmware version 06.15.11.xx. With this version of firmware, the DS4800 controllers utilize all of the available data cache memory installed in each controller blade for I/O caching. Previously with controller firmware version 06.14.xx.xx, the DS4800 controllers used only the first 1G bytes of the installed data cache memory per controller for I/O caching. Version 09.14.xx.05 dated 05/17/2005 - Support the DS4800 storage subsystem with controller firmware version 06.14.xx.xx - Support the Enhanced Remote Mirroring feature option on the DS4100 storage subsystem with standard/base option and controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx - Support the FC/SATA intermix feature option on the DS4300 storage subsystem with standard/base option and controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx - Support for Veritas DMP version 4.2 Version 09.12.xx.08 dated 03/18/2005 - Support the DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx - Support the controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx installed in the DS4100 storage subsystems with standard option - Support FC/SATA intermix premium feature activation via premium key file - Added wizard and task assistants in the Storage Manager Client to guide users through common DS4000 storage subsystem management tasks. - Fix defect 268261 - Cannot create Arrays with < 6 drives when using full capacity with Storage Manager 9.10.G5.05 - Fix defect 261426 - Email alert notification mail does not conform to RFC 821 and 822 rules. Placement with a semi-colon at the end of email recipient address causes SMTP mail servers to reject the email as spam. Version 09.10.xx.05 dated 01/17/2005 (for DS4100 base option support) - Support the controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx or higher for the DS4300 storage subsystems with standard option. Support for the attachment of EXP710 drive enclosures to the DS4300 storage subsystems with standard option Version 09.10.xx.05 dated 11/24/2004 - Support for the DS4000 FC/SATA storage expansion enclosure intermix option - Enhance the DS4000 Enhance Remote Mirroring Global Copy and Global mirroring functions - Support for the attachment of EXP100 SATA storage expansion enclosures to the DS4400 storage subsystem - Support the DS4100 storage subsystem with Single Controller option - Support for the increase in the maximum number of EXP100 drive expansion enclosures that can be connected to a DS4100 storage subsystem. The maximum EXP100 drive enclosure that can be connected to DS4100 is now 7 instead of 4 - 254966 (PR 81363) FAStT controllers do not agree on configurations - 256414 (PR 81441) Cannot create new LUN using FSM 9.1 / FW 6.1 - 259611 (PR 82674) Cannot install SM 9.10 because of a defect in Storage Manager host software uninstall - 261681 download allenclosures firmware cmd not working correctly. - hlpct_53466 (PR 80833) tcp port scan causes controllers to reboot - change MIB file name to SM9_10.MIB Version 09.10.xx.02 dated 09/27/2004 - Add a limitation for non-supporting of Veritas DMP version 4.0. Version 09.10.xx.02 dated 08/31/2004 - Enhance Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 also supports Global Copy and Global Mirroring Remote Mirror options. - Parallel hard drive firmware download. - Staged controller firmware download. - Full command-line SMcli support. - Improve DS4000 storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI - Adding additional diagnostic features - Drive Channel status, hard drive sector failure list. Version 08.42.xx.02 dated 08/27/2004 - Support the new DS4000 storage subsystem model - DS4100 (machine type 1724 - model 100.) The DS4100 storage subsystem controller firmware version must be 05.42.07.xx or later. The EXP100 ESM firmware version must be 955x or higher. Version - 08.41.G5.05 dated 05/20/2004 - 73847 - Ancient IO were aborted during watchdog timeout - Support new controller firmware in DS4300 and DS4500 and EXP100 ESM firmware to enable EXP100 full High-availability support. - Support DS4000 Copy Services FlashCopy and VolumeCopy for FAStT storage subsystems that are connected to EXP100 enclosure. Note: The DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware version must be 05.41.5x.xx or higher. The EXP100 ESM firmware version must be 955x or higher. Version - 08.41.G5.04 dated 04/02/2004 - Support controller firmware version 05.34.xx.xx for the DS4300 storage subsystem. With this firmware version, the standard DS4300 models support the following features: - 1 Gb support for fabric switch ports and host bus adapters (HBAs) - FlashCopy premium feature ======================================================================= 2.1 Key Features added to latest release of IBM DS4000 Storage Manager host software. - Support the