This README file contains the latest information about the  
IBM TotalStorage™ FAStT Storage Server controller firmware
version 06.10.06.00 for the FAStT600 Turbo, FAStT700, FAStT900
storage subsystems.

Refer to the IBM TotalStorage™ Support Web Site or CD for the
IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 9 (Intel or Unix Operating
Systems) Installation and Support Guides for firmware and NVSRAM
download instructions.

For other related publications (refer to Related Publications in the 
installation and support guide) and the latest information and 
updated readme file.

Last Update:  08/26/2004

Products Supported: 

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     |           | Machine Type (M/T) |     Model              | 
     |-----------|--------------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 900 |     1742           | 90X , 90U              |
     |-----------|--------------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 700 |     1742           | 1RX, 1RU               |
     |-----------|--------------------|------------------------|
     | FAStT 600 |     1722           | 60U (Turbo option),    |
     | Turbo     |                    | 60X (Turbo option)     |
      ---------------------------------------------------------


Note: 

  The FAStT Storage Server controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx with its 
  associated NVSRAM file are not available for the following FAStT Storage 
  servers - FAStT100 (M/T 1724-all models), FAStT200 (M/T 3542-all models), 
  FAStT500 (M/T 3552-all models) and FAStT600 Base and Single Controller (M/T 
  1722 models 60U, 60X, 6LU, 6LX). Please contact your IBM service 
  representative or IBM resellers for availability of additional FAStT storage 
  server models support with controller firmware version 6.10.xx in the 
  future. 
  


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CONTENTS
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1.0  Overview
2.0  Change History
3.0  Installation and Setup Instructions
4.0  Configuration Information
5.0  Unattended Mode
6.0  Web Sites and Support Phone Number
7.0  Trademarks and Notices
8.0  Disclaimer

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1.0   Overview
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   The IBM TotalStorage™ FAStT Storage Server controller firmware version
   06.10.06.00 release includes the FAStT Storage Server controller 
   firmware and NVSRAM files for upgrading the following IBM machine 
   types - 1722 Turbo (models 60X and 60U), 1742 (all models).
   
   The IBM TotalStorage FAStT Storage Manager version 9 Installation 
   and Support Guide for Intel-based Operating System Environments or
   the IBM TotalStorage FAStT Storage Manager version 9 Installation 
   and Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux on Power are 
   available on IBM's Support Web Site as a downloadable Portable 
   Document Format (PDF) file. 

   In addition, IBM FAStT Copy Services premium features - FlashCopy,
   VolumeCopy and Enhanced Remote Mirroring - are options purchased 
   separately. The Copy Services premium features require a minimum 
   level of FAStT storage server controller firmware installed.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------
   | Premium Feature          | Required controller firmware version  | 
   |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
   | FlashCopy 	              | 05.00.04.xx or higher                 |
   |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
   | VolumeCopy               | 05.40.xx.xx or higher                 |
   |--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
   | Enhanced Remote Mirror   | 06.10.0x.xx or higher                 |
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   The FAStT storage partitioning premium feature is standard on all 
   IBM FAStT storage subsystems with the exception of the IBM FAStT600
   (machine type 1722 with Standard option) storage subsystem. Please 
   contact IBM Marketing representatives or IBM resellers if you want
   to purchase the IBM FAStT storage partitioning premium feature option
   for it. The Turbo option of the IBM FAStT600 is shipped with the IBM
   FAStT storage partitioning premium feature enabled (8 partitions).

   The FAStT Storage Controller firmware 06.10.xx.xx for this release is 
   available for IBM machine types 1722-60X/60U (with Turbo option), 
   1742-1RX/1RU and 1742-90X/90U only. The FAStT Storage Controller 
   firmware 06.10.xx.xx for this release is not available for IBM machine 
   types 3542, 3552, 1722-60X/60U (with Standard option) or 1722-6LX/6LU 
   (single controller). However, the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 9.10 host 
   software for this release will manage all FAStT storage server with the 
   controller firmware 04.01.xx.xx or newer. But, any new features and 
   updates that are introduced in this FAStT Storage Manager version 9.10 
   will not be available for any FAStT storage server controllers without 
   the controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx installed.

   Refer to the IBM Support Web Site for the latest Firmware and 
   NVSRAM files for the IBM FAStT Storage Subsystems.
   http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/fastt

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1.1  Limitations
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1. If you are upgrading controller firmware in IBM FAStT500 storage
   controller (M/T 3552)with 512MB Cache, you will have to stop I/O and
   reboot both controllers before upgrading firmware followed by NVSRAM.
   You can reboot the controllers either by power cycling the storage 
   subsystem or by pressing the Reset button on both controllers. The
   Reset button is located on the right of the indicator lights in
   the opening on the front of each controller unit. 

   To determine Storage Controller cache level, perform the following:

   a. On a storage management station start the client software and  
      select a storage subsystem.
   b. Select Tools -> Manage Device to open the Subsystem Management 
      Window.
   c. Highlight the Storage Subsystem that you are upgrading and then 
      select Storage Subsystem -> Profile. It may take a little time 
      for it to create the Storage Subsystem profile.   
   d. Under the Controllers heading is an entry that displays 
      information similar to the following example:
      Cache/processor size (MB):  256/32

   If this setting is listed as 512/32 you will need to arrange to 
   perform this upgrade procedure at a time that you can stop I/O 
   to the Storage Subsystem in order to ensure a successful firmware
   download and installation.

2. Storage Manager prompts you for a password if all hard disk 
   drives are removed from the storage subsystem.

   After removing all drives from a storage subsystem (or not powering
   on drives and only the controller), the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 
   software will prompt you for a password when trying to start the 
   software or trying to perform protected operations. Any password 
   entered will fail.

   Password information is stored on a reserved area of each hard disk 
   drive on the storage subsystem.  Each drive stores a mirrored copy
   of the password data.  When there are no drives in the storage
   subsystem, the storage management software does not find the 
   password data when you attempt password protected operations. Add
   one drive to the storage subsystem and retry the operation.

