This README file contains the latest information about installing IBM TotalStorage™ DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 for Linux on pSeries Servers (Linux on POWER). Note: The Linux on POWER (LoP) host attachment to the IBM 1722- all models (DS4300), the IBM 1724-all models (DS4100) and the IBM 1742 (DS4500 and DS4400) requires the additional purchase of an IBM DS4000 Linux on POWER Host Kit Option. The IBM DS4000 Linux on POWER Host Kit options contain the required IBM licensing to attach a pSeries server running Linux Operating Systems to the DS4100, DS4300, DS4400 or DS4500 storage subsystems. Please contact your IBM service representatives 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: 3/16/2005 Products Supported: ---------------------------------------------------------------- | New Model | Old Model | Machine Type | Model | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4500 | FAStT 900 | 1742 | 90X, 90U | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4400 | FAStT 700 | 1742 | 1RX, 1RU | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4300 | FAStT 600 | 1722 | 6LX, 6LU, 60X and 60U | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | DS4100 | FAStT 100 | 1724 | 100, 1SC | |----------- |-----------|--------------|------------------------| | N/A | FAStT 500 | 3552 | 1RX, 1RU | |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| | N/A | FAStT 200 | 3542 | 1RX, 1RU, 2RX and 2RU | ------------ --------------------------------------------------- Note: - The DS4000 Storage Server 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 or Turbo options, the DS4400, and the DS4500 storage subsystems connected to the DS4000 EXP100 drive expansion enclosures, the controller firmware version 06.1x.xx.xx and its associated NVSRAM file must be used. - For the DS4100 storage subsystems, the controller firmware version 05.42.xx.xx and its associated NVSRAM file must be used. - 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 server models. - The LoP servers DO NOT support the DS4000 storage subsystems with controller firmware 06.12.xx.xx installed. PLEASE contact IBM resellers or representatives for such support in the future. Linux kernels Supported: ======================== ---------------------------------------------------------------- | OS | Version | | | | | RDAC | | ---------------------|--------------------------|-------------| | LoP-SLES 9 | 2.6.5-7.97 | No | | | | | |----------------------|--------------------------|-------------| | LoP-SLES 8 | 2.4.21-218-pseries64 | | | | | Yes(note a)| |----------------------|--------------------------|-------------| | LoP-RedHat 3-u4 | 2.4.21-27.EL | | | (RHEL3-u4) | | Yes(note b)| ----------------------|--------------------------|-------------- Notes: a. The redundant failover/failback capability is supported by the Emulex rdac/device driver. This driver is supported for LoP servers running SLES 8 only. b. The redundant failover/failback capability is supported by the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Linux RDAC driver version 9.00.A5.06 that is shipped with the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.12 for Linux. This driver is supported for LoP serversrunning RHEL3 update 4 only. ======================================================================== 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 is the latest release of the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager for Linux on POWER. It is required for managing the DS4000 storage subsystems with controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx installed. Important: Please refer to the "IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER", version -01, located at http://www- 1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/for all installation and support notes pertaining to Linux on pSeries. Follow these instructions to get to the proper manual: Click the link for your DS4000 storage server. When the page opens, click the Download tab. Click the link for Current recommended Firmware and Storage Manager. The tables on the resulting page contain links to the DS4000 Storage Manager publications. In The "Linux support for pSeries" CD-ROM contains the documentation and files necessary for installing the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9.1 Client in non-LoP servers that is required to setup and manage the DS4000 storage subsystem, except for installations on RedHat RHEL3u4 for Linux on pSeries(LoP) servers. (see Note below for Linux on Power installations). In addition, the information on the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 installation can be found in the readme.txt files included in the operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on this CD. The "IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guides for Windows 2000/Server 2003, Netware, ESX Server, and Linux" or the "IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP- UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER" publication is located in the \Docs directory on this CD or is available on IBM's Support Web Site as a downloadable Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Furthermore, the Docs directory in the CD-ROM also contains other DS4000 publications that might provide helpful information Supported pSeries configurations and setup information can be found in the following DS4000 storage server document - IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER - which is located in the \Docs directory on this CD. Also, refer to the http://www.ibm.com/eserver/pSeries/linux IBM web site for the latest Linux for pSeries information