This README file contains the latest information about the  IBM TotalStorage™ 
DS4000 Storage Server controller firmware version 06.10.11.xx for the DS4300 
with Standard or Turbo options, the DS4400 and the DS4500 storage servers 
only. Do not download this controller firmware on any other DS4000 storage 
server models. 

Refer to the IBM TotalStorage™ Support Web Site or CD for the IBM DS4000 
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:  02/08/2005

Products Supported: 

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   | New Model  | Old Model | Machine Type |     Model              |
   |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
   |  DS4500    | FAStT 900 |     1742     | 90X, 90U               |
   |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
   |  DS4400    | FAStT 700 |     1742     | 1RX, 1RU               |
   |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
   | DS4300     | FAStT 600 |     1722     | 60U, 60X               |
   | Standard   |           |              | (Standard or Turbo     |
   | or Turbo   |           |              |  option)               |
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Note: 

  The DS4000 Storage Server controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx with its 
  associated NVSRAM file ARE NOT AVAILABLE for the following DS4000 Storage 
  servers - DS4100 (M/T 1724-all models), FAStT200 (M/T 3542-all models), 
  FAStT500 (M/T 3552-all models) and DS4300 with Single Controller option (M/T 
  1722 models 6LU, 6LX). Please contact your IBM service representative or IBM 
  resellers for availability of additional DS4000 Storage server models 
  support with controller firmware version 6.10.xx.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™ DS4000 Storage Server controller firmware version 
   06.10.11.xx release includes the DS4000 Storage Server controller firmware 
   and NVSRAM files for upgrading the following IBM machine types - 1722 with 
   Standard or Turbo options (models 60X and 60U) and 1742 (all models).
   
   The IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and 
   Support Guide for Windows 2000/Server 2003, Netware, ESX Server, and 
   Linux or the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 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, the DS4000 FC/SATA intermix premium features and the DS4000 
   Copy Services premium features - FlashCopy, VolumeCopy and Enhanced Remote 
   Mirroring - are options purchased separately. The Copy Services premium 
   features require a minimum level of DS4000 Storage server controller 
   firmware installed.

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   | 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                 |
   |------------------------------------------------------------------|
   | FC/SATA intermix         | 06.10.0x.xx or higher                 |
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   The DS4000 Storage partitioning premium feature is standard on all IBM 
   DS4000 Storage subsystems with the exception of the IBM DS4300 
   (machine type 1722 with Standard or Single Controller options) storage 
   server. Please contact IBM Marketing representatives or IBM resellers 
   if you want to purchase the IBM DS4000 Storage partitioning premium 
   feature option for it. The Turbo option of the IBM DS4300 is shipped 
   with the IBM DS4000 Storage partitioning premium feature enabled (8 
   partitions).

   The DS4000 Storage Controller firmware 06.10.xx.xx for this release is 
   available for IBM machine types 1722-60X/60U (with Standard or Turbo 
   option), 1742- 1RX/1RU and 1742-90X/90U only. The DS4000 Storage Controller 
   firmware 06.10.xx.xx for this release is not available for IBM machine 
   types 3542, 3552, 1724-100/1S_ (with Standard or Single controller option) 
   or 1722-6LX/6LU (single controller). However, the IBM DS4000 Storage 
   Manager 9.10 host software for this release will manage all DS4000 Storage 
   server with the controller firmware 04.01.xx.xx or newer. But, any new 
   features and updates that are introduced in this DS4000 Storage Manager 
   version 9.10 will not be available for any DS4000 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 DS4000 Storage Subsystems.
   
   http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/

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1.1  Limitations
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1. 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 DS4000 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 DS4000 Storage Manager software.

2. 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 DS4000 Storage manager client 
   program.

3. 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 DS4000 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. 
   
4. 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 DS4000 Storage Manager Client, the command may 
   be cached. If the command is cached, the IBM DS4000 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. 

5. 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 Microsoft Windows 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 DS4000 Storage Manager RDAC device. To reinstall 
   the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager RDAC device, follow the instructions in 
   the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and Support 
   Guide for the appropriate operating systems.  

