| Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Release Notes |    
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This document contains
important release information about the Sun StorageTek
6140
Array or information that was not available at the time the product
documentation was published. Read this document so that you are aware
of issues or requirements that can affect the installation and
operation of the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array.
These release notes cover the array and related hardware issues. The array is managed by the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software. That software distributes the array firmware. For information about managing the array and the array firmware, refer to the version of Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software Release Notes corresponding to your installation.
At the time of this update, the latest version of the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software is 5.1.n.nn and the firmware version is 06.19.nn.nn.
The Release Notes consist of the following sections:
This section describes the main features of the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array, including the following:
The following new features are available for the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array
The Sun StorageTek 6140 Array can be ordered with a DC power connection and connector cables. See Using DC Power
The Sun StorageTek 6140 Array can be installed in a two-post telco rack. See Preparing the Two-Post Telco Rack
With the 6.19.nn.nn firmware included in Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software, Release 5.1, the 6140 array can support CSM100 expansion modules. Refer to the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software Release Notes, Release 5.1 for installation instructions and operational guidelines.
The Sun StorageTek 6140 Array is a 4-Gb/2-Gb Fibre Channel (FC) array that offers both direct attached and SAN attached storage. The Sun StorageTek 6140 Array features:
The Sun StorageTek 6140 Array is available in a 2 GByte cache and a 4 GByte cache configuration. TABLE 1 compares the 2 GB cache and 4GB cache array configurations.
The Sun StorageTek 6140 Array controller and expansion trays are shipped separately. The following is a list of the contents in the tray ship kits.
AC power cords (or the optional DC power option) are shipped separately with each tray.
The Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software provides you with an easy-to-use interface to configure, manage, and monitor Sun StorageTek storage systems, including the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array. You can also use the Common Array Manager software to diagnose problems, view events, and monitor the health of your array. The Common Array Manager software replaces the former host management software, the Sun Configuration Service and Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment.
The Common Array Manager is described separately in the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager documentation.
Firmware updates are distributed with the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software. For information about the array and disk firmware, refer to the version of Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software Release Notes corresponding to your installation.
The software and hardware products that have been tested and qualified to work with the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array are described in the following sections:
TABLE 2 lists the size, speed, and tray capacity for the supported FC and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) disk drives in the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array.
This section provides a snapshot of the data host requirements of the 6140 Array at the time this document was produced. These requirements can change frequently; for complete up-to-date compatibility requirements, contact your Sun sales or support representative.
TABLE 3 lists the supported host bus adapters (HBAs) and multipathing kits for the Solaris 8, 9, and 10 Operating Systems (OSs). HBAs must be ordered separately, from Sun or their respective manufacturers. Sun HBAs can be ordered from /www.sun.com/storagetek/storage_networking/hba/.
You must install data host software (including multipathing) on each data host that communicates with the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array. For Solaris OS 8 and 9 data hosts, the multipathing software is part of the Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation software. In Solaris OS 10, multipathing is included in the OS. For data hosts running the Solaris OS, follow the instructions in the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Hardware Installation Guide to download and install the software from the Sun Download Center.
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Note - The SAN patches listed for Solaris 8 and 9 in the SAN Foundation Software and Patches column of TABLE 3 are included in the SAN 4.4 package at the top of each list. SAN 4.4.x is also known as the SAN Foundation Software (SFS) and SAN Foundation Kit (SFK). |
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TABLE 4, TABLE 5, and TABLE 6 lists supported HBAs for Windows, Linux, and other data host platforms, respectively. For multipathing support on data hosts running these operating systems, you can use the Sun StorageTek RDAC Driver software or other multipathing software as listed.
You can download HBA drivers and other host software from the Sun Download Center, http://www.sun.com/software/download/. Download operating system updates from the web site of the operating system company.
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Note - For data hosts using multipathing software, you must install the multipathing software before you install any OS patches. |
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The enterprise software applications listed in TABLE 7 are compatible with the Solaris OS on the data host.
