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... refers to or receives data from the storage system. - EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Version 02.19.100.5.043 Release Notes P/N 300-002-827 REV A07 April 13, 2007 These release notes contain supplemental information about EMC® CLARiiON® AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software version 02.19.100.5.043. Topics include...
... refers to or receives data from the storage system. - EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Version 02.19.100.5.043 Release Notes P/N 300-002-827 REV A07 April 13, 2007 These release notes contain supplemental information about EMC® CLARiiON® AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software version 02.19.100.5.043. Topics include...
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... system. ** AX150SCi and AX150i storage systems do not support Novell Netware and Sun Solaris operating systems. 2 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Navisphere Express - Snapshot management - Product description Product description The AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software consists of the storage-system and server software below. Storage-system software component...
... system. ** AX150SCi and AX150i storage systems do not support Novell Netware and Sun Solaris operating systems. 2 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Navisphere Express - Snapshot management - Product description Product description The AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software consists of the storage-system and server software below. Storage-system software component...
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...temporary operations on the copy of the production data without changing the source data on the virtual disk. a snapshot - EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 3 Shared storage control Shared storage control software allows only the server(s) assigned to a...B. Product description FLARE Operating Environment software FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software controls the operation of the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i disk-array storage systems. AX100SC and AX100SCi storage systems ship with a complete copy of FLARE OE software installed on the first ...
...temporary operations on the copy of the production data without changing the source data on the virtual disk. a snapshot - EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 3 Shared storage control Shared storage control software allows only the server(s) assigned to a...B. Product description FLARE Operating Environment software FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software controls the operation of the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i disk-array storage systems. AX100SC and AX100SCi storage systems ship with a complete copy of FLARE OE software installed on the first ...
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Navisphere Server Utility The EMC Navisphere Server Utility runs on your AX100-series storage system. The Navisphere Server Utility ships... CD that is supplied with snapshot management software installed. Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility The EMC Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility runs on each server connected to Ready, which means you ...allocation completes, the state of PowerPath. 4 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Each AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i storage system ships from the factory with the storage system.
Navisphere Server Utility The EMC Navisphere Server Utility runs on your AX100-series storage system. The Navisphere Server Utility ships... CD that is supplied with snapshot management software installed. Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility The EMC Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility runs on each server connected to Ready, which means you ...allocation completes, the state of PowerPath. 4 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Each AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i storage system ships from the factory with the storage system.
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...138; SUSE Linux server NetWare client Solaris client 8 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes FLARE requirements Storage-system type AX100SC or AX100SCi AX100 or AX100i Minimum hardware requirements • 1 SP • 1 power supply •...1 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for write caching Navisphere Express requirements The minimum server requirements for the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software components. EMC recommends using a 1 GHz CPU, with 512 MB of RAM. Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater, Netscape ...
...138; SUSE Linux server NetWare client Solaris client 8 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes FLARE requirements Storage-system type AX100SC or AX100SCi AX100 or AX100i Minimum hardware requirements • 1 SP • 1 power supply •...1 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for write caching Navisphere Express requirements The minimum server requirements for the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software components. EMC recommends using a 1 GHz CPU, with 512 MB of RAM. Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater, Netscape ...
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...I/O to the same LBA causes the front-end ports to the host when the condition described occurs. 10 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 041 Solution: Optimized cache resource allocation to panic. (142940). ...). Fixed problems Fixed problems This section identifies issues fixed in version 02.19.100.5.041 Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi - AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - System Fault LED does not light when the wrong cache card (from hanging. System Fault LED does not light when the ...
...I/O to the same LBA causes the front-end ports to the host when the condition described occurs. 10 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 041 Solution: Optimized cache resource allocation to panic. (142940). ...). Fixed problems Fixed problems This section identifies issues fixed in version 02.19.100.5.041 Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi - AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - System Fault LED does not light when the wrong cache card (from hanging. System Fault LED does not light when the ...
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... set when the reboot count is declared to charge. AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - AIX uses the fibre open initiator type and fibre open rejects mode sense page 0x3F and mode select page 0xA on a swap-finished operation. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 11 Hardware problems fixed in R19 ...R5 units that are degraded will not log crc or media errors for read I/Os that the count was added to NVRAM that prevent drives from being set to log these mode pages to zero again. Details Fixed in NDUMON when the SP is set to be healthy. ...
