Readme and Release notes for release 5.1.0 IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) 5.1.0 ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.1.0-ppc64LE-Linux Readme

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Elastic Storage Server Version 5.1.0 for ppc64le Architecture 
       Package Description - Standard Edition

Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Standard Edition ver 5.1.0 
for ppc64le 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 ppc64le

  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.ppc64le

  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

  g) Support of IBM Elastic Storage Server 5147 and 5148 
     - IBM Elastic Storage Server expansion model 084 (5147-084)
     - IBM Elastic Storage Server Management Server (5148-21L)
     - IBM Elastic Storage Server Data Server (5148-22L)
     
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                 5.1.0-20170605T202832Z_ppc64le_standard                    
gpfs.base                   4.2.3-1.1                      md5:802dcd0c1cbc522967adf01c99d642c7
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                      md5:3565cede3f4bb5f3cf9fa73f3ddfe5b3
gpfs.ext                    4.2.3-1.1                      md5:2a9ea3c9536010e8af3286f108dc387b
gpfs.gnr                    4.2.3-1.1                      md5:379833d5f2f3ac90630c12ef3a1d8b61
gpfs.gnr.support-ibm5u84    1.0.0-0                        md5:824e93909d5fdb23dc6897e02ef8dc7c
gpfs.gpl                    4.2.3-1.1                      md5:1d1a4a5e4d3c31590ca423fe8a5374ff
gpfs.gskit                  8.0.50-75                      md5:487bad9bb931aaecb134aa8eb353d703
gpfs.gss.firmware           4.2.0-7                        md5:cc6e0acaba3847387c63d86648e4a6a3
gpfs.gss.pmsensors          4.2.3-1.el7                    md5:7831af42a12681f035f062dc669c8dfb
gpfs.java                   4.2.3-1                        md5:8c34c5749a40b802ef67e43d8f6ab2a0
gpfs.license.std            4.2.3-1                        md5:75b5f85b7ef0c30e646d082e3aee3642
gpfs.msg.en_US              4.2.3-1.1                      md5:bd231223276f61c9a709dcb8ebfa80c2
esagent.pLinux              4.1.0-12                       md5:5dd439a6c294252991f4930a9590da36
gpfs.gss.tools              5.1.0-1.0.60.g9572b42.el7      md5:aaf2ea6b8f90caf8ddf0bbad68e58f4e
gpfs.gss.xcat               5.1.0-1.0.60.g9572b42.el7      md5:30ff3865af95ab5b48d10d784357ff2d
mofed                       4.0-2.0.0.3                    md5:77f59ea4cfb4658e16e2ddadaab9c9db
perl-xCAT                   4:2.12.2-snap201608180643      md5:abea7916b9414236944d382f4be888e8
xCAT                        2.12.2-snap201608180644        md5:be97c344926ba944601113f56e47a79f
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                      md5:6cf0d3658ef0f052a0d629faeb2cf526
grub2-xcat                  2.02-0.16.el7.snap201506090204 md5:5bf0a98214ce4968cb78204490e0880b
ipmitool-xcat               1.8.15-3                       md5:bc46e14b9a60b022afd2275f89d02833
net-snmp-perl               1:5.7.2-20.ael7b               md5:26572b232d1893db2f1622dee2b6ed11
perl-Crypt-CBC              2.33-2.el7                     md5:47708f29c78536594d04216dc294ccc1
perl-Crypt-Rijndael         1.09-2.ael7a                   md5:209e3f1a49d90d496d900a18ddb7de9a
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                 1.07-1                         md5:6f76a27b13d626692fe7dcf0824d22fa
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                    md5:0b8cd64a2bed3caa1a0f881dc3ac6a68
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 Server Node System Firmware and IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID 
   Internal Adapter Firmware

   IBM Elastic Storage Server Data Server (5148-22L) is used as the 
   IO Server Node and IBM Elastic Storage Server Management Server 
   (5148-21L) is used as ESS Management Server (EMS) node. 
   Following are the level of the system firmware and RAID internal 
   adapter firmware. 

   Item                             Firmware
   IBM Elastic Storage Server       ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096) 
   Data Server 5148-22L        

   IBM Elastic Storage Server       ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
   Management Server 5148-21L     

   IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS            ESS ver 5.1.0 - 15511800
   RAID Internal Adapter            

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.ppc64le

   Once errata kernel is applied it should show
   kernel release: 3.10.0-327.53.1.el7.ppc64le

   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