AlphaServer DS15, DS15A Console Firmware Release Notes V7.3
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1. Notes LP9002 LP10000 LP10000DC Revision 2 76 became available after the firmware CD release To get this version download the iso image from the firmware page and create a bootable CD Boot the CD to invoke the LFU then update the I O firmware An asterisk indicates firmware changed since the previous console release Update Firmware from CD Firmware Update Procedure Firmware Update Procedure The firmware update procedure uses the loadable firmware utility LFU to update firm ware The LFU is invoked by booting the Alpha Systems Firmware CD If you don t have the CD you can create a bootable firmware CD by downloading the iso image from the firmware web site Updating firmware from DVD is not supported 1 Insert firmware CD in the CD drive 2 Boot the CD type boot dqa0 Booting invokes a program which determines the system model and then displays the default bootfile for that system model 3 Press the Enter key after the Bootfile prompt to invoke the LFU 4 If RMC or TIG firmware has changed type exit after the UPD gt prompt otherwise go to step 6 5 Type Y or yes to switch to LFU Manual update mode This mode allows updating RMC and TIG firmware 6 Type the update command to update firmware 7 Type yes to confirm updating firmware 8 Type exit to leave the LFU Exiting loads the firmware into flash and returns to the SRM console prompt A power cycle is required only o2. Revised February 27 2008 AlphaServer DS15 DSI5A Console Firmware Release Notes V7 3 This document contains firmware enhancements and update procedures Start with Read Me First Hewlett Packard Company The information in this publication is subject to change without notice Copyright O 2005 2008 Hewlett Packard Company HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing performance or use of this material This is provided as is and HP disclaims any warranties express implied or statutory and expressly disclaims the implied warranties or merchantability fitness for particular purpose good title and against infringement COMPAQ the Compaq logo DEC the DEC logo AlphaStation AlphaServer and VMS Registered in the U S Patent and Trademark Office OpenVMS Tru64 are trade marks of Compaq Information Technologies Group L P in the United States and or other countries UNIX is a trademark of The Open Group in the United States and or other countries All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or regis tered trademarks of their respective companies Compaq Computer Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hewlett Packard Company The information in this publication is subject to change without notice AlphaServer DS15 DSI5A Console Firmware Release Notes V7 3 Golden Rules e
3. PASSED booter No Update Available rt Updating to V1 2 0 Verifying V1 2 0 PASSED srom Updating to V1 0 1 Verifying V1 0 1 PASSED tig Updating to 1 11 Verifying 1 11 PASSED UPD gt exit An AC power cycle is required only if TIG firmware has been updated to a newer ver sion i e turn off the system remove external power wait three seconds then restore power Using the FailSafe Loader The fail safe loader FSB is a boot console utility used to recover from possible con sole firmware corruption e g checksum ROM error It is a smaller version of the SRM console and only contains device support for the inboard I O controllers and supported Ethernet controllers The FSB does not execute the power up self test script but it does prompt to use the LFU utility to recover the SRM console image The FSB can be invoked automatically or manually with jumpers after system power on The FSB automatically boots when the SROM detects corruption in the SRM con sole flashrom image The FSB is manually booted if jumper J8 is in position 1 2 on the system motherboard System power on invokes the console SROM to load the FSB con sole from the system flashrom To restore firmware from the FSB SRM prompt do the following 1 Boot the Alpha Firmware CD or other bootable medium to invoke the LFU 2 Update firmware in LFU manual mode exit the LFU power down the system and move the FSB jumper back to its default posit