6. You must always uninstall IBM DS4000 Storage Manager RDAC before 
   you uninstall the Host Bus Adapter driver. Failure to do so may 
   result in system hung or blue-screen.  
                       
7. 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. 

8. 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 DS4000 Storage Manager 8.xx/9.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 DS4000 Storage Manager 8.3x
      util directory with the -f option to flush the cached data
      to disk.
   2. Using the DS4000 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 DS4000 
      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 DS4000 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.  

9. When the DS4000 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 DS4000 Storage 
   subsystem controller firmware and NVSRAM are successfully applied. 
   The reason is that when the new DS4000 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 DS4000 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  DS4000 Storage server(s) that the Windows 2000 
   server had LUNs mapped from. The Windows 2000 server will lose 
   connectivity to the LUNs in the DS4000 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 DS4000 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.

10. When the server HBA ports are directly connected to the DS4000 
    storage server controllers, do not download firmware and NVSRAM 
    files to the controllers with IOs being generated to the LUNs in 
    the DS4000 Storage server. There is no IOs restriction in SAN
    Fabric environment i.e. when the HBA port are connected to the DS4000
    storage server controller ports via Fibre Channel switches.
   
11. 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.

12. 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.
   
13. 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 DS4000 Storage subsystems. Note: the current release drivers
    for all of the Fibre Channel host bus adapters that DS4000 Storage
    Servers support are based on the Scsiport model.
        
14. 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.
    
15. 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.

16. This following behavior applies for the direct Fibre Channel 
    connection setup between the DS4300 storage server host ports and
    the server HBA ports only. If all DS4300 host ports are occupied,
    the DS4300 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 DS4300 storage server.

17. 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

18. In a direct Fibre Channel connection between the DS4000 Storage 
    server and the HBAs in the host server, the system bluescreen
    may occur if the DS4000 Storage server is powered off. The 
    work around is to power down the server first before powering down 
    the DS4000 Storage server.   
       
19. 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 DS4000 Storage server when it is 
    added to the host server.  

20. There is not an IA-64 version of the DS4000 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.
    
21. Veritas DMP is not supported at this time in Windows operating 
    environment. Please contact IBM representatives or resellers 
    for the availability of support.

22. When managing the DS4000 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. 

23. When migrating array(s) from a dual controller DS4000 Storage server 
    to a single controller DS4000 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 DS4000 
    storage server. Otherwise, the array(s) will not be added to the single 
    controller DS4000 Storage server correctly which might cause problems.

24. When managing a single controller DS4300 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.

25. After you replace a controller with a new controller in the single 
    controller models of DS4000 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. 
    
26. When you migrating drive Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs) from multiple
    DS4000 Storage servers into a single destination DS4000 Storage 
    servers, all of the drive CRUs from the same DS4000 Storage server 
    should be moved as a ‘set’ into the new destination DS4000 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 DS4000 Storage server. If drive CRUs are not moved as a 
    ‘set’ to the destination DS4000 Storage servers, the newly relocated 
    array may not appear in the Subsystem Management window.

27. 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.
  
28. 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:.

29. 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. 

30. The DS4000 Storage server when configured with the DS4000 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 DS4000 Controller event 
    log compared to the DS4000 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 DS4000 
    Storage server controllers, resulting in a greater number of 
    informational events logged. In addition, the number of information 
    events reported in the DS4000 storage server event log will also grow 
    in proportion to the increase in I/Os to the Logical Drives. In all 
    cases, the DS4000 Storage server controller will always successfully 
    service the timeout I/O on the subsequent retries.   

31. When saving the DS4000 Storage server event log entries, it may take
    up to several minutes to save all entries in the event log depending
    on the DS4000 management workstation resources. However, the DS4000 
    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.

32. Do not perform other storage management tasks, such as creating or 
    deleting logical drives, reconstructing arrays, and so on, while 
    downloading the DS4000 Storage server controller firmware and DS4000 
    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 DS4000 Storage server that you plan to update.

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

New limitations with version 06.10.06.xx release

34. The DS4000 Copy Service RVM is not supported at this time for the
    DS4100 and the DS4300 storage server with Standard or Single 
    Controller options.
 
