Default-Installed Mass Storage Drivers

This release includes changes to the following default-installed mass storage driver. “Default-installed” means the driver is installed by default during HP-UX installation. You can manually de-select the driver before you install or update system.

For the most current information on supported I/O cards, see the set of Support Matrixes available on the I/O Cards and Networking Software Web page at http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html. At the top of the page, click the link for the card technology you are interested in, then scroll down to the Support Matrixes heading. If a support matrix for your card technology is unavailable, check the card’s user guide or release notes.

FibrChanl-02 (Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2)

FibrChanl-02 is the new driver bundle (driver is named fclp), which will be supporting new PCI Express (PCIe) fibre channel host bus adapter cards. The first of these new cards will be the AD299A, which is being introduced in the June 2007 release.




	IMPORTANT: Install all driver software and dependent patches before you install the adapter. For more information, see FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes available at `http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel`

Information about supported cards can be found in the support matrixes available at

http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel

Summary of Change

FibrChanl-02 is being introduced in the June 2007 release to support a new set of PCIe fibre channel host bus adapters, starting with the AD299A. The driver name is fclp, which is default-installed.

Since this is a new product, there are no defect changes for this release.

Impact

FibrChanl-02 provides support for new PCIe fibre channel adapter cards.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

For further information, see the following documents, available at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel (from http://docs.hp.com, navigate to I/O Cards and Networking Software, then to Fibre Channel):

Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Installation Guide — for AD299A
FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes
Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Support Guide — for AD299A

For information about supported cards, see the support matrixes listed in their own subsection at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel.

Obsolescence

Not applicable.