Release notes for ODE IPF0906

Overview
New Features
Defect Fixes
Known Problems and Workarounds

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

FCFUPDATE

Added support for AH400A, AH401A, AH402A, AH403A, and 467799-B21.

Defect Fixes

CIODIAG

QXCR1000894254
The CIODIAG tool will not perform the SFW call to reset the console because the console screen output during the reset is causing problem to the CMStar program in HP Manufacturing.

FCFUPDATE

QXCR1000912301
The Motherneff and the AD339A cards will be treated as two dual port cards instead of one four port card. This allows both flash ports to be exposed to the user.
QXCR1000914687
Filter out non flashable ports of BCM57711E when used in Flex-10 mode.
QXCR1000914589
Fcfupdate is now able to handle a hexadecmial version format for the BRCM driver (which has a hex format).

MAPPER

QXCR1000870051
For devices under SAS RAID controller, the hardware path displayed in Mapper's mapnew command should show the World Wide Name (WWN).
QXCR1000902310
The MAPPER tool will now report cache/battery info for all SAS cards.

Known Problems and Workarounds

CIODIAG2

If you run an FTP script on a machine, then you must 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

QXCR1000585287 (JAGag39775), QXCR1000585265 (JAGag39740)
There are known defects with the EFI driver for the AD299A, AD355A, AD221A, AD222A, and AD393A controllers when attached to peripherals. While running a test using the IODIAG tool, the IODIAG tool prints the debug output in the form of hex dumps. Also, the IODIAG tool encounters intermittent traps and hangs. HP recommends that you test these devices without attaching the controllers. You can obtain the fix for this defect after the release of the EFI drivers for the controllers.
QXCR1000585447 (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
- IPF0712
- IPF0803
- IPF0806
- IPF0809
- IPF0812
- IPF0903
- IPF0906
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

QXCR1000775330
These programs may hang while scanning for device drivers when the dual port Lumen (AD355A) card is present with Emulex SCSI Pass Thru Driver version 00032113 and is connected to a BD03656ABA disk. This is a driver problem which will be fixed in future releases.
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
QXCR1000924717
These programs may Machine Check Abort (MCA) if both the Emulex 3.21a3 driver and the Qlogic 2.0X driver are loaded. It is recommended to unload the Qlogic 2.0X driver before running the aforementioned tools with the Emulex 3.21a3 driver. After a system reset, you can unload the Emulex 3.21a3 driver to run the aforementioned tools with the Qlogic 2.0X driver.
QXCR1000917742
These programs may MCA if both the Qlogic 1.05 driver and the Qlogic 2.0X driver are loaded. It is recommended to unload the Qlogic 2.0X driver before running the aforementioned tools with the Qlogic 1.05 driver. After a system reset, you can unload the Qlogic 1.05 driver to run the aforementioned tools with the Qlogic 2.0X driver.

DRIVER NAME

VERSION

Example 1: Both the Emulex 3.21a3 driver (version 00032113) and the Qlogic 2.0X driver (version 00000201) are loaded. Unload the 2.0X Qlogic driver.

fs0:\> drivers

            T   D
D           Y C I
R           P F A
V  VERSION  E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME                         IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== =================== 
...
A6 00032113 D X X X  2  - Emulex SCSI Pass Thru Driver      PciRom Seg=0000006
8D 00000201 D X X X  2  - HP Fibre Channel Driver           QlcFcFull
...

fs0:\> unload 8D

fs0:\> drivers

            T   D
D           Y C I
R           P F A
V  VERSION  E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME                         IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== ===================
...
A6 00032113 D X X X  2  - Emulex SCSI Pass Thru Driver      PciRom Seg=0000006
...

You can now run MAPPER, PERFVER, DFDUTIL, and COPYUTIL for the Emulex
3.21a3 Driver/Card.

Example 2: Both the Emulex 3.21a3 driver (version 00032113) and the Qlogic 2.0X driver (version 00000201) are loaded. Unload the Emulex 3.21a3 driver.

fs0:\> drivers

            T   D
D           Y C I
R           P F A
V  VERSION  E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME                         IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== =================== 
...
A6 00032113 D X X X  2  - Emulex SCSI Pass Thru Driver      PciRom Seg=0000006
8D 00000201 D X X X  2  - HP Fibre Channel Driver           QlcFcFull
...

fs0:\> unload A6

fs0:\> drivers

            T   D
D           Y C I
R           P F A
V  VERSION  E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME                         IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== ===================
...
8D 00000201 D X X X  2  - HP Fibre Channel Driver           QlcFcFull
...

Example 3: Both the Qlogic 1.05 driver (version 00000105) and the Qlogic 2.0X driver (version 00000201) are loaded. Unload the Qlogic 1.05 driver.

fs0:\> drivers

D           Y C I
R           P F A
V  VERSION  E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME                         IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== =================== 
...
46 00000105 D X X X  2  - HP 4 Gb Fibre Channel Driver    S=00 B=38 D=1 F=0 I=2
8D 00000201 D X X X  2  - HP Fibre Channel Driver         QlcFcFull
...

fs0:\> unload 46

fs0:\> drivers

            T   D
D           Y C I
R           P F A
V  VERSION  E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME                         IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== =================== 
...
8D 00000201 D X X X  2  - HP Fibre Channel Driver         QlcFcFull
...

Example 4: Both the Qlogic 1.05 driver (version 00000105) and the Qlogic 2.0X driver (version 00000201) are loaded. Unload the Qlogic 2.0X driver.

fs0:\> drivers

D           Y C I
R           P F A
V  VERSION  E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME                         IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== =================== 
...
46 00000105 D X X X  2  - HP 4 Gb Fibre Channel Driver    S=00 B=38 D=1 F=0 I=2
8D 00000201 D X X X  2  - HP Fibre Channel Driver         QlcFcFull
...

fs0:\> unload 8D

fs0:\> drivers

            T   D
D           Y C I
R           P F A
V  VERSION  E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME                         IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== =================== 
...
46 00000105 D X X X  2  - HP 4 Gb Fibre Channel Driver    S=00 B=38 D=1 F=0 I=2
...

MAPPER

QXCR1000914112
The MAPNEW command for legacy FC devices does not show the proper WWN. This will be fixed in a later release since it has a low impact.

PERFVER

QXCR1000766330
The PERFVER tool, when run with other ODE tools in multiple loops, intermittently skips testing a few devices in section 1, in loop 2 or later loops. It does not skip any device in loop 1 and this defect only happens in cellular systems.

PLUTODIAG

This version assumes that the system has PLUTO 2.0 or later version.
QXCR1000576887 (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 REODIAG tool. That is to issue the following EFI command:
fs0:>acpiconfig default The system must be reset for the change to occur.

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Last updated: May 7, 2009