IBM High IOPS Driver and Utilities v3.2.14 for VMware ESXi 5.x

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3.2.14

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22 June 2017

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Abstract

Download the latest IBM High IOPS Driver and Utilities for VMware ESXi 5.x.

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New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Change history

Severity: Initial Release

Version: 3.2.14

IBM High IOPS Driver and Utilities for 3.2.14 for Vmware ESXI 5.x

Change History's Update Recommendations: Change history files provide an ongoing list of changes to a series of software compatible with a family of hardware. Please review this change history and use guidelines at the website below to determine how IBM recommends or suggests updates to software.

http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?brand=5000008&lndocid=HELP-FIX

Current Adapter Support:

IBM 365GB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter, Option 46C9078, (FRU) 46C9079
IBM 785GB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter, Option 46C9081, (FRU) 46C9082
IBM 1.2TB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter, Option 90Y4377, (FRU) 90Y4378
IBM 2.4TB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter, Option 90Y4397, (FRU) 90Y4398
IBM Flash Adapter F825 Enterprise Value for System x, Option 00AE861, (FRU) 00AE863
IBM Flash Adapter F1650 Enterprise Value for System x, Option 00AE864, (FRU) 00AE866
IBM Flash Adapter F3200 Enterprise Value for System x, Option 00AE867, (FRU) 00AE869

Supported Legacy Adapters:

IBM 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option 46M0877, (FRU) 46M0886
IBM 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option 46M0898, (FRU) 46M0899
IBM 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option 46M0878, (FRU) 46M0887
IBM 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option 46M0877, (FRU) 81Y4523
IBM 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option 46M0878, (FRU) 81Y4521
IBM 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option 46M0898, (FRU) 81Y4525
320GB High IOPS SLC Adapter for IBM System x, Option 81Y4535, (FRU) 81Y4536
640GB High IOPS MLC Adapter for IBM System x, Option 81Y4531, (FRU) 81Y4532
640GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x, Option 81Y4519, (FRU) 68Y7382
640GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x, Option 81Y4519, (FRU) 81Y4518
640GB High IOPS SLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x, Option 81Y4539, (FRU) 81Y4540
1.28TB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x, Option 81Y4527, (FRU) 81Y4528

Operating System Support (64-bit versions only):

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)5 (up to 5.11), 6 (up to 6.7), 7 (up to 7.2)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.4, 11.3 11.4, 12, 12.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-Bit
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
VMware Operating Systems ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.5, ESXI6.0

General Changes:

Newly Supported Operating Systems:
- Linux n RHEL 6.7, 7.1, 7.2
- SLES 11.4, 12.1
- VMware ESXi 6.0
fio-sure-erase now ships with all supported OS platforms for a VSL release. (CRT-79)

Fixed General Issues:

Ignore incorrect high temperature taking Legacy IBM High IOPS Adapter offline. (CRT-15)
Fixed a bug with persistent trim that could cause device data mismanagement. As a result of this fix, some users could experience reduced performance depending on workload. (FH-23419)
The VSL driver now correctly handles improper I/O. When a card is formatted with 4KiB sectors, the VSL driver now properly handles I/O that does not start at sector boundaries, or where the length is not an integral number of sectors. (CRT-13)
fio-detach now correctly returns a busy code instead of error. With this version of the Fusion ioMemory VSL software, when fio-detach is run while another command such as fio-format or fio-attach is in progress, fio-detach now correctly returns a busy code; previously, fiodetach incorrectly returned an error. (FH-23174)
fio-update-iodrive now reports the correct upgraded FW version when upgrading firmware. (FH-23530)

Linux Changes:
Linux Improvements and Features:

The fio-preinstall RPM package is now relocatable at install time, using the --prefix option to rpm. (CRT-77)
Added Kernel 4.0 support. (CRT-154)

Fixed Linux Issues:

sysvinit scripts are now fixed to correctly identify all mounted file systems and to unmount them at driver unload time. (CRT-183)
Fixed a resource leak which could lead to soft lockups and reduced performance, when a Linux server was configured to use the intel_iommu. (CRT-100)
The "hash: dracut: not found" errors no longer occur when rebuilding the source RPM for SLES 11 and 12 on systems that do not have dracut. (CRT-121)

VMware Changes:
Fixed VMware Issue:

Fixed ioMemory VSL SCSI Abort Command handler issue in the VSL ESXi driver that could result in a PSOD or the IBM High IOPS Adapter going offline. This issue was present in all previous VSL3 SCSI drivers, but not in the "block" drivers. (CRT-90)

Note: See the change history file for more information.

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System x:VMware vSphere 6.0

System x:VMware vSphere 5.5

System x:VMware ESX Server 4

BladeCenter:VMware ESXi 6

BladeCenter:VMware vSphere 5.0 x64

BladeCenter:VMware ESX Server 4

PureFlex System and Flex System:VMware ESXi 6

PureFlex System and Flex System:VMware ESXi 4

PureFlex System and Flex System:VMware vSphere 5.0 x64

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