The following FC fabric and multilayer switches are compatible for connecting data hosts and the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array:
The array installation procedures are described in the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Getting Starting Guide (part number 819-5045-10) that came with your array. Host Management upgrades are described in the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager 5.0 Release Notes. This section describes release-specific steps for firmware upgrades that you must perform:
If you have a previous release of the Sun StorageTek 6130 or 6140 Array firmware installed, the upgrade script will detect it and upgrade to the new firmware versions required for this release. If the script detects that there is no earlier version installed, it will perform a complete new installation. The upgrade scripts are included on the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array CD, or in the package you obtain from the Sun Download Center, http://www.sun.com/software/download/.
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Note - This procedure downloads the firmware binary on the management host to the array and upgrades the firmware running in the array. It is not necessary to uninstall the existing firmware. |
Upgrade the firmware on the array using the Common Array Manager interface:
1. On the Java Web Console page, click Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager.
2. Go to the Storage System Summary page and select the arrays to be upgraded.
3. Click the Upgrade Firmware button.
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Note - The array will remain in a degraded state until all alarms are deleted. |
After installing software for the data hosts from the Sun StorageTek 6140 Host Installation Software CD, go to SunSolve (http://www.sun.com/sunsolve) and download the SSD driver for data hosts running the Solaris 8 or 9 OS.
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Note - Patch 108974-49 or higher requires patch 108528-29 or higher. If needed, apply patch 108528-29 or higher first. |
1. Download the 108974-49 or higher patch from SunSolve.
Refer to the README file for more information on downloading patches.
unzip 108974-49.zip
4. Apply the patch with the patchadd command:
patchadd 108974-49
reboot -- -r
1. Download the 113277-44 or higher patch from SunSolve.
Refer to the README file for more information on downloading patches.
unzip 113277-44.zip
4. Apply the patch with the patchadd command.
patchadd 113277-44
reboot -- -r
The following sections provide information about known issues and bugs filed against this product release:
If a recommended workaround is available for a bug, it follows the bug description.
This section describes known issues and bugs related to installing and initially configuring the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array.
Bug 6377228 - After the 6140 ASL license is installed, several commands (vxdctl enable, vxdmpadm listenclosure all and vxdmpadm listctlr all) do not report the correct name for the 6140 Array. Only after rebooting the system will these commands report the correct name.
Workaround - This problem is fixed in the very latest ASL driver. Go to the Veritas web site as described in the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Getting Started Guide and download the latest ASL driver.
Bug 6418696 - Controller tray IDs can be set to any number between 0 and 99. However, they should be limited to the values of 80 through 99, with expansion trays using 0 through 79. If tray IDs are duplicated, the array will not be able to detect the drives on one of the two trays that have the same ID (which one is arbitrary).
Workaround - Ensure that any assigned tray ID value is not a duplicate.
Bug 5084873 - When you use a Sun StorEdge 6130 array as a boot device, the host system boots its operating system from the array. There are known issues with using the array as a boot device using 1-gigabit host bus adapters (HBAs) in direct attach configurations. Therefore, 1-gigabit HBAs can be used with the Sun StorEdge 6130 array for nonboot applications only. If you want to use the Sun StorEdge 6130 array as a direct attached boot device, use it only with 2-gigabit HBAs supported by Sun.
In Fibre Channel switched configurations in which a Fibre Channel switch is connected between the host and a Sun StorEdge 6130 array being used as a boot device, both 1-gigabit and 2-gigabit Sun HBAs can be used.
This section describes general issues related to the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array hardware and firmware.
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Caution - On both the controller and expansion trays, the rear of the chassis has very sharp edges. |
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Caution - Be careful using the FRU handle on the controller tray. It can snap shut when pushed hard during reinsertion, pinning fingers between the tray and handle edges. |
The Controller and expansion trays must be set to the same speed. If the 2/4GB switch is set to 2GB on one and it is set to 4GB on the other, the expansion tray will appear inoperative with no indication of the cause.
The controller is set to 2GB at the factory. An expansion tray is set at the factory to whatever its disk drives are. You can tell what the speed of the disks on the tray are by removing one of the disks and examining the label. Next to the disk name on the label there is a number indicating the RPM and speed of the disk. For example, the number 15k.4 indicates the disk is 15,000 RPMs and 4GB.
