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Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 Arrays

Hardware Release Notes, Release 6.9.x Update

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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

About the Array

System Requirements

Firmware Requirements

Updating Controller Firmware

Disk Drives and Tray Capacity

Array Expansion Module Support

Data Host Requirements

Multipathing Software

Supported Host Bus Adaptors (HBAs)

Supported FC and Multilayer Switches

Supported Premium Features

Tier 1 Support

Tier 2 Support

ALUA/TPGS with VMware

Procedure (Offline)—for ESX4.1U2, ESXi5.0 and prior

Procedure (Offline)—starting at ESX4.1U3, ESXi5.0U1 and above

Notable Fixes

Restrictions and Known Issues

Installation and Hardware Related Issues

Single Path Data Connections

Setting the Tray Link Rate

Controller Issues

Log Events Using SLES 11.1 With smartd Monitoring Enabled

After Re-Installing the Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) Manager, International Standards Organizations (ISO) Files Are Listed by Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Rather Than by Friendly Name

After Un-Mapping a Volume from an Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) Server, the Volume Continues to Appear in the Storage Database on the Server

In the Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) Manager User Interface, Only One Drive at a Time Can Be Selected for Deletion

Kernel Panics During Controller Firmware (CFW) Download

BCM Driver Fails to Load

Kernel Panics During Controller Firmware Download

Network Interface on Device eth0 Fails to Come Online When Booting a Host

When Over 128 Volumes are Mapped to a Host, Paths to Only the First 128 Volumes are Restored after the Controller is Reset

Unable to Add More Than 117 Volumes to the Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) Manager Database

Write-Back Cache is Disabled after Controllers Reboot with Multiple Failed Volumes in a Storage Array

During Multiple Node Failover/Failback Events, Input/Output (I/O) Operations Time Out Because a Resource is Not Available to a Cluster

After an NVSRAM Download, a Controller Reboots a Second Time when the NVSRAM is Activated

When a Controller is Not Set Offline Before Being Replaced, an Exception Occurs when the Replacement Controller is Brought Online

Input/Output (I/O) Errors Occur when a Cable is Disconnected between a Host and a Controller, and the Alternate Controller is Unavailable

Backup Failure or I/O Errors with Snapshot Creation or Mounting Failure During Backup of Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)

Data is Misread when a Physical Drive Has an Unreadable Sector

Solaris 10 Guest in Fault Tolerant Mode Is Unable to Relocate Secondary Virtual Machine (VM) Upon Host Failure

Documentation Issues

Total Cache Size Specification for Sun Storage 6780 Array

Inaccurate Cabling Diagrams in Hardware Installation Guide

Product Documentation

Documentation, Support, and Training

Notable Fixes

Firmware revision 07.84.44.10 delivers the following fixes:

15704695 (CR 7030331)—6x80/2500_M2: Controller Summ pg IPv6 Routable Addresses do not display correct values

15759870 (CR 7119324)—3 leds (Service Allowed, Service Required, Power OK) are on controller PSU after power outage

15767160 (CR 7131261)—Error flag on failed write buffer incorrectly cleared, ultimately leading to ancient I/O

15778292 (CR 7152868)—Controller rebooted due to ASSERT: Assertion failed: lu, file hidDstDevice.cc, line 74

15818269 (CR 7200803)—2500M2/6x80 Write cache Enabled/Inactive after 2nd reinsertion of controller

15810254 (CR 7191711)—(symTask2): PANIC: Assertion failed: file cacheCacheMgr.cc, line 10071

15680299 (CR 6998633)—ESM/IOM cards may reboot and cause errors in eventlog

15720063 (CR 7051420—600G 15K SEAGATE SMART failure in appliance SN: 001115E0NAHH

15766957 (CR 7131010)—FW 0605 not in the upgrade path for ST330057SSUN300G and ST360057SSUN600G in CAM 6.9

15770825 (CR 7142578)—X4370M2 Seagate HDD high number of drive failures

15743119 (CR 7093236)—6x40: Write Cache remains disabled on one controller following ICC replacement.

15756478 (CR 7114196)—6x40/6x80: Controller reboots during drive swaps - FC for SATA or SATA for FC

15573171 (CR 6856441)—6x40: Tray loss protection compromised after adding capacity (drives) to a VG.

15761011 (CR 7121304)—6x40: Expanding the primary volume of an RVM pair causes both array controllers to go offline.

15778119 (CR 7152626)—2500LCA/6x40:Unable to reset battery near expiry via CAM due to non-GMT tz of mgt client

15791360 (CR 7168377)—6x80/6x40/2500-LCA/2500-M2:Unable to recover multi-bit ECC errors by reading from alt controller

15791363 (CR 7168380)—2500M2- SB ECC reporting not enabled after RPA scrub on snowmass

15792036 (CR 7169253)—2500M2/2500LCA/6x40/6x80: DDC didn't collect complete information after AIOs

15802541 (CR 7182597)—6x40/6x80 running 07.60.56.10 or lower code get 'unrecovered read' error but VDD does not recover it

15802542 (CR 7182598)—6x40/6x80 running 07.60.56.10 or lower code get 'unrecovered read' error but VDD does not recover it

15763203 (CR 7125089)—2500LCA/2500M2/6x80/6x40: 7.x code can suspend media scan without warning.

15810495 (CR 7191991)—Firmware E5C4 not in upgrade path in D_HUS1561FCSUN600G_E6C0.dlp with CAM 6.9.0_19

15691552 (CR 7012227)—write performance issue on Seagate disks

15695312 (CR 7017161)—Slow disk performance on Seagate ST32502N HDDs

Firmware revision 07.80.62.10 delivered the following fixes for Sun Storage 6180 arrays.

15763203 (CR 7125089)—2500LCA/2500M2/6x80/6x40: 7.x code can suspend media scan without warning.

15767948 (CR 7132372)—2500-m2/6180: rev07 battery failed during learn cycle

15769192 (CR 7134932)—2500-M2/6180: Incomplete battery learn cycle due to inhibit charge bit set

15791360 (CR 7168377)—6x80/6x40/2500-LCA/2500-M2:Unable to recover multi-bit ECC errors by reading from alt controller

15791363 (CR 7168380)—2500M2- SB ECC reporting not enabled after RPA scrub on snowmass

15792036 (CR 7169253)—2500M2/2500LCA/6x40/6x80: DDC didn't collect complete information after AIOs