TITLE: HP Tru64 UNIX - Panic When Using Fiber as Memory Channel Interconnect. Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: HP TruCluster Server [R] 5.1A SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: TCRKIT0022997-V51AB24-E-20040720 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 3.35MB Kit Applies To: HP TruCluster Server 5.1A PK6 (BL24) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 19893 3430 /usr/bin/cksum results: 484769469 3512320 MD5 results: a103f8f2f7db624585ee98c42cead0f9 SHA1 results: 120df7fe93ef6de98534b3b49ceee0c1c9600692 ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP TruCluster Server 5.1A that contains solutions to the following problem(s): This problem is seen when the customer is using fiber as the memory channel interconnect. Upon bringing up a member, other cluster members may panic with the following panic string: "rm_audit_sync_block: sync block corruption" A typical stack trace resulting from this panic is shown below: 0 boot 1 panic 2 rm_crash_nodes 3 rm_panic 4 rm_audit_sync_block 5 rm_write_sync 6 rm_push_shared_data 7 rm_eh_init_shared_data_req 8 rm_prail_int 9 rm_int 10 Mchan_isr 11 _XentInt The Patch Kit Installation Instructions and the Patch Summary and Release Notes documents provide patch kit installation and removal instructions and a summary of each patch. Please read these documents prior to installing patches on your system. The patches in this ERP kit will also be available in the next mainstream patch kit - HP TruCluster Server 5.1A Patch Kit 7. INSTALLATION NOTES: 1) Install this kit with the dupatch utility that is included in the patch kit. You may need to baseline your system if you have manually changed system files on your system. The dupatch utility provides the baselining capability. 2) The patch in this ERP kit does not have any file intersections with any other ERP available at this time for this product version. 3) This ERP kit will NOT install over any Customer Specific Patches (CSPs) which have file intersections with this ERP kit. Contact your normal Service Provider for assistance if the installation of this ERP kit is blocked by any of your installed CSPs. INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES: You must have installed HP TruCluster Server 5.1A PK6 (BL24) prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. SUPERSEDE INFORMATION: None KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR TCRKIT0022997-V51AB24-E-20040720: [R] UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2004. All Rights reserved. This software is proprietary to and embodies the confidential technology of Hewlett-Packard Company. Possession, use, or copying of this software and media is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Hewlett-Packard or an authorized sublicensor. Release Notes This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the TruCluster Server V5.1A patches contained in this kit. For information about installing or removing patches, baselining, and general patch management, see the Patch Kit Installation Instructions document. 1 Release Notes This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains: - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in: o 97565 * for TruCluster Server V5.1A T64V51AB24AS0006-20031031.tar (BL24) The patches in this kit are being released early for general customer use. Refer to the Release Notes for a summary of each patch and installation prerequisites. Patches in this kit are installed by running dupatch from the directory in which the kit was untarred. For example, as root on the target system: > mkdir -p /tmp/CSPkit1 > cd /tmp/CSPkit1 > > tar -xpvf DUV40D13-C0044900-1285-20000328.tar > cd patch_kit > ./dupatch 2 Special Instructions There are no special instructions for TruCluster Server V5.1A Patch C321.00 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit TruCluster Server V5.1A PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C321.00 ERP for stretched cluster issue (rm.mod). 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: TruCluster Server V5.1A Patch C321.00 ./usr/opt/TruCluster/sys/rm.mod CHECKSUM: 01688 512 SUBSET: TCRBASE520 This ECO has not been through an exhaustive field test process. Due to the experimental stage of this ECO/workaround, Hewlett-Packard makes no representations regarding its use or performance. The customer shall have the sole responsibility for adequate protection and back-up data used in conjunction with this ECO/workaround.