Bug 6329784 - When an initiator is added or removed from a zone in a fabric, the configuration software does not dynamically detect the change. The WWNs of initiators newly added to the SAN are not displayed.
Workaround - If the WWN of a new initiator is not in the drop-down list on the New initiator page, try creating the initiator by manually entering the new WWN. This will force the page to refresh. When you create another new initiator, the WWN will be in the list.
Bug 6371462 - The switch setting 2 Gb/s or 4 Gb/s applies to the speed of the internal FC data path to disk drives. When a 2-Gb/s drive is set to 4 Gb/s, the drive enters a status of Bypassed.
Volumes on Bypassed drives are marked as Missing and lose their pool assignments. They are displayed on a separate Ghost Volumes list, with minimal info available.
Bug 6224251 - When creating initiators on an array previously connected to a host, be aware that should this host be removed and another host attached, the pull-down menu for creating an initiator will show the WWNs for the original host, as well as the WWNs of the new host.
Workaround - Reboot the array.
Bug 6266943 - After becoming a secondary volume of a replication set, a volume that was previously recognized by a host (through the format command) is displayed as drive type unknown. This secondary volume should be designated as a read-only device.
Workaround - Ensure that the intended secondary volume is a new (unlabeled) volume. Do not use an existing volume.
Bugs 6339202 & 6358173 - The 6768A (QLogic 2342) 2-Gb dual-port adapter cannot be used in direct attach mode, and you cannot boot from it.
Workaround - To use 6768A in direct attach mode, move the jumpers from pins 2-3 to pins 1-2. To boot using this HBA, move the 6768A jumpers from pins 2-3 to pins 1-2 or put a switch between the host and array.
Bug 6411928 - Switch ports used for the dedicated link in a remote replication are not automatically usable as regular ports when the replication link is removed.
Workaround - Disable and re-enable the switch port to make it usable for regular data access.
Bug 6417872 - When Small Form-factor Plugs (SFPs) are installed into the I/O Module (IOM) 2A and 2B ports, the front amber fault LED lights and the IOM displays an H8 error.
Workaround - Do not install SFPs into these slots; they are reserved for future use.
Bug 6180131 - Using a faulty expansion cable causes the management software to report the array health as Degraded and causes the Sun Storage Diagnostic Environment to report the error Drive tray path redundancy lost. However, the status LED on the front of the chassis does not signal an error and remains green instead of turning amber, as expected.
Bug 6203836 - If a volume failure on a Sun StorageTek 6140 Array results from failed disk drives, you must be careful when introducing replacement drives that were part of a volume in use by another Sun StorageTek 6140 Array.
Workaround - To avoid having the array incorrectly initiate a volume migration process with the newly introduced replacement drives, perform one of the following tasks:
The following issues are related to the SAN driver.
Bug 6362850 - For Solaris 10, the cfgadm -c unconfigure command only unconfigures Universal Transport Mechanism (UTM) LUNs (also called management LUNS) and not the LUNs on the data hosts. When this happens, you will not be able to unconfigure the data host LUNs.
Workaround - Install Solaris 10 patch 118833-20 or later (SPARC) or patch 118855-18 or later (x64). Apply the same workaround as bug 6185781: add the following line to the /etc/driver_aliases file after applying the patches, then reboot:
ses "scsiclass,00.vSUN.pUniversal_Xport"
Bug 6340983 and 6185781- Users can see the UTM LUNs using format and other utilities, causing confusion as the management LUNs should be hidden. This is corrected by the following patches:
Note that the patches attempt to update the /etc/driver_aliases file using the add_drv command to cause Management LUNs to bind to the SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) driver. If the SES driver is already loaded on the system when the add_drv command occurs, the /etc/driver_aliases file will not be updated.
Workaround - Add the following line to the /etc/driver_aliases file after applying the patches, then reboot:
ses "scsiclass,00.vSUN.pUniversal_Xport"
This section describes known issues and bugs related to the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array documentation.
