FibrChanl-01 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3

The HP FCD Fibre Channel Driver (fcd) manages the following fibre channel host bus adapters (HBAs). It is part of the FibrChanl-01 bundle. It supports the A6826A, AB378A/AB378B, AB379A/AB379B, A9782A, A9784A, AB465A, AD193A, and AD194A cards.

Summary of Change

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?

The new features in HP FCD Fibre Channel driver are as follows:

Support for the new mass storage stack. The FCD Fibre Channel Driver (fcd) supports the new mass storage stack. For more information about the mass storage stack, see “Mass Storage Stack”.
Support for Agile addressing. The FCD Fibre Channel Driver (fcd) now uses agile addressing to track an FC target, based on the unique port/node world-wide names (WWNs) of the target. Agile addressing simplifies the storage management by automatically dealing with changes in the SAN configuration.
Support for Soft Zoning. The FCD Fibre Channel Driver (fcd) supports soft zoning in the fabric, based on WWN of the target port.
Support for PCI Online deletion (OLD). The FCD Fibre Channel Driver (fcd) facilitates online replacement of a Fibre Channel HBA with any other type of HBA in the same PCI slot.
Support for PCI error detection and recovery. The FCD Fibre Channel Driver (fcd) detects and troubleshoots PCI errors without manual intervention and system downtime.

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006?

See “What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?”

Impact

There are no impacts other than those previously described.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

For further information, see the following document, available at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel:

FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes, February 2007 (part no. J6374-90051)

Obsolescence

Not applicable.