This README file contains the latest information about IBM TotalStorage™ FAStT 
Storage Manager version 9.1 for Linux. Note: Linux host attachment to the 
FAStT600 and FAStT100 is an additional purchase - IBM FAStT600 or FAStT100 
Host Kit Option or IBM FAStT600 or FAStT100 Feature code. The IBM Linux Host 
Kit Option contains the required IBM licensing to attach a Linux Host System 
to the FAStT600 or FAStT100. Please contact your IBM service representatives 
or IBM resellers for purchasing information. Note: This is not the correct 
FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1 host software package for Linux on IBM 
pSeries servers. Please refer to the FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1 
host software package for pLinux for the host software package for IBM 
pSeries server that is running Linux operating system. 

Microsoft Windows Notepad will not view this readme properly, if you must
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Refer to the IBM TotalStorage™ Support Web Site or CD for the IBM FAStT 
Storage Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guides for Intel-based 
Operating Systems. This guide along with the FAStT Storage Manager program 
Online Help provide the installation and support information. This guide also 
provides information on other FAStT related publications. 

Last Update: 08/25/2004

Products Supported: 

      ---------------------------------------------------
     |           | Machine Type |     Model              |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 900 |     1742     | 90X, 90U               |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 600 |     1722     | 6LX, 6LU, 60X and 60U  |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 700 |     1742     | 1RX, 1RU               |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 500 |     3552     | 1RX, 1RU               |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 200 |     3542     | 1RX, 1RU, 2RX and 2RU  |
     |-----------|--------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 100 |     1724     | 100                    |
      ---------------------------------------------------

Note: 

  - The FAStT Storage Server controller firmware version 05.40.xx.xx and 
    earlier along with its associated NVSRAM files should not be loaded 
    into FAStT storage servers connected to FAStT EXP100 drive expansion
    enclosures. 
  - The FAStT600 storage servers require controller firmware version 
    05.41.5x.xx and its associated NVSRAM file to be installed before it
    can be attached to the FAStT EXP100 drive expansion enclosures. 
  - For the FAStT600 Turbo, FAStT700 and FAStT900 storage servers 
    connected to FAStT EXP100 drive expansion enclosures, the controller
    firmware version 06.10.xx.xx and its associated NVSRAM file must be
    used.
  - For the FAStT100 storage servers, the controller firmware version 
    05.42.xx.xx and its associated NVSRAM file must be used.       
          

    
Linux kernels Supported: 
========================

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| RedHat Advanced Server 2.1     |  2.4.9-e.43 UP, SMP, Enterprise(Bigmem)      |
| 32-bit                         |             and Summit                       |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| RedHat Advanced Server 2.1     |  2.4.9-e.43 UP, SMP, Enterprise(Bigmem)      |
| IA-64 (Homogeneous Only)       |             and Summit                       |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| RedHat 3.0 IA-32               |  2.4.21-15.0.3 EL                            |
|                                |                                              |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| RedHat 3.0 IA-64               |  2.4.21.15.0.3.EL                            |
| (Homogeneous Only)             |                                              |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| RedHat 3.0 AMD-64              |  2.4.21.15.0.3.EL                            |
| (Homogeneous Only)             |                                              |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| United Linux 1.0 with SP3      |  2.4.21-231                                  |
| 32-bit (see note 1)            |                                              |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| United Linux 1.0 (see note 1)  |  2.4.21-231                                  |
| IA-64 (Homogeneous Only)       |                                              |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| United Linux 1.0 (see note 1)  |  2.4.21-231                                  |
| AMD-64 (Homogeneous Only)      |                                              |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note 1 - United Linux support includes the following distributions:
          SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES 8)
          Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 (TLES 8)
          Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition Powered by United Linux

Earlier or later versions of the vendor kernels or generic kernels have not
been tested with this device driver version and may not be supported with this
release.


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
-------------------

1.1  Overview
-------------------

   This is the latest release of the IBM FAStT Storage Manager host software 
   for Linux Operating System environments. This verson of the FAStT Storage 
   Manager host software is required for managing the FAStT storage server 
   with controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx installed. The \Linux and 
   \Linux_64bit CD-ROM directories contain the files necessary for installing 
   the IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1 Host Software for the Intel 
   Architecture 32bit and 64bit Linux operating system environments. The same 
   host software packages in the \Linux CD-ROM directory should be used for 
   the AMD-64bit servers running Linux OS.
   