   Since the RAID controller unit should not be powered on until the 
   expansion units are attached and powered on, this should be done by 
   powering off the RAID controller unit, properly attaching all 
   expansion units (with drives installed), to the RAID controller unit 
   and powering them on, and then powering the RAID controller unit back 
   on.  At this point the storage subsystems can be rediscovered and 
   managed using the IBM FAStT Storage Manager software.

3. Auto LUN/Array Transfer is not enable for IBM AIX and SUN Solaris OS's.
   If a controller fails over arrays to the alternate controller and the 
   failed controller is replaced and brought back online, the arrays do not 
   automatically transfer to the preferred controller. This must be done 
   manually by selecting the redistributing arrays menu option in the storage 
   subsystem window of the IBM FAStT storage manager client program.

4. Display issues when using 256 color settings. A brownish hash pattern is 
   displayed on the windows and in online help when running in 256 color mode. 
   Run the Storage Manager 8 application in a higher display mode. In 
   addition, the FAStT Storage Management dialog windows may be displayed 
   cropped without the vertical and horizontal scroll bars. Just move the 
   mouse pointer over the edge of the window until the mouse pointer change to 
   window resize pointer, left click and hold to grip the window edge to 
   resize it. 
   
5. If you get "Error 21 - The Operation cannot complete because a 
   ...  is in progress" error when you issue a Subsystem Management 
   command from the IBM FAStT Storage Manager Client, the command may 
   be cached. If the command is cached, the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 
   Client will run the command as soon as the controller resources are 
   available. Wait for at least ten minutes and check to see whether 
   the command has been run. If not, re-attempt the command. 

6. The Disable/Enable and Uninstall menu functions are not available
   when you right-click the RDAC Virtual Adapter entry in SCSI and
   RAID controllers list of the Device Manager folder. The folder is 
   in the Computer Management window. You must use the Add/Remove 
   program function in the Control Panel window to uninstall or to
   disable the IBM FAStT Storage Manager RDAC device. To re-enable the
   IBM FAStT Storage Manager RDAC device, follow the instructions in
   the IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 8.3 Installation and Support
   Guide for Windows NT and Windows 2000.  

7. You must always uninstall IBM FAStT Storage Manager RDAC before 
   you uninstall the Host Bus Adapter driver. Failure to do so may 
   result in system hung or blue-screen.  
                       
8. When creating a Remote Mirror of a base logical drive, in the 
   case where a FlashCopy of the base logical drive has already
   been created, the following restriction applies. If the Remote 
   Mirror relationship is created while the base logical drive is
   receiving I/O, the FlashCopy logical drive will be failed. The 
   work around is to quiesce I/O to the base logical drive while you 
   are creating the remote mirror relationship. Alternatively, if the
   Remote Mirror relationship is created before creating the FlashCopy
   logical drive, the FlashCopy logical drive will not be failed. 

9. When alternately switching back and forth the roles of the logical
   drives in a remote mirrored relationship, Windows NT4, Windows 2000
   and Server 2003 may cache the file(s) on the logical drive(disk) in
   memory  and use these cached data instead of going out to the disk
   to get the data. This windows OS behavior may make the data look like
   it was not synchronized between logical drives in a remote mirrored
   relationship. The fix to the problem is to dismount the primary
   logical drive in the server before demoting it to secondary role. 
   In Microsoft Windows environment, this is best done by shutting down 
   the server that the primary logical drive is mapped to. Then, 
   promote the secondary logical drive to the primary role and hot_add
   it to the appropriate server.
    
   If the logical drive is of "Dynamic Disk" type, there is a possible
   solution without requiring server to be shut down. First, in the 
   server that has the primary logical drive, run the SMrepassist 
   program in the FAStT Storage Manager 8.xx util directory with the 
   -f option to flush the cached data to disk. Then, promote the 
   secondary logical drive and hot_add it to the appropriate server.
   Before promoting the logical drive to primary role in the original
   server, force a failure to the disk, for example, by running a chkdsk
   on the disk. Then, promote the logical drive to primary role
   in the original server and hot_add it. One may have to reactivate
   the disk after it is hot_added to the server.
   
   If the server environment prevents the server from being
   rebooted and the logical drive is of "basic disk" type, you may
   use the following steps 

   1. In the server that has the primary logical drive, run the 
      SMrepassist program in the FAStT Storage Manager 8.3x
      util directory with the -f option to flush the cached data
      to disk.
   2. Using the FAStT Storage Manager to remove the LUN mapping 
      of the logical drive that had the primary role from its
      server (host computer). 
   3. Promote the secondary role LUN to the primary role and 
      hot_add it in the appropriate server assuming that the LUN  
      mapping is already defined for this server in the FAStT 
      storage subsystem.
   4. Before promoting the logical drive to primary role in the 
      original server, run Hot_add program or initiate a Scan for
      Hardware Changes task in the original server. This is to
      remove the logical drive from the available disks. In W2K,
      you may see Unsafe Removal of Devices messages.
   5. Using the FAStT Storage Manager to add the LUN mapping of 
      the logical drive that will be promoted to primary role to 
      the original server(host computer). 
   6. Promote the Logical Drive to Primary role and hot_add it in
      the original server. If you are unable to hot_add the logical
      drive or the data still appears to be mismatched, you must 
      reboot the server.  

