This README file contains the latest information about installing 
IBM TotalStorage(tm) FAStT Storage Manager version 8.4 for HP-UX.

Refer to the IBM TotalStorage(tm) Support Web Site or CD for the
installation and support guide.


Last Update:  12/18/2003

Products Supported: 

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     |           | Machine Type |     Model              | 
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 900 |     1742     | 90X , 90U              |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 600 |     1722     | 60U , 60X              |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 700 |     1742     | 1RX , 1RU              |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 500 |     3552     | 1RX , 1RU              |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 200 |     3542     | 1RX , 1RU ,2RX and 2RU |
      ---------------------------------------------------


CONTENTS
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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

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1.0   Overview
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1.1  Overview
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   This IBM Storage Manager release includes the IBM FAStT Storage 
   Manager version 8.4x for HP-UX. The HP-UX and Docs CD-ROM directories 
   contain the documentation and files necessary for installing the IBM 
   FAStT Storage Manager Software version 8.4x for HP-UX. In addition 
   it includes the controller firmware version 05.40.xx.xx and latest 
   NVSRAM  for IBM Machine types 1742-900, 1742,1722, 3552 and 3542.
   
   HP-UX host attachment to the 1722 (FAStT600) and the 1742-90U/90X (FAStT900) 
   requires the additional purchase of an IBM FAStT900/FAStT600 Host Kit 
   Option. The IBM HP-UX Host Kit options contain the required IBM licensing 
   to attach a HP-UX Host System to the FAStT900 or FAStT600. Please contact 
   your IBM service representative or IBM resellers for purchasing information. 

   The HP-UX CD-ROM directory contains the documentation files necessary
   for installing the IBM FAStT Storage Manager Version 8.4x. The "IBM 
   TotalStorge Manager Version 8.4: Installation and Support Guide for 
   AIX, HP-UX and Solaris (GC26-7521-03) is also available on IBM's Support 
   Website as a downloadable Portable Document format (PDF) file.
    
      
   Refer to the IBM Support Web Site for latest Firmware and NVSRAM 
   files for IBM machine types 1742, 3542 and 3552 if you 
   are at firmware version 05.00.xx.xx and 05.2x.xx.xx.

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1.2  Limitations
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1. If you are upgrading controller firmware in IBM FAStT500 storage
   controller with 512MB Cache, you will have to stop I/O and reboot 
   both controllers before upgrading firmware followed by NVSRAM. You 
   can reboot the controllers either by power cycle the storage 
   subsystem or by pressing the Reset button on both controllers. The
   Reset button is located on the right of the indicator lights in
   the opening on the front of each controller unit. 

   To determine Storage Controller cache level, perform the following:

   a. On a storage management station start the client software and 
      select a storage subsystem.
   b. Select Tools -> Manage Device to open the Subsystem Management 
      Window.
   c. Highlight the Storage Subsystem that you are upgrading and then 
      select Storage Subsystem -> Profile. It may take a little time for it 
      to create the Storage Subsystem profile.   
   d. Under the Controllers heading is an entry that displays 
      information similar to the following example:

      Cache/processor size (MB):  256/32

   If this setting is listed as 512/32 you will need to arrange to 
   perform this upgrade procedure at a time that you can stop I/O to the 
   Storage Subsystem in order to ensure a successful firmware download 
   and installation.

2. Storage Manager prompts you for a password if all hard disk 
   drives are removed from the storage subsystem.

   After removing all drives from a storage subsystem (or not powering 
   on drives and only the  controller), the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 
   software will prompt you for a password when trying to start the 
   software or trying to perform protected operations. Any password 
   entered will fail.

   Password information is stored on a reserved area of each hard disk 
   drive on the storage subsystem.  Each drive stores a mirrored copy of 
   the password data.  When there are no drives in the storage 
   subsystem, the storage management software does not find the password 
   data when you attempt password protected operations. Add one drive to 
   the storage subsystem and retry the operation.
   