4. Console Switch Known Anomalies and Restrictions 1 pgb0 0 0 1 2 1000 0000 c920 c9fe FABRIC 9999 All of the above gt gt gt wwidmgr set ada item 9999 topo fab gt gt gt wwidmer show ada item adapter WWN Cur Topo Next Topo 0 pga0 0 0 6 1 1000 0000 c920 a763 FABRIC 1 pgb0 0 0 1 2 1000 0000 c920 c9fe FABRIC 9999 All of the above WWIDMGR No Unit Number Specified The command wwidmgr quickset item lt n gt MUST also have the unit qualifier on the line The correct format for the command is as follows gt gt gt wwidmer quickset item lt n gt unit lt n gt If no unit number is specified the console generates one that is a hashed value of the WWID For more information refer to the wwidmgr user s manual Limitations with the Run Bios Command The SRM run bios command in not supported when a graphics console is connected through the KVM console switch and will result in unexpected keyboard behavior As a workaround use the SRM run bios command from the serial console using a serial port connection to the COMI port 14 V7 2 V7 1 V7 0 Firmware Change History Firmware Change History Console Enhancements Added RoHS part numbers in FRU tree New module naming for I O devices DE602 FA FB is now DE602 F DEGXA SB TB is now DEGXA S T WWIDMGR rule added do not attempt to get a UDID on a Fibre Channel SAN for SCSI sequential accessor SCSI media changer type devi
5. 01 Service Manual Order Number EK DS150 SV B01 Firmware Main Page http www hp com click on Large Enterprise Business click on Server click on HP AlphaServer Systems click on firmware Alpha Systems Support http h20000 www2 hp com bizsupport TechSupport Home jsp http www 1 itrc hp com service home home do hp Alpha Retain Trust Program The hp Alpha Retain Trust Program underscores HP s commitment to providing long term business continuity for Alpha Systems customers The program eases the evolution of moving from the Alpha platform to Itanium architecture based HP systems by ensuring HP carries forward the trust you have placed in us It is focused on showing you the business value of moving forward with HP as a company and mitigating the risk associated with transitions to future HP technologies Changes This Release Read Me First Read Me First V7 3 firmware was released to CD in April 2007 Since then I O option firmware for the KZPEC has been updated This firmware is available in the firmware iso image that is downloadable from the firmware website Keyboard driver a USB keyboard attached to a USB to PS2 adapter can sometimes hang when attempting to login for the first time on OpenVMS Solution Read the keyboard data and status registers immediately after enabling key board interrupts in order to drain any interrupts from the device Kgpsa driver on certain new Brocade fibre channel switches t
6. ces i e tape drives robot arms Console Enhancements RMC runtime firmware updated to recognize DS15A systems Increased the Adaptec SCSI support driver number of support targets from 16 to 32 KGPSA driver changed to do faster retry on PLOGI frames Changes to SCSI driver code to enhance page and field length checks for SCSI inquiry responses Bug Fixes OpenVMS PALCode Fix i stream cache fill error handling code that could result in a very rare and unnecessary machine check with an AO reason code eFix for long EVs gt 128 characters being copied to another EV and causing a con sole crash Console Enhancements user_defl user_def2 two new user defined SRM console environment variables added for custom use DEFPA increase driver setup time in the data link layers Bug Fixes and Other KGPSA and WWIDMGR increase the number of Nx EV s SmartArray 5300 fixed serial emulation 15 Firmware Change History 16
7. ecsecnaeceeeeeerseeeeneeaes 12 MBX Not Ready eee nenea ana a aa nana nana nana 13 WWIDMGR No Unit Number Specified nene eee i 14 KVM Console Switch nana nana nenea nana aaa 14 Limitations with the Run Bios Command i 14 Finnyware Change History sote cupe tata ia sati al datata ina a ada apt otel tt 15 NT Pisi iaca nied eek a aa nuante anal ae a da aa a dute tata 15 Viliani alla riale 15 VI iaia 15 Golden Rules Scope Scope The document lists significant changes in this firmware release and describes methods to update console firmware It does not describe console firmware internals or console architecture This document is intended for persons responsible for operating system installation upgrades and for console firmware and console supported I O option firmware updates Update all console firmware before installing or updating an operating system to ensure compatibility Console firmware for this server consists of SRM FSB RMC SROM and TIG firmware Ensure firmware is updated to the latest revision level AlphaServer systems recently shipped may have a higher console firmware revision than the firmware revision listed in this release A higher firmware revision normally indicates support for the installed operating system It is not recommended to load firmware that is older than what is presently installed References Owner s Guide Order Number EK DS150 OG B
