Release notes for IPF0703

• Overview
• New Features
• Defect Fixes
• Known Problems and Workarounds

Overview

The Offline Diagnostics Environment (ODE) is a platform that enables you to troubleshoot a system that is not booted to the operating system. You can use ODE to troubleshoot a system on which you cannot use the Online Diagnostics Tools. ODE is also useful for some types of testing in which it is not desirable to have to boot to the operating system first, as is often the case in manufacturing environment.

The IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD is a comprehensive offline diagnostic solution. The CD includes a suite of diagnostic tools belonging to the Offline Diagnostics Environment (ODE) plus a collection of other useful diagnostic utilities.

New Features

All ODE Programs

• Added support for the BL860c server.

CIODIAG2

• Optimized performance of the UART, Intel, and Broadcom GigE LAN tests by reducing the time taken to test the device.

FFCFUPDATE

• Added support for the 403619-B21 card.
• Added support for the Intel EFI driver files versions 3.0.13 and 3.0.03 for the HP Gigabit Ethernet adapters.

MAPPER

• The MAPPER tool displays the battery module only for the SA P400 (subsysId=3234) controller. The MAPPER tool does not display the battery module for the SA P600 and P800 controllers.

ODE

• ODE supports a larger directory size.

Defect Fixes

CIODIAG2

• JAGag27346
  The section 26 has a limitation on the number of LAN controllers that it can test at a time. The section 26 can test up to 10 Intel GigE LAN controllers. Any reference beyond the 10th device results in an undefined behavior. This issue is now fixed.
• JAGag29653
  If the CIODIAG2 tool is run repeatedly for several loops, the Section 26 of the CIODIAG2 tool causes intermittent system reboots. This issue is now fixed.
• ABE TH349
  Includes a workaround for issue with Broadcom chips that have a Serdes interface. There is an issue with the chip that causes the first packet of the internal loopback test to be dropped. This affected section 20 where 9,999 out of 10,000 packets would be received and the test would report packet mistmatch errors. This issue is now fixed.

CIODIAG

• JAGag26867
  The CIODIAG tool hangs and the PHY level internal loopback test fails if the A6847A card is cabled to the network. This issue is now fixed.

MAPPER

• JAGag28388
  The MAPPER tool encounters EFI assertion errors on SAS IR volume. This issue is now fixed.
• JAGag30493
  The MAPPER tool generates an exception fault when run on a Qlogic fibre channel card. This issue is now fixed.

ODE

• JAGag28644
  The MEMDIAG tool occasionally displays meaningless information indefinitely. This is due to problems in the SYSLIB library. This issue is now fixed. The SYSLIB is modified to protect the EFI console input and output entry-points with a semaphore. This semaphore serializes calls from ODE diagnostics to the EFI console input/output routine.

Known Problems and Workarounds

CIODIAG2

• The CIODIAG2 tool must not be run without rebooting the machine, if an FTP script is executed. Else, the LAN tests will generate a Machine Check Abort (MCA).

COPYUTIL

• The COPYUTIL tool does not support the Agilent FC cards.

DFDUTILU

• Supports up to 4096 devices.

ESCADIAG

• The section 3 may fail in a cellular system with 16 cells and fully loaded with 16 PCI-X I/O chassis.

IODIAG

• Due to an EFI driver issue on the AB287A 10GigE adapter, section 2 of the IODIAG tool fails on the following servers:
  • rx8640 server
  • rx7640 server
  • SD16B server
  • SD32B server
  • SD64B server
  
  The AB287A 10GigE adapter is shipped with EFI driver version 1.1.3.0. On rx8640, rx7640, SD16B, SD32B, and SD64B servers, the EFI driver version 1.1.3.0 may cause section 2 of the IODIAG tool to fail. These failures occur while using the IODIAG tool from the following Offline Diagnostics CD media:
  • IPF0512
  • IPF0603
  • IPF0606
  • IPF0609
  • IPF0612
  
  The following error message is displayed:
  

  SECTION 002
     Running Extended Vendor Provided Test
  
     "Testing HP AB287A 10 GigE Lan Port @ Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,2)/Pci(1|0).
  
        ASIC internal loop back test Fail
        Optical transponder internal loop back test Fail
     This IO port failed with EFI_DEVICE_ERROR"

  
  The error message does not indicate that the adapter is defective. To verify that the adapter is functional, follow the procedure described in the AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet Card Installation Guide. Install the HP-UX driver. Use the link loop or the ping command to send packets to a remote system.
  Note that the failure of an IODIAG tool does not impact the functionality of the adapter.
  Update the EFI driver on the adapter. You can download the latest EFI Driver from the following Web site: http://www.hp.com, (Software & Driver Downloads) The information for downloading and flashing the EFI driver on the 10GigE adapter is available at the following Web site:
  http://www.hp.com, (Software & Driver Downloads)

PLUTODIAG

• This version assumes that the system has PLUTO 2.0 or later version.
• JAGag28741
  The PLUTODIAG tool crashes on systems when LBA is not present. This is an illegal configuration.

REODIAG

• Sections 3, 5.11, and 5.12 does not run if the FTP or the PXE network driver is loaded. This behavior is by design.
• To run Sections 3, 5.11, and 5.12, reboot the cell without starting the FTP or PXE network driver.
• If Sections 3, 5.11 and 5.12 are run, FTP access will not work until the machine is rebooted.
• Sections 3.1 and 3.3 will not run if PXE network driver is loaded. This behavior is by design.
• REODIAG checks for VenMsg(0C8AFAFB-2A49-43AA-A449-5B2FD20AE6C8) when executed from RAMDRIVE. This value must be present for REODIAG to work from RAMDRIVE.
• ACPI must be set to the default configuration before running the PLUTODIAG tools.
  That is, fs0:>acpiconfig default The system must be reset for the change to occur.