35. 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 not managed by the preferred owner/controller. 
    The Storage Manager client will grey-out (not allowing one to select) 
    the controller that is currently managing the logical drive in the 
    selection of the new preferred owner/controller. One is allowed to 
    only select the controller that is not managing the logical to be the 
    new preferred owner. There is no work-around.
    
36. Concurrent firmware download (downloading firmware/NVSRAM to the DS4000 
    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. 
    
37. 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. 
    
38. Controller diagnostics will not run in a DS4000 Storage server with
    single controller.
    
39. 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.

40. Staged firmware and NVSRAM download function is not available on the
    DS4400 (machine type 1742) models with firmware 06.1x.00.00 in 
    conjunction with IBM Storage Manager 09.1x.xx.xx.
     
New limitations with version 06.10.11.xx release
     
41. In MSCS configurations, the MSCS service must be stopped and set to 
    manual start after server rebooting, the clusdisk driver must have to 
    be set to offline and, then, the server must be rebooted before 
    uninstalling the RDAC driver in the server. If the clusdisk driver is 
    not set to offline and the MSCS service is not set to manual start, 
    the MS cluster service will not start after the new RDAC driver is 
    installed because it can not bring the Quorum disk resource online. 
    The problem is caused by the changing of the disk signatures. The 
    work around is stated in the first sentence of this paragraph.
    
    To recover from this problem, you must:
     
    1. Look up the old disk signatures of the disk that are defined as
       cluster disk resources. They could be found either in the registry 
       under the 
       HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/Clusdisk/Parameters/Signatures
       registry key or in the cluster.log file.
    2. Look up the new disk signatures of the disks that are defined as 
       cluster disk resources using the dumpcfg utility that is packaged
       in the Microsoft Windows resource kit. 
    3. Compare the new and old disk signatures. If new disk signature did
       not match the old signature, you have to change the new disk 
       signature to the old disk signature values by using the dumpcfg 
       command. The syntax of the command is 
       
       dumpcfg.exe -s <old-signature> <Disk#>     

       For example,  dumpcfg.exe -s 12345678 0 

42. Before updating the RDAC driver in a server that is setting up as 
    San-boot, one of the two Fibre Channel (FC) cables that are connected 
    to the server must be disconnected. The server will bluescreened 
    during the reboot after the un-installation of the RDAC driver if one 
    of the FC cables was not removed. (258127 - PR 82146)

43. Do not update the DS4000 storage server controller firmware to version 
    06.1x.xx.xx from versions 05.4x.xx.xx or earlier if the exp700 esm 
    firmware of the attached exp700 was not at 9326. If the EXP700 ESM 
    firmware is earlier than the 9326 versions, the EXP700 enclosure and 
    the installed drives may not be displayed in the DS4000 subsystem 
    management window after the controller firmware is upgraded to 
    06.1x.xx.xx version. The work around is to update the EXP700 ESM 
    firmware to the 9326 version first before upgrading the controller 
    firmware to version 06.1x.xx.xx. (260160 - pr 82841)
    
44. When connecting the EXP100 enclosures, one must set the single digit
    (X1) of the enclosure ID to unique values. This is to prevent the 
    possibility that the controller blade has the same ALPA as one of the 
    drives in the EXP100 enclosures under certain DS4000 controller reboot 
    scenarios. (261188)

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1.2  Enhancements
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   IMPORTANT: New features that are introduced with the DS4000 Storage Manager 
   version 9.1 host software will not be available for any DS4000 storage 
   server controllers without the controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx 
   installed. The DS4000 Storage server controller firmware version 6.10.xx.xx 
   is available for the following DS4000 Storage server only - the DS4300 with 
   Standard or Turbo option, the DS4400 and the DS4500. Please contact your 
   IBM service representative or IBM resellers for the availability of 
   additional DS4000 Storage server models support with controller firmware 
   version 6.10.xx.xx in the future. 
   