DS4100, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500 and DS4800 controller firmware versions that provide support for the new 400G SATA drive options and CRUs (P/Ns 39M4570 and 39M4575, respectively) in addition to the new 250G SATA drive CRUs (P/N 40K6837.) This new 250G SATA drive CRU is functionally equivalent to the previously-released CRUs (P/N 90P1349). Note: The drive enclosure EXP100 ESM must also be updated to version 9563 or later. - Support controller firmware version 06.12.16.xx or higher on the DS4100 storage subsystem with Single Controller option - The DS4100 storage subsystem with standard option is now supported the DS4000 Copy Services Remote Mirroring and VolumeCopy premium features. ======================================================================= 2.2 Code levels at time of release are as followed ------------------------------------------------- Starting with the DS4000 storage manager version 9.12, all of the host software packages are included in a single DS4000 Storage Manager host software installer wizard. During the execution of the wizard, the user will have a choice to install all or only certain software packages depending the need for a given server. The version of the host software installer wizard for this release is SMIA-SOL-09.15.05.06.bin. IMPORTANT: The DS4000 Storage Manager host software installer wizard requires the installation of a graphics adapter in the Solaris server for it to run. This wizard will install the following version of the host-software packages 1. IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Client version: 09.15.G5.03 2. IBM DS4000 Storage Manager RDAC version: 09.10.05.01 3. IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Agent version: 09.14.05.03 4. IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Utilities version: 09.14.05.02 5. IBM DS4000 Storage Manager RunTime version: 09.14.05.01 In addition, for DS4000 configurations with SUN Solaris servers using Veritas Volume Manager (DMP) as multipath driver, you have to obtain the correct asl file for DS4000 storage subsystem using the following Veritas Support URL. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/275752.htm For SUN servers without the graphics adapter, individual host software installation packages are also provided in the sub-directory named "Individual packages". These individual host software installation packages can also be downloaded at the IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site. Refer to the http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site for the latest released code levels. Note: A supported IBM SAN FC Switch is required when attaching DS4000 storage subsystems to AIX and non-AIX servers in a Heterogeneous environment. ======================================================================= 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions ----------------------------------------- Note: The web-download Storage Manager version 9.15 host software package must be first unpacked (tar -xvz) into a user-defined directory. Then, go to this directory, locate the Solaris directory to access the Storage Manager version 9.15 host software installation file(s). 3.1 Step-by-step instructions for this code update are as followed ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Install and update the driver for the IBM DS4000 FC Host Bus Adapter. a. Install the hardware by using the instructions that come with the adapter. b. Install the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter driver by using the instructions provided with the adapter. 2. Install the new Storage Manager host software. If there is previous version (7.x, 8.x or 9.1x) of the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager host software (ie. SMRuntime, SMClient, RDAC, SMUtil and SMAgent packages) installed in the system, you have to uninstall it first before installing the new version of the storage manager host software. Refer to the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER for detailed installation instructions. 3. If the managed DS4000 storage subsystem with controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx installed had the FC/SATA intermix premium feature enable, do not continue with the next step until a FC/SATA intermix premium feature key file is generated and available. Once the controller firmware is upgraded to version 06.12.xx.xx, the FC/SATA intermix premium feature will be shown as out-of-compliance and the FC/SATA intermix premium feature key file is required to re-enable the feature. When the FC/SATA intermix premium feature is in out-of- compliance state, LUNs management functions like creations, deletions and modifications will not be operational. Please refer to the FC/SATA intermix premium feature activation