OpenVMS VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0300 FibreChannel/SCSI Driver ECO Summary
TITLE: OpenVMS VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0300 FibreChannel/SCSI Driver ECO Summary
New Kit Date : 09-MAR-2001
Modification Date: Not Applicable
Modification Type: Updated Kit Supersedes VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0200
NOTE: An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored
on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file.
For OpenVMS savesets, the name of the compressed saveset
file will be kit_name.a-dcx_vaxexe for OpenVMS VAX or
kit_name.a-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha. Once the OpenVMS
saveset is copied to your system, expand the compressed
saveset by typing RUN kitname.dcx_vaxexe or kitname.dcx_alpexe.
For PCSI files, once the PCSI file is copied to your system,
rename the PCSI file to kitname-dcx_axpexe.pcsi, then it can
be expanded by typing RUN kitname-dcx_axpexe.pcsi. The resultant
file will be the PCSI installation file which can be used to install
the ECO.
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2001. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: SCSI Drivers
FibreChannel
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0300
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0300--4.PCSI
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0200
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 2128 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V7.2-1H1
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Rolling Re-boot Supported: Yes
Installation Rating: INSTALL_1
To be installed by all customers.
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
installation of this kit:
VMS721H1_UPDATE-V0300
VMS721H1_SYS-V0200
VMS721H1_CPU2308-V0100
In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
kit, the following remedial kits 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-V0300 KIT:
o After installation of the VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI-V0200 ECO kit,
GS80, GS160 and GS320 configurations using PKQDRIVER to
support the system disk will not boot on soft partitions other
than 0. When booting you will see error messages similar to
the following:
%PKQDRIVER-W- PKB0, pkq_alloc_queues: REQ/RSPQ Ring Buffer BAP
Registration Failed
%PKQDRIVER-W- PKB0, pkq_alloc_queues: Run AUTOGEN With Feedback
To Set NPAG_BAP_* Params
Note that this problem cannot be fixed by running AUTOGEN. To
fix this issue you must install the following remedial kit:
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS721H_CPU2308-V0100--4.PCSI
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI_V0200 KIT:
o PKQ_WATCHDOG would lose timed out I/Os, which would cause
SHADDETINCON or SHADBOOTFAIL bugchecks or cause other system
hangs.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PKQDRIVER.EXE
O The system crashes with an INCONSTATE bug check in
SYS$FGEDRIVER while performing FibreChannel I/O. See
crashdump summary below:
Crashdump Summary Information:
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Bugcheck Type: INCONSTATE, Inconsistent I/O data base
Current Process: NULL
Current Image:
Failing PC: FFFFFFFF.9B1187DC SYS$FGEDRIVER+087DC
Failing PS: 38000000.00000804
Module: SYS$FGEDRIVER (Link Date/Time: 19-AUG-2000
02:12:10.74)
Offset: 000087DC
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o Prevent loss of access to disks during a DRM failover.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o Modify command timeout setup code to avoid setting a value
that will cause a command to be timed out prematurely.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o In KERNEL$ABORT_EXCHANGE, add several checks to determine
whether or not a hard reset is in progress to avoid issuing a
READ_XRI command after the adapter has been reset.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o In FG$WRITE_IOCB, initialize FCCD$IS_DUE_TIME to zero before
optionally setting it based on a timeout value set by the
caller. This will prevent the use of a stale timeout value on
un-timed requests.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o The Emulex LPx000 ASCIC can incorrectly determine that it has
seen a parity error on the PCI and assert SERR, which will
crash the system. This is only an issue when it is recovering
from an adapter reset.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o The system can crash with an INCONSTATE bugcheck in
SYS$PGADRIVER, if there is a change in the Fabric, such as
pulling a cable on the switch.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o During DRM testing, disks from an HSG80 became unavailable.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o The system crashes with an INVEXCEPTN bugcheck at
@SYS$FGEDRIVER+0A2A0.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o A 126-block stale read occurred on HSG80/60 disks. See "STALE
DATA' pattern below:
STALE DATA BLOCKS 1-126 (FULL XFER: 3 EVENTS):
All DGAxxx disks are HSG80 (repeat HSG80-based) !!
STATE DATA BLOCKS 17-126 (PARTIAL STALE XFER: 1
EVENT): Single DGAxxx disk is HSG60-based !!
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o The system crashes when an Emulex ASIC incorrectly detects a
PCI parity error and asserts SERR on reset recovery.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o A system can crash with an INVEXCEPTN bugcheck during error
processing.