10. When the FAStT storage subsystem controller firmware is upgraded 
    from any version 05.00.xx.xx or earlier to version 05.2x.xx.xx or 
    later, all of the Windows 2000 servers that had LUNs mapped in this
    storage subsystem must be rebooted after the new FAStT storage 
    subsystem controller firmware and NVSRAM are successfully applied. 
    The reason is that when the new FAStT storage subsystem controller 
    firmware is installed, the controller returns the first four bytes
    of the firmware revision in the Product Revision field of the SCSI
    LUN inquiry data. Windows 2000 uses the Product Revision data as 
    part of the LUN identification. So, as the Product Revision data 
    changes due to the new firmware revision level, Windows 2000 
    thinks that the LUNs with the old Product Revision data were 
    removed from the server. When the 'scan for hardware changes' task
    is executed by running the FAStT storage manager hot_add utility
    or by selecting the Scan For Hardware Changes menu option of the 
    Devices folder in the Computer Management window, Windows 2000
    displays Unsafe Removal of Devices dialogs for these LUNs. The
    devices in these dialogs are RDAC Virtual Disks and xxxx SCSI 
    devices where xxxx are either 1742, 3552 or 3542 depending on the
    model type of  FAStT storage server(s) that the Windows 2000 
    server had LUNs mapped from. The Windows 2000 server will lose 
    connectivity to the LUNs in the FAStT storage that has firmware
    updated. The server must be scanned again for hardware changes. If
    the logical drives are not added back to the server, one must 
    reboot the server to reconnect to the logical drives. 

    This problem will not occur when upgrading the FAStT storage 
    subsystem controller firmware from version 05.20.xx.xx to version
    05.3x.xx.xx or later because the product revision data field was 
    fixed at 0520.

11. When the server HBA ports are directly connected to the FAStT 
    storage server controllers, do not download firmware and NVSRAM 
    files to the controllers with IOs being generated to the LUNs in 
    the FAStT storage server. There is no IOs restriction in SAN
    Fabric environment i.e. when the HBA port are connected to the FAStT
    storage server controller ports via Fibre Channel switches.
   
12. The supplied SMrepassist utility did not utilize Microsoft Volume
    Shadow Services APIs to quiesce the LUNs. Appropriate steps are 
    still need to shut down/quiesce the applications like MS Exchange
    and SQL Server before the FlashCopy logical drive can be made.

13. Rebooting a host server might cause its mapped LUNs move to 
    a non-preferred path. Use the FAStT Storage Manager client program
    to redistribute the LUNs to their preferred path.

14. Uninstalling RDAC may cause Windows Dynamic disks to fail. After the
    new RDAC is installed and the server is rebooted, these disks must be 
    reactivated and Chkdsk must be run. The work-around is to stop the
    applications and remove the drive letters or the mount points to 
    these disks before uninstalling and reinstalling RDAC.
   
15. The current RDAC driver will coexist with Storport model driver as
    long as it is not the driver for the adapter that talks to the LUNs
    in the FAStT storage subsystems. Note: the current release drivers
    for all of the Fibre Channel host bus adapters that FAStT Storage
    Servers support are based on the Scsiport model.
        
16. In xSeries x330 server, when two of the Dynamic disks are mirrored
    together by the Windows OS and the LUN that these disks are defined
    on failovers/failbacks, the server might hang after failover. There
    is no work-around.
    
17. Dynamically changing the cache read ahead multiplier setting via 
    the storage manager client may  result in an error message 
    indicating the operation has failed. Despite the error message, 
    the request to change the cache read ahead multiplier will remain 
    queued to the controllers and will eventually complete when I/O 
    activity to the storage subsystem has subsided. In order to avoid 
    the error message and any delays in the cache read ahead multiplier
    value changing, it is recommended to change the cache read ahead 
    multiplier when the subsystem is in a quiesced state.

18. This following behavior applies for the direct Fibre Channel 
    connection setup between the FAStT F600 storage server host ports and
    the server HBA ports only. If all FAStT F600 host ports are occupied,
    the FAStT600 event log may show "host-side data rate negotiation
    failed" error when the server is booted up, this is normal error 
    that were generated during the host rate negotiation routine inside 
    the FAStT 600 storage server.

19. Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 share the following host 
    type options:
    - Windows 2000/Server 2003 non-clustered
    - Windows 2000/Server 2003 clustered

    If these host types do not appear in the host type pull down menu,
    use these host type options instead.
    - Windows 2000 non-clustered
    - Windows 2000 clustered

20. In a direct Fibre Channel connection between the FAStT storage 
    server and the HBAs in the host server, the system bluescreen
    may occur if the FAStT storage server is powered off. The 
    work around is to power down the server first before powering down 
    the FAStT storage server.   
       
21. Only logical drives that are configured as "Basic Disks" in the 
    Windows Disk Management folder can have FlashCopy made. The 
    FlashCopy of a logical drive configured as "Dynamic Disk" type
    will always be failed by the FAStT storage server when it is 
    added to the host server.  

22. There is not an IA-64 version of the FAStT Management Suite Java 
    (FAStT_MSJ). Use the 32-bit version of the FAStT Management Suite
    Java for the Windows Server 2003 64-bit edition. However, one
    should uninstall it once the diagnostic is completed. It could 
    cause the server to bluescreen in heavy IO loads.
    
22. Veritas DMP is not supported at this time in Windows operating 
    environment. Please contact IBM representatives or resellers 
    for the availability of support.

24. When managing the FAStT Storage Servers with firmware version 
    05.3x.xx.xx, the Help window of the Subsystem Management window may
    not be displayed correctly the topics that are listed as result of 
    executing a full text search. 

25. When migrating array(s) from a dual controller FAStT storage server to
    a single controller FAStT storage server, you must first set the 
    preferred owner of the to-be-migrated array(s) to be controller A
    before inserting it into the drive slots of a single controller FAStT 
    storage server. Otherwise, the array(s) will not be added to the single 
    controller FAStT storage server correctly which might cause problems.

26. When managing a single controller FAStT Storage Server model, do not
    use the menu option - Configuration->Automatic... - in the Subsystem
    Management window to create LUNs. You might not be able to access 
    or manage LUNs that are created this way.

27. After you replace a controller with a new controller in the single 
    controller models of FAStT storage servers, the premium features become
    unauthorized and are out of compliance. Any premium features not 
    supported by the firmware of the new controller are unavailable. The 
    work-around is to upgrade the firmware in the new controller to the same
    level as the removed controller and re-enable the premium features 
    using the key files that you were provided when the premium feature 
    was originally enabled. 
    