   Note: This is not the correct FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1 host 
   software package for Linux on IBM pSeries servers. Please refer to the 
   "FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1 host software package for pLinux" for 
   the host software package for IBM  pSeries server that is running Linux 
   operating system.
     
   The IBM TotalStorage FAStT Storage Manager version 9 Installation 
   and Support Guide for Intel-based Operating System Environments is
   also available on the IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems
   Technical Support web site as a downloadable Portable Document Format
   (PDF) file. It contains the instructions for installing the IBM 
   FAStT Storage Manager host software for Linux.
   
   IMPORTANT: This release of IBM FAStT Storage Manager host software 
   supports all FAStT Storage Servers with general released firmware 
   versions from 04.01.xx.xx up to 06.10.xx.xx.   
   
   Refer to the IBM FAStT Support Web Site for latest FAStT controller 
   firmware and NVSRAM files for IBM machine types 1722, 1724, 1742, 3542 
   and 3552. The following table shows the first four digits of the latest 
   controller firmware versions that are currently available free-of-
   charge for various models of the FAStT storage servers.
   
         ---------------------------------------------------
        |                  |  Controller firmware version   |
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT            | included with | included in the|
        | Storage Server   | purchase      | EXP100 purchase|
        | Model            |               |                |
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT900 (1742)  | 06.10.xx.xx   | 06.10.xx.xx    |
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT600 Single  | 05.34.xx.xx   | N/A            |
        | Controller Opt.  |               |                |
        | (1722)           |               |                | 
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT600         | 05.34.xx.xx   | 05.41.xx.xx    |
        | Standard Option  |               | (for enabling  |
        | (1722)           |               |  EXP100 attach |
        |                  |               |  -ment ONLY)   |
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT600 Turbo   | 06.10.xx.xx   | 06.10.xx.xx    |
        | Option (1722)    |               |                |
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT700 (1742)  | 06.10.xx.xx   | 06.10.xx.xx    |
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT500 (3552)  | 05.30.xx.xx   | N/A            |
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT200 (3542)  | 05.30.xx.xx   | N/A            |
        |------------------|---------------|----------------|
        | FAStT100 (1724)  | 05.42.xx.xx   | 05.42.xx.xx    |
        |                  | (for FAStT100 |                |
        |                  |  only)        |                |
         ----------------------------------------------------

  Note:       
   New features that are introduced with the controller firmware version
   06.10.xx.xx or later will not be available for any FAStT storage server
   controllers without the controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx 
   installed. 
     
   
    
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1.2  Limitations
---------------------

1. In the Storage Manager 9 Client, Storage Partitioning must be enabled with 
   the host type of 'linux' selected and the UTM must be removed from the 
   'Linux' storage partition when the IBM FC HBA failover Linux device driver 
   is used as multipathing (failover/failback) driver. Otherwise the correct 
   drive information is not presented to the Linux operating system.
   
   Note: When using the Linux RDAC as the multipathing driver, the "LNXCL" 
   host type must be used and there is not a requirement that the UTM(Access 
   LUN) must be removed from the LNXCL Storage Partitioning partition.

2. When updating Firmware or NVSRAM with high disk activity a
   controller may become unresponsive during the update. IBM recommends
   that disk I/O be stopped during these code updates.

3. 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 powering on
   the controller only without any drive expansion enclosures), 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 re-discovered
   and managed using the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 8.3 software.

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 the controller in the IBM FAStT Storage Server with firmware 
   05.3x.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.  

6. 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.

7. When creating a Remote Mirror of a base logical drive, in the 
   case where a FlashCopy of the base logical drive has already
   been created, the following restriction applies. If the Remote 
   Mirror relationship is created while the base logical drive is
   receiving I/O, the FlashCopy logical drive will be failed. The 
   work around is to quiesce I/O to the base logical drive while you 
   are creating the remote mirror relationship. Alternatively, if the
   Remote Mirror relationship is created before creating the FlashCopy
   logical drive, the FlashCopy logical drive will not be failed. 