Crashdump Summary Information:
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Bugcheck Type: INVEXCEPTN, Exception while above ASTDEL
CPU Type: AlphaServer 8200 5/625
Current Process: BATCH_4506
Current Image: $28$DUA47:[PRODPROG.STANDARD]
DATAPROC_ALP.EXE
Failing PC: FFFFFFFF.8F8735C4 SYS$DKDRIVER+0B5C4
Failing PS: 18000000.00000804
Module: SYS$DKDRIVER (Link Date/Time: 14-SEP-2000
00:27:05.42)
Offset: 0000B5C4
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$DKDRIVER.EXE
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VMS721H1_FIBRE_SCSI_V0100 KIT:
o The SCSI port goes off-line with a FATAL controller error.
See a partial console log below:
Console log:
************
%PBA2 CPU04: 02-MAY-2000 09:00:39 SMCI channel online
%EIA0, Auto Negotiation mode set by console
%EIB0, Auto Negotiation mode set by console
%EIC0, FastFD(Full Duplex 100BaseFX) mode set by console
%EIB0, FastFD(Full Duplex 100BaseTX) Ethernet connection selected
%EIA0, FastFD(Full Duplex 100BaseTX) Ethernet connection selected
%STACONFIG-I-LANACP, creating the LANACP process
%STACONFIG-I-LANACPWAIT, waiting for LANACP to exit
%STACONFIG-I-LANACPEXIT, LANACP has exited
%STACONFIG-I-PE, loading PEDRIVER
%STACONFIG-I-PEDONE, return from PEDRIVER load
%STACONFIG-I-SCSI, loading SCSI class/port drivers
%CNXMAN, Sending VMScluster membership request to system QTV9
%PBA0 CPU04: 02-MAY-2000 09:00:50 SMCI channel online
%CNXMAN, Now a VMScluster member -- system WILD4
%SYSINIT-I-LOCK, taking out lock on system device
%PKQDRIVER-W- PKD0, FATAL Controller error; port marked off-line
DSA4095:
%SYSINIT-I-GALAXY, Initializing community lock ID
%SYSINIT-I-DEFINE, defining system logical names
%SYSINIT-I-OPEN, opening PAGEFILE.SYS
%SYSINIT-I- PAGEFILE.SYS not found - system initialization
continuing...
Errorlog:
************
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PKQDRIVER.EXE
o Multiple errors occur when running the PKQDRIVER in the HSOF
distribution media. Re-installing a PKQDRIVER older version
of HSOF eliminates the problem(s).
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]PKQDRIVER.EXE
o The system can hang while either crashing or booting.
Images Affected:
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$PGADRIVER.EXE
o When running low on map registers PKQDRIVER will crash, incur
alignment faults and corrupt the erase page, which causes lock
manager crashes.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$PKQDRIVER.EXE
o During a boot, if the connection limit on the FibreChannel
storage unit is reached, e.g., HSG80 has a limit of 64
entries, the driver configuration will fail without any error
message. If the system is trying to boot from a FibreChannel
disk on one of these storage devices, the whole system will
hang during the boot.
Images Affected:
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
- [SYSMSG]SYSMSG.EXE
o An INCONSTATE bugcheck occurred when a mailbox command
returned with a DMA error.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]FGEDRIVER.EXE
o The system may crash whenever MSCP multipath failover is used.
Images Affected:
- [SYS$LDR]DKDRIVER.EXE
- [SYS$LDR]MKDRIVER.EXE
o Data corruption can occur when running four 16GB hard partitions.
Images Affected:
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$DKDRIVER.EXE
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o The system can hang when booting from a FibreChannel system
disk.
Images Affected:
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$DKDRIVER.EXE
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o SYS$DKDRIVER hangs all $1DGx devices connected to it.
Images Affected:
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$DKDRIVER.EXE
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o An INCONSTATE bugcheck occurs when the adapter is being reset.
Images Affected: [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
o The system crashed because the fork lock index in the TQE was
no longer valid.
Images Affected:
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$PGADRIVER.EXE
o A hard hang was introduced with VMS721H1_FIBRE-V0300 kit.
Images Affected:
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$FGEDRIVER.EXE
- [SYS$LDR]SYS$PGADRIVER.EXE
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 /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
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This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
Files on this server are as follows:
dec-axpvms-vms721h1_fibre_scsi-v0300--4.README
dec-axpvms-vms721h1_fibre_scsi-v0300--4.CHKSUM
dec-axpvms-vms721h1_fibre_scsi-v0300--4.pcsi-dcx_axpexe
vms721h1_fibre_scsi-v0300.CVRLET_TXT
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