Release notes for ODE IPF0712

• 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

• ODE supports the BL870c systems.

IODIAG

• The IODIAG tool now supports the following cards:
  • AD339A
  • BL870c Lan
  • BL870c SAS
  • AH303A

MAPPER DFDUTIL DFDUTILU PERFVER COPYUTIL

• Recompiled with latest SPT Library (revision 56) for driver check disablement

Defect Fixes

CIODIAG

• JAGag39978
  Section 26 of the CIODIAG tool fails with the following error message:
  Time out!! Packet 1 not received
  This error message is displayed when the network port of the AB290 card is connected to the network.

MAPPER

• QXCR1000590222 (JAGag45835)
  The MAPPER tool may not differentiate between USB DVD-ROM and USB DVD-RW drives. This issue is now fixed.
• QXCR1000715059
  The mapnew command displays incomplete hardware paths for disks that are attached to FC HBA. The Target and LUN fields are missing. This issue is now fixed.
• QXCR1000736809
  The MAPPER tool generates a debug error when the LSI UEFI driver is present. This is because the MAPPER tool incorrectly contains the UEFI Protocol C support. This issue is now fixed.

TITANDIAG

• JAGag49556
  Section 9 of the TITANDIAG tool is modified to accommodate the various configurations of Apollo maximum link width and the PCI-to-PCI Bridge (PPB) devices below the Apollo Root port.

Known Problems and Workarounds

CIODIAG2

• If an FTP script is executed on a machine, reboot the machine before running the CIODIAG2 tool. Else, the LAN test generates a Machine Check Abort (MCA).

COPYUTIL

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

DFDUTILU

• The DFDUTILU tool 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

• JAGag39775, JAGag39740
  There are known defects with the EFI driver for the AD299A and AD355A controllers when attached to peripherals. These defects include the printing of debug output in the form of hex dumps and intermittent traps, while running a test using the IODIAG tool. You can obtain the fix for this defect after the release of the EFI drivers for the controllers.
• JAGag39989
  Due to an EFI driver issue on the AD338A GigE adapter, the section 2 of the IODIAG tool fails displaying the following error message when the LAN cable is connected to the adapter:
  EFI_DEVICE_ERROR
• 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
  • IPF0703
  • IPF0706
  • IPF0709
  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)

MAPPER PERFVER DFDUTIL COPYUTIL

• The following debug messages may be displayed when the XL2 and Emulex devices (AD299A, AD355A, A6795A) are present:
  Passed Version = 0x3, Controller Version = 0x4, or
  Passed Version = 0x4, Controller Version = 0x3, and
  controller is not started. returning EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER

MAPPER

• JAGag45835
  The MAPPER tool does not differentiate between DVD-ROMs and DVD-RW drives.
• JAGag43311
  The MAPPER tool hangs during scanning devices in the presence of the AD355 card.

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.