28. When you migrating drive Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs) from multiple
    FAStT storage servers into a single destination FAStT storage servers, all 
    of the drive CRUs from the same FAStT storage server should be moved as a 
    ‘set’ into the new destination FAStT storage server. Before moving the 
    next ‘set’ of drive CRUs, ensure that all of the drive CRUs for a single 
    ‘set’ have been moved to the destination FAStT storage server. If drive 
    CRUs are not moved as a ‘set’ to the destination FAStT storage servers, 
    the newly relocated array may not appear in the Subsystem Management 
    window.

29. Enclosure IDs may be listed incorrectly in the Subsystem Management 
    window, even if the Enclosure ID switch settings appear to be correct. 
    This is because of the physical design and movement of the Enclosure ID 
    switch, it is possible to leave the switch in a “dead zone” between ID 
    numbers, which will return an incorrect Enclosure ID (this value is 0 in 
    most cases) to the storage management software. When setting the Enclosure 
    ID, ensure that the switch has actuated completely and has settled where 
    the value is clearly visible in the viewing window.
  
30. To download controller firmware, you must select the drive where the
    firmware is located. If the drive you select does not respond, the File
    Selection dialog box will revert to the A: drive and display an error
    message that drive A: is not ready if there are no media in drive A:.

31. You must suspend all I/O while ESM firmware downloads if you select 
    multiple enclosures for downloading ESM firmware. If you select only
    one enclosure for download at a time, you can download ESM firmware
    with I/Os. However, IBM recommends that you suspend all I/O activity
    to perform firmware upgrades. 
    
    Furthermore, if the EXP100 ESM firmware version is 953x or earlier, 
    no IOs are allowed during the duration that the EXP100 ESMs are 
    being updated with new firmware, including clustering reservation 
    checking IOs. 

32. The FAStT storage server when configured with the FAStT EXP100 
    SATA Drive Expansion Unit is currently reporting a higher frequency 
    of informational events such as Destination Driver Events (DDEs) 
    and FibreChannel link up/down events ... in the FAStT Controller event
    log compared to the FAStT storage server configured with Fibre Channel 
    drives. Slower response times of SATA disk drives compared to Fibre 
    Channel disk drives cause higher I/O retries from the FAStT storage server 
    controllers, resulting in a greater number of informational events logged.
    In addition, the number of information events reported in the FAStT 
    storage server event log will also grow in proportion to the increase 
    in I/Os to the Logical Drives. In all cases, the FAStT storage server 
    controller will always successfully service the timeout I/O on the 
    subsequent retries.   

33. When saving the FAStT storage server event log entries, it may take up
    to several minutes to save all entries in the event log depending on 
    the FAStT management workstation resources. However, the FAStT Storage
    Manager client GUI will show the completion of the event log saving 
    almost instantly. The work around is to check the file size of the file
    that the event log entries are saved periodically; if the file size 
    does not change, the event log saving is completed.

34. Do not perform other storage management tasks, such as creating or 
    deleting logical drives, reconstructing arrays, and so on, while 
    downloading the FAStT storage server controller firmware and FAStT 
    EXP ESM firmware. It is recommended that you close all storage 
    management sessions (other than the session that you use to upgrade
    the firmware) to the FAStT storage server that you plan to update.

35. Inter-operability with tape devices is supported on separate HBA and 
    switch zones.

New limitations with version 9.10.xx.02 release

36. The FAStT Copy Service RVM is not supported at this time for FAStT600
    Base and Single Controller storage servers models.
 
37. In the Storage Manager version 9 client Subsystem Management window, 
    the preferred owner of a defined logical drive can not be changed if the  
    logical drive is managed by the preferred owner/controller. There is 
    no work-around. If the drive is currently managed by a non-preferred  
    owner/controller, one can change the currently managed non-preferred
    owner/controller into currently managed preferred owner/controller.
    
38. Concurrent firmware download (downloading firmware/NVSRAM to the FAStT 
    storage server controllers with IOs to the host servers) is not supported 
    when upgrading the controller firmware from a 05.xx.xx.xx version to a 
    06.10.xx.xx version. ALL IOs must be stopped during the version 
    06.10.xx.xx controller firmware upgrade from a pre-06.10.xx.xx version. 
    
39. Do not pull or inserting drives during the drive firmware download. 
    In addition, ALL IOs must also be stopped during the drive firmware
    download. Otherwise, drives may be shown as missing, unavailable or
    failed. 
    
40. Controller diagnostics will not run in a FAStT storage server with
    single controller.
    
41. When instructing to remove and reinsert or to replace a hard drive, wait
    at least 70 seconds before inserting either the removed existing drive
    or the new drive into the drive slot. Similarly, wait at least 70
    seconds before reinserting either the removed existing ESM module or
    the new ESM module into the empty ESM slot in the EXP drive expansion
    enclosure. There is no work-around.

42. Staged firmware and NVSRAM download function is not available on the
    FAStT700 (machine type 1742) models with firmware 06.1x.00.00 in 
    conjunction with IBM Storage Manager 09.1x.xx.xx." 
     
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1.2  Enhancements
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   IMPORTANT: New features that are introduced with the FAStT Storage 
   Manager version 9.1 host software will not be available for any FAStT 
   storage server controllers without the controller firmware version 
   06.10.xx.xx installed. The FAStT storage server controller firmware 
   version 6.10.xx.xx is available for the following FAStT storage server 
   only - FAStT600 Turbo option, FAStT700 and FAStT900. Please contact 
   your IBM service representative or IBM resellers for availability of 
   additional FAStT storage server models support with controller firmware 
   version 6.10.xx in the future. 
   