card that was shipped with the FC/SATA intermix premium feature kit for instructions to generate the required premium key file. 4. Upgrade the DS4000 storage subsystem firmware in the following order - the DS4000 drive expansion enclosure ESM code, the DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware and NVSRAM and then the hard drive firmware code. Refer to the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER or the online help in the Subsystem Management window for detailed instructions. CAUTION: Always check the README files (especially the Dependencies section) that are packaged together with the firmware files for any required minimum firmware level requirements and the firmware download sequence for the DS4000 drive expansion enclosure ESM, the DS4000 storage subsystem controller and the hard drive firmware. 5. (if applicable) Re-enable the FC/SATA intermix premium feature using the premium key file. Refer to the http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site for the the latest DS4000 Storage Manager host software, the DS4000 controllers firmware, the drive expansion enclosure ESM firmware and the hard disk drive code. ======================================================================= 3.2 Supported FC HBAs for Sun Solaris platforms only ----------------------------------------------------- IBM has tested configurations with the following Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters, device drivers and Storage Controller Firmware: 1. Vendor: JNI Model: FCE-6410 33Mhz, FCE2-6410 33Mhz, 64-Bit, FCE2-6412 66Mhz Storage Controller Firmware: 04.01.0x.xx, 05.xx.xx.xx, 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 Driver: 4.1.3 2. Vendor: JNI Model: FCE-6460 PCI 64-Bit Storage Controller Firmware: 05.xx.xx.xx, 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 Driver: 5.3.1 3. Vendor: JNI Model: FCE-1473 S-Bus 64-Bit Storage Controller Firmware: 05.xx.xx.xx, 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 7.0 , 8.0, 9.0 Driver: 5.3.1 4. Vendor: JNI Model: FCE2-1473 S-Bus 64-Bit Storage Controller Firmware: 05.xx.xx.xx, 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 7.0 , 8.0, 9.0 Driver: 5.3.1 5. Vendor: JNI Model: FCC-6562, FCC2-6562 cPCI 64-Bit Storage Controller Firmware: 05.xx.xx.xx, 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 7.0 , 8.0, 9.0 Driver: 5.3.1 6. Vendor: JNI Model: FCX-6562, FCX2-6562 PCI-X 64-Bit Storage Controller Firmware: 05.xx.xx.xx, 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 Driver: 5.3.1 7. Vendor: QLogic Model: QLA 2342 PCI-X 64-Bit Storage Controller Firmware 05.xx.xx.xx, 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 Driver:4.0.8 8. Vendor: Emulex Model: LP9082 Storage Controller Firmware 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 8.0, 9.0 Driver Version 5.01e 9. Vendor: Emulex Model: LP10000 Storage Controller Firmware 06.1x.xx.xx OS: Solaris 8.0, 9.0 Driver Version 5.01e Note: While attaching a JNI 2Gb HBA to a IBM 2109 FC switch to run at 2 Gb mode, you must force the HBA to become a public loop device. For more information please refer to the Appendix F of the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER for more information. ======================================================================= 3.3 Helpful Hints ------------------ 1. The DS4500 storage subsystem has a new recommended drive-side cabling instruction. The instructions are documented in the IBM TotalStorage DS4500 Storage Subsystem Fibre Channel Cabling Guide (GC26-7813-00 or IBM P/N 39M6031.) Please follow the cabling instructions in this publication to cable the new DS4500 setup. If you have an existing DS4500 setup with four drive side minuhub installed that was cabled according to the previously recommended cabling instructions, please schedule down time as soon as possible to make changes to the drive side FC cabling. Refer to the IBM TotalStorage DS4500 Storage Subsystem Fibre Channel Cabling Guide for more information. 2. The DS4000 Storage Management dialog windows may be displayed cropped without the vertical and horizontal scroll bars. Just move the mouse pointer over the edge of the window until the mouse pointer change to window resize pointer, left click and hold to grip the window edge to resize it. 3. If you are unable to see the maximum number of drives during Automatic Configuration, you should be able to use Manual Configuration to select individual drives and select the maximum number of drives allowed. 