Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.2.1_IMAGE [Dec 15, 2017]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.2.0 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.2.1
Update Name:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.2.1-ppc64LE-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.2.1-ppc64LE-Linux
Publication Date:19 December 2017
Last modified date:19 December 2017
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400003665
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_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.2.1-ppc64LE-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.2.1_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
None.
Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.2.1 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
Version 5.2.1 for ppc64le Architecture
Package Description - Datamanagement Edition
IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Datamanagement Edition ver
5.2.1 for ppc64le architecture is composed of various
components tested together for compatibility and correctness.
Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3-6 efix1,
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.2.1 for ppc64le
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.3 PTF6 efix1
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3 PTF6 efix1
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
- Change from previous versions of ESS
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- kernel release 3.10.0-514.35.1.el7.ppc64le
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.1-1.0.2.3
- Changes from ESS 5.2.0
- Change from 4.x and earlier versions
- No change of network adapter (IB and Ethernet) support
from ESS 5.2.0
d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper
- Same as ESS 5.2.0
e) Install Toolkit
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
See Quick Deployment Guide mentioned
in section 5.2.1 for further details.
f) Updated firmware rpm
- Changes from all previous versions of ESS
- Support for updated system, SAS RAID Internal
Adapter and 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 expansion model 024 (5147-024)
- IBM Elastic Storage Server Management Server (5148-21L)
- IBM Elastic Storage Server Data Server (5148-22L)
h) Support for 4TB drives in the 1818-80e (5U84) enclosure has been added.
2.0 We only support upgrades from 5.0.x or higher. For any earlier 5.0.x
versions upgrade, please contact IBM Service.
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 5.2.1
4.1 Manifest
gss_install gss_install,5.2.1-20171215T205445Z_ppc64le_datamanagement
gpfs.adv 4.2.3-6 md5:73165ecaf0c6e70da8151ecb0b18937f
gpfs.base 4.2.3-6 md5:e0d89cae58a49e4330c9f81ef914eb01
gpfs.callhome 4.2.3-6.el7 md5:379c07e411f0cb370fedad094b7e9679
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 4.2.3-6 md5:ab9f831bca6b7dde802796afef17a825
gpfs.crypto 4.2.3-6 md5:623dbda181308dbd6100bb4454c62f8e
gpfs.docs 4.2.3-6 md5:5e76dca9ff451b6db7dce0099e7eaed3
gpfs.ext 4.2.3-6 md5:10e3d025ac5dc5757af1e42900c2933e
gpfs.gnr 4.2.3-6 md5:6e6f9967cd8a89aa64c1133ab6a67c52
gpfs.gnr.support-ibm2u24 1.0.0-0 md5:06938f85f46ac551fff246a684e16873
gpfs.gnr.support-ibm5u84 1.0.0-2 md5:02732280c7d19a77460e4fb9e93462ef
gpfs.gpl 4.2.3-6 md5:a6d8e4a5e5fb7a46874c8163c5c7991c
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-75 md5:2db6ff8e5a4b65b5c2b0adbdbd2396c4
gpfs.gss.firmware 4.2.0-9 md5:5dbb6e839809097772901786218be270
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 4.2.3-6.el7 md5:9a9f5dfe06de9890b6fd24e252e8b9f9
gpfs.java 4.2.3-6 md5:b9d03d990812015cac33e5d305ca989b
gpfs.license.dm 4.2.3-6 md5:c4ded64a88bdfaebd7a247bc0fba408c
gpfs.msg.en_US 4.2.3-6 md5:e98742dc0b8753edc3096591bdae4c82
esagent.pLinux 4.2.0-9 md5:3adb89f4a4edf5f8cfc2ffad0536dc83
gpfs.gss.tools 5.2.1-1.0.15.g0e8e53f.el7 md5:55c768f88066b3a604aee38b1ab86210
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.2.1-1.0.15.g0e8e53f.el7 md5:d6e3a75f7475392e5dd4aa74edc5ae86
mofed 4.1-1.0.2.3 md5:26162e150b4ed523ddd735cbf86d47ac
perl-xCAT 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:ac43a236052cfdfcfbb86f76da1c4e62
xCAT 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:706bd9fe06b47df8a064fdb4b7dfb5cb
xCAT-buildkit 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:c4d77a898611a5871fa384cdec08a331
xCAT-client 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:220dd9bacc581a4c62f6bd35d96dcba6
xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:8dbc117cde9efb6ff0fbec5d1424e1d3
xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:761deedfc4744f647933101c1647e335
xCAT-probe 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:af8d72acac23a56e129e5a1b8b04ae70
xCAT-server 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:41aea3112be6a4a9fbd66474f96286de
conserver-xcat 8.2.1-1 md5:619d08a8bd195db3eadd36115de643d3
elilo-xcat 3.14-4 md5:820e44cc9c1d5f6c58c38ffc6e6f0c4c
grub2-xcat 2.02-0.16.el7.snap201506090204 md5:5bf0a98214ce4968cb78204490e0880b
ipmitool-xcat 1.8.18-0 md5:de9221a182211ed4c399e7fb3f1343cf
net-snmp-perl 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
syslinux-xcat 3.86-2 md5:bba2c71eac077b4a40f8813041a6fdcf
xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64 2.13.2-snap201702150049 md5:39af923ac06f3512362467985c95416a
xCAT-genesis-base-x86_64 2.13.2-snap201702200120 md5:47aa8b5b1d7fe95e9197442ec54a7f5b
xnba-undi 1.0.3-131028 md5:0f407213b3e23aaf4b2c99221231512e
gpfs.gss.pmcollector 4.2.3-6.el7 md5:0f0bdc14bff961d4d0ea228086ffbc19
gpfs.gui 4.2.3-6 md5:d577cefaa7f6fc5649bc08a7aaab0846
4.2 ESS ver 5.2.1 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.1-1.0.2.3 (OFED-4.1-1.0.2.3)
It is installed and upgraded as part of the ESS ver 5.2.1 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)
ESS ver 5.2.0 - FW860.31 (SV860_109)
ESS ver 5.2.1 - FW860.40 (SV860_118)
IBM Elastic Storage Server ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
Management Server 5148-21L ESS ver 5.1.1 - FW860.30 (SV860_103)
ESS ver 5.2.0 - FW860.31 (SV860_109)
ESS ver 5.2.1 - FW860.40 (SV860_118)
IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS ESS ver 5.1.0 - 15511800
RAID Internal Adapter ESS ver 5.1.1 - 15511800
ESS ver 5.2.0 - 16519500
ESS ver 5.2.1 - 17518300
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.2.1 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.3 with Security Advisory RHSA-2017:3089-73,
RHSA-2017:2925 and RHSA-2017:2941.
kernel release: 3.10.0-514.35.1.el7.ppc64le
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-514.35.1.el7.ppc64le
systemd release: 219-42.el7_4.4.ppc64le
Once errata systemd is applied it should show
systemd release: 219-42.el7_4.4.ppc64le
networkmanager release: 1.8.0-11.el7_4.ppc64le
Once errata network manager is applied it should show
network manager release: 1.8.0-11.el7_4.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 5.2.1 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
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID: Administration
- Elastic Storage Server: Problem Determination Guide
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID FAQ
Changelog for ESS5.2.1_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.2.1_IMAGE [Dec 15, 2017]
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