   A summary list of the new features that are introduced with the FAStT
   Storage Manager version 9.1 host software for Microsoft Windows 2000 and 
   Server 2003 operating systems in conjunction with the FAStT storage server 
   controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx is as followed:
    
   - Enhance Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM FAStT 
     Storage Manager version 9.1 also supports Global Copy and Global 
     Mirroring Remote Mirror options. Please refer the IBM FAStT Storage
     Manager Version 9 Copy Services User's Guide for more information. 
   - Parallel hard drive firmware download support. Up to four different
     drive firmware packages can be downloaded to multiple drives of four 
     different drive types simultaneously.  
   
     Note: Drive firmware download is an offline management event. You 
     must schedule downtime for the download because no IOs to the storage
     server are allowed during the drive firmware download process. 
   
   - Staged controller firmware download support. The controller firmware and 
     NVSRAM can be downloaded to the FAStT600 Turbo and FAStT900 storage  
     server Flash area for later activation.  
     
     Note: FAStT700 storage server does not support this functionality.
          
   - Full command-line SMcli support. 
   - Support for both FC and SATA hard-drive technology EXP enclosures
     as long as the FC (EXP700, EXP500) and SATA (EXP100) EXP drive expansion 
     enclosures are installed on different FAStT storage servers.
   - Improve FAStT storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI interface 
   - Serviceability enhancements: This includes one-click collection of 
     support data, drive diagnostic data, drive channel state management, 
     controller ‘service mode’, reporting of none functional controller and 
     ability to save host topology information.
   - Improve media error handling for better reporting of unreadable sectors 
     in the FAStT storage server event log and persistent reporting of 
     unreadable sectors.


   Please refer to the New Features section of the IBM FAStT Storage
   Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guide for Intel-based
   Operating System Environments for additional information about the
   the IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 9 enhancements.
   
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1.3  Prerequisites
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1.4  Dependencies
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   IMPORTANT:
   FASTT STORAGE SERVER CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION 06.10.XX.XX REQUIRES
   THAT THE FIRMWARE VERSION OF AN ATTACHED EXP100 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE
   MODULE (ESM) BE VERSION 955X OR HIGHER. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO UPGRADE
   EXP100 ESM FIRMWARE VERSIONS THROUGH 953X TO VERSION 955X. TO DETERMINE
   THE FIRMWARE LEVEL OF AN EXP100 ESM, IDENTIFY THE PRODUCT LABEL LOCATED
   AT THE REAR OF THE EXP100 ENCLOSURE. ONLY LABELS ON WHICH THE FIELD
   REPLACEABLE UNIT (FRU) PART NUMBER READS 25R0156 POSITIVELY INDICATE
   THAT AN ESM MODULE IS RUNNING FIRMWARE VERSION 955X OR HIGHER. IF THERE
   IS NO LABEL OR THE PART NUMBER ON THE LABEL DOES NOT READ 25R0156, THE
   ESM MAY STILL HAVE THE FIRMWARE VERSION 955X OR HIGHER IF IT HAD BEEN 
   PREVIOULSY UPGRADED. IF NECESSARY, CONTACT YOUR IBM REPRESENTATIVE,
   SUPPORT, OR RESELLER FOR ASSISTANCE.

   IBM FAStT Storage Manager host software version 09.1x.xx.xx provides full 
   management support for IBM machine types 3552 and 3542 storage controllers 
   that have at least firmware version 04.01.xx.xx, IBM Machine type 1742-900 
   and 1742 storage controllers that have at least firmware version 
   05.00.04.xx or IBM Machine type 1722 storage controllers that have at least 
   firmware version 05.3x.xx.xx.
    
   The only IBM FAStT Storage Manager version 09.1x.xx.xx supported 
   management function on controllers with firmware version 04.xx.xx.xx
   to 04.xx.02.xx is controller firmware and NVSRAM download. 

   
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2.0   Change History
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2.1   Version History
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This is the latest release of IBM FAStT TotalStorage™ controller firmware/
NVSRAM for the following FAStT storage server models - FAStT600 Turbo, 
FAStT700 and FAStT900.


Version 06.10.06.00, 8/31/2004 for the FAStT600 Turbo, FAStT700, and FAStT900

 This is a major controller firmware maintenance release. The new feature list
 is as follows: 
     
     - Enhance Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM
       FAStT Storage Manager version 9 also supports Global Copy and 
       Global Mirroring Remote Miror options.
     - Parallel hard drive firmware download.
     - Staged controller firmware download.
     - Full command-line SMcli support.
     - Improve FAStT storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI
     - Adding additional diagnostic features - Drive Channel status,
       hard drive sector failure list.  

Version 05.40.15.00, 7/29/2004 for the FAStT600 Turbo, FAStT700, and FAStT900.

 This is the controller firmware maintenance release. The fix list for
 FAStT700 and FAStT90 models is as follows: 
     
  76687 Memory fault while running sysReboot with Cluster
  74957 Error encountered after Heavy Mirror Xor Traffic Phase, and RV
  75268 Ancient I/0 aborted while running switch port fail (volume copy, 
        snapshot
  75682 Controller returns reservation conflict while running switch port
        fail test.
  78203	(CL #78004) 242386 - RAID1 remained degraded after a drive pull/replac
  78339	(CL #69661) Assigned drives of RAID1 VG came back as "offline"
  78347	(CL #77338) Fatal vproc after replacing drive
  78354	(CL #76490) C238953 - Host IO Read Errors in multiple configurations 
  78606	(CL #78357) disk array became unmanageable in benchmark
  74117	(CL #70794) One volume never finishes reconstruction when co
  74700	(CL #74488) (CL #74483) Continuous resets on Tachyon chip - 5884 contr
  75324	(CL #74431) C224711  Timeout occurs on the client during a request to 
  75598	Panic: Assertion failed : registration = 0, file presReservableVolume.
  76017	(CL #75805) Incomplete transfer of host information during v
  76104	(CL #75661) Controller reboot due to ancient IO during sysRe
  76109	(CL #75755) CMVC: 237648    Configuration loss of RAID 0 volume (SATA)
  76181	(CL #75746) Ancient I/O (mode select I/O) during 2 second po
  76269	(CL #75283) C236739 I/O error during controller offline testing with S
  76727	(CL #75055) DCE operation on RAID 1 volume invalidates tray loss prote
  76951	(CL #76881) IAF process hangs if multiple IAFs in progess on same volu
  76965	(CL #76936) Unable to re-initiate volume group initialization after th
  77501	(CL #77464) Controllers did not agree on the state of a spindown drive
  77510	(CL #71143) Defragmentation fails                          
  77555	(CL #75895) Request for ctlr resets to be blocked by ctlr du
  77632	(CL #76702) Volume state not consistent between the controllers after 
  78048	(CL #74681) Mapping exceeds 32-lun limit for default host ty


