Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.1_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.1.0_IMAGE [Jun 8, 2017]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.1.0 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.1.0
Update Name:ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.1.0-power-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.1.0-power-Linux
Publication Date:15 June 2017
Last modified date:15 June 2017
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400003363
Important: The most current version of the readme file can always be found online.
Below is a list of components, platforms, and file names that apply to this Readme file.
| Product/Component Name: | Platform: | Fix: |
| IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) | Linux 64-bit,pSeries RHEL | ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.1.0-power-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.1.0_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
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Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.1.0 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
Elastic Storage Server Version 5.1.0 for ppc64 Architecture
Package Description - Standard Edition
Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Standard Edition ver 5.1.0
for ppc64 solution is composed of various components
tested together for compatibility and correctness. Key
components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3-1,
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.1.0 for ppc64
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3 PTF1 efix1
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
- No change from ESS 5.0.x except errata
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- kernel release 3.10.0-327.53.1.el7.ppc64
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.0-2.0.0.3
- Change from ESS 5.0.x
- Change from 4.x and earlier versions
- No change of network adapter (IB and Ethernet) support
from ESS 5.0
d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper
e) Install Toolkit
- Changes from all previous versions of ESS
f) Updated firmware rpm
- Changes from all previous versions of ESS
- Updated firmware for IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS
RAID Internal Adapter
- Updated frimware for LSI SAS adapter
- Support for updated drive FW
- Support for updated enclosure FW
2.0 Information if upgrading from versions 3.5.5 and earlier,
4.0.x and 4.5
You must upgrade to ESS 4.5.2 or a later level to mitigate an
issue which may damage an IBM Spectrum Scale RAID Recovery Group
and associated Network Shared Disks where certain concurrent
hardware faults along with back levels of firmware and the
Linux kernel, may cause many physical disks to appear to be
simultaneously unavailable. This in turn may lead an IBM Spectrum
Scale RAID Recovery Group to become damaged, and the server to
halt, leading to unavailability of the file system using the
Network Shared Disks (NSDs) in that Recovery Group or possible
data loss.
3.0 Known Issues
List of known issues can be found in Elastic Storage Server:
Quick Deployment Guide available in IBM Knowledge Center.
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYSP8/sts_welcome.html
4.0 Following are the release level of various components of
ESS ver 5.1.0
4.1 Manifest
gss_install 5.1.0-20170605T204418Z_ppc64_standard
gpfs.base 4.2.3-1.1 md5:6376b1077de92ef92e9d04eb20214b74
gpfs.callhome 4.2.3-1.000.el7 md5:1bce527aad181c4dd9dd214203c52352
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 4.2.3-1.000 md5:5cdbfae1e0c136a6d98025d94b934966
gpfs.docs 4.2.3-1.1 md5:1fe5f14324e715b11281c934c83d76e3
gpfs.ext 4.2.3-1.1 md5:c4c7c3c1ab7edfb93c607282449fc12e
gpfs.gnr 4.2.3-1.1 md5:dc1b0091e8fa1085f25231775dabd980
gpfs.gnr.base 1.0.0-0 md5:6946160ef0c2ca20a6051188d0127dbb
gpfs.gpl 4.2.3-1.1 md5:23bdc2e3f156658566c97a02fdcde850
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-75 md5:14d589250b8cc01d219afb8acf9cd776
gpfs.gss.firmware 4.2.0-7 md5:fa10c2ae1a5333c1eb244a3c08f62fab
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 4.2.3-1.el7 md5:18c48ff072bf8ddce6ceb869da5d6e85
gpfs.java 4.2.3-1 md5:c2c1c9656d48ed61bc2d3996a790710b
gpfs.license.std 4.2.3-1 md5:e487e057f275679c1c2cf837ee847eb9
gpfs.msg.en_US 4.2.3-1.1 md5:b5b3521059493e82416ced4a66a3ca5b
esagent.pLinux 4.1.0-12 md5:5dd439a6c294252991f4930a9590da36
gpfs.gss.tools 5.1.0-1.0.60.g9572b42.el7 md5:a1c958e34e1ad179897e783946bb1f80
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.1.0-1.0.60.g9572b42.el7 md5:aad182c8d5f6ffa573a963df7354b84b
mofed 4.0-2.0.0.3 md5:a0da7b8c25107f8b5fff95dc86bb0bc5
perl-xCAT 4:2.12.2-snap201608180643 md5:abea7916b9414236944d382f4be888e8
xCAT 2.12.2-snap201608180644 md5:ca25a17f3d6f86eed3dc6e0e50642e06
xCAT-buildkit 4:2.12.2-snap201608180643 md5:8ac301d664032f98e344be37f569f3cb
xCAT-client 4:2.12.2-snap201608180643 md5:539c95675f7cf42d7aa5415340fb4a5f
xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 1:2.12.2-snap201608180643 md5:803981abe4f0a68f5c0d158f758e5af7
xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 1:2.12.2-snap201608180643 md5:c948e0df23cc4c1699abacdee20d2451
xCAT-probe 4:2.12.2-snap201608180643 md5:94dfedb7995ad83effaf7e9554161f2c
xCAT-server 4:2.12.2-snap201608180643 md5:7a35c742da4f8569d561bb3bcf7a9ef3
conserver-xcat 8.1.16-10 md5:0a08c43469426f043bbe2a060c6872e1
grub2-xcat 2.02-0.16.el7.snap201506090204 md5:5bf0a98214ce4968cb78204490e0880b