8. When using a 64-bit Linux system the FAStT Storage must be managed from
   a 32-bit system using the out-of-band management method.  
    
9. 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.

10. This following behavior applies for the direct Fibre Channel 
    connection setup between the FAStT F600 storage server host ports and
    the server HBA ports only. If all FAStT F600 host ports are occupied,
    the FAStT600 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 FAStT 600 storage server.

11. When configuring FAStT 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.

12. When managing the FAStT Storage Servers 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. 
    
14. The FAStT storage server when configured with the FAStT 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 FAStT Controller event
    log compared to the FAStT strorage server 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 FAStT storage server 
    controllers, resulting in a greater number of informational events logged.
    In addition, the number of information events reported in the FAStT 
    storage server event log will also grow in proportion to the increase 
    in I/Os to the Logical Drives. In all cases, the FAStT storage server 
    controller will always successfully service the timeout I/O on the 
    subsequent retries.
     
15. When migrating array(s) from a dual controller FAStT storage server to
    a single controller FAStT storage server, 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 FAStT 
    storage server. Otherwise, the array(s) will not be added to the single 
    controller FAStT storage server correctly which might cause problems.

16. When managing a single controller FAStT Storage Server 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.

17. After you replace a controller with a new controller in the single 
    controller models of FAStT storage servers, 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. 
    
18. When you migrating drive Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs) from multiple
    FAStT storage servers into a single destination FAStT storage servers, all 
    of the drive CRUs from the same FAStT storage server should be moved as a 
    ‘set’ into the new destination FAStT storage server. 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 FAStT storage server. If drive 
    CRUs are not moved as a ‘set’ to the destination FAStT storage servers, 
    the newly relocated array may not appear in the Subsystem Management 
    window.

19. 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.
  
20. 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:.

21. 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.
    
22. 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. 

23. When saving the FAStT storage server event log entries, it may take up
    to several minutes to save all entries in the event log depending on 
    the FAStT management workstation resources. However, the FAStT 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.
    
24. Do not perform other storage management tasks, such as creating or 
    deleting logical drives, reconstructing arrays, and so on, while 
    downloading the FAStT storage server controller firmware and FAStT 
    EXP100 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 FAStT storage server that you plan to update.

25. Inter-operability with tape devices is supported on separate HBA and 
    switch zones.

New limitations with version 9.10.xx.02 release

26. The FAStT Copy Service RVM is not supported at this time for FAStT600
    Base and Single Controller storage servers models.
 
27. 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 managed by the preferred owner/controller. There is 
    no work-around. If the drive is currently managed by a non-preferred  
    owner/controller, one can change the currently managed non-preferred
    owner/controller into currently managed preferred owner/controller.
    
28. Concurrent firmware download (downloading firmware/NVSRAM to the FAStT 
    storage server controllers with IOs to the host servers) is not supported 
    when upgrading the controller firmware from a 05.xx.xx.xx version to a 
    06.10.xx.xx version. ALL IOs must be stopped during the version 
    06.10.xx.xx controller firmware upgrade from a pre-06.10.xx.xx version. 
    
29. 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. 
    
30. Controller diagnostics will not run in a FAStT storage server with
    single controller.
    
31. When instructing 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. 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. There is no work-around.

32. Staged firmware and NVSRAM download function is not available on the
    FAStT700 (machine type 1742) models with firmware 06.1x.00.00 in 
    conjunction with IBM Storage Manager 09.1x.xx.xx." 
    
33. The transmission of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) broadcast message
    that starts auto discovery may be blocked because of a configuration 
    issue. The storage management software uses UDP at the broadcast IP 
    address 255.255.255.255. The system must be configured to allow 
    broadcast messages for auto discovery to work. The work-around is to 
    manually add storage arrays via their IP address or host name or add 
    the following command to enable the broadcast address on that Ethernet 
    port and allow normal auto discovery to procee. For example,
    
    route add -host 255.255.255.255 eth0   


34. The FAStT Storage Manager client crashes on Linux, AMD-based, 64-bit
    server because support for the “no execute” bit is enabled by default.
    To fix the problem, one need to disable support for the "no execute"
    bit in the operating system by editing the /etc/grub.conf file (if 
    you are using GRUB to boot), and add the following parameter to the
    end of the kernel line:
    
    noexec=off

    For example, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, you would add 
    noexec=off to the end of the kernel line in the grub.conf file as
    shown here:

    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-15.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/
    hdc=ide-scsi noexec=off

    After adding this information, reboot the server.