4. Fabric topology zoning requirement. To avoid possible problem at the host level, all Fibre Channel Switches must be zoned such that a single host bus adapter can only access one controller per storage array. In addition, this zoning requirement also ensures the maximum number of host connections can be seen and log into the controller FC host port. This is because if a FC HBA port is seen by both controller A and B host ports, it will be counted as two host connections to the storage subsystem - one for controller A port and one for controller B port. Note: The DS4000 storage subsystems DS4500, DS4400 and FAStT500 (IBM machine type 1742 and 3552) have two ports per controller - one per minihub slot. The DS4000 storage subsystems DS4300 (IBM machine type 1722) and DS4100 (IBM machine type 1724) have two ports per controller. The DS4000 storage subsystem FAStT200 (IBM machine type 3542) has only one port per controller. The DS4000 storage subsystem DS4800 (IBM machine type 1815) has four ports per controller. 5. For partitioning in clusters. The partition must be done on the host group level not on the host level. This will allow all cluster hosts to see the same storage. 6. Do not delete the Access LUN or Access Volume. The Access LUN is required by the SMclient to communicate with the storage controllers when using the in-band management method. 7. Depending on the storage subsystem that you have purchased, you may have to purchase the FAST storage partitioning premium feature option or an option to upgrade the number of supported partitions in a storage subsystem. Please see IBM Marketing representatives or IBM resellers for more information. - IBM DS4100 storage subsystem (machine type 1724): The standard configuration does not have the FAST storage partitioning premium enabled. Four partition, eight partition, sixteen and an upgrade from four to eight partition storage partitioning premium feature options can be purchased. - IBM DS4300 storage subsystem (machine type 1722): The standard configuration does not have the FAST storage partitioning premium enabled. Four partition, eight partition, sixteen and an upgrade from four to eight partition storage partitioning premium feature options can be purchased. The IBM DS4300 Turbo option comes with 8 partition storage partitioning premium option installed. An upgrade to 64 partitions can be purchased for the IBM DS4300 Turbo option. - IBM FAStT200, FAStT500, and DS4400 storage subsystems (machine type 3542, 3552 and 1742 - models 1RU and 1RX, respectively): The standard configuration has 64 partitions storage partitioning premium option installed. No additional storage partitioning premium feature options can be purchased for these storage subsystems. - IBM DS4500 storage subsystem (machine type 1742 - models 90X and 90U): The standard configuration has 16 partition storage partitioning premium option installed. An upgrade from 16 to 64 partition storage partitioning premium feature option can be purchased. - IBM DS4800 storage subsystem (machine type 1815): Depending on the ordering channels, the 1815 storage subsystem is either shipped with 8 storage partitions or with a user selected 8, 16 or 64 storage partitions. If the subsystem is ordered with less than 64 partitions, an upgrade from 8 to 16, 8 to 64 or 16 to 64 partition storage partitioning premium feature option can be purchased. 8. Subsystems using dynamic multipathing (DMP) for the failover driver will need to manually do target and LUN definition in /kernel/drv/sd.conf. 9. When installing the SMibmasl.pkg the Solaris host will need a reboot -- -r. 10. To improve the reboot time of Sun 4800 Sunfire server or Sun servers with Solaris 9 installed, remove all ghost targets and LUNs from /kernel/drv/sd.conf file. Failure to remove ghost targets and LUNs may increase the boot time of the Sun servers. 11. Target volumes for VolumeCopy premium feature need the volume permissions changed. By default the VolumeCopy is set to read-only. The target volume permission for the VolumeCopy must be changed to read-write. 12. The DS4000 controller host ports or the Fibre Channel HBA ports can not be connected to a Cisco FC switch ports with "trunking" enable. You might encounter failover and failback problems if you do not change the Cisco FC switch port to "non-trunking" using the following procedure: a. Launch the Cicso FC switch Device Manager GUI. b. Select one or more ports by a single click. c. Right click the port(s) and select Configure, a new window pops up d. Select the "Trunk Config" tab from this window, a new window opens e. In this window under Admin, select the "non-trunk" radio button, it is set to auto by default. f. Refresh the entire fabric. 