   A summary list of the new features that are introduced with the DS4000 
   Storage Manager version 9.1 host software for Microsoft Windows 2000 
   and Server 2003 operating systems in conjunction with the DS4000 
   Storage server controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx is as followed:
    
   - Enhance Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM DS4000 
     Storage Manager version 9.1 also supports Global Copy and Global 
     Mirroring Remote Mirror options. Please refer the IBM DS4000 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 DS4300 Standard or Turbo and DS4500 
     storage server Flash area for later activation.  
     
     Note: DS4400 storage server does not support this functionality.
          
   - Full command-line SMcli support. 
   - Support for both FC and SATA hard-drive technology EXP enclosures
   - Improve DS4000 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 DS4000 Storage server event log and persistent reporting of 
     unreadable sectors.
   - Support for the DS4000 EXP710 drive expansion enclosure (10/15/2004).  
   - Support for the DS4000 FC/SATA storage expansion enclosure intermix 
     option (11/24/2004)
   - Support for the attachment of EXP100 SATA storage expansion 
     enclosures to the DS4400 storage server (11/24/2004)
   - Provide the controller firmware version 6.1x.xx.xx support for the 
     DS4300 storage server with standard option. With this version of the 
     controller firmware, the attachment of the DS4000 EXP710 drive enclosures 
     are now supported on the DS4300 storage server with standard option. 
     However, the VolumeCopy, the FC/SATA intermix and the Copy Service 
     Enhanced Remote Mirroring premium features are not supported at this time 
     in the DS4300 storage server with standard option (1/17/2005.)
     
     

   Please refer to the New Features section of the IBM DS4000 Storage 
   Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guide for Windows 
   2000/Server 2003, Netware, ESX Server, and Linux for additional 
   information about the IBM DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 
   enhancements.

   
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1.3  Prerequisites
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     The DS4000 controller firmware and NVSRAM file that are packaged 
     with this README file can ONLY be loaded in the following DS4000
     storage servers:
     
     1. DS4300 storage servers with Standard or Turbo Option
     2. DS4400 storage servers
     3. DS4500 storage servers
     
     DO NOT DOWNLOAD this controller firmware on any other DS4000 storage 
     servers. There is not any checking for this restriction inside the 
     DS4000 storage manager client program. In addition, the procedure to 
     recover the DS4000 storage server that was inadvertently loaded with 
     this firmware file will require downtime to the DS4000. Also see 
     next section - Dependencies. 

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1.4  Dependencies
-----------------
   
   ATTENTION:

   1. DS4000 STORAGE SERVER CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION 06.10.XX.XX 
      REQUIRES THAT THE FIRMWARE VERSION OF AN ATTACHED EXP100 
      ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE MODULE (ESM) BE AT 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 
      PREVIOUSLY UPGRADED. IF NECESSARY, CONTACT YOUR IBM REPRESENTATIVE, 
      SUPPORT, OR RESELLER FOR ASSISTANCE.
   
   2. DS4000 STORAGE SERVER CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION 06.10.XX.XX 
      REQUIRES THAT THE FIRMWARE VERSION OF AN ATTACHED EXP700 
      ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE MODULE (ESM) BE AT VERSION 9326 OR HIGHER. IF 
      THE EXP700 ESM FIRMWARE IS EARLIER THAN THE 9326 VERSIONS, THE 
      EXP700 ENCLOSURE AND THE INSTALLED DRIVES MAY NOT BE DISPLAYED IN 
      THE DS4000 SUBSYSTEM MANAGEMENT WINDOW AFTER THE CONTROLLER FIRMWARE
      IS UPGRADED. 
      
   3. CURRENTLY, THE ONLY DS4000 STORAGE SERVERS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE 
      06.1X.XX.XX CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION ARE THE DS4300 WITH STANDARD OR
      TURBO OPTION, THE DS4400 AND THE DS4500. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS CONTROLLER 
      FIRMWARE ON ANY OTHER DS4000 STORAGE SERVER. THERE IS NOT ANY CHECKING 
      FOR THIS RESTRICTION INSIDE THE STORAGE MANAGER CLIENT PROGRAM.
      