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1.3  Enhancements
---------------------------

   IMPORTANT: New features that are introduced with the FAStT Storage 
   Manager version 9.1 host software will not be available for any FAStT 
   storage server controllers without the controller firmware version 
   06.10.xx.xx installed. The FAStT storage server controller firmware 
   version 6.10.xx.xx is available for the following FAStT storage server 
   only - FAStT600 Turbo option, FAStT700 and FAStT900. Please contact 
   your IBM service representative or IBM resellers for availability of 
   additional FAStT storage server models support with controller firmware 
   version 6.10.xx in the future. 

   A summary list of the new features that are introduced with the FAStT 
   Storage Manager version 9.1 host software for Microsoft Windows 2000 
   and Server 2003 operating systems in conjunction with the FAStT storage 
   server controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx is as followed:
    
   - Enhance Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM FAStT 
     Storage Manager version 9.1 also supports Global Copy and Global 
     Mirroring Remote Mirror options. Please refer the IBM FAStT Storage
     Manager Version 9 Copy Services User's Guide for more information. 
   - Parallel hard drive firmware download support. Up to four different
     drive firmware packages can be downloaded to multiple drives of four 
     different drive types simultaneously.  
   
     Note: Drive firmware download is an offline management event. You 
     must schedule downtime for the download because no IOs to the storage
     server are allowed during the drive firmware download process. 
   
   - Staged controller firmware download support. The controller firmware and 
     NVSRAM can be downloaded to the FAStT600 Turbo and FAStT900 storage  
     server Flash area for later activation.  
     
     Note: FAStT700 storage server does not support this functionality.
          
   - Full command-line SMcli support. 
   - Support for both FC and SATA hard-drive technology EXP enclosures
     as long as the FC (EXP700, EXP500) and SATA (EXP100) EXP drive expansion 
     enclosures are installed on different FAStT storage servers.
   - Improve FAStT storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI interface 
   - Serviceability enhancements: This includes one-click collection of 
     support data, drive diagnostic data, drive channel state management, 
     controller ‘service mode’, reporting of none functional controller and 
     ability to save host topology information.
   - Improve media error handling for better reporting of unreadable sectors 
     in the FAStT storage server event log and persistent reporting of 
     unreadable sectors.


   Please refer to the New Features section of the IBM FAStT Storage
   Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guide for Intel-based
   Operating System Environments for additional information about the
   the IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 9 enhancements.


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1.5  Dependencies
--------------------------

   IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 09.10.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 storage
   controllers that have at least firmware version 05.00.04.xx, IBM Machine
   type 1742-900 and Machine type 1722 storage controllers that have at
   least firmware version 05.3x.xx.xx or IBM Machine type 1724 storage
   controllers that have at least firmware version 05.42.xx.xx.
    
   The only IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 09.10.xx.xx management
   function supported on FAStT Storage Servers with controller firmware
   version 04.xx.xx.xx up to 04.00.02.xx is controller firmware and 
   NVSRAM download.


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2.0   Change History
-----------------------------

This is the latest release of IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1 for
Linux.
  
   Version 9.10.xx.02 dated August 31, 2004 
    - Enhance Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM
      FAStT Storage Manager version 9 also supports Global Copy and 
      Global Mirroring Remote Miror options.
    - Parallel hard drive firmware download.
    - Staged controller firmware download.
    - Full command-line SMcli support.
    - Improve FAStT storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI
    - Adding additional diagnostic features - Drive Channel status,
      hard drive sector failure list.  

   Version - 08.42.G5.00 dated 06/18/2004
    - Support new FAStT FAStT100 Storage Server.