and document updates. Please read the FAStT EXP100 Storage Expansion Unit Release Notes before using Storage Manager version 9.1 on FAStT storage server connecting to EXP100 enclosures. IMPORTANT: This release of IBM FAStT Storage Manager host software for LoP servers supports all FAStT storage subsystems with general released firmware versions from 5.3x.xx.xx up to 06.10.xx.xx. For the latest DS4000 readme files, publications, and released code, refer to the http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site. Refer to the IBM DS4000 Support Web Site for latest DS4000 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 for various models of the DS4000 storage subsystems, which are supported for having logical drives (LUNs) mapped to LoP servers. Important: There are newer version of the controller firmware (06.12.xx.xx) for the following DS4000 storage subsystems - DS4500 (M/T 1742), DS4400 (M/T 1742), DS4300 (M/T 1722) and DS4100 (M/T 1724). However, the LoP servers DO NOT support the DS4000 storage subsystems with controller firmware 06.12.xx.xx installed. PLEASE contact IBM resellers or representatives for such support in the future. --------------------------------------------------- | | Controller firmware version | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4000 | | | Storage Server | | | Model | | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4500 (1742) | 06.10.xx.xx | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4400 (1742) | 06.10.xx.xx | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4300 Turbo | 06.10.xx.xx | | Option (1722) | | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4300 | 06.10.xx.xx | | Standard Option | | | (1722) | | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4300 Single | 05.34.xx.xx | | Controller Opt. | (for DS4300 SCU | | (1722) | only) | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4100 (1724) | 05.42.xx.xx | | | | |------------------|--------------------------------| | DS4100 Single | 05.42.xx.xx | | Controller Opt. | (for DS4100 SCU | | (1724) | only) | |------------------|--------------------------------| | FAStT500 (3552) | 05.30.xx.xx | |------------------|--------------------------------| | FAStT200 (3542) | 05.30.xx.xx | --------------------------------------------------- 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 or later installed. ======================================================================= 1.2 Limitations ---------------- 1. The IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 Client software packages are only available on pSeries hosts running RedHat RHEL3 update 4 at this time. They are not available for installation on LoP pSeries hosts running the SLES 8 and SLES 9 Linux operating systems. The Storage Manager version 9.1 Client program for non-LoP operating systems like Microsoft Windows, AIX and non-LoP Linux must be installed in a non-LoP server for out-of- band management configuration of the DS4000 storage subsystems that are connected to LoP servers running SLES 8 and SLES 9 Linux OSes. 2. For the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 Client limitations, refer to the appropriate operating system readme files. These readme files can be found in the operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on this CD. For the latest DS4000 readme files, publications, and released code, refer to the IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site. http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk 3. Refer to the "IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER", version 01, publication located on the http://www.ibm.com/eserver/pSeries/linux IBM web site for the latest Linux for pSeries limitations and document updates. 4. The "modprobe" command is not supported with this release on Rhel3-u4 when the Linux RDAC driver is installed. Use "insmod" to remove and recover the device driver stack. On pSeries servers with more then 4 processors, using the modprobe command may result in a hung server. 5. The Storage Manager Linux RDAC driver does not have the functionality to detect when a LUN is removed from the server. This includes FLASH Copy LUN's. Error messages are reported to the /var/log/messages file until missing LUN is recognized. The work around at this time is to reboot the pSeries server. 6. There is no support for multipath at this time with the SLES 9 kernel (2.6.5-9x) ======================================================================= 1.3 Enhancements ----------------- 1. LoP server with RedHat RHEL3 update 4 (RHEL3-u4) now supports Linux RDAC capabilities using the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Linux RDAC driver version 9.00.A5.06. This is a different redundant failover/failback driver than the Emulex rdac/device driver that is currently supported for LoP servers running SLES 8. The IBM DS4000 Storage Manage RDAC driver version 9.00.A5.06 do not support only LoP servers running RHEL3-u4. 