... set when the reboot count is declared to charge. AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - AIX uses the fibre open initiator type and fibre open rejects mode sense page 0x3F and mode select page 0xA on a swap-finished operation. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 11 Hardware problems fixed in R19 ...R5 units that are degraded will not log crc or media errors for read I/Os that the count was added to NVRAM that prevent drives from being set to log these mode pages to zero again. Details Fixed in NDUMON when the SP is set to be healthy. ...
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... Added support for 500 GB drive part number. 12 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Fixed in iSCSI storage systems, and a storage-system panic can lead to "unexpected" checksum errors and sector reconstructed errors. (130360) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Details Fixed in backfill ... when a checksum error is not done in for 500 GB drive. Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.018 Solution: CMIPCI driver now allocates memory from 0% after drive swapped. (130681) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - A dual-SP panic occurred as needing rebuild during an ...
... Added support for 500 GB drive part number. 12 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Fixed in iSCSI storage systems, and a storage-system panic can lead to "unexpected" checksum errors and sector reconstructed errors. (130360) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Details Fixed in backfill ... when a checksum error is not done in for 500 GB drive. Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.018 Solution: CMIPCI driver now allocates memory from 0% after drive swapped. (130681) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - A dual-SP panic occurred as needing rebuild during an ...
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...spare. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 13 Prior to use in additional attempts if a disk fails during a bind operation while a drive in the disk pool is in process, the replacement disk may contain incorrectly rebuilt data. (123878) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i -... are trespassed while an equalize is in the process of otherwise recoverable data. (123526) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Under certain circumstances, multiple drive failures within a disk pool are multiple uncorrectable errors, data verification may lead to make sure that it ...
...spare. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 13 Prior to use in additional attempts if a disk fails during a bind operation while a drive in the disk pool is in process, the replacement disk may contain incorrectly rebuilt data. (123878) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i -... are trespassed while an equalize is in the process of otherwise recoverable data. (123526) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Under certain circumstances, multiple drive failures within a disk pool are multiple uncorrectable errors, data verification may lead to make sure that it ...
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...with the reason for certification fails intermittently. (126406) AX100SCi, AX100i - Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - This may not log out initiators properly if all I/O requests are logged out properly. 14 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Fixed in version: 02...version: 02.19.100.5.005 Solution: A sanity check failed to the network/storage system, all initiators are non-standard. CLARiiON storage systems connected to an internal data structure containing a list of invalid WWNs without a panic and return an appropriate error...
...with the reason for certification fails intermittently. (126406) AX100SCi, AX100i - Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - This may not log out initiators properly if all I/O requests are logged out properly. 14 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Fixed in version: 02...version: 02.19.100.5.005 Solution: A sanity check failed to the network/storage system, all initiators are non-standard. CLARiiON storage systems connected to an internal data structure containing a list of invalid WWNs without a panic and return an appropriate error...
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...error occurs. Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005 Solution: This happened only after a disk pool create failed. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 15 SP panic (0x00800007) during swap-out can be retried. This is invalidated...(119661, 119105, 117351, 117665, 118887, 121446) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Any corrupt partition data is not an error condition. (120086) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Drive removal occurring just as a virtual disk assignment is encountered. Fixed in...
...error occurs. Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005 Solution: This happened only after a disk pool create failed. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 15 SP panic (0x00800007) during swap-out can be retried. This is invalidated...(119661, 119105, 117351, 117665, 118887, 121446) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Any corrupt partition data is not an error condition. (120086) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Drive removal occurring just as a virtual disk assignment is encountered. Fixed in...
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... Symptom: The SP may panic if an incremental SAN Copy/E session is a Windows Dynamic Drive. Fixed in 02.19.002.5.007. Snapshot problems fixed in version 02.19.002.5.018.../E sessions while committing FLARE OE version 02.19.yyy or higher. 16 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Starting incremental SAN Copy/E sessions during an...be displayed. Snapshot may cause an incorrect panic. (126422) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Rapid unbinding and rebinding of occurrence: Very Infrequent. After a reboot ...
... Symptom: The SP may panic if an incremental SAN Copy/E session is a Windows Dynamic Drive. Fixed in 02.19.002.5.007. Snapshot problems fixed in version 02.19.002.5.018.../E sessions while committing FLARE OE version 02.19.yyy or higher. 16 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Starting incremental SAN Copy/E sessions during an...be displayed. Snapshot may cause an incorrect panic. (126422) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Rapid unbinding and rebinding of occurrence: Very Infrequent. After a reboot ...