   Version - 08.41.G5.05 dated 05/20/2004
    - Support new controller firmware in FAStT600 and FAStT900 and EXP100
      ESM firmware to enable EXP100 full High-availability support. 
    - Support FAStT Copy Services FlashCopy and VolumeCopy for FAStT
      storage servers that are connected to EXP100 enclosure.
       
    Note: The FAStT storage server 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 04/05/2004  
    - Support controller firmware version 05.34.xx.xx for the FAStT600 
      Storage Server. With this firmware version, the standard FAStT600
      models support the following features:
     
      - 1 Gb support for fabric switch ports and host bus adapters (HBAs)
      - FlashCopy premium feature

   Version - 08.41.G5.01  dated 12/20/2004  
    - Initial release to support EXP100 connecting to FAStT600 and FAStT900
      storage server.
      

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2.1 Key Features added to IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    - Enhance Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM
      FAStT Storage Manager version 9 also supports Global Copy and 
      Global Mirroring Remote Miror options.
    - Parallel hard drive firmware download.
    - Staged controller firmware download.
    - Full command-line SMcli support.
    - Support new EXP drive expansion enclosure model.
    - Support for both FC and SATA hard-drive technology EXP enclosures
      as long as the FC (EXP700, EXP500) and SATA (EXP100) EXP drive expansion 
      enclosures are installed on different FAStT storage servers.
    - Improve FAStT storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI
    - Adding additional diagnostic features - Drive Channel status,
      hard drive sectors failure list.  
              
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2.2 Code levels at time of release are as follows
------------------------------------------------------------------

  For 32bit Intel architecture (IA-32) and 64bit AMD architecture servers

    1. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Runtime version:   09.10.A5.03-1
        SMruntime-LINUX-09.10.A5.03-1.i586.rpm

    2. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Client version:    09.10.G5.02-1
         SMclient-LINUX-09.10.G5.02-1.noarch.rpm

    3. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Utilities version: 09.10.A5.01-1
        SMutil-LINUX-09.10.A5.01-1.i386.rpm

    4. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Agent version:     09.10.A5.01-1
        SMagent-LINUX-09.10.A5.01-1.i386.rpm
       Note: This package can be installed when the Linux RDAC is
             configured as multipath (Failover/Failback) driver. It 
             should not be installed if the IBM FC HBA Linux failover
             device driver is used as multipath driver. In addition,
             please refer to the Linux RDAC README for any restrictions
             on the use of this Storage Manager Agent program.

    5. FAStT Storage Manger version 9 supports both Linux RDAC and the
       IBM FC HBA Linux failover device driver as the multipath failover
       failback driver for the FAStT storage server logical drives. You 
       must select one of the two options and refer to the README that
       are part of the Linux RDAC and the IBM FC HBA Linux failover 
       device driver packages for installation instructions. The latest
       version of these drivers are as follows:  
       
       - IBM FC HBA Linux failover device driver: 7.01.01
       - IBM FAStT Storage Server Linux RDAC:     09.00.A5.00
       
       
  For 64bit Intel architecture servers
  
    1. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Runtime version:   09.10.A5.03-1
        SMruntime-LINUX-09.10.A5.03-1.ia64.rpm

    2. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Client version:    09.10.G5.02-1
         SMclient-LINUX-09.10.G5.02-1.noarch.rpm

    3. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Utilities version: 09.10.A5.01-1
        SMutil-LINUX-09.10.A5.01-1.ia64.rpm

    4. IBM FAStT Storage Manager Agent version:     09.10.A5.01-1
        SMagent-LINUX-09.10.A5.01-1.ia64.rpm
       Note: This package can be installed when the Linux RDAC is
             configured as multipath (Failover/Failback) driver. It 
             should not be installed if the IBM FC HBA Linux failover
             device driver is used as multipath driver. In addition,
             please refer to the Linux RDAC README for any restrictions
             on the use of this Storage Manager Agent program.