   Since the RAID controller unit should not be powered on until the 
   expansion units are attached and powered on, this should be done by 
   powering off the RAID controller unit, properly attaching all 
   expansion units (with drives installed), to the RAID controller unit 
   and powering them on, and then powering the RAID controller unit back 
   on.  At this point the storage subsystems can be rediscovered and 
   managed using the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 8.4x software.

3. Display issues when using 256 color settings. A brownish hash 
   pattern is displayed on the windows and in online help when running 
   in 256 color mode.  Run the Storage Manager 8 application in a higher 
   display mode.

4. The FAStT 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.
   
5. If you get "Error 21 - The Operation cannot complete because a 
   ...  is in progress" error when you issue a Subsystem Management 
   command from the IBM FAStT Storage Manager Client, the command may be 
   cached. If the command is cached, the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 
   Client will run the command as soon as the controller resources are 
   available. Wait for at least ten minutes and check to see whether the 
   command has been run. If not, re-attempt the command. 

6. If the controller in the IBM FAStT Storage Server with firmware 
   05.4x.xx.xx is connected to a SAN with more than 64 host connections
   per controller port that can log into the controllers, one must 
   either use the switch zoning function or rearrange the SAN 
   connections so that only the maximum number of host connections can
   be seen and log into the controller. The FAStT Storage Subsystem 
   FAStT900, FAStT700 and FAStT500 (IBM machine type 1742 and 3552)
   have two ports per controller - one per minihub slot. The FAStT 
   Storage FAStT600 (IBM machine type 1722) has two ports per
   controller. The FAStT storage Subsystem FAStT200 (IBM machine type
   3542) has only one port per controller.  

7. If you define a large number of arrays, you will not be able to 
   right-click a logical drive and get a pop-up menu in the Physical 
   View of the Subsystem management window. You must use the Logical 
   Drive pull-down menu to select the logical drive options. 
   
8. The IBM FAStT Storage Server hardware and software is designed to 
   have redundant paths from the host system to ensure the availability 
   of storage. However, it is possible to connect a single host adapter 
   from the host system to one of the controller minihubs and then 
   connect this minihub to the minihub of the other controller. This 
   configuration will create a FC-AL loop between the host adapter and 
   the two IBM FAStT Storage Server controllers and no redundant path to 
   the host system. When you connect the two minihubs together, always 
   connect the "IN" port of one minihub to the "OUT" port of the other 
   minihub or vice versa. Do not connect the "IN" port of one to the 
   "IN" port of the other minihub or the "OUT" port of one minihub to 
   the "OUT" port of the other minihub.

Please note the following: 
- Single host bus adapter in a direct-attach configuration with the FAStT600
  and FAStT600 Turbo(IBM machine type 1722-60u and 1722-60x)is not a
  supported configuration at this time. 
- Single FAStT controller with a single host bus adapter is not a valid
  configuration for direct-attach or SAN-attach. 
- Single host bus adapter configuration is supported in a SAN-attache
  configuration. 
- MUST use both FAStT controllers when using a single host bus adapter.  

9. Host groups can not be created at the default group
   level.  Host groups MUST be created at the storage system level.


10. FAStT, now supports a maximum of a 127 LUNs on HP-UX Version 11.i.  
    However, FAStT only supports 32 LUNs on HP-UX Version 11.0.  

11. Use of Flash copy in the HP-UX environment has some limitations
    while used in a multihost environment. Flashcopy LUN has to be 
    assigned to the same host for smooth operation. If the Flashcopy 
    LUN is assigned to a different host partition from the primary
    LUN ,the I/O operation will slow down significantly during a 
    failover/failback situation. Therefore, the use of Flashcopy LUN
    on a different host partition is not recommended at this time.

12. Host groups can not be created at the default group level.  
    Host groups MUST be created at the storage system level.

    - If you are running a FAStT 600 storage configuration without partitioning
      enabled, we strongly recommend you use the default host group.  This ONLY
      applies to the FAStT 600.  


