Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.1_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.1.1_IMAGE [Jul 25, 2017]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.1.1 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.1.1
Update Name:ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.1.1-ppc64LE-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.1.1-ppc64LE-Linux
Publication Date:26 July 2017
Last modified date:26 July 2017
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400003411
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 PPC64LE RHEL | ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.1.1-ppc64LE-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.1.1_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
None.
Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.1.1 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
Elastic Storage Server Version 5.1.1 for ppc64le Architecture
Package Description - Standard Edition
Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Standard Edition ver 5.1.1
for ppc64le solution is composed of various components
tested together for compatibility and correctness. Key
components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3-2,
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.1.1 for ppc64le
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.3 PTF2
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3 PTF2
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
- No change from ESS 5.1.0 and 5.0.2 except errata
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- kernel release 3.10.0-327.55.3.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
- Same as ESS 5.1
e) Install Toolkit
- Minor fixes from all previous versions of ESS
f) Updated firmware rpm
- Changes from all previous versions of ESS
- Support for updated drive 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 5.1.1
4.1 Manifest
gss_install 5.1.1-20170721T202402Z_ppc64le_standard
gpfs.base 4.2.3-2 md5:e3ef40c4bb6f8b623143b28c3e998ee8
gpfs.callhome 4.2.3-2.000.el7 md5:563f31ce13b92005800decf601a36a47
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 4.2.3-2.000 md5:6ee57a1f6aebe0e4f227e2febac2d117
gpfs.docs 4.2.3-2 md5:287bebf4f04680412fbb4e430442347a
gpfs.ext 4.2.3-2 md5:85e9138626b716b40afc056c06694f30
gpfs.gnr 4.2.3-2 md5:5bb1a719f1faac3a8c40e9ba75ef2238
gpfs.gnr.support-ibm5u84 1.0.0-0 md5:acd6542f5b2f0dd7a8a70a358f4ea85c
gpfs.gpl 4.2.3-2 md5:87bd54540d72eadc1c4dc3533d7cae7b
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-75 md5:6e5d6ea19baa9f98c2f3b200debd0d19
gpfs.gss.firmware 4.2.0-7 md5:3da2cc029cea3f26abf381cba4630cae
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 4.2.3-3.el7 md5:e017e39d3a545d72c99b85a1349e73bc
gpfs.java 4.2.3-3 md5:a8309220d544ebe5f451e85634f347b8
gpfs.license.std 4.2.3-2 md5:95ceeb7ba86d569a73f31dc1b6a91da8
gpfs.msg.en_US 4.2.3-2 md5:1c92f3b8c593f63d77eb7302c0d06eb9
esagent.pLinux 4.1.0-12 md5:5dd439a6c294252991f4930a9590da36
gpfs.gss.tools 5.1.1-1.0.69.gb10f124.el7 md5:309d5be3869506437a26671f33b27d73
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.1.1-1.0.69.gb10f124.el7 md5:6b01b2ceea7d7c8c53032804ae8e9707
librtas 1.4.1-1 md5:4ef5d60756aa02beebf38c4c521d5cde
libvpd 2.2.5-1.el7 md5:a5e2916532c3cf07a19c99bc77868e0d
lsvpd 1.7.7-1.el7 md5:27e666f6ffa2fd46e5a29bf31da3d40b
powerpc-utils 1.3.2-2 md5:c6088f2caba4c922f4e17d3c4d435362
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 4.2.3-3.el7 md5:5a32a2fd8bd67e1b76fcc2c643d39ab7
gpfs.gui 4.2.3-3 md5:9d81cd6d4dcc3bf0e73dbd0ee65e4e3d
01SV860_096_056 1.1-1 md5:b2ce8a1944e86afa365d3b4bc950231c
4.2 ESS ver 5.1.1 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 5.1.1 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 ESS ver 5.1.1 - FW860.30 (SV860_103)
IBM Elastic Storage Server ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
Management Server 5148-21L ESS ver 5.1.1 - FW860.21 (SV860_103)
IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS ESS ver 5.1.0 - 15511800
RAID Internal Adapter ESS ver 5.1.1 - 15511800
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.1.1 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.2 with Bug Fix Advisory RHBA-2017:1711-1.
kernel release: 3.10.0-327.55.3.el7.ppc64le
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-327.55.3.el7.ppc64le
User can update RHEL as needed to address fixes and 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 5.1.1 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 ESS5.1.1_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.1_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.1.1_IMAGE [Jul 25, 2017]
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