    5. FAStT Storage Manger version 9 supports both Linux RDAC and the
       IBM FC HBA Linux failover device driver as the multipath failover
       failback driver for the FAStT storage server logical drives. You 
       must select one of the two options and refer to the README that
       are part of the Linux RDAC and the IBM FC HBA Linux failover 
       device driver packages for installation instructions. The latest
       version of these drivers are as follows:  
       
       - IBM FC HBA Linux failover device driver: 7.01.01
       - IBM FAStT Storage Server Linux RDAC:     09.00.A5.00
 

 Refer to the http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/fastt IBM TotalStorage™
 Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site for the latest released 
 code levels.

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3.0   Installation and Setup Instructions
----------------------------------------------------

3.1  Step-by-step instructions for this code update are as follows
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE: (for installation in Redhat EL AS 3.0 environment only)
  Some packages of JRE 1.3.1 may not contain all of the files necessary 
  for the IBM FAStT Storage Manager host software to run correctly on RedHat 
  Enterprise Linux, version 3.0. If you are missing these files, the client 
  and agent software will not run on that system, and an error message 
  similar to the following example may display:

  /opt/SM8/jre/bin/i386/native_threads/java: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

  To determine if the required compatibility library is installed, type 
  the following at a terminal window command prompt:

  "rpm -q compat-libstdc++"

  The system will respond that the library package is not installed, 
  or display the current version of the package.  Verify that the current 
  compatibility library matches the following package version:

  "compat-libstdc++-7.3.2.96.122"  

  If the library is installed, proceed with the code installation procedure
  listed below. If not, you can download the library from RedHat Support
  web site.




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 IBM FAStT Host Adapter driver by using the instructions
      provided in the readme file located in the HostAdapter directory on the 
      installation CD or downloaded with the device driver source package from 
      the IBM support website. 
   c. If one chooses Linux RDAC as multipath failover/failback driver, install
      the IBM FAStT Linux RDAC driver by using the instructions provided in 
      the readme file located in the LinuxRDAC directory on the installation 
      CD or downloaded with the device driver source package from the IBM 
      support website. 

2. Install the new Storage Manager host software version 09.10.xx.xx. Refer
   to the IBM TotalStorage FAStT Storage Manager Version 9 Installation 
   and Support Guide for Intel-based Operating System Environments for 
   detailed installation instructions.

3. Upgrade the FAStT storage server controller firmware and NVSRAM, drive
   expansion enclosure ESM code and then hard drive firmware code. Refer 
   to the IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 9 Installation and Support 
   Guide for Intel-based Operating System Environments or the online help 
   in the Subsystem Management window for detailed instructions.
 
   Refer to the http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/fastt IBM TotalStorage™ 
   Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site for the latest firmware
   for FAStT controllers, drive expansion enclosure ESM and FC hard drives. 

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3.2 Refer to the HostAdapter or LinuxRDAC directory in the installation CD
    for the applicable drivers or refer to the IBM Support Web Site for the 
    latest supported host adapters, device drivers, and updated readme.

    At this time, the supported drivers are as follows:

    1. IBM FAStT Host Adapter device driver version 7.01.01-fo (failover
       version) and 7.01.01 (non-failover) for Linux
    2. IBM FAStT FC-2 and FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter device driver version
       7.01.01-fo (failover version) and 7.01.01 (non-failover) for Linux
    3. IBM FAStT_MSJ 2.0.29 build 39
    4. IBM FAStT Storage Server Linux RDAC version 09.00.A5.00


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3.3  Helpful Hints
-----------------------

1. 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.

2. 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 FAStT100 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 FAStT600 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 FAStT600 Turbo option comes with
     8 partition storage partitioning premium option installed. An
     upgrade to 64 partitions can be purchased for the IBM FAStT600 
     Turbo option. 

   - IBM FAStT200 (machine type 3542: The standard configuration has 16
     partition storage partitioning premium option installed. No additional
     storage partitioning premium feature options can be purchased for 
     these storage subsystems.

   - IBM FAStT500 and FAStT700 storage subsystems (machine type 3552 and 
     1742 - models 1RU and 1RX, respectively): The standard configuration
     has 64 partition 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.

3. Do not delete the Access LUN or Access Volume if you want to manage the 
   FAStT storage server in-band (host-agent managed). The Access LUN is 
   required by the SMClient to communicate with the storage controllers when 
   using the in-band management method.
	
