Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.3_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.4.2_IMAGE [Oct 21, 2019]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.3.4.2 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.3.4.2
Update Name:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.3.4.2-power-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.3.4.2-power-Linux
Publication Date:21 October 2019
Last modified date:21 October 2019
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400004713
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_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.3.4.2-power-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.3.4.2_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
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Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.3.4.2 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
Version 5.3.4.2 for ppc64 Architecture
Package Description - Datamanagement Edition
IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Datamanagement Edition ver
5.3.4.2 for ppc64 architecture is composed of various
components tested together for compatibility and correctness.
Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.3-3
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of components for ppc64
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale / RAID V5.0.3-3
- Changes from ESS 5.3.4.1
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- Changes from ESS 5.3.4.1
- kernel release 3.10.0-957.27.4.el7.ppc64
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-3.1.9.1
- Changes from ESS 5.3.4.1
d) Support for CES node deployment (ppc64le only)
- Support for deploying 5148-22L ESS Protocol Nodes
- Upgrading ESS Protocol nodes now supported
- Consult the Quick Deployment Guide for further information
e) 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 106 (5147-106)
- 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)
f) Support for MES upgrade (PPC64LE models only)
- Hybrid models not supported
g) Support for new ESS MES configurations (ppc64le models only)
- GL1C -> GL2C
- GL2C -> GL4C
- GL4C -> GL5C
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 5.3.4.2
4.1 Manifest
gss_install 5.3.4.2-20191018T083452Z_ppc64_datamanagement
gpfs.adv 5.0.3-3 sha256:a665fda778207268d7059fbda00121d9d0518a4eea5f817e27e40f5c605639f6
gpfs.base 5.0.3-3 sha256:4ef4d96ab91fe9729c74c578ee063fccc2d6452a0d680be42e1c6c2d9a91f9a2
gpfs.callhome 5.0.3-3.el7 sha256:2bbc94d7636e7269ab15aba2eb2d1513c3fa43bf8b58bafd1106ba44889a3247
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 5.0.3-3 sha256:18c6835d3726d81ee029cacf9066a0a998890bbbe7b439bb65f06c4160b4584b
gpfs.compression 5.0.3-3 sha256:31bbf4af06d5b6880521a1b0325ba256d5a20b3cb09e1f76b533c365291601e4
gpfs.crypto 5.0.3-3 sha256:a7b9b5a2d101cf5e340575ac2124517f5d3376125c16d0e2103ec6bc0dbc4a5c
gpfs.docs 5.0.3-3 sha256:f3ce27f6dafefee309034a65e09a941d7188963e51167611215a6218f0ac63ff
gpfs.gnr 5.0.3-3 sha256:32bba3caff08a2ae178cfdc96bb02459afeb3a40934b17cfd90577ad1a04cf78
gpfs.gnr.base 1.0.0-0 sha256:d1a426e1ca3caf697313d148f14ae0107ca943824f71d98404257a757068cb93
gpfs.gpl 5.0.3-3 sha256:be40f3313fc19f063b934c155992e381edc1b87b5f9b26dac61be3958dea6598
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-86 sha256:c8e1d0b8741def60594142af7fc8953c665fd976ce947b56145fa945dde36368
gpfs.gss.firmware 5.0.0-12 sha256:22d74a2dc4ca9f35282465d9e435807813c45dd76df59342ac5deab574f8bf07
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 5.0.3-3.el7 sha256:d1ea655b1c05c1914e173fc96b1dae5d60657a9fa4500b77f6341914e731c6ed
gpfs.java 5.0.3-3 sha256:aa06a845f4a351f11d4bcbf821456bbee473fb2013b6ff57e4c935ff6a352a61
gpfs.license.dmd 5.0.3-3 sha256:4446dd936d2ca38a37ea3871082d564efadefb0425165ccb771c9a36800cf818
gpfs.msg.en_US 5.0.3-3 sha256:8ce7ea26b95e5d55c59779cb9c10656c3dac27a6c7381bb370663b5487160772
esagent.pLinux 4.5.1-1 sha256:7682eb4895119380dc517dd9e2da7d296f86446217b88083b87370510344c4bd
gpfs.gss.tools 5.3.4.2-1.0.338.g05af31f.el7 sha256:58095e94487e0f95499ac05432bd7b7d4b274804a1a7a0f1b23968d0c7bafaea
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.3.4.2-1.0.338.g05af31f.el7 sha256:d81a7e7f6fc503ed639a0c870ff6a0aa905bd565d66ee73432ffb23aaa8b0677
mofed 4.6-3.1.9.1 sha256:49d06bbc22e70fb619da09438d16cd821a0897d8ad962a12d78cd6875675b84f
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 5.0.3-3.el7 sha256:724faa0a2b9fc739c33e0bdfb61aef25bdb3760e8ae6c5e43fdcf63eca6b7da9
gpfs.gui 5.0.3-3 sha256:98ebcf118c490a98787ae38708dbe9ec687a5c43d63766e950e7dd580bab2b71
01SV860_205_165 1.1-1 sha256:cb1947fb3af7b42139db9c6e8d6b445f6051baca9faed5752e316897460708db
4.2 ESS ver 5.3.4.2 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-3.1.9.1 and it is installed and upgraded as
part of the ESS ver 5.3.4.2 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 5.3.4 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
ESS ver 5.3.4.1 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
ESS ver 5.3.4.2 - FW860.60 (SV860_205)
IBM Power System S821L ESS ver 5.3.4 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
ESS ver 5.3.4.1 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
ESS ver 5.3.4.2 - FW860.60 (SV860_205)
IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS ESS ver 5.3.4 - 19512200
RAID Internal Adapter ESS ver 5.3.4.1 - 19512200
ESS ver 5.3.4.2 - 19512200
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.3.4.2 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.6 with Security Advisory RHSA-2019:2397(kernel)
RHSA-2019:2356(systemd) and RHSA-2019-2302(network manager).
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-957.27.4.el7.ppc64
Once errata systemd is applied it should show
systemd release: 219-67.el7_7.1.ppc64
Once errata network manager is applied it should show
network manager release: 1.18.0-5.el7.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 5.3.4.2 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
Changelog for ESS5.3.4.2_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.3_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.4.2_IMAGE [Oct 21, 2019]
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