   4. THE DS4000 STORAGE SERVER WITH CONTROLER FIRMWARE VERSION 05.41.1X.XX
      MUST BE UPGRADED TO CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSION 05.41.5X.XX FIRST BEFORE
      IT CAN BE UPGRADED TO CONTROLLER FIRMWARE VERSON 06.1X.XX.XX OR LATER.
      OTHERWISE, THE ERROR 231-FIRMWARE INCOMPATIBLE WILL BE DISPLAYED. 
   
   5. THE DS4000 STORAGE MANAGER CLIENT PROGRAM VERSION 9.1X.XX.XX MUST BE 
      INSTALLED AND CONFIGURED TO MANAGE YOUR DS4000 STORAGE SERVER. THIS 
      PROGRAM IS INCLUDED IN THE APPROPRIATE DS4000 STORAGE MANAGER 
      VERSION 9.1 HOST SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR THE OPERATING SYSTEM OF YOUR 
      DS4000 MANAGEMENT STATION. 
       


   IBM DS4000 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 DS4000 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
-----------------------------

This is the latest release of IBM DS4000 TotalStorage™ controller firmware/ 
NVSRAM for the following DS4000 Storage server models - DS4300 with Standard 
or Turbo options, the DS4400 and the DS4500.

Version 06.10.11.xx, 1/17/2005 for the DS4300 with Standard or Turbo option,
                               DS4400, and DS4500
    - Support the controller firmware version 06.10.xx.xx or higher for the 
      DS4300 storage servers with standard option. Support for the attachment 
      of EXP710 drive enclosures to the DS4300 storage servers with standard 
      option
      
Version 06.10.11.xx, 11/24/2004 for the DS4300 Turbo, DS4400, and DS4500

 This is a maintenance DS4000 storage server controller firmware release 
 for the 06.10.xx.xx firmware version. The new feature list is as follows: 
     
   - Support for the DS4000 FC/SATA storage expansion enclosure intermix 
     option
   - Enhance the DS4000 Enhance Remote Mirroring Global Copy and Global 
     mirroring functions
   - Support for the attachment of EXP100 SATA storage expansion 
     enclosures to the DS4400 storage server
   - 254966	(PR 81363) DS4000 controllers do not agree on configurations
   - 256414 (PR 81441) Cannot create new LUN using FSM 9.1 / FW 6.1	
   - 259611 (PR 82674) Cannot install SM 9.10 because of a defect in 
            Storage Manager host software uninstall
   - 261681	download allenclosures firmware cmd not working correctly.
   - hlpct_53466 (PR 80833) tcp port scan causes controllers to reboot
   - change MIB file name to SM9_10.MIB
    
Version 06.10.06.xx, 8/31/2004 for the DS4300 Turbo, DS4400, and DS4500

 This is a major DS4000 storage server controller firmware release. The 
 new feature list is as follows: 
     
   - Enhance Remote Mirroring support. Besides Metro Mirroring, IBM
     DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 also supports Global Copy and 
     Global Mirroring Remote Minor options.
   - Parallel hard drive firmware download.
   - Staged controller firmware download.
   - Full command-line SMcli support.
   - Improve DS4000 Storage manager client Subsystem Management GUI
   - Adding additional diagnostic features - Drive Channel status,
     hard drive sector failure list.  
   - Support for the DS4000 EXP710 drive expansion enclosure (10/15/2004).  

Version 05.40.15.00, 7/29/2004 for the DS4300 Turbo, DS4400, and DS4500.

 This is the controller firmware maintenance release. The fix list for
 DS4400 and DS4500 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/replace
  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 progress on same volume
  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 DS4300 Turbo models is as follows: 

  78203 (CL #78004) 242386 - RAID1 remained degraded after a drive pull/replace
  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 progress on same volume
  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 DS4300 Turbo, DS4400, and DS4500.

  Fixed a problem with cache mirroring that caused the controller to 
  disable the cache.  The result was severe performance degradation. For 
  DS4400 and DS4500, the controller firmware version was 05.40.11.03. For 
  the DS4300 Turbo, the new controller firmware version was 05.40.11.04.



Version 05.40.11.01, 4/09/2004 for the DS4300 Turbo, DS4400, and DS4500.
 
