ADIC SNC 6101 Instruction Manual

Release Notes
6-01237-04 Rev A
© March 2006, ADIC®
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Product: SNC 6101®Firmware 4.60.04
Date: March 2006
Contents
Purpose of this Release
This release extends the capabilities of SNC 6101. These release notes list corrections to problems that
were encountered in previous releases of SNC 6101. Visit www.adic.com for additional information about
SNC 6101 and previous releases. For a complete matrix of firmware compatibility, refer to the library release
notes.
Resolved Issues
Problems that have been resolved in this release of SNC 6101 are as follows:
Page Topic
1 Purpose of this Release
Resolved Issues1
4 Documentation
Change
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4.60.04
43693 Dell PV132T with LTO2 SCSI firmware 53Y2 was failing cleaning jobs when running
CommVault Galaxy 5.9.
47326 HPUX ioscan was seeing ghost devices when invoked against SNC's.
48161 New command fcTransceiverShowInfoSave was added to save SFP data to file.
48169 New command fcTransceiverShowInfoSave was added to support Dump.
48185 Changed the fcTransceiverShow() related command semTake timeout period from
WAIT_FOREVER to 3 seconds.
50138 ResultFlags were not being reported for all cases of scsintTapeWriteCDBSent.

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52256 WRITE commands with zero transfer length were not processed correctly.
4.60.03
35558 vcmTaskShow() was displaying the first four vcm tasks instead of the mgmttasks.
37915 cfLogStart was causing an exception.
39357 The SNC6101 was not properly showing targets’ serial numbers in the
mapShowDatabase output.
39361 The ‘setFcFrameSize’ command was allowing invalid frame sizes.
41723 Veritas tape cleaning job was failing on 6101 when IBM LTO2 drive was running firmware
37RH.
4.60.02
15314 CLI command hpFeatureDisable causes invalid block in partition errors.
15394 SCSI - SNC 6101 Inquiry failure (12h).
15395 SCSI - SNC 6101 Inquiry command error (12h).
15467 SCSI - SNC 6101 Mode Sense error (1Ah).
17086 CLI command initializeBox does not disable AMP feature.
20720 “Failed to open tape: errno - 0x380003” during initializeBox command.
26054 SNC hangs up if you type exit from the serial port prompt.
29084 Write/Verify of greater than 1M does not work.
29589 The vpsMapClear command does not clear the mapping assignments for the host.
35005 CFL missing Write Logs when the target is a Fibre drive.
35175 CFL displays blank space for an invalid operation code.
35177 There is an extra space for UNKN status displayed in CFL.
35203 The scsiHostIdSet command does not check for invalid ID boundaries.
35362 CFL SNC 6101, with detail enabled, READ command shows actual xfer equal to zero.
35426 CFL does not display all information for a check condition (02); results from XCOPY
command sent via tool.
35444 CFL S/N of SOIP attached devices is byte swapped in output.
35713 CFL data structure uses an unknown value pointer during display.
36512 CFL - Use type files to determine if info was generated by SOIP2.
36546 setTimeHost command does not clear input string prior to new input.
36648 perror openDir message during initializeBox command; some config files not
deleted.
37235 CFL - If no memory for playback, copy buffer then print the error message.
Change
Request
Number
Description

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37333 SNC Unique ASC 83h is not in scsicodes.
37382 Add paCommandFlowLogEnabled variable to SANMgr MIB.
37534 Change method for delaying enabling of FC target mode port transmitters.
37930 FCB Reboot occurs during high I/O transfer.
38319 Request to pull SNC Command Logs using AMC Interface.
38596 uaQueue sending old UAs to host after PLOGI event.
38737 Maintenance Out - shutdown notice command successful, but responds with invalid CDB.
39130 fcShow does not display Host index or WWN.
39188 FC port continuously restarting after issuing fcRestart command.
39439 HPF (Host Port Failover) feature is being referenced in error log yet is feature disabled.
4.60.01
12753 Private Target Mode fails because it PLOGIs the directory server.
15063 CLI command mapMultipathSet requires an SNC reboot for changes to take effect.
15747 CLI command fcShowDevs locks up the SNC when a SCSI ID conflict occurs.
17979 SCSI max speed reported incorrectly in AMC.
24906 Upgrade QLogic MicroCode to latest version, 3.02.29.
29114 Ability to load wrong firmware kills the SNC.
29185 SANmark test fail do to rft_id not being sent by the SNC.
29621 FC Dump does not function correctly on QLogic ISP2312.
32371 Enhanced SNC Command Flow Logging.
32413 Add Enhanced Data Streaming functions for the 6101.
32489 SNC 5K sending Name Server registrations every 1.5 seconds causing RSCN storm.
32491 FC initiator failure due to ill-formed GAN response causes PRLI and PRLOGI failure.
32906 The rz command was missing from the 6101 bootrom.
33042 Add support for setting the Ethernet speed duplex characteristics.
33190 Serial number of soip2 targets is byte swapped in cfLogTimePlayback and
clLogEventPlayback commands.
33216 LSI Logic Microcode does not support Restore Pointers functionality.
34194 AMC shows incorrect setting for SCSI Channel Termination.
34221 CLI help command needs cleHelp change to cfLogHelp.
34426 No CFL log entry for a single write (6) SCSI command with a small byte payload.
34566 Change text “minutes” to “events” in clLogEventPlayback error response.
Change
Request
Number
Description

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Documentation
The following documents are currently available for the SNC 6101:
34679 Command Flow Logging (CFL) failed to write sequence event 1, which resulted in an
incorrect start time and a missing event.
34740 The CFL function was not recording “mode select” or “mode sense” SCSI commands
when processing reserve and release functions.
35173 The CFL function failed and the SNC hung when the dateSetFromRTC command was
used to set the real time clock.
Document Number Document Title
6-00667-06 Scalar 100 User’s Guide
6-00701-03 SNC 6101 Installation and Maintenance Guide
6-00676-03 SNC Firmware 4 Reference Guide
6-00064-06 ADIC Management Console User’s Guide
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