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... http://Powerlink.EMC.com for the most stressful QA test environments. Hardware problems Description AX100 and AX100i - Removing it removes a redundant copy of the FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software for the AX100. Known problems frequency The frequencies for this problem; AX100 and AX100i - Details ...for the known problems listed in this product. Prevention/resolution: To prevent the issue, do not remove disk module 3. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 21 Occurs between 30 and 50 percent of the time when the specific cause is not...
... http://Powerlink.EMC.com for the most stressful QA test environments. Hardware problems Description AX100 and AX100i - Removing it removes a redundant copy of the FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software for the AX100. Known problems frequency The frequencies for this problem; AX100 and AX100i - Details ...for the known problems listed in this product. Prevention/resolution: To prevent the issue, do not remove disk module 3. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 21 Occurs between 30 and 50 percent of the time when the specific cause is not...
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..., then the new capacity is being changed from the default, the new name must be ignored. AX100, AX100i, AX100SC, AX100SCi -- Windows has finished checking your computer restarts. AX100 and AX100i - This can ping one or both SPs, neither SP is expected and should be a minimum ...during a reboot due to a software upgrade of the meta-virtual disk to the correct capacity. 22 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The SP boot/fault light on the drive. ... Frequency: Every Time Prevention/resolution: The message is accessible for I/O. This is due to ...
..., then the new capacity is being changed from the default, the new name must be ignored. AX100, AX100i, AX100SC, AX100SCi -- Windows has finished checking your computer restarts. AX100 and AX100i - This can ping one or both SPs, neither SP is expected and should be a minimum ...during a reboot due to a software upgrade of the meta-virtual disk to the correct capacity. 22 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The SP boot/fault light on the drive. ... Frequency: Every Time Prevention/resolution: The message is accessible for I/O. This is due to ...
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... in an uninitialized state, you can use , and management of the storage system. AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i notes SP startup For a dual-SP storage system (AX100 or AX100i), EMC recommends that virtual disk owns it until the green LED has been on for each SP, the username...Returning a storage system to an uninitialized state Use the following procedure to ensure that will help with the hot spare engaged). 26 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The time stamps are correct. Wait one second. It provides generic information that applies to change ...
... in an uninitialized state, you can use , and management of the storage system. AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i notes SP startup For a dual-SP storage system (AX100 or AX100i), EMC recommends that virtual disk owns it until the green LED has been on for each SP, the username...Returning a storage system to an uninitialized state Use the following procedure to ensure that will help with the hot spare engaged). 26 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The time stamps are correct. Wait one second. It provides generic information that applies to change ...
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...0 and 2 for the AX100SC and AX100SCi and disk modules 0, 1, 2 and 3 for the other CLARiiON storage systems that : A newly inserted disk module's amber light is off , the correct ... database disk module. Software image disk module replacement The FLARE software image is running. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 27 Before inserting or removing the next disk module ...modules 0 and 2 mirror the software for the AX100SC and AX100SCi SP and for the AX100 and AX100i SP B. As a result, storage-system configuration problems may occur when the storage system is...
...0 and 2 for the AX100SC and AX100SCi and disk modules 0, 1, 2 and 3 for the other CLARiiON storage systems that : A newly inserted disk module's amber light is off , the correct ... database disk module. Software image disk module replacement The FLARE software image is running. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 27 Before inserting or removing the next disk module ...modules 0 and 2 mirror the software for the AX100SC and AX100SCi SP and for the AX100 and AX100i SP B. As a result, storage-system configuration problems may occur when the storage system is...
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...before your AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i storage system, use the Troubleshooting Tree before running the command on all the other attached Windows servers. 4. Troubleshooting and getting help To troubleshoot problems with the storage system. 48 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software ...2 of the initialization and server utilities. 1. Verify that the removal was successful. The information on the documentation CD. The AX100 support website also includes a list of 0 is displayed, the installation or removal was successful (refer to the support information ...
...before your AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i storage system, use the Troubleshooting Tree before running the command on all the other attached Windows servers. 4. Troubleshooting and getting help To troubleshoot problems with the storage system. 48 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software ...2 of the initialization and server utilities. 1. Verify that the removal was successful. The information on the documentation CD. The AX100 support website also includes a list of 0 is displayed, the installation or removal was successful (refer to the support information ...