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VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0500 FibreChannel/SCSI Driver ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2002. All rights reserved.
New Kit Date: 06-JUN-2002
Modification Date: Not Applicable
Modification Type: NEW KIT
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: SCSI Drivers
FibreChannel
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0500
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0500--4.PCSI
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: None
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 2928 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V7.2-1H1
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Rolling Re-boot Supported: Yes
Installation Rating: INSTALL_1
1 - To be installed by all customers.
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s), or later, must be installed BEFORE
installation of this, or any required kit:
VMS721H1_UPDATE-V0500
In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
kit, the following remedial kits, or later, should also be installed:
None
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for SCSI Drivers and FibreChannel on OpenVMS Alpha
V7.2-1H1. This kit addresses the following problems:
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0500 KIT:
o If the system experiences bus starvation because of heavy IO
activity, there is a possibility that some IO will timeout and
reset the SCSI bus. This could result in Disk Mount Verifies.
Also, data corruption might occur during heavy IO Timeouts.
The IO Timeouts could be detected by looking for Error Type 4,
Subtype 1 in the Error Log,
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PKADRIVER.EXE
o When a Fibre Channel disk is being brought back online after a
controller failover, the user may see a variety of problems
ranging from process hangs and system hangs, to system crashes
with a variety of bugchecks. All systems using disks served
from the affected HSG controllers will be affected.
The nature of this problem is twofold:
o It completely shuts down the HSG controller. Anything
accessing that HSG will hang until their I/O times out.
This will cause any number of failures from all the disks
becoming unavailable.
o It consumes a number of resources on the systems. A crash
will result from what ever critical resource runs out
first.
If the wrong equilibrium is reached, the systems can appear to
hang indefinitely. It is possible, but not likely, that they
will recover with no intervention.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$DKDRIVER.EXE
o If a non-clustered OpenVMS system, prior to V7.3, attempts to
mount a fibre channel disk with a persistent reservation on
it, the system will bugcheck with an "INVEXCEPTN, Exception
while above ASTDEL".
Persistent reservations can be on a disk from the SWCC program
or when the disk was mounted by a V7.3 OpenVMS release or
later. They can also be present from having the disk used by
a non-OpenVMS operating system that uses persistent
reservations.
Crashdump Summary
-----------------
Bugcheck Type: INVEXCEPTN, Exception while above ASTDEL
Current Process: NULL
Current Image: <not available>
Failing PC: FFFFFFFF.802929C8 SYS$DKDRIVER+109C8
Failing PS: 38000000.00000804
Module: SYS$DKDRIVER
(Link Date/Time: 9-FEB-2001 08:51:21.81)
Offset: 000109C8
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$DKDRIVER.EXE
o When a TLZ10 tape with an incorrect label is installed on a
789X SCSI adapter (KZPEA 7899 card or built-in 7895 card in a
DS20E), the user should receive a MEDOFL (Medium offline)
error. Instead, the user receives an incorrect DRVERR (Drive
Error) error.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PKADRIVER.EXE
o The system can crash with a INVEXCP bugcheck.
Crashdump Summary Information
-----------------------------
Bugcheck Type: INVEXCEPTN, Exception while above ASTDEL
Failing PC: FFFFFFFF.80363B80 SYS$PKADRIVER+0BB80
Failing PS: 00000000.00001504
Offset: 0000BB80
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PKADRIVER.EXE
o An INIT command, when used on SCSI tapes, can take 1/2 hour or
more to quit if no tape is in the unit. With this change, the
INIT command fails immediately when there is no media in the
drive.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$MKDRIVER.EXE
o The system can crash with an "INCONSTATE, Inconsistent I/O
data base" bugcheck at SYS$FGEDRIVER+8C3C.
Crashdump Summary Information:
------------------------------
Bugcheck Type: INCONSTATE,
Inconsistent I/O data base
Current Process: NULL
Current Image: <not available>
Failing PC: FFFFFFFF.802DAC3C SYS$FGEDRIVER+08C3C
Failing PS: 18000000.00000804
Module: SYS$FGEDRIVER
(Link Date/Time: 5-DEC-2001 14:41:56.69)
Offset: 00008C3C
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
[SYSLIB]FC$SDA.EXE
o The system can crash with a SSRVEXCEPT, Unexpected system
service exception" bugcheck.