ipmitool-xcat 1.8.15-3 md5:817399348391a7572fe7b5765014bf31
net-snmp-perl 1:5.7.2-20.el7 md5:2bd4db60c4e621180f2c8c0204598188
perl-Crypt-CBC 2.33-2.el7 md5:47708f29c78536594d04216dc294ccc1
perl-Crypt-Rijndael 1.09-2.el7 md5:78db47ac37e9aa95cfe68ff96be39f32
perl-Expect 1.21-1 md5:d361407120d10082b61b73d8a46c900c
perl-HTML-Form 6.03-6.el7 md5:86eee2ed8f7418053272e007edd61359
perl-HTTP-Async 0.30-2 md5:7d9a87bd8e181a2fa85c108cfbe0983d
perl-IO-Stty 0.03-1 md5:e89b7cc768fa31b34d892ec4f5381b42
perl-IO-Tty 1.10-10.el7 md5:609377fd852f4ff7582e4b6d7cb8c266
perl-Net-HTTPS-NB 0.14-2 md5:dc14fb627abb83f71dd7f3e88a168152
perl-Net-Telnet 3.03-19.el7 md5:8174350e30f127292ad5f720a737be00
perl-SOAP-Lite 0.710.08-1 md5:2c09cf35829a955f6b7c49f980342179
xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64 1:2.12-snap201607221057 md5:65fee0cfa5bb879e4f770e18c74e11bf
xCAT-genesis-base-x86_64 1:2.12-snap201607221057 md5:80c3155edac2c2a3cc85562714e47cb5
gpfs.gss.pmcollector 4.2.3-1.el7 md5:918eb1c5c2050c15a8ca33db852280f3
gpfs.gui 4.2.3-1.1 md5:4c4d4b14384955e1aae8915324b21309
01SV860_096_056 1.1-1 md5:b2ce8a1944e86afa365d3b4bc950231c
4.2 ESS ver 5.1.0 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.0-2.0.0.3 (OFED-4.0-2.0.0.3)
It is installed and upgraded as part of the ESS ver 5.1.0 solution.
It is highly recommended not to install or update OFED outside the
ESS solution.
4.3 ESS IO Server Node System Firmware and IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID
Internal Adapter Firmware
IBM Power System S822L (8247-22L) is used as the IO Server Node and
IBM Power System S822L (8247-21L) is used as ESS Management
Server (EMS) node. Following are the level of the system firmware
and RAID internal adapter firmware.
Item Firmware
IBM Power System S822L ESS ver 2.5.x - FW810.20 (SV810_898)
ESS ver 3.0.x - FW810.30 (SV810_124)
ESS ver 3.5 - FW810.30 (SV810_124)
ESS ver 3.5.x - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.1 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.2 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.3 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.0.4 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.0.5 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.0 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.1 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.2 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.6.0 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 5.0.0 - FW860.10 (SV860_056)
ESS ver 5.0.1 - FW860.10 (SV860_056)
ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
IBM Power System S821L ESS ver 2.5.x - FW810.20 (SV810_898)
ESS ver 3.0.x - FW810.30 (SV810_124)
ESS ver 3.5 - FW810.30 (SV810_124)
ESS ver 3.5.x - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.1 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.2 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.3 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.0.4 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.0.5 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.0 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.1 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.2 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.6.0 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 5.0.0 - FW860.10 (SV860_056)
ESS ver 5.0.1 - FW860.10 (SV860_056)
ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS ESS ver 2.5.x - 12511400
RAID Internal Adapter ESS ver 3.0.x - 12511700
ESS ver 3.5 - 12511700
ESS ver 3.5.1 - 12511700
ESS ver 4.0 - 13512900
ESS ver 4.0.1 - 13512900
ESS ver 4.0.2 - 13512900
ESS ver 4.0.3 - 14511900
ESS ver 4.0.4 - 14511900
ESS ver 4.0.5 - 14511900
ESS ver 4.5.0 - 14511C00
ESS ver 4.5.1 - 14511C00
ESS ver 4.5.2 - 15511300
ESS ver 4.6.0 - 15511300
ESS ver 5.0.0 - 15511300
ESS ver 5.0.1 - 15511300
ESS ver 5.1.0 - 15511800
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.1.0 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.2 with Security Advisory RHSA-2017:1125-1.
kernel release: 3.10.0-327.53.1.el7.ppc64
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-327.53.1.el7.ppc64
User can update RHEL as needed to address security updates.
It is highly recommended to limit errata updates applied to the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system used in the ESS
solution to security errata or errata updates requested by
service. For more information visit Red Hat's solution article
on applying only security updates:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/10021
4.5 Package location when shipped from factory
ESS 5.1.0 package when shipped from factory is located in /home/deploy
directory of the ESS Management Server (EMS) node. Review /home/deploy
directory of the EMS node for other support packages required for this
release.
5.0 Deployment and Administration Guide
Deployment and Administration Guides are available in
IBM Knowledge Center.
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYSP8/sts_welcome.html
- Elastic Storage Server: Quick Deployment Guide
- Deploying the Elastic Storage Server
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID: Administration
- Elastic Storage Server: Problem Determination Guide
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID FAQ
Changelog for ESS5.1.0_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.1_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.1.0_IMAGE [Jun 8, 2017]
Notices
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