Quantum SNC 5100 Instruction Manual

Release Notes
6-00997-10 Rev A
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Product: SNC® 5100 Firmware v4.45.18
Date: May 2006
Contents
Purpose of this Release
This release provides Firmware v4.45.18 for the SNC 5100. The SNC 5100 is used with the Scalar® 1000
and the Scalar 10K.
Resolved Issues
This release of Firmware v4.45.18 is based on Firmware 4.45.17. Issues resolved by Firmware 4.45.18
include the following:
Page Topic
1 Purpose of this Release
1 Resolved Issues
4 Documentation
Change
Request
Number
Description
56424 SNC does not return Reservation Conflict on Mode Sense command.
56886 Host loses SNC and drives after cable pull test.
57118 SNC 5101 in LIP Login loop with 4.45.18 build 1 does not work correctly.
4.45.17
55738 Upgrade QLogic Microcode to 3.03.19
55193 SDLT320 Bug Check causes SNC to hang.
54527 SNC 510X incorrectly identifies GBIC devices.
52968 Watchdog timer required to identify and recover 510x hang.
52257 WRITE command with zero transfer length not processed correctly.

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50483 Vendor Unique ASC/ASCQ clash with libraries.
50287 QLogic debug dump procedure improvement.
50136 ResultFlags not reported for all cases of scsintTapeWriteCDBSent
48777 HPUX ioscan sees ghost devices when invoked against an SNC with VPS enabled.
49427 scsiRescan can hang the CLI.
42933 SCSI device info doesn't show up in Dell SNC Manager Immediately with SNC fw
4.50.03
42000 Drive Dump files have bytes swapped and are unreadable by IBM TOWN Tool.
40947 vpsMapShow should be added to 5k firmware supportDump.
39745 SNC is returning invalid data together with sense data for an invalid lun command.
36296 CLI help command does not display vpsHelp and sfmHelp in the list.
24904 Upgrade QLogic MicroCode to Version 3.03.18
4.45.16
41999 Drive Dump files have bytes swapped and are unreadable by IBM TOWN Tool.
41469 The reserveShow command was not displaying the entire port name for an HPUX
host.
41457 Sony SDX-700C Drive does not respond to AMC refresh.
41238 SCSI Timeout values incorrect for tape read and write.
40488 SCSI command timeout values not conformant to IBM LTO-x Specifications.
40466 Command Flow Logging: Every playback allocates new copy buffer and does not free
if playback interrupted.
39723 IBM Changer ULT3583-TL not in changer device list.
39587 SCSI Over IP: “No Device 6.14.21” message is displayed on SNC when an inquiry
command is send to an invalid device.
39534 Need to properly show serial numbers of targets in the mapShowDatabase output
39388 SNC 4000 not properly logging in to McData switch, which prevents the host from
discovering the Scalar 24 .
38542 uaQueue sending old UAs to host after PLOGI event.
38186 Drive dump was failing on the SNC 5101 and SNC 4000.
37913 CFL was throwing an exception when the log wrapped.
37811 mkRelease doesn’t stop if build component is unsuccessful.
37359 Add paCommandFlowLogEnabled variable to SANMgr MIB.
37237 When testing Enhanced Data Streaming, memory that was allocated by dsStart was
not released after dsStop.
Change
Request
Number
Description

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37231 CFL was not using the type field to determine if the log entry was owned by SOIP2.
36626 If there was no memory for a playback copy buffer, CFL was not printing an error
message.
36615 The setTimeHost command does not clear input string prior to new input
39587 SCSI Over IP: “No Device 6.14.21” message is displayed on SNC when an inquiry
command is send to an invalid device.
39534 Need to properly show serial numbers of targets in the mapShowDatabase output
39388 SNC 4000 not properly logging in to McData switch, which prevents the host from
discovering the Scalar 24 .
38542 uaQueue sending old UAs to host after PLOGI event.
38186 Drive dump was failing on the SNC 5101 and SNC 4000.
37913 CFL was throwing an exception when the log wrapped.
37811 mkRelease doesn’t stop if build component is unsuccessful.
37359 Add paCommandFlowLogEnabled variable to SANMgr MIB.
37237 When testing Enhanced Data Streaming, memory that was allocated by dsStart was
not released after dsStop.
37231 CFL was not using the type field to determine if the log entry was owned by SOIP2.
36626 If there was no memory for a playback copy buffer, CFL was not printing an error
message.
36615 The setTimeHost command does not clear input string prior to new input
36295 snmpSet error on AMC View Event Log with viewing level =0 (All Events).
36216 Command Flow Logging: Events for failed medium changer are not available if
changer doesn’t respond when SCSI Channel is rescanned.
36157 When testing Enhanced Data Streaming, the test report was displaying MBPS
instead of the number of Tape Writes completed.
36156 When testing Enhanced Data Streaming using two Fibre Channel ports concurrently
and with the SNC in Target mode, tape test errors were recorded.
36085 When the copy test tool or serverless backup sends an XCOPY command, the
Command Flow Logging (CFL) feature was not displaying a completion status.
36075 Request to pull SNC command logs using AMC interface.
35664 Want ability to reset a specified SCSI bus from the CLI and SNMP.
Change
Request
Number
Description

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Documentation
These related documents are currently available for the SNC 5100:
Document Number Document Title
6-00676-03 SNC Firmware 4 User’s Guide
6-00020-02 SNC 5100 for the Scalar 1000 and 10K User Guide