Crashdump Summary Information:
------------------------------
Bugcheck Type: SSRVEXCEPT, Unexpected system service
exception
CPU Type: AlphaServer 2100 4/233
Failing PC: FFFFFFFF.801CB968
NSA$REFERENCE_RIGHTS_CHAIN_C+00008
Failing PS: 10000000.00000201
Module: SECURITY
(Link Date/Time: 5-AUG-2001 01:12:10.86)
Offset: 0000B968
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o Attempting to mount a TLZ09 gives a DRVERR error.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PKADRIVER.EXE
o A tape drive can log many errors between volume changes.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PKADRIVER.EXE
o After executing a HSV110 controller restart, the system loses
connection to the disks on the HSV110.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o The system can crash with an INCONSTATE bug_check at
SYS$PGADRIVER+A988 (pga$els_cnf).
Crashdump Summary Information:
------------------------------
Bugcheck Type: INCONSTATE, Inconsistent I/O
data base
Current Process: NULL
Current Image: <not available>
Failing PC: FFFFFFFF.80300988 SYS$PGADRIVER+0A988
Failing PS: 38000000.00000804
Module: SYS$PGADRIVER
(Link Date/Time: 6-FEB-2002 04:52:55.20)
Offset: 0000A988
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PGADRIVER.EXE
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0500' or 'VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI'.
ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:
If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:
[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools
INSTALLATION NOTES:
This kit requires a system reboot. Compaq strongly recommends that
a reboot is performed immediately after kit installation to avoid
system instability
If you have other nodes in your OpenVMS cluster, they must also be
rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s). If it is not
possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a
rolling re-boot may be performed.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Install this kit with the POLYCENTER Software installation utility
by logging into the SYSTEM account, and typing the following at the
DCL prompt:
PRODUCT INSTALL VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0500 /SOURCE=[location of Kit]
The kit location may be a tape drive, CD, or a disk directory that
contains the kit.
Additional help on installing PCSI kits can be found by typing
HELP PRODUCT INSTALL at the system prompt
SPECIAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
o Scripting of Answers to Installation Questions
During installation, this kit will ask and require user
response to several questions. If you wish to automate the
installation of this kit and avoid having to provide responses
to these questions, you must create a DCL command procedure
that includes the following definitions and commands:
- $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE
- $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT TRUE
- Add the following qualifiers to the PRODUCT INSTALL
command and add that command to the DCL procedure.
/PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V5.0
- De-assign the logicals assigned
For example, a sample command file to install the
VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0500 kit would be:
$
$ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE
$ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT TRUE
$!
$ PROD INSTALL VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI/PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V5.0
$!
$ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP
$ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT
$!
$ exit
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| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| FC$CP.EXE | 90C34610 | X-2 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:22:14.04 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| FC$SDA.EXE | D60BA529 | X-6A3A1B1 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:22:07.93 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$DKDRIVER.EXE | E78624A2 | X-12 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:16:28.35 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE | D84CE519 | X-26A22B2 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:21:16.45 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$GKDRIVER.EXE | 0454FD19 | X-38B1 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:17:12.99 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$MKDRIVER.EXE | C52203BD | X-12 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:16:53.83 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PGADRIVER.EXE | 780E0535 | X-35A5A1A3 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:20:44.83 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKADRIVER.EXE | D2E58FB3 | X-12A2 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:20:15.10 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKCDRIVER.EXE | E35B65B6 | X-3 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:17:31.51 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKEDRIVER.EXE | 1877BD95 | X-3 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:18:02.35 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKJDRIVER.EXE | 0AA25880 | X-3 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:18:26.21 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKQDRIVER.EXE | B82E7B34 | X-10A1 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:19:35.19 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKSDRIVER.EXE | BABEF438 | X-3 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:18:40.02 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKTDRIVER.EXE | FF390596 | X-3 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:18:59.82 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKWDRIVER.EXE | B5571F92 | X-27 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:19:53.96 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKZDRIVER.EXE | A66BCECE | X-3 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 15:19:19.16 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