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1.3  Enhancements
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     The following features have been added to FAStT Storage Manager 8.40:
	- Now supports Solaris 9
- Support for up to 255 LUNs per storage partition for Solaris 7, 8 
        and 9 with VERITAS Volume Manager
	- Support for up to 256 LUNs per storage partition for AIX 5.1 and 5.2
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1.4  Prerequisites
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   IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 8.4x for HP-UX was tested heterogeneously
   on the following HP servers:
  
   An HP 9000/800 series server with the following minimum requirements:

   1.  440 Mhz PA-RISC or faster.
   2.  1 GB Memory or more 
   3.  0.7MB available on /opt. Root (or root-equivalent) 
       privileges for SMutil and SMagent installation.
   4.  2.7MB available disk space on /opt. Root 
       (or root-equivalent) privileges for SM7migrate installation.
   5.  For installation in a Java Runtime Environment, at least 
       90 MB available disk space on /opt and at least 140 MB 
       available on /tmp.


   Ensure your host is running one of the following operating systems. 
   The storage management software installation program will not verify 
   patches. Some patches might be superseded by other patches. Refer to 
   the Operating System documentation or contact your operating system 
   supplier for more information.
   

    3. HP-UX Version 11.0 (64-bit) with the following patches:

	 Warning storage administrators and system administrators, it's 
       imperative you load the exact patches listed below. Deviating to 
 the most recent patches released by Hewett Packard is not recommended.  

	PHKL_23939, version 1.0  : Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Patch
	PHKL-27003, version 1.0  : SCSI IO Cumulative Patch
	PHKL_24027, version 1.0  : VxFS 3.1 cumulative patch
	PHKL_27364, version 1.0  : Probe,sysproc,IDDS,PM,VM,PA-8700, asyncio
        
    4. HP-UX Version 11.i (64 bit)  with the following patches:

	 Warning storage administrators and system administrators, it's 
       imperative you load the exact patches listed below. Deviating to 
 the most recent patches released by Hewitt Packard is strongly  discouraged.  

	PHKL_26519, version 1.0  :  SCSI IO Subsystem Cumulative Patch
	FibrChanl-00,B.11.11.09  :  PCI/HSC FibreChannel; Supptd HW= A5158A 
      A6795A
	PHKL_26743, version 1.0  :  LVM Cumulative 
	PHCO_27408, version 1.0  :  LVM commands cumulative patch

		
    5. For high availability clusters of HP 9000/Series 800 computers, 
       install the HP MC/ServiceGuard 11.14 software package. 

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1.5  Dependencies
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   IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 8.4 provides full management support
   IBM machine types 3552 and 3542 storage controllers that have at least
   firmware version 04.00.02.xx, IBM Machine type 1742-900 and 1742
   storage controllers that have at least firmware version 05.00.04.xx or 
   IBM Machine type 1722 storage controllers that have at least firmware version 
   05.3x.xx.xx.
    
   The only IBM FAStT Storage Manager 8.4 supported management function 
   on controllers with firmware version 04.xx.xx.xx to 04.xx.01.xx is 
   controller firmware and NVSRAM download. 

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2.0   Change History
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This is the latest release of IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 8.4x for 
HP-UX.

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2.1 Key Features added to IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 8.4 with 
    controller firmware level 05.3x.xx.xx.
    
    See the IBM TotalStorage FAStT Storage Manager version 8.4: Installation 
    and Support Guide for AIX,HP-UX and Solaris
    
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2.2 Code levels at time of release are as follows
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     1. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Client version: 08.40.G5.02
 
     2. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Agent version: 08.40.45.00
                   
     3. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Utilities version: 08.40.45.00
     
     4. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Runtime version: 08.40.45.00
     
   Refer to the http://ssddom02.storage.ibm.com/techsup/webnav.nsf/support/disk
   IBM web page for the latest released code levels.

   	Note: A supported IBM SAN Switch is required when attaching FAStT storage
         arrays to AIX and non-AIX servers in a Heterogeneous environment.
          