8. f TIG firmware has been updated to a newer version The Loadable Firmware Utility List Command Update Command Firmware Update Procedure The LFU has a default and a manual update mode Default mode can update SRM con sole Fail Safe Booter FSB RMC Runtime rt SROM and I O option firmware Man ual update mode will update all firmware except booter firmware Note that booter firmware cannot be updated The list command displays the memory loaded firmware images and supported flash ROM shown in the Device column UPD gt list Device Current Revision Filename Update Revision FSB V7 2 3 fsb_fw V7 3 3 SRM V7 3 2 srm_fw V7 3 2 booter V1 1 0 booter_fw No Update Available pya0 2 58 sa64xx_fw 2 58 rt V1 2 0 rt_fw V1 2 0 srom V1 0 1 srom_fw V1 0 1 tig 1 11 tig fw 1 11 dfxaa_fw 3 20 fca 2354 fw CS3 93A0 fca 2384 fw HS1 91X6 fca 2684 fw TS1 91X6 kzpdc_fw 3 56 UPD gt The update command loads firmware into the device The example show updating firm ware in LFU manual mode FIGURE 1 Update Command Manual Mode UPD gt exit Do you want to do a manual update y n y UPD gt update Confirm update on FSB SRM booter pya0 rt srom Restoring Firmware Using the FailSafe Loader tig Y N y WARNING updates may take several minutes to complete for each device DO NOT ABORT FSB Updating to V7 3 3 Verifying V7 3 3 PASSED SRM Updating to V7 3 2 Verifying V7 3 2
9. he console can fail to login to the fabric switch port if the connection is moved from one switch port to another Solution When attempting to login to a fibre channel switch port use an SDID of zero and the switch will provide the new SDID to the host adapter Wwidmgr the console supports a number of environmental variables to facilitate boot and crash dump to fibre channel storage volumes Presently there are four 4 WWIDx variables that define the world wide ID of a storage volume and eight 8 Nx variables that define the path to the storage volumes The console uses these variables to define the volumes used for boot or crash dump devices Solution Increase variables Nx to 16 and WWIDx to 8 T O Option Firmware no changes Read Me First Console and OS Revisions Operating System PalCode OpenVMS OpenVMS SRM RMC Booter SROM Extended Flash SROM FailSafe Non Flashable Console Firmware V8 2 Tru64 Unix V5 1B V1 98 7 Tru64Unix V7 3 2 FSB V7 3 3 V1 1 0 RMC Runtime V1 2 0 V1 0 1 TIG V1 11 V1 0 0 An asterisk indicates a firmware change since the previous release I O Adapter Firmware Revisions The following table list the firmware revision of I O adapters that are updatable from the loadable firmware utility There were no I O adapter firmware changes this release I O Adapter Revision Defpa 3 20 DS KGPSA DA 3 93a0 DS A5132 AA 1 91X6 DS A5134 AA 1 91X6 KZPDC 3 56 KZPEC 2 58 on CD
10. ion if applicable Make sure to move the jumper J8 to its original default position User Defined Environment Variables Kgpsa FRU Table Flags Helpful Hints Helpful Hints user_defl and user_def2 Starting with the V7 0 firmware release environment variables user_defl and user_der2 were added for customer use They are non volatile environment variables that are read able and writable from the SRM console and accessible the Tru64 operating system Format P00 gt gt gt set user_def lt 1 or 2 gt any character string SRM console P00 gt gt gt set user_defl asset no 1234 system location green zone example Tru64UNIX consver g user_def1 console user_defl System_Asset_No 1234 System_Location green zone example Only a limited set of console environment variables are accessible from operating system Informational Messages Kgpsa device messages similar to retry ct pga0 0 0 2 6 are informational messages only Retry messages of this type result from a device trying to gain access to a busy fibre channel switch Device access is rejected which causes the device to retry access ing the switch Reconfiguring Fibre Channel Switches To ensure access from a fibre channel switch a console init command is required if a fibre channel cable is moved from one port to another or if it has been removed and replaced Clearing Error Flags To clear FRU table error flags use the foll
11. ller The init command is not necessary when the storage device is powered up at the same time as the rest of the system or when the storage device is powered up with the operating system is already running Missing BUS Termination Jumpers Can Hang Console The KZPEA DB requires both SCSI buses to be terminated at both ends of the bus to prevent signal degradation Signal degradation may result in the console hanging when trying to probe the controller for information Verify that the termination jumpers J3 and J5 on the host adapter are installed to enable termination on both channels Do Not Hot Swap Do not hot swap the mouse or keyboard with power on Disconnecting them with power on may cause electronic damage to the transceivers Ensure power is off before swap ping them If the system is in console graphics mode removing the mouse prevents any response from the keyboard until the mouse is plugged back into the system Kgpsa Driver Startup Messages When the console Kgpsa fiber channel driver starts up you may see the message pga0 0 0 2 4 Nvram read failed The message indicates the KGPSA s NVRAM is either un formatted or is not working properly The more likely reason is an un format ted NVRAM The console contains a portion of the NVRAM to indicate if the adapter should be ini tialized to either a Fabric topology when connected to a Switch or should be initialized 12 Known Anomalies and Restrictions to a Lo
