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Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 Arrays Hardware Release Notes, Release 6.9.x Update |
1. Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 Array Hardware Release Notes
What's In This Firmware Release
Platform and Firmware Patch IDs
Downloading Patches and Updates
Cache Battery Expiration Notification
Array Expansion Module Support
Supported Host Bus Adaptors (HBAs)
Supported FC and Multilayer Switches
Procedure (Offline)—for ESX4.1U2, ESXi5.0 and prior
Procedure (Offline)—starting at ESX4.1U3, ESXi5.0U1 and above
Installation and Hardware Related Issues
Log Events Using SLES 11.1 With smartd Monitoring Enabled
Kernel Panics During Controller Firmware (CFW) Download
Kernel Panics During Controller Firmware Download
Network Interface on Device eth0 Fails to Come Online When Booting a Host
Unable to Add More Than 117 Volumes to the Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) Manager Database
After an NVSRAM Download, a Controller Reboots a Second Time when the NVSRAM is Activated
Data is Misread when a Physical Drive Has an Unreadable Sector
Total Cache Size Specification for Sun Storage 6780 Array
The following procedures describe how to add ALUA/TPGS with VMware support. Starting with firmware 07.84.44.10, the ALUA/TPGS enabled arrays will be managed by the VMW_SATP_ALUA plug-in. Arrays with firmware previous to 07.84.44.10 will be managed by the current VMW_SATP_LSI plug-in.
Prerequisite:
Firmware version previous to 07.84.44.10 is loaded on controllers.
Current storage array devices are managed by the standard VMW_SATP_LSI plug-in.
Management host is available.
Starting with firmware 07.84.44.10, the ALUA/TPGS enabled arrays will be managed by the VMW_SATP_ALUA plug-in.
Non-TPGS array will be managed by the current standard VMW_SATP_LSI plug-in.
Path policy supported is still Round-Robin (RR) or Most Recently Used (MRU).
For more information, refer to one of the following guides:VMware Compatibility Guide for 6580 arrays:
VMware Compatibility Guide for 6780 arrays:
Currently, VMware (i.e. ESXi5.0 and 4.1u1/u2) do not have the claim rules automatically set to select the VMW_SATP_ALUA to claim our arrays that have the TPGS bit enabled. You must manually add the claim rule in ESX.
The following example adds the claim rule for the 6580 or 6780 using VID/PID = SUN/STK6580_6780.
Open a terminal to the ESX host and run the following commands:
# esxcli nmp satp deleterule -s VMW_SATP_LSI -V SUN -M STK6580_6780
# esxcli nmp satp addrule -V SUN -M STK6580_6780 -c tpgs_off -s VMW_SATP_LSI
Reboot the ESX host.
Open a terminal to the ESX host and run the following command:
# esxcli storage nmp satp rule add -s VMW_SATP_ALUA -V SUN -M STK6580_6780 -c tpgs_on
Reboot the ESX host.
ESX 4.1
To confirm that the host is using the ALUA plugin:
ESX 4.1
To confirm that the host is using the ALUA plugin:
ESX 4.1