4. The FAStT 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.      

5. When making serial connections to the FAStT storage controller, the baud 
   rate is recommended to be set at either 38200 or 57600. Note: Do not make 
   any connections to the FAStT storage server serial ports unless it is 
   instructed by IBM Support. Incorrect use of the serial port might result in 
   lost of configuration, and possibly, data. 

6. Fabric topology zoning requirement. To avoid possible problem at the 
   host level, it is best practice that all Fibre Channel (FC) Switches must 
   be zoned such that a single FC 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 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.


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4.0 Configuration Information
----------------------------------------


4.1 Configuration Settings
------------------------------------

1. When using the Linux RDAC as the failover/failback driver, the host type
   should be set to LNXCL instead of Linux. If Linux RDAC is not used, the 
   host type of Linux must be used instead.

2. By default, the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 9.1 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,
      if your host OS type is any of the supported version of Linux OS's, 
      create a partition with the host type of Linux and map the logical
      drives to this partition.
      
   b. If you are upgrading 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 
      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.

3. When you are configuring IBM machine type 1722, 1724, 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.
   
4. 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_Linux.scr:  The script will enable automatic logical drive 
     transfer (ADT) for the Linux heterogenous host region. 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 Linux  host type with 
     the appropriate host type that needs to have AVT/ADT enabled)
  
   - DisableAVT_Linux.scr:  The script will disable the automatic logical
     drive transfer (ADT) for the Linux heterogenous host region. 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 Linux host type with 
     the appropriate host type that needs to have AVT/ADT disabled) 
      
5. When you are configuring IBM machine type 1742 or 3552 storage controllers
   in clustered Remote Mirror configurations, contact IBM support for 
   supported cluster configurations and instructions for configuring IBM 
   storage controllers in clustered Remote Mirror configurations.
 
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4.2 Hardware status and information
--------------------------------------------------

   New installations for IBM Machine types 1722, 1742, 3542,and 3552 should be 
   installed with the IBM FAStT and FC-2/FC2-133 Host Adapter. The device 
   driver version should be 7.01.01 for FAStT and FC-2/FC2-133 Host Adapters.
   
   For more information, refer to the IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage 
   Systems Technical Support web site.

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4.3 Unsupported configurations
--------------------------------------------

   The following lists configurations that are currently not being
   supported with IBM FAStT Storage Manager 9.1.

   1. The intermixing of FAStT EXP100 (SATA) and EXP 700 (FC) drive expansion
      enclosures in the same FAStT storage server is not supported. In 
      addition, the FAStT100 (machine type 1724) can not be connected to 
      EXP700 (FC) drive expansion enclosure.

   2. 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.

   3. The IBM Fibre Channel Hub, machine type 3523, connected to IBM
      machine type 1722, 1742, 3542 and 3552.

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5.0   Unattended Mode
-------------------------------
        N/A

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6.0   WEB Sites and Support Phone Number
--------------------------------------------------------------

   6.1  IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site:
        http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/fastt

   6.2  IBM TotalStorage™ 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

  IMPORTANT: 
  Register at the IBM Support and Download WEB Site to obtain notification 
  of important product updates at www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/fastt.
  Refer to the "Personalized Support" section of the web page and click on 
  "My Support". When the Please Sign In web page displayed, if you have not 
  previously registered to use this site, please do so now by clicking on 
  highlighted register word in window section titled "We use IBM 
  Registration" on the top left corner of the web page. Follow the 
  instructions in the displayed web page to register yourself to ibm.com. 

  Once you have registered, log into the site by entering your user id and
  password. In the Welcome Page, select Computer Storage in the "Select a  
  Product Family" pull down in the hardware section and click on "go".
  In the Computer Storage page, scroll down to "Disk Storage Systems" 
  category and select "1710" by clicking on the check box. Scroll to the 
  bottom of the web page and select "Save and Return" . You will be 
  returned to the main page.

  From the main page select your mail preferences. It is recommended to 
  select "Flashes" and "Downloadable files" to  be provided with important
  information on product updates. Select Submit. You should see a 
  confirmation indicating that "Your profile was successfully updated".


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7.0   Trademarks and Notices
-----------------------------------------

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

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----------------------

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