 This is the controller firmware and NVSRAM maintenance release. The fix 
 list for DS4400 and DS4500 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 DS4300 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 DS4400 and DS4500.
Version 05.40.07.01, 12/19/2004 for the DS4300 Turbo.
 First Maintenance Release


Version 05.40.03.05, 9/21/2004 for the DS4300 Turbo, DS4400, and DS4500.
  
 This is the initial release of the DS4000 Storage server controller 
 firmware for the 05.40.xx.xx code thread. A list of new features are as 
 follows:
 
 - Support for IBM TotalStorage DS4300 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
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     1. Storage Controller Firmware versions:

        a.  DS4500:  FW_06101100_06100300
        b.  DS4400:  FW_06101100_06100300
        c.  DS4300 Standard:  SNAP_06101100          
        d.  DS4300 Turbo   :  SNAP_06101100          
              
                                            
     2. Storage Controller NVSRAM versions:
        Note: These versions of the NVSRAM files does not support FC/SATA 
              intermix option. Please refer to the CD that is shipped with
              the IBM DS4000 FC/SATA intermix premium feature option for 
              the NVSRAM files that are required in the FC/SATA intermix
              configurations.  
                    
        a.  DS4500:  N1742F900R910V03
        b.  DS4400:  N1742F700R910V03
        c.  DS4300 Standard:  N1722F600R910V03 (for EXP700/EXP710 ONLY attachment)
        d.  DS4300 Turbo   :  N1722F600R910V03 (for EXP700/EXP710 ONLY attachment)

        e.  DS4300 Standard:  N1722F600R18enc1 (for EXP100 ONLY attachment)
        f.  DS4300 Turbo   :  N1722F600R18enc1 (for EXP100 ONLY attachment)
        ATTENTION: DO NOT LOAD THIS NVSRAM FILE - N1722F600R18enc1 - INTO ANY 
        OF THE DS4300 STORAGE SERVERS THAT HAVE DRIVES IN THE DS4300 CHASSIS 
        DRIVE SLOTS. THIS WILL CAUSE THE DS4300 STORAGE SERVER NOT RECOGNIZING 
        ANY OF THE DRIVES IN THE DS4300 CHASSIS. THIS COULD RESULT IN THE 
        DEGRADATION OF THE DEFINED RAID ARRAY OR A LOSS OF ACCESS TO DATA. IF 
        THIS NVSRAM FILE IS LOADED INTO A DS4300 STORAGE SERVER WITHOUT ANY 
        DRIVE EXPANSION ENCLOSURES ATTACHED, IT WILL PREVENT THE STORAGE 
        SERVER FROM COMPLETING THE BOOT PROCESS THAT IS INITIATED TO ACTIVATE 
        THE NEW NVSRAM SETTINGS, WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN LOST OF MANAGEMENT 
        ACCESS TO the DS4300 STORAGE SERVER. THERE IS NO SAFETY MECHANISM TO 
        PREVENT THE UNINTENTIONAL LOADING OF THIS NVSRAM FILE.    
       
       
     3. Storage Controller NVSRAM versions:
        Note: These versions of the NVSRAM files does support the FC/SATA 
              intermix premium feature option, which will enable the 
              support of the EXP700/ EXP710 and the EXP100 drive expansion 
              enclosures behind a DS4000 storage server. These NVSRAM 
              files are only provided in the CD that is shipped with the 
              IBM DS4000 FC/SATA intermix premium feature option.        

        a.  DS4500:  I1742F900R910V04
        b.  DS4400:  I1742F700R910V04
        c.  DS4300 Turbo:     I1722F600R910V05
            IMPORTANT: 
            1. The DS4300 with Standard option does not support the FC/SATA 
               intermix Premium feature.
            2. The DS4300 intermix NVSRAM file will enable the drive slots 
               inside the DS4300 chassis. With the DS4300 storage server 
               internal Fibre Channel drive slots enabled, the maximum 
               number of drive expansion enclosures that can be connected 
               to the DS4300 storage server with the FC/SATA intermix 
               premium feature is 7. 
                                    