13. When making serial connections to the DS4000 storage controller, the baud rate is recommended to be set at either 38200 or 57600. Note: Do not make any connections to the DS4000 storage subsystem serial ports unless it is instructed by IBM Support. Incorrect use of the serial port might result in lost of configuration, and possibly, data. 14. All drive enclosures on any given loop should have complete unique ID's assigned to them. For example, in a maximum configured DS4500 storage server, enclosures on one redundant drive loop should be assigned with id's 10-17 and enclosures on the second drive loop should be assigned with id's 20-27. Enclosures id's 00 ~ 09 should not be used and enclosure id's with the same single digit such as 11 and 21 should not be used on the same drive loop. 15. The ideal configuration for SATA drives is one drive in each EXP per array, one logical drive per array and one OS disk partition per logical drive. This configuration minimizes the random head movements that increase stress on the SATA drives. As the number of drive locations to which the heads have to move increases, application performance and drive reliability may be impacted. If more logical drives are configured, but not all of them used simultaneously, some of the randomness can be avoided. SATA drives are best used for long sequential reads and writes. 16. IBM recommends at least one hot spare per EXP100 drive expansion enclosure. A total of 15 hot-spares can be defined per DS4000 storage subsystem configuration. 17. Starting with the DS4000 Storage Manager (SM) host software version 9.12 or later, the Storage Manager client script window looks for the files with the file type of ".script" as the possible script command files. In the previous versions of the DS4000 Storage Manager host software, the script window looks for the file type ".scr" instead. (i.e. enableAVT.script for SM 9.12 or later vs. enableAVT.scr for pre-SM 9.12) ======================================================================= 4.0 Configuration Information ----------------------------- 4.1 Configuration Settings -------------------------- 1. By default the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager SMClient program does not automatically map logical drives. This means that the logical drives are not automatically presented to host servers. a. For a new installation, after creating new arrays and logical drives, create a storage partition with the host type of Sun-Solaris and map the logical drives to this partition. b. If you are upgrading the NVSRAM with Storage Partitions, you may have to change the default host type to match the host system OS. After upgrading the NVSRAM, the default host type is reset to Windows 2000/Server 2003 non-clustered for DS4000 storage server with controller firmware version 06.14.xx.xx or later. For DS4000 storage server with controller firmware version 06.12.xx.xx or earlier, it is reset to Windows non-clustered (SP5 or higher), instead. Refer to the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager online help to learn more about creating storage partitions and changing host types. 2. When you are configuring IBM machine type 1722, 1724, 1742, 1815, 3542 or 3552 storage controllers as boot devices, contact IBM support for supported configurations and instructions for configuring IBM storage controllers as boot devices. 3. Running script files for specific configurations. Apply the appropriate scripts to your subsystem based on the instructions you have read in the publications or any instructions in the operating system readme file. A description of each script is shown below. - SameWWN.scr: Setup RAID controllers to have the same World Wide Names. The World Wide Names (node) will be the same for each controller pair. The NVSRAM default sets the RAID controllers to have the same World Wide Names. - DifferentWWN.scr: Setup RAID controllers to have different World Wide Names. The World Wide Names (node) will be different for each controller pair. The NVSRAM default sets the RAID controllers to have the same World Wide Names. - EnableDriveMigration.scr: The Enable drive migration script scans the drives for configurations when they are added to a storage system and will also attempt to use configurations found on the newly added drives. The NVSRAM default will enable drive migration. - DisableDriveMigration.scr: The disable drive migration script allows the addition of disk drives while the system is running. In addition, it identifies the drives as unused capacity regardless of past drive configuration. The NVSRAM default will enable drive migration. - EnableAVT_W2K_S2003_noncluster.scr: The script will enable automatic logical drive transfer (AVT/ADT) for the Windows 2000/Server 2003 non- cluster heterogenous host region. The default setting is to disable AVT for this heterogenous host region. This setting is one of the requirements for setting up the remote boot or SAN-boot. Do not use this script unless it is specifically mentioned in the applicable instructions. (This script can be used for other host type if modifications are made in the script, replacing the Windows 