With Release 5.0, the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Getting Started Guide (Release 2.0) has been replaced by the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software Installation Guide and the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Hardware Installation Guide. Refer to the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software Installation Guide for information about sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software installation, firmware files, and logging into the browser interface and sscs CLI man pages.
The following are revised specifications for the array and its documentation.
Controller Module (fully populated)
380 Watts (1297 BTU/Hr) using AC Power Source
445 Watts (1519 BTU/Hr) using DC Power Source (NEBS)
3.73 A Max Operating @ 115 VAC (90 to136 VAC Range), 50/60 Hz
1.96 A Max Operating @ 230 VAC (180 to 264 VAC Range), 50/60 Hz
15.8 A Max Operating @ 36 VDC (-36 to -72 VDC Range)
CSM200 Expansion Module (fully populated)
410 Watts (1400 BTU/Hr) using AC Power Source
445 Watts (1519 BTU/Hr) using DC Power Source (NEBS)
4.21 A Max Operating @ 115 VAC (90 to136 VAC Range), 50/60 Hz
2.16 A Max Operating @ 230 VAC (180 to 264 VAC Range), 50/60 Hz
15.8 A Max Operating @ 36 VDC (-36 to -72 VDC Range)
The Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Setup Poster lists and illustrates the wrong serial cables. Due a late change, the array ships with an RJ-45 to miniDIN cable. The poster shows a miniDIN to DB-9 (M) cable and a DB-9 (F) to DB-9 (F) cable. Customers who want the serial cable to plug into a DB-9 port should order an RJ-45 to DB-9 (F) serial console port adapter, Sun Part Number 530-3100-01.
The StorageTek Common Array Manager Install Guide was omitted from the ship kit listed on the poster. Also, an adapter has been added to the ship kit.
Page 136 of the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Getting Started Guide (Release 2.0 only, replaced by the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Hardware Installation Guide for Release 5.0) shows a default of 8 domains for 6140 array. Also, page 122 mentions enabling premium features for 16 or 64 domains.
Storage domains are optional for the 6140 array and can be purchased in the following allotments:
This section provides useful operational information not documented elsewhere.
Storage domains are optional for the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array. You must purchase a premium license to be able to use the storage domain feature.
If you create management objects while an "import array" job is running, it might interfere with the import. Be sure that everyone who uses the destination array does not modify or create any objects (including volumes, initiators, mappings, and so on) while the import is in progress.
Bug 6202126 - During RAID-1 or RAID-5 reconstruction, the array health status is incorrectly reported as OK in the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service application while the Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment correctly reports volumes in degraded mode.
When you create a volume and label it, you can start using the volume before it is fully initialized.
During bootup, the battery light might flash for an extended period. The battery charger performs a series of battery qualification tests before starting a battery charge cycle. This series of tests occurs at subsystem power-up. The tests are automatically reinitialized approximately every 25 hours by a timer.
Each controller tray contains a hot-pluggable lithium ion battery pack for cache backup in case of power loss. The on-board battery is capable of holding a 2-gigabyte cache for three days (72 hours). The service life of the battery pack is three years, at the end of which the battery pack must be replaced (it is field-replaceable).
The following is a list of the meanings of the status codes that may display on the numerical LEDs on the controller.
FF - ESM Boot Diagnostic executing
88 - This ESM is being held in Reset by the other ESM
AA - ESM-A application is booting up
bb - ESM-B application is booting up
L3 - Persistent hardware errors
H1 - SFP Speed Mismatch (2 Gb/s SFP installed when operating at 4 Gb/s)
H2 - Invalid/Incomplete Configuration
H3 - Maximum Reboot Attempts Exceeded
H4 - Cannot Communicate with Other ESM
H7 - Current Enclosure Fibre Channel Rate Different than Rate Switch
H8 - SFP(s) Present in Currently Unsupported Slot (2A or 2B)
Following is a list of documents related to the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array. For any document number with nn as a version suffix, use the most current version available.
You can search for this documentation online at http://www.sun.com/documentation.
If you need help installing or using this product, go to:
http://www.sun.com/service/contacting
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