   Refer to the following IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems 
   Technical Support web site for the latest released code levels.
  
   http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/
   
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3.0   Installation and Setup Instructions
-----------------------------------------

ATTENTION: If you have not already done so, please check the Dependencies 
section for ANY MINIMUM FIRMWARE REQUIREMENTS for the DS4000 storage 
server controllers, the drive expansion enclosure ESMs and the hard drives 
in the DS4000 configurations before upgrading the controller firmware. 
Make any firmware updates as required BEFORE proceeding to upgrade the 
DS4000 controller with the firmware and NVSRAM files packaged with this 
README file. FAILURE to observer the minimum firmware requirement might 
cause your DS4000 storage server to be OUT-OF-SERVICE.  

3.1  Updated the firmware of the ESMs in the attached drive expansion
     enclosures to latest levels before the upgrading the controller firmware. 
     Specifically, if the to-be-updated controller is attached to any EXP700 
     drive expansion enclosures, the EXP700 ESM firmware must be updated to 
     version 9326 or later before the 06.1x.xx.xx controller firmware is 
     downloaded into the DS4000 storage server controllers. Otherwise, the 
     installed drives in the exp700 drive expansion enclosures may not be 
     displayed in the DS4000 subsystem management window after the controller 
     firmware is upgraded. In addition, if the ESM firmware of any attached 
     EXP100 drive expansion enclosures must be at version 955x or higher before 
     updating the DS4000 storage server controller firmware to version 
     06.1x.xx.xx or higher.     
     
     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.
         
         Note: If the existing controller firmware in the DS4000 storage 
         server is of version 05.30.xx.xx or higher, the drive expansion 
         enclosure ESM firmware can be updated online with no downtime if 
         both ESMs in each of the drive expansion enclosures are 
         functional and one (and ONLY one) drive expansion enclosure is 
         selected in the ESM firmware download window for ESM firmware 
         updating at a time.


3.2  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.
       
3.3  After the controller firmware and NVSRAM is updated, consider
     checking the IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support 
     web site for the latest released hard drive firmware. 
     
     To download hard disk drive firmware, do the following: 
   
     a.  Schedule down time because the drive firmware upgrades require that 
         there are no HOST IOs to be sent to the DS4000 controllers.
     b.  Open the Subsystem Management window. 
     c.  Click Advanced => Download => Drive Firmware. 
         Follow the online instructions. 
         Note: with controller firmware version 06.1x.xx.xx or later, multiple 
         drives from up to four differrent drive types can be updated at the 
         same time. 
      

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3.2  Helpful Hints
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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 DS4000 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 DS4300 storage subsystem (machine type 1722): The standard and 
     single controller configuration does not have the DS4000 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 
     DS4300 with Turbo option comes with 8 partition storage partitioning 
     premium option installed. An upgrade to 64 partitions can be 
     purchased for the IBM DS4300 with Turbo option. 

   - IBM DS4400 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 DS4500 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 DS4000 Storage controller, the 
   baud rate is recommended to be set at either 38200 or 57600. Note: Do 
   not make any connections to the DS4000 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 DS4000 Storage Servers DS4500, DS4400 and FAStT500 (IBM machine 
   type 1742 and 3552) have two ports per controller - one per minihub slot. 
   The DS4000 Storage Servers DS4300 (IBM machine type 1722) and DS4100 (IBM 
   machine type 1724) have two ports per controller. The DS4000 storage Server 
   FAStT200 (IBM machine type 3542) has only one port per controller.

5. All drive enclosures on any given loop should have complete unique ID's 
   assigned to them. For example, in a maximum configured DS4500 storage 
   server, enclosures on one redundant drive loop should be assigned with 
   id's 10-17 and enclosures on the second drive loop should be assigned 
   with id's 20-27. Enclosures id's 00 ~ 09 should not be used and 
   enclosure id's with the same single digit such as 11 and 21 should not 
   be used on the same drive loop.    
     
6. The ideal configuration for SATA drives is one drive in each EXP per 
   array, one logical drive per array and one OS disk partition per 
   logical drive. This configuration minimizes the random head movements 
   that increase stress on the SATA drives. As the number of drive 
   locations to which the heads have to move increases, application 
   performance and drive reliability may be impacted. If more logical 
   drives are configured, but not all of them used simultaneously, some 
   of the randomness can be avoided. SATA drives are best used for long 
   sequential reads and writes.