 The fix list for FAStT600 Turbo models is as follows: 

  78203	(CL #78004) 242386 - RAID1 remained degraded after a drive pull/replac
  78339	(CL #69661) Assigned drives of RAID1 VG came back as "offline"
  78347	(CL #77338) Fatal vproc after replacing drive
  78354	(CL #76490) C238953 - Host IO Read Errors in multiple configurations 
  78606	(CL #78357) disk array became unmanageable in benchmark
  74117	(CL #70794) One volume never finishes reconstruction when co
  74700	(CL #74488) (CL #74483) Continuous resets on Tachyon chip - 5884 contr
  75324	(CL #74431) C224711  Timeout occurs on the client during a request to 
  76017	(CL #75805) Incomplete transfer of host information during v
  76104	(CL #75661) Controller reboot due to ancient IO during sysRe
  76109	(CL #75755) CMVC: 237648    Configuration loss of RAID 0 volume (SATA)
  76181	(CL #75746) Ancient I/O (mode select I/O) during 2 second po
  76251	(CL #76148) Controller assertion when validateCmdInfo routine calls cf
  76269	(CL #75283) C236739 I/O error during controller offline testing with S
  76727	(CL #75055) DCE operation on RAID 1 volume invalidates tray loss prote
  76951	(CL #76881) IAF process hangs if multiple IAFs in progess on same volu
  76965	(CL #76936) Unable to re-initiate volume group initialization after th
  77501	(CL #77464) Controllers did not agree on the state of a spindown drive
  77510	(CL #71143) Defragmentation fails                          
  77537	(CL #75629) MEMORY FAULT in "symPrepareAltControllerInfo"  
  77555	(CL #75895) Request for ctlr resets to be blocked by ctlr du
  77632	(CL #76702) Volume state not consistent between the controllers after 
  78048	(CL #74681) Mapping exceeds 32-lun limit for default host ty
      


Version 05.40.11.0x, 4/31/2004 for the FAStT600 Turbo, FAStT700, and FAStT900.

  Fixed a problem with cache mirroring that caused the controller to disable 
  the cache.  The result was severe performance degradation. For FAStT700 and
  FAStT900, the controller firmware version was 05.40.11.03. For the FAStT600
  Turbo, the new controller fimware version was 05.40.11.04.



Version 05.40.11.01, 4/09/2004 for the FAStT600 Turbo, FAStT700, and FAStT900.
 
 This is the controller firmware and NVSRAM maintenance release. The fix list 
 for FAStT700 and FAStT90 models is as follows: 
         
	75567 (CL #75479) Memory leak beginning in 5.40.xx.xx.
  69629 Downloading controller firmware with offline volumes causes 
	      unfinished download pr 
	69872 (CL #69467) TD_PT1086 RLS baseline date after new device 
	      insertion is incorrect. 
	70891 (CL #70586) TD_PT1277 Drive size reported incorrectly for 
	      a closed drive 
	71206 tray number reported incorrectly during discovery
	70561 (CL #68445)  C219318 CMVC 217537: Data miscompare while 
	      doing online controller firmware downloads 
	70772 (CL #68894) Analysis of a MEL log shows Dacstore Scrub 
	      is repeating on a volume group 
	71782 (RW #68268) (CL #67670) Can't create volume if drive sizes 
	      are similar 
	72339 CMVC-hlpct_42401 Error importing a 7.3 Gig FlashCopy LUN 
	72676 (CL #70100) SMclient GUI reports array needs attention, but 
	      guru reports 
	72712 (CL #72672) TD_PT1461 Ancient I/O during sysReboots 
	72768 (CL #72449) controllers repeatedly panic during M1 -> S3 
	      FW upgrade 
	69052 Drives not assigned to proper loop on 2882 
	69204 (CL #68807) Profile not reporting correct unconfigured 
	      capacity on volume group
	
	Modify the NVSRAM file to disable Cache Sync in the W2K het 
	host region.

 The fix list for FAStT600 Turbo models is as follows: 
       
  75567 (CL #75479) Memory leak beginning in 5.40.xx.xx.
  69629 Downloading controller firmware with offline volumes causes 
	      unfinished download pr 
	69872 (CL #69467) TD_PT1086 RLS baseline date after new device 
	      insertion is incorrect. 
	70105 (CL #70048) TD_PT1195 Diagnostic path to controller report 
	      down falsely 
	70891 (CL #70586) TD_PT1277 Drive size reported incorrectly for 
	      a closed drive 
	71206 tray number reported incorrectly during discovery
	70561 (CL #68445)  C219318 CMVC 217537: Data miscompare while 
	      doing online controller firmware downloads 
	70772 (CL #68894) Analysis of a MEL log shows Dacstore Scrub 
	      is repeating on a volume group 
	71782 (RW #68268) (CL #67670) Can't create volume if drive sizes 
	      are similar 
	72339 CMVC-hlpct_42401 Error importing a 7.3 Gig FlashCopy LUN 
	72676 (CL #70100) SMclient GUI reports array needs attention, but 
	      guru reports 
	72712 (CL #72672) TD_PT1461 Ancient I/O during sysReboots 
	72768 (CL #72449) controllers repeatedly panic during M1 -> S3 
	      FW upgrade 
	69052 Drives not assigned to proper loop on 2882 
	69204 (CL #68807) Profile not reporting correct unconfigured 
	      capacity on volume group
	
	Modify the NVSRAM file to disable Cache Sync in the W2K het 
	host region.


