Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.0_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.4_IMAGE [Jun 14, 2019]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.3.4 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.3.4
Update Name:ESS_ADV_BASEIMAGE-5.3.4-power-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_ADV_BASEIMAGE-5.3.4-power-Linux
Publication Date:13 June 2019
Last modified date:13 June 2019
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400004509
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_ADV_BASEIMAGE-5.3.4-power-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.3.4_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
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Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.3.4 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
Version 5.3.4 for ppc64 Architecture
Package Description - Advanced Edition
IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Advanced Edition ver
5.3.4 for ppc64 architecture is composed of various
components tested together for compatibility and correctness.
Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.3-1 efix 1
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.3.4 for ppc64
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.3-1 efix 1
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.3-1 efix 1
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
- Change from previous versions of ESS
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- kernel release 3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.ppc64
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-1.0.1.2
- Changes from ESS 5.3.3
d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper
- Same as ESS 5.3.3
e) Updated firmware rpm
- Changes from all previous versions of ESS
- Support for updated system, SAS RAID Internal
Adapter and drive FW.
f) Support of IBM Elastic Storage Server 5147 and 5148 (ppc64le only)
- 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)
- IBM Elastic Storage Server Protocol Node Two Socket (5148-22L)
2.0 Upgrade is supported from 5.1.1 or higher. Contact IBM Service for upgrade
from an earlier version.
- Offline upgrades can be done directly from any previous 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 5.3.4
4.1 Manifest
gss_install 5.3.4-20190612T064407Z_ppc64_advanced
gpfs.adv 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:8e96eebc4b8497c19334e3f0a5afce4a0214efcc43092a7a1686f73b8a51fab3
gpfs.base 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:d4e54b3d0d48164abff52f660d29be25eae467dc18130a633aae521823178a53
gpfs.callhome 5.0.3-1.el7 sha256:e43bf600c3e2dbf89d3457ecd15ab4a5dc543613f5fc72923f58d79a68b622fe
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 5.0.3-1 sha256:62078307b545d86d99d92191784ba4b86b23cc342c936bf0bb032f65b8f0c7d0
gpfs.compression 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:786ccb6c1d2b0a420486cf43780dbdd5d2723de84484f500af6fad9c58e36c6b
gpfs.crypto 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:156094232452b977b252f655b0616fb14414531dff16f35b9b4dfb887377c837
gpfs.docs 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:efe1cfccfe0de18d92bc9322483492c9ad81b66941441e84b48d0daa666eb63a
gpfs.gnr 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:077a653e365bb0f873830e551d833733042b335e1becbb50072f2076cee3fdc0
gpfs.gnr.base 1.0.0-0 sha256:d62a79b04679eb17dce7b461402d729d1c224a9b68cafce3d9f2a2e389188943
gpfs.gpl 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:44ecccbe31c5c819c61b05b968c765c2a537e2ca4c4a11081c59a19745dddc8c
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-86 sha256:fd5c7d13521813fda3fb55ee1d1f6ebc0c822241f0834cca5cfaeb5ab77b1457
gpfs.gss.firmware 5.0.0-9 sha256:5652134eeeb784c6de729f853f5cbb4cb25c30ad15ccc130f71907bce2c4c181
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 5.0.3-1.el7 sha256:f97be9e595a91e9d0af4743060d3259d438a0ccb5af395022f606bc8e1baf49e
gpfs.java 5.0.3-1 sha256:9663c82062159ef09a5ef8d9572a71ee2f6e0e382b85bbb64b542b5d68718571
gpfs.license.adv 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:4780ad0e1956eb1dcf7e7e4811fd13e8d14cf49215f5ab112713c5c7cc5f8635
gpfs.msg.en_US 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:66b32497a2f43bfc20de53284ca454df8dbace7b9f1293bf91f9f8d502fc6bf8
esagent.pLinux 4.5.1-0 sha256:942ecffd7efb6fee868f005fab6c7b7ab7bd66161eecca9c101d112858717409
gpfs.gss.tools 5.3.4-1.0.282.gcf14e4a.el7 sha256:a7d3773e2797d167af3b5dcf7c53b5eb0539fed0309ce068e2f1e563fefed082
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.3.4-1.0.282.gcf14e4a.el7 sha256:971cee29c9f4ab2de2f96e37259778ea45104054d39d4da8d46879593817b1d7
mofed 4.6-1.0.1.2 sha256:026952e7928b3eab7be84864d6be8659d6c35545cb1a9672533ccd6be15599bf
perl-xCAT 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:3f8f14b09e9f6d31fd332b2c5d5cdeb70f51c3baf3b5b78ea9f8f04cce0b1835
xCAT 2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:7f1757a10c9a76034315baac5b28bc71ff7db7ddeede9347acaf9e013d477afc
xCAT-buildkit 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:a98f515a3f8c128da7bbcbf87c0a244fdb9b90a9a13aadc8977e2b1f438b7f81
xCAT-client 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:242924b8ea61a90b90626ada0fed294d57f14bebae5ee5344721bd4ffe91e479
xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 1:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:b9c76a7e8d883b50a68a9a2dfdf9675ae625532185348a836ccf2831c22e8329
xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 1:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:d1c62c975f4544c86c1d8ca2a56cb47d9a4a0b73ad946fa2a0815b69b5663f9c
xCAT-probe 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:f94d9ab949544628de94af22f07cda112a83c29bb06709561ff5ab7f75ef2bae
xCAT-server 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:c9ea0e5d3d2c9f51d37f99359f42542602c7fba7389700843e3cba42d1e6d9b4
conserver-xcat 8.2.1-1 sha256:7b84072b047599736b8f5bd5337043fb877985c2d1d23cf0bce28d9ae70ec0bd
elilo-xcat 3.14-4 sha256:ca4a116c3f358cb0d6f5ba4b88c9520d22b51d1cdf83842031617ec5dd0de2a0
goconserver 0.0-0 sha256:7a5b64a93073cd35876d7d27b3c675dc8834011e4d3e8e4f8e03cf1597926a2b
grub2-xcat 2.02-0.16.el7.snap201506090204 sha256:7cbfebaca9da96d61bf6b4d6b74ea1f00c51bbbeb2abee6d7285c4b4ff002dd1
ipmitool-xcat 1.8.18-0 sha256:14e8e17a6663f41638775961997a8272b84ec60276cc4bc6a8701929084626b6
net-snmp-perl 1:5.7.2-20.el7 sha256:8f4f10ccb057a7ee3dc859f9e71e0b0544e830b44574b3c25b1e22e891aaa85a
perl-Crypt-CBC 2.33-2.el7 sha256:7668dcbed525b12f468c39d3bbb6e33e5a1d28a8e93167f7b848860073cdf9b5
perl-Crypt-Rijndael 1.09-2.el7 sha256:9ee306d9febc60d6a69b4d756af811328d02ba379853b4c9bd47c685a1148e78
perl-Expect 1.21-1 sha256:24e019d047d9661f9f03e3766f5d0787a28f822cfa2c5b7a2314aa6421de08b0
perl-HTML-Form 6.03-6.el7 sha256:c17f315b4b3c922ef093e536622a14314fe16861d0e70952e99c1dab2681fbaa
perl-HTTP-Async 0.30-2 sha256:0583df3c3b386f4ac22eb1f4bf7051fcf03e658b88caa71e845c11cae2bc1ec8
perl-IO-Stty 0.03-1 sha256:512728569d43f8cd2814492431e7904e47fa533dc2b68a12b66a3adf72632d3d
perl-IO-Tty 1.10-10.el7 sha256:9d8859604efec0762b0bad439ff10120f09ef62c549676256d1e988f7ae694ae
perl-Net-HTTPS-NB 0.14-2 sha256:f70c38ccb6b0106c529fdfc756a6304e09c71d7b797c9a92d0499d4cc3fd7686
perl-Net-Telnet 3.03-19.el7 sha256:9ff39b0422a7b1c255b433b3f102311a530d91725dac3379e66c1dc15419bbcc
syslinux-xcat 3.86-2 sha256:1673188326c5f4e1b564127e40bff2a5aa4923df5cf3566e5dd3217bc2c64505
xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64 2:2.14.5-snap201811160710 sha256:94f8de27311592c43c9407fa3f0000c37b452223f3cc92a86ffa16a0ae4cbe2a
xCAT-genesis-base-x86_64 2:2.14.5-snap201811190037 sha256:ecd6decb41ef2038841c5166e61de6d6ba4826900cdf3f03dc3a2bc0f87e860f
xnba-undi 1.0.3-131028 sha256:793eeb7ae0fe05842d21380c6b2ebb98f6729efc9adf4f3c5846ad1d8d94ea6d
gpfs.gss.pmcollector 5.0.3-1.el7 sha256:e4228f010b66042a0a94ae9786fc0c4cf0dbc7996e0b8d926dba593b3a959776
gpfs.gui 5.0.3-1 sha256:5dee1618ea7cf31b55cf8fa4955b9ee280856308a9fe9a70ca94c30b09dbca25
01SV860_180_165 1.1-1 sha256:7e035252cdff73226330371e6b3bcf8ceae20f001c4a839aff400dbe30548020
4.2 ESS ver 5.3.4 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-1.0.1.2 and it is installed and upgraded as
part of the ESS ver 5.3.4 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 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 5.3.0 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.0.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.1.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.2 - FW860.51 (SV860_165)
ESS ver 5.3.2.1 - FW860.51 (SV860_165)
ESS ver 5.3.3 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
ESS ver 5.3.4 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
IBM Power System S821L 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 5.3.0 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.0.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.1.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.2 - FW860.51 (SV860_165)
ESS ver 5.3.2.1 - FW860.51 (SV860_165)
ESS ver 5.3.3 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
ESS ver 5.3.4 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
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
ESS ver 5.2.2.1 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.3.0 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.3.0.1 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.3.1 - 18518200
ESS ver 5.3.1.1 - 18518200
ESS ver 5.3.2 - 19511000
ESS ver 5.3.2.1 - 19511000
ESS ver 5.3.3 - 19511400
ESS ver 5.3.4 - 19512200
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.3.4 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.6 with Security Advisory RHSA-2019:1168(kernel),
RHSA-2019:0820(systemd) and RHSA-2019:0519(network manager).
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.ppc64
Once errata systemd is applied it should show
systemd release: 219-62.el7_6.6.ppc64
Once errata network manager is applied it should show
network manager release: 1.12.0-10.el7_6.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 5.3.4 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
- Elastic Storage Server: Protocols Deployment Guide
- Elastic Storage Server: Command reference
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID: Administration
- Elastic Storage Server: Problem Determination Guide
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID FAQ
Changelog for ESS5.3.4_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.0_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.4_IMAGE [Jun 14, 2019]
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