7. IBM recommends at least one hot spare per EXP100 drive expansion enclosure.
   A total of 15 hot-spares can be defined per DS4000 storage server 
   configuration     


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4.0 Configuration Information
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4.1 Configuration Settings
--------------------------

1. By default the IBM DS4000 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 DS4000 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 DS4000 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
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   The following lists configurations that are currently not being 
   supported with IBM DS4000 Storage Manager 9.10.

   1. The DS4100 (machine type 1724) storage server does not support the 
      attachment of the DS4000 EXP710 and EXP700 (FC) drive expansion 
      enclosure. Please contact IBM representatives or resellers for the 
      availability of such support in the future.
   
   2. The DS4100 with Single Controller option does not support the 
      attachment of the DS4000 EXP100 drive expansion enclosures.
      
   3. The DS4300 storage server with Standard or Single Controller option
      does not support the controller firmware version 06.1x.xx.xx. The 
      correct firmware version for these DS4300 storage server models is 
      05.34.xx.xx.   

   4. 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.

   5. The IBM Fibre Channel Hub, machine type 3523, connected to IBM 
      machine type 1722, 1742, 3542 and 3552.
   
   6. A configuration in which a server with only one FC host bus 
      adapter connects directly to any DS4000 Storage Server with dual 
      controllers is not supported. The supported configuration is the 
      one in which the server with only one FC host bus adapter connects 
      to both controller ports of any DS4000 Storage Server with dual 
      controllers via Fibre Channel (FC) switch (SAN-attached 
      configuration.)


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5.0   Unattended Mode
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        N/A

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6.0   WEB Sites and Support Phone Number
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   6.1  IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site:
        http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/

   6.2  IBM TotalStorage™ Marketing Web Site:
        http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk

   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

  IMPORTANT: 
  You should download the latest version of the DS4000 Storage Manager 
  host software, the DS4000 storage server controller firmware, the DS4000
  drive expansion enclosure ESM firmware and the drive firmware at the 
  time of the initial installation and when product updates become 
  available. To be notified of important product updates, you must first 
  register at the IBM Support and Download Web site: 
  
  www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/
  
  Perform the following steps to register at the IBM Support and Download 
  Web site: 
  
  1. Click on My Support in the Additional Support box in the right side 
     of the DS4000 Support web page.
  2. The Sign In window displays. Either enter your IBM ID and Password 
     in the sign in area to sign in and proceed to step 6 or, if you are 
     not currently registered with the site, click Register Now. 
  3. The My IBM Registration window Step 1 of 2 opens. Enter the 
     appropriate information and click Continue to get to the second My 
     IBM Registration window. 
  4. In the My IBM Registration window Step 2 of 2, enter the appropriate 
     information and click Submit to register. 
  5. The My IBM Registration windows opens with the following message, 
     “Thank you for registering with ibm.com. Continue to explore ibm.com 
     as a registered user.” Click Edit Profile in the My IBM box on the 
     right side of the window. 
  6. The My Support window opens. Click Add Products to add products to 
     your profile. 
  7. Use the pull-down menus to choose the appropriate DS4000 storage 
     server and expansion enclosures that you want to add to your profile.
     To add the product to your profile, select the appropriate box or 
     boxes next to the product names and click Add Product. 
  8. Once the product or products are added to your profile, click 
     Subscribe to Email folder tab 
  9. Select Storage in the pull down menu. Select Please send these 
     documents by weekly email and select Downloads and drivers and 
     Flashes to receive important information about product updates. 
     Click Updates. 
 10. Click Sign Out to log out of My Support.
 
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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
                 
                 DS4000
                 
                 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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8.0   Disclaimer
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        8.1  THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
             ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS
             OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
             WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
             MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS
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             LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.


        8.2  Note to U.S. Government Users -- Documentation related to
             restricted rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure is
             subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule
             Contract with IBM Corporation.