          
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3.0   Installation and Setup Instructions
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3.1  Step-by-step instructions for this code update are as follows
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1. Install and update the driver for the IBM FAStT Host 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 version 8.4x software. Refer to 
   the IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 8.4x for HP-UX
   Installation and Support Guide for detailed installation 
   instructions.
   
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3.2  IBM has tested configurations with the following Fibre Channel 
     Host Bus Adapters, device drivers and Storage Controller 
     Firmware: 
       
     1.  OS: HP-UX 11.0
         Vendor: HP, Model: A5158A and A6795A 
         HBA Driver: Bundle A6795A, version B.11.00.10: PCI Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre 
         Channel  

     2.  OS: HP-UX 11.i
	 Vendor: HP, Model: A5158A and A6795A 
	 HBA Driver: Bundle FibrChanl-00, version B.11.11.09: PCI/HSC FibreChannel;
	             Supptd HW=A6684A,A6685A,A5158A,A6795A    

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3.3  Helpful Hints
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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Interoperability with tape devices is supported on separate HBA and 
   switch zones.

4. Interoperability with Shark and SDD Software is supported on separate
   HBA and switch zones.

5. 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.

6. 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 FAStT600 storage subsystem (machine type 1722): The standard
     configuration does not have the FAST storage partitioning premium
     enabled. Four partition, eight partition and an upgrade from four
     to eight partition storage partitioning premium feature options 
     can be purchased.

   - IBM FAStT200, FAStT500, and FAStT700 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 FAStT900 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.

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4.0 Configuration Information
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4.1 Configuration Settings
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1. By default, the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 8.4 firmware does not 
   automatically map logical drives when the IBM FAStT storage 
   partitioning premium feature is enabled. This means that the logical 
   drives after being created are not automatically presented to the host
   systems.

   a. For a new installation, after creating new arrays and logical drives,
      create a storage partition with the host type of HP-UX and
      map the logical drives to this partition. 
   
   b. If you are upgrading the NVSRAM with Storage Partitions and the 
      host system OS was other than Microsoft Windows NT is accessing the 
      default host group, you will need to change the default host type.
      After upgrading the NVSRAM, the default host type is reset to 
      Windows non-clustered (SP5 or higher).
                                
   Refer to the IBM FAStT Storage Manager online help to learn
   more about creating storage partitions and changing host types.

2. When you are configuring IBM machine type 1742, 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.
     
4. When you are configuring IBM machine type 1742 or 3552 
   storage controllers in host cluster Remote Mirror configurations, 
   contact IBM support for supported host cluster configurations and 
   instructions for configuring IBM storage controllers in clustered 
   Remote Mirror configurations. 

5. In the event the worldwide port names (WWPNs) do not show up 
   automatically during the initial configuration of your FAStT 
   storage system, please reboot the HP-UX host.  
  
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4.3 Unsupported configurations
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   The following lists configurations that are currently not being 
   supported with IBM FAStT Storage Manager 8.4x.

   1. 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, 2109-S8 or 
      3534-F08. In this configuration, the hub is connected between 
      the fibre channel switch and the IBM FAStT storage subsystem
      controller ports.

   2. The IBM Fibre Channel hub, machine type 3523, connected to IBM 
      machine type 1742, 3542 and 3552.

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5.0   Unattended Mode
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        N/A

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6.0   WEB Sites and Support Phone Number
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   6.1  IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site:
        http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/fastt

   6.2  IBM TotalStorage(tm) Marketing Web Site:
        http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/disk/fastt/index.html

   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

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7.0   Trademarks and Notices
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7.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the
    United States or other countries or both:

     IBM

     TotalStorage(tm) 
     
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     xSeries
     
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     HelpCenter
     
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     Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft
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     Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or
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     states, other countries, or both.

     UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United
     States and other countries.

     Other company, product, and service names may be
     trademarks or service marks of others.

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8.0   Disclaimer
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