12. n 2 At the OpenVMS prompt type STOP DECW SERVER_0 3 Press and release the HALT Button if configured for HALT to SRM console prompt 4 Type crash 5 Reset the system and reboot the operating system or 6 Continue and resume your DW MOTIF session by issuing sys startup decw startup then log out to bring up the DW MOTIF session Command Sequence Behavior in a Tru64UNIX Environment The Tru64Unix environment includes X11 enabled SRM console set to graphics mode and a graphics card installed The symptom occurs when pressing the HALT button if configured for HALT which puts the graphics monitor to a frozen state You must reset the system to clear this state 11 Kzpea Notes Mouse and Keyboard Fibre Channel Notes Known Anomalies and Restrictions Solution Set console to serial mode before booting the operating system Solution2 Disable X11 before pressing the HALT button if configured for HALT 1 Login to OS if you are not already logged in 2 Stop X11 by issuing the stop command sbin init d xlogin stop 3 Press and release the HALT Button if configured for HALT to get to SRM console prompt 4 Type the crash command 5 Reset the system then reboot the operating system This section describes the behaviors with this controller under certain conditions Powering Up Attached Storage When in console mode use the init command after powering up a storage device attached to a KZPEA contro
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14. op topology By default the console initializes the KGPSA to a Fabric topology The NVRAM is automatically formatted when the topology is set For more information refer to the wwidmgr user s manual NVRAM Read Failed Message Example gt gt gt wwidmgr show ada item adapter WWN Cur Topo Next Topo pga0 0 0 8 1 Nvram read failed 0 pga0 0 0 8 1 1000 0000 c920 05ab FABRIC UNAVAIL pgb0 0 0 10 1 Nvram read failed 1 pgb0 0 0 10 1 1000 0000 c921 0ce0 FABRIC UNAVAIL 9999 All of the above gt gt gt wwidmer set adapter item 9999 topo fabric pga0 0 0 8 1 Nvram read failed Reformatting nvram pgb0 0 0 10 1 Nvram read failed Reformatting nvram gt gt gt wwidmgr show ada item adapter WWN Cur Topo Next Topo 0 pga0 0 0 8 1 1000 0000 c920 05ab FABRIC 1 pgb0 0 0 10 1 1000 0000 c921 0ce0 FABRIC 9999 All of the above gt gt gt init MBX Not Ready You may see a MBX not ready message when first formatting the NVRAM with the wwidmgr set ada command Reissuing this command should succeed without this message gt gt gt wwidmgr set ada item 9999 topo fab pga0 0 0 6 1 Nvram read failed Reformatting nvram MBX not ready pgb0 0 0 1 2 Nvram read failed Reformatting nvram gt gt gt wwidmer show ada item adapter WWN Cur Topo Next Topo MBX not ready pga0 0 0 6 1 Nvram format incorrect 0 pga0 0 0 6 1 1000 0000 c920 a763 FABRIC UNAVAIL 13 KVM
15. owing sequence of commands after the con sole prompt gt gt gt Display the fru table to list any error flags gt gt gt show fru Record the system serial number ssn gt gt gt show sys_serial num Clear ssn gt gt gt set sys_serial_num Clear error gt gt gt clear_error all A ce i NS os Restore ssn gt gt gt set sys_serial number nnnnnnnnnn 10 DVD Media Console Command Sequences Known Anomalies and Restrictions Known Anomalies and Restrictions Bootable DVD s Bootable DVD s are not supported on all Alpha systems because of a limited memory size architectural restriction Halt Button Crash Command and Continue Command When the console is in graphics mode the sequence of pressing the Halt button fol lowed by typing the crash command then the continue command will not work and cause different behaviors as described below Command Sequence Behavior in an OpenVMS Environment Environment OpenVMS with DW Motif enabled SRM console set to graphics mode and graphics card installed Symptom Pressing the HALT button puts the graphics monitor to a frozen state You must reset the system to clear this state Use one of the following solutions to prevent getting into this state Solution Set console to serial mode before booting the operating system Solution2 Disable DW MOTIF before pressing the HALT button using the following sequence 1 Login to OS if you are not already logged i
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