2000/Server 2003 non-cluster host type with the appropriate host type that needs to have AVT/ADT enabled) - DisableAVT_W2K_S2003_noncluster.scr: The script will disable the automatic logical drive transfer (AVT) for the Windows 2000/Server 2003 non-cluster heterogenous host region. This script will reset the Windows 2000/Server 2003 non-cluster AVT setting to the default. (This script can be used for other host type if modifications are made in the script, replacing the Windows 2000/Server 2003 non- cluster host type with the appropriate host type that needs to have AVT/ADT disabled) 4. When you are configuring IBM machine type 1722, 1724, 1742, 1815 or 3552 storage servers in host cluster Remote Mirror configurations, contact IBM support for supported host cluster configurations and instructions for configuring IBM storage controllers in a clustered Remote Mirror configurations. ======================================================================= 4.2 Unsupported configurations ------------------------------ The following lists configurations that are currently not being supported with IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9.15. 1. The DS4100 (machine type 1724) storage subsystem does not support the attachment of the DS4000 EXP710, EXP700 and EXP500 (FC) drive expansion enclosure. Please contact IBM representatives or resellers for the availability of such support in the future. 2. The DS4800 (machine type 1815) storage subsystem does not support the attachment of the DS4000 EXP500 and EXP700 (FC) drive expansion enclosure. 3. The DS4100 with Single Controller option does not support the attachment of the DS4000 EXP100 drive expansion enclosures. 4. The DS4300 storage subsystem with Single Controller option does not support the controller firmware version 06.1x.xx.xx. The correct firmware version for these DS4300 storage subsystem models is 05.34.xx.xx. 5. Fibre Channel loop environments with the IBM Fibre Channel Hub, machine type 3523 and 3534, in conjunction with the IBM Fibre Channel Switch, machine types 2109-S16, 2109-F16 or 2109-S8. In this configuration, the hub is connected between the switch and the IBM Fibre Channel RAID Controllers. 6. The IBM Fibre Channel hub, machine type 3523, connected to IBM machine type 1722, 1724, 1742, 1815, 3542 and 3552. 7. A configuration in which a server with only one FC host bus adapter connects directly to any DS4000 storage subsystem with dual controllers is not supported. The supported configuration is the one in which the server with only one FC host bus adapter connects to both controller ports of any DS4000 storage subsystem with dual controllers via Fibre Channel (FC) switch (SAN-attached configuration.) Note: The HBA(s) in the Sun server must have FC connection to both controller A and B ports of any DS4000 storage subsystem with dual controllers via FC switch attached or via direct attached. ======================================================================= 5.0 Unattended Mode --------------------- N/A ======================================================================= 6.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number ---------------------------------------- 6.1 IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/ 6.2 IBM TotalStorage™ Marketing Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk 6.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problem applying the update go to the following HelpCenter World Telephone Numbers URL: http://www.ibm.com/planetwide IMPORTANT: You should download the latest version of the DS4000 Storage Manager host software, the DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware, the DS4000 drive expansion enclosure ESM firmware and the drive firmware at the time of the initial installation and when product updates become available. To be notified of important product updates, you must first register at the IBM Support and Download Web site: www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ Perform the following steps to register at the IBM Support and Download Web site: 1. Click on My Support in the Additional Support box in the right side of the DS4000 Support web page. 2. The Sign In window displays. Either enter your IBM ID and Password in the sign in area to sign in and proceed to step 6 or, if you are not currently registered with the site, click Register Now. 3. The My IBM Registration window Step 1 of 2 opens. Enter the appropriate information and click Continue to get to the second My IBM Registration window. 4. In the My IBM Registration window Step 2 of 2, enter the appropriate information and click Submit to register. 5. The My IBM Registration windows opens with the following message, “Thank you for registering with ibm.com. 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