These notes are intended for customer-support providers and other personnel trained in the administration of NUMA-Q® computer systems that include CLARiiON® disk arrays. The subject of these release notes is ptx®/RAID V2.0.5, a layered product on DYNIX/ptx® V4.4.7 that provides the device driver and