Version 05.40.06.01, 12/19/2004 for the FAStT700 and FAStT900.
Version 05.40.07.01, 12/19/2004 for the FAStT600 Turbo.
 First Maintenance Release


Version 05.40.03.05, 9/21/2004 for the FAStT600 Turbo, FAStT700, and FAStT900.
  
 This is the initial release of the FAStT storage server controller firmware
 for the 05.40.xx.xx code thread. A list of new features are as follows:
 
 - Support for IBM TotalStorage FAStT600 Turbo
 - Support for VolumeCopy copy service premium feature
 - 256 logical drives per storage mapping partition
 - Persistent reservations
 - User control of network parameters. The user can now change the controller
   IP addresses via the Subsystem Management window interface.
 - Support for larger than 2TB arrays. The maximum logical drive size is 
   still 2TB. 
 - Support for the creation of logical drives with a segment size of 512K
   using the script engines or SMcli   


       
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2.4 Code levels at time of release are as follows
-------------------------------------------------

     1. Storage Controller Firmware versions:

        a.  FAStT 900:  FW_06100600_06100100
        b.  FAStT 700:  FW_06100600_06100100
        c.  FAStT 600 Turbo:  SNAP_06100600          
                                            
     2. Storage Controller NVSRAM versions:
        a.  FAStT 900:  N1742F900R910V02
        b.  FAStT 700:  N1742F700R910V02
        d.  FAStT 600 Turbo:  N1722F600R910V03
       
                                    
   Refer to the following IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems 
   Technical Support web site for the latest released code levels.
  
   http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/fastt
   
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3.0   Installation and Setup Instructions
-----------------------------------------

3.1  Important: You must install the firmware update prior to downloading  
                the NVSRAM update.

     To download firmware, do the following: 
   
     a.  Open the Subsystem Management window. 
     b.  Click Storage Subsystem => Download => Firmware. 
         Follow the online instructions.

    To download NVSRAM, do the following: 
   
     a.  Open the Subsystem Management window. 
     b.  Click Storage Subsystem => Download => NVSRAM. 
         Follow the online instructions.
       
3.2  After the controller firmware and NVSRAM is updated, consider
     checking the IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support 
     web site for the latest released drive expansion enclosure ESM 
     firmware and the Fibre Channel hard drive firmware. 
     
     To download drive expansion ESM firmware, do the following: 
   
     a.  Open the Subsystem Management window. 
     b.  Click Advanced => Download => Environmental(ESM) Card Firmware. 
         Follow the online instructions.

     To download hard disk drive firmware, do the following: 
   
     a.  Open the Subsystem Management window. 
     b.  Click Advanced => Download => Drive Firmware. 
         Follow the online instructions.
      

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3.2  Helpful Hints
------------------

1. If you are unable to see the maximum number of drives during 
   Automatic Configuration, you should be able to use Manual 
   Configuration to select individual drives and select the maximum 
   number of drives allowed.

2. Depending on the storage subsystem that you have purchased, you
   may have to purchase the FAST storage partitioning premium feature
   option or an option to upgrade the number of supported partitions
   in a storage subsystem. Please see IBM Marketing representatives
   or IBM resellers for more information.
   
   - IBM FAStT600 storage subsystem (machine type 1722): The standard
     configuration does not have the FAST storage partitioning premium
     enabled. Four partition, eight partition, sixteen and an upgrade 
     from four to eight partition storage partitioning premium feature
     options can be purchased. The IBM FAStT600 Turbo option comes with
     8 partition storage partitioning premium option installed. An
     upgrade to 64 partitions can be purchased for the IBM FAStT600 
     Turbo option. 

   - IBM FAStT700 storage subsystems (machine type 1742 - models 1RU and 1RX): 
     The standard configuration has 64 partitions storage partitioning premium 
     option installed. No additional storage partitioning premium feature 
     options can be purchased for these storage subsystems.

   - IBM FAStT900 storage subsystem (machine type 1742 - models 90X and
     90U): The standard configuration has 16 partition storage partitioning
     premium option installed. An upgrade from 16 to 64 partition storage
     partitioning premium feature option can be purchased.

3. When making serial connections to the FAStT storage controller, the baud 
   rate is recommended to be set at either 38200 or 57600. Note: Do not make 
   any connections to the FAStT storage server serial ports unless it is 
   instructed by IBM Support. Incorrect use of the serial port might result in 
   lost of configuration, and possibly, data. 

4. Fabric topology zoning requirement. To avoid possible problem at the 
   host level, it is best practice that all Fibre Channel (FC) Switches must 
   be zoned such that a single FC host bus adapter can only access one 
   controller per storage array. In addition, this zoning requirement also 
   ensures the maximum number of host connections can be seen and log into the 
   controller FC host port. This is because if a FC HBA port is seen by both 
   controller A and B host ports, it will be counted as two host connections 
   to the storage subsystem - one for controller A port and one for controller 
   B port.
   
   Note: The FAStT Storage Subsystem FAStT900, FAStT700 and FAStT500 
   (IBM machine type 1742 and 3552) have two ports per controller - one
   per minihub slot. The FAStT Storage FAStT600 (IBM machine type 1722)
   has two ports per controller. The FAStT storage Subsystem FAStT200 
   (IBM machine type 3542) has only one port per controller.


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4.0 Configuration Information
-----------------------------

        
4.1 Configuration Settings
--------------------------

1. By default the IBM FAStT Storage Manager 9.10 firmware does not 
   automatically map logical drives if storage partitioning feature is
   enabled. This means that the logical drives are not automatically 
   presented to host systems.

