Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.2.4_IMAGE [Oct 12, 2018]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.2.4 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.2.4
Update Name:ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.2.4-power-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.2.4-power-Linux
Publication Date:2 August 2018
Last modified date:2 August 2018
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400004156
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-5.2.4-power-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.2.4_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
None.
Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.2.4 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
Version 5.2.4 for ppc64 Architecture
Package Description - Standard Edition
IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Standard Edition ver
5.2.4 for ppc64 architecture is composed of various
components tested together for compatibility and correctness.
Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3-11
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.2.4 for ppc64
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.3-11
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3-11
- 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 3.10.0-514.55.4.el7.ppc64
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.1-4.1.6.1
- No change of network adapter (IB and Ethernet) support
from ESS 5.2.3
d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper
- Same as ESS 5.2.3
e) Install Toolkit
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
See Quick Deployment Guide mentioned
in section 5.2.4 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.
2.0 Upgrade is supported from 5.0.x or higher. Contact
IBM Service for upgrade from an earlier version.
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 5.2.4
4.1 Manifest
gss_install 5.2.4-20181001T215128Z_ppc64_standard
gpfs.base 4.2.3-11 md5:349363720d2b855b45bfd63099b007bd
gpfs.callhome 4.2.3-11.el7 md5:bb223b07e6c958d674d1b41505840b85
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 4.2.3-11 md5:39cd1ef4d8b714c2d300154f2fb9a898
gpfs.docs 4.2.3-11 md5:2a0b9f4a49a035d505105a4e6cb42afe
gpfs.ext 4.2.3-11 md5:b37927aff0cbb97a7df99576c18726b6
gpfs.gnr 4.2.3-11 md5:c8633505fb810d502d37d2fdba465373
gpfs.gnr.base 1.0.0-0 md5:b9b899496add8c6242a657d3e7fabfaf
gpfs.gpl 4.2.3-11 md5:8997f3826b37c15d24f1bd754ff7ad9b
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-86 md5:ce2f86ddd1365263d74ab64ccba1ca09
gpfs.gss.firmware 4.2.0-9 md5:25ae909b1132877473ce6b34a9ebf574
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 4.2.3-11.el7 md5:60959c4b489ad620647e78f41910a56d
gpfs.java 4.2.3-11 md5:1e8cec34dec8a2037907c43e8333d719
gpfs.license.std 4.2.3-11 md5:2b4b42ba527b35c14ce7ff097bcb7204
gpfs.msg.en_US 4.2.3-11 md5:c99cf239d28229b5aa137aec24c4d8cb
esagent.pLinux 4.3.0-4 md5:e7d1005e1a6a5bfc72348f9b74dbc0f0
gpfs.gss.tools 5.2.4-1.0.2.ga5f227f.el7 md5:739976080761b22b7fcfd60eb31c2766
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.2.4-1.0.2.ga5f227f.el7 md5:c0b35511831826a1a72d1326f1242049
mofed 4.1-4.1.6.1 md5:a2a25eb8b622852df956dd0315c012fd
perl-xCAT 4:2.13.9-snap201712150716 md5:bfcad0d2fa1808d1c315f082b95cbd0f
xCAT 2.13.9-snap201712150716 md5:55d30bafe8b0412bdf74ee06689bf728
xCAT-buildkit 4:2.13.9-snap201712150716 md5:53e56404e1deaf74ed57c05ca473c4d7
xCAT-client 4:2.13.9-snap201712150716 md5:66b309d6a1c384bca6d4fa927b9dea2d
xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 1:2.13.9-snap201712150716 md5:070dfd6aa217a61fbbe6de19a4b5a284
xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 1:2.13.9-snap201712150716 md5:52faef6509250836538ab288d7a7bacc
xCAT-probe 4:2.13.9-snap201712150716 md5:9e3c3c065e154ec717d2dec7f2ce29e2
xCAT-server 4:2.13.9-snap201712150716 md5:d450c9cfd3bcf9d282883a05539346f2
conserver-xcat 8.2.1-1 md5:b16c2b3b74d402865f63c427b244fff8
elilo-xcat 3.14-4 md5:820e44cc9c1d5f6c58c38ffc6e6f0c4c
grub2-xcat 2.02-0.16.el7.snap201506090204 md5:5bf0a98214ce4968cb78204490e0880b
ipmitool-xcat 1.8.18-0 md5:1ec0b18a2d753d7da989c6540df0725e
net-snmp-perl 1:5.7.2-20.el7 md5:f56f4becdc07078eff8fec6fc11963d1
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:e4cf78fdbbd29ad3929db40a71ad99a4
syslinux-xcat 3.86-2 md5:bba2c71eac077b4a40f8813041a6fdcf
xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64 2:2.13.6-snap201707280206 md5:2664a2ce39eb8bda7f124548238778eb
xCAT-genesis-base-x86_64 2:2.13.2-snap201702200120 md5:47aa8b5b1d7fe95e9197442ec54a7f5b
xnba-undi 1.0.3-131028 md5:0f407213b3e23aaf4b2c99221231512e
gpfs.gss.pmcollector 4.2.3-11.el7 md5:ca28c9e11e5a38888ce3a6fe0245f36f
gpfs.gui 4.2.3-11 md5:fcec7a5ec5d9b4a2331aed6a35f64851
01SV860_118_056 1.1-1 md5:de9a3cd22c48022d61431474438a536f
4.2 ESS ver 5.2.4 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.1-4.1.6.1 (OFED-4.1-4.1.6.1)
It is installed and upgraded as part of the ESS ver 5.2.4 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)
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)
ESS ver 5.2.2.1 FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.2.3 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.2.4 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
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)
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)
ESS ver 5.2.2.1 FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.2.3 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.2.4 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
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
ESS ver 5.1.1 - 15511800
ESS ver 5.2.0 - 16519500
ESS ver 5.2.1 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.2.2.1 17518300
ESS ver 5.2.3 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.2.4 - 17518300
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.2.4 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.3 with Security Advisory RHSA-2018-2388,
RHBA-2018-1151 and RHBA-2018-1755.
kernel release: 3.10.0-514.55.4.el7.ppc64
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-514.55.4.el7.ppc64
systemd release: 219-42.el7_4.11.ppc64
Once errata systemd is applied it should show
systemd release: 219-42.el7_4.11.ppc64
networkmanager release: 1.8.0-12.el7_4.ppc64
Once errata network manager is applied it should show
network manager release: 1.8.0-12.el7_4.ppc64
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 5.2.4 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 ESS5.2.4_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.2.4_IMAGE [Oct 12, 2018]
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