2. The following DS4000 Storage Manager host software packages - SMclient, SMutils, and SMagent packages are now supported on this LoP servers with RedHat RHEL3 update 4. ======================================================================= 1.4 Prerequisites ------------------ For the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 Client prerequisites, refer to the appropriate operating system readme files. These readme files can be found in the operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on this CD. For the Linux on pSeries prerequisites, refer to the pSeries Server document, "IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER", version 01, located at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/pSeries/linux IBM web site for the latest Linux for pSeries prerequisites and document updates. ======================================================================= 1.5 Dependencies ----------------- For the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager v9.1 Client dependencies, refer to the appropriate operating system readme files. These readme files can be found in the operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on this CD or is available at the IBM DS4000 Support Web Site. For the Linux on pSeries dependencies, refer to the DS4000 storage server document, "IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER", version 01, located on the http://www.ibm.com/eserver/pSeries/linux IBM web site for the latest Linux for pSeries dependencies and document updates. In addition, 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 server controller and the hard drive firmware. ======================================================================= 2.0 Change History ----------------------------- Release Dated 2/22/2005 - RHEL3u4 first support release for Linux on Power. - Support for the DS4000 Storage manager Linux RDAC driver: 09.00.A5.06 Release Dated 2/8/2005 - Support the controller firmware version 06.10.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 Release Dated 11/24/2004 - Support for the DS4000 FC/SATA storage expansion enclosure intermix option - DS4000 Enhanced Remote Mirroring Global Copy and Global mirroring functions - Support for the attachment of EXP100 SATA storage expansion enclosures to the DS4400 storage server - Supports the DS4100 storage server Single Controller option - Increased the maximum number of EXP100 drive expansion enclosures that can be connected to a DS4100 storage server. The maximum is now 7 instead of 4 - 254966 (PR 81363) DS4000 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 all enclosures firmware command not working correctly. - hlpct_53466 (PR 80833) tcp port scan causes controllers to reboot - change MIB file name to SM9_10.MIB Release Dated 8/31/2004 - Enhanced Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 also supports Global Copy and Global Mirroring Remote Mirror options. - Parallel hard drive firmware download. - Staged controller firmware download. - Full command-line SMcli support. - Improved DS4000 storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI - Additional diagnostic features - Drive Channel status, hard drive sector failure list. Release Dated 6/18/2004 1. Support new DS4100 Storage Server Host Attachment to IBM pSeries Servers. 2. Support for DS4000 Storage Server firmware versions 5.4x. Release Dated 4/30/2004 1. DS4000 Storage Server Linux support for IBM pSeries Servers. ======================================================================= 2.1 Key Features added to this IBM DS4000 Storage Manager 9.1 release. --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Enhanced Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 also supports Global Copy and Global Mirroring Remote Mirror options. - Parallel hard drive firmware download. - Staged controller firmware download. - Full command-line SMcli support. - Support for new EXP710 drive expansion enclosure model. - Support for both FC and SATA hard-drive technology EXP enclosures behind the same DS4000 storage subsystems. This is a purchased option. - Improved DS4000 storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI - Additional diagnostic features - Drive Channel status, hard drive sectors failure list. - Support for new DS4100 storage server Single Controller option. - Support for the attachment of EXP100 SATA storage expansion enclosures to the DS4400 storage server - Support for the increase in the number of EXP100 drive expansion enclosures that can be connected to a DS4100 storage server. The maximum EXP100 drive enclosures that can be connected to a DS4100 is now 7 instead of 4 - Support the controller firmware version 06.10.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 (1/17/2005) - ReadHat RHEL3 update4 first support release for Linux on Power (2/22/2005.) - Support for the DS4000 Storage manager Linux RDAC driver: 09.00.A5.06 (2/22/2005.) For more information, refer to the appropriate operating system readme files. These readme files can be found in the operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on this CD. ======================================================================= 2.2 Code levels at time of release are as follows ------------------------------------------------------------------- The IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 Runtime, Client, Utilities and Agent host software is now available for pSeries server running RedHat 3u4 Linux OS. In addition, the IBM Linux RDAC is now supported at this time. Please contact your IBM representatives or resellers, or visit IBM web site for the availability of such supports in the future. Note: This table for LoP servers running RHEL3 update4 release only. LoP servers running SLES 8 or 9 must use a a non-pSeries (LoP) server or a pSeries server running AIX OS as the management station. --------------------------------------------------------- | Product | Version | |--------------|------------------------------------------| | SMruntime | SMruntime-LINUX-09.10.A5.02-1.ppc64.rpm | |--------------|------------------------------------------| | SMclient | SMclient-LINUX-09.10.G5.02-1.noarch.rpm | |--------------|------------------------------------------| | SMutil | SMutil-LINUX-09.10.A5.03-1.ppc64.rpm | |--------------|------------------------------------------| | SMagent | SMagent-LINUX-09.10.A5.03-1.ppc64.rpm | |--------------|------------------------------------------| |IBM Linux RDAC| 09.00.A5.06 | |--------------|------------------------------------------| | HBA driver | 7.1.14 - Included on rhel3u4 release | |--------------|------------------------------------------| | Emulex Helper| lpfc_2.4_ioctl_module_kit-1.0.13-1 | | module | | |--------------|------------------------------------------| |Emulex Appli- | ElxLinuxApps-2.0a20-7.1.14-1 | | cation Kit | | --------------|------------------------------------------ One can also use a non-pSeries Server or a pSeries server running AIX OS as the management station. Please refer to the appropriate operating system readme file for code levels. These readme files can be found in the other operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on the DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 support for Linux on POWER Host Kit CD-ROM. 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. ======================================================================= 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions ---------------------------------------------------- 3.1 Readme files ------------------------ a. Determine the operating system of the management station that you will be installing this code on. b. Change to the appropriate directory on this CD (either WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX). c. Follow the instructions in that directory on how to install the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1 Host Software. NOTE: For this release, please refer to the "IBM DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 Installation and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER", version -01, located at http://www- 1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/for all installation and support notes pertaining to Linux on pSeries. Follow these instructions to get to the proper manual: Click the link for your DS4000 storage server. When the page opens, click the Download tab. Click the link for Current recommended Firmware and Storage Manager. The tables on the resulting page contain links to Storage Manager publications. 3.2 Supported Fibre Channel HBAs for Linux on POWER platforms only ------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM has tested configurations with the following Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters with the stated adapter firmware and device driver versions: IBM Feature Code 6228, 6239, or 5716(6239-CR) HBA Firmware Minimum Levels for RHEL3u4 ppc64 Linux (LoP): 1. FC 5716 Driver: 7.1.14, ElxLinuxApps-2.0a20-7.1.14-1, lpfc_2.4_ioctl_module_kit-7.1.13-1, F-code 1.90A4 2. FC 6239 Driver: 7.1.14, ElxLinuxApps-2.0a20-7.1.14-1, lpfc_2.4_ioctl_module_kit-7.1.13-1, F-code 1.81x1 3. FC 6228 Driver: 7.1.14, ElxLinuxApps-2.0a20-7.1.14-1, lpfc_2.4_ioctl_module_kit-7.1.13-1, F-code 3.91A1 HBA Firmware Minimum Levels for SLES 9 ppc64 Linux (LoP): 1. FC 5716 Driver: lpfcdriver-2.10g, Apps. Kit:lpfcapp-2.10g-1.ppc64 2.10g, F-code 1.90A4 2. FC 6239 Driver: lpfcdriver-2.10g, Apps. Kit:lpfcapp-2.10g-1.ppc64 2.10g, F-code 1.81X1 3. FC 6228 Driver: lpfcdriver-2.10g, Apps. Kit:lpfcapp-2.10g-1.ppc64 2.10g, F-code 3.91A1 pSeries adapter code can be downloaded from: http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload2/download.html 3.3 Helpful Hints ----------------------- Please refer to the appropriate operating system readme file for specific helpful hints. These readme files can be found in the operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on this CD. ======================================================================= 4.0 Configuration Information ------------------------------------------ 4.1 Configuration Settings ------------------------------------- Please refer to the appropriate operating system readme file for specific configuration setting. These readme files can be found in the operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit, WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on this CD. 1. Installation of the Emulex Application Kit, ElxLinuxApps-2.0a20-7.1.14-1, on RHEL3 servers, automatically installs HBAnyware. HBAnyware interfers with unloading the lpfcdfc and lpfc modules. The work around for this is to either stop HBAnyware (/usr/sbin/HBAnyware stop) or uninstall the Application kit. ======================================================================= 4.2 Unsupported Configurations -------------------------------------------- Please refer to the appropriate operating system readme file for a list of unsupported configurations. These readme files can be found in the operating system (WIN32, WS03_32bit,WS03_64bit, Linux, Linux_IA64 or AIX) directories on this CD. ======================================================================= 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 6.4 The IBM Linux for pSeries web site: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/pSeries/linux IMPORTANT: You should download the latest version of the DS4000 Storage Manager host software, the DS4000 storage server 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: http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/ ======================================================================= 7.0 Trademarks and Notices ---------------------------- 7.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: IBM FAStT ToTalStorage™ the e-business logo xSeries pSeries HelpCenter Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United states, other countries, or both. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. 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