   For a new installation, after creating new arrays and logical drives; 
   a. If your host type is not Windows NT, create a partition with your 
      host type and map the logical drives to this partition. 
   b. If your host type is Windows NT, you can map your logical drives to the 
      "Default Host Group" or create a partition with a NT host type.   
                                 
   When upgrading from previous versions of IBM FAStT Storage 
   Manager to version 9.10. 
   a. If upgrading with no partitions created and you have an operating
      system other than Windows NT,  you will need to create a partition with
      your host type and map the logical drives from the "Default
      Host Group" to this partition.
   b. If upgrading with Storage Partitions and an operating system other 
      than Windows NT is accessing the default host group, you will need 
      to change the default host type.  After upgrading,  the default host 
      type is reset to Windows NT. 
              
   Refer to the IBM FAStT Storage Manager online help to learn
   more about creating storage partitions and changing host types.

2. When you are configuring IBM machine type 1722, 1742, 3542 or 3552 
   storage subsystems as boot devices, contact IBM support for supported 
   configurations and instructions for configuring LUNs in the IBM 
   storage subsystems as boot devices. 

3. Running script files for specific configurations. Apply the 
   appropriate scripts  to your subsystem based on the instructions
   you have read in the publications or any instructions in the 
   operating system readme file. A description of each script is 
   shown below.

   - SameWWN.scr: Setup RAID controllers to have the same World Wide 
     Names. The World Wide Names (node) will be the same for each 
     controller pair. The NVSRAM default sets the RAID controllers
     to have the same World Wide Names.

   - DifferentWWN.scr:  Setup RAID controllers to have different World 
     Wide Names. The World Wide Names (node) will be different for each 
     controller pair. The NVSRAM default sets the RAID controllers 
     to have the same World Wide Names.

   - EnableDriveMigration.scr:  The Enable drive migration script
     scans the drives for configurations when they are added to a 
     storage system and will also attempt to use configurations found
     on the newly added drives. The NVSRAM default will enable drive
     migration.

   - DisableDriveMigration.scr:  The disable drive migration script 
     allows the addition of disk drives while the system is running.
     In addition, it identifies the drives as unused capacity 
     regardless of past drive configuration. The NVSRAM default will
     enable drive migration.
   
   - EnableAVT_W2K_S2003_noncluster.scr:  The script will enable automatic
     logical drive transfer (AVT/ADT) for the Windows 2000/Server 2003 non-
     cluster heterogenous host region. The default setting is to disable AVT 
     for this heterogenous host region. This setting is one of the 
     requirements for setting up the remote boot or SAN-boot. Do not use this 
     script unless it is specifically mentioned in the applicable 
     instructions. (This script can be used for other host type if 
     modifications are made in the script, replacing the Windows 2000/Server 
     2003 non-cluster host type with the appropriate host type that needs to 
     have AVT/ADT enabled) 
  
   - DisableAVT_W2K_S2003_noncluster.scr:  The script will disable the 
     automatic logical drive transfer (AVT) for the Windows 2000/Server 
     2003 non-cluster heterogenous host region. This script will reset the 
     Windows 2000/Server 2003 non-cluster AVT setting to the default.
     (This script can be used for other host type if modifications are
     made in the script, replacing the Windows 2000/Server 2003 non-cluster
     host type with the appropriate host type that needs to have AVT/ADT
     disabled) 

   - EnableAVT_Linux.scr:  The script will enable automatic logical drive 
     transfer (AVT) for the Linux heterogenous host region. Do not use this
     script unless it is specifically mentioned in the applicable 
     instructions. 
  
   - DisableAVT_Linux.scr:  The script will disable the automatic logical
     drive transfer (AVT) for the Linux heterogenous host region. Do not use
     this script unless it is specifically mentioned in the applicable 
     instructions.     
     
4. When you are configuring IBM machine type 1742 or 3552 storage
   controllers in host cluster Remote Mirror configurations, contact 
   IBM support for supported host cluster configurations and instructions
   for configuring IBM storage controllers in clustered Remote Mirror
   configurations. 

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4.2 Unsupported configurations
------------------------------

   The following lists configurations that are currently not being 
   supported with IBM FAStT Storage Manager 9.10.

   1. The intermixing of FAStT EXP100 (SATA) and EXP 700 (FC) drive expansion
      enclosures in the same FAStT storage server is not supported. In 
      addition, the FAStT100 (machine type 1724) can not be connected to 
      EXP700 (FC) drive expansion enclosure.

   2. Fibre Channel loop environments with the IBM Fibre Channel Hub, 
      machine type 3523 and 3534, in conjunction with the IBM Fibre Channel 
      Switch, machine types 2109-S16, 2109-F16 or 2109-S8. In this 
      configuration, the hub is connected between the switch and the IBM 
      Fibre Channel RAID Controllers.

   3. The IBM Fibre Channel Hub, machine type 3523, connected to IBM 
      machine type 1722, 1742, 3542 and 3552.

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5.0   Unattended Mode
---------------------
        N/A

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6.0   WEB Sites and Support Phone Number
----------------------------------------

   6.1  IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site:
        http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/fastt

   6.2  IBM TotalStorage™ Marketing Web Site:
        http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/disk/fastt/index.html

   6.3  If you have any questions about this update, or problem
        applying the update go to the following HelpCenter World
        Telephone Numbers URL:
        http://www.ibm.com/planetwide


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7.0   Trademarks and Notices
----------------------------

        7.1  The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation
             in the United States or other countries or both:

                 IBM
                 
                 FAStT
                 
                 ToTalStorage™ 

                 the e-business logo

                 xSeries
                 
                 pSeries

                 HelpCenter

                 Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft
                 Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
                
                 Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or
                 registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United
                 states, other countries, or both.

                 UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United 
                 States and other countries.

                 Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

                 Other company, product, and service names may be 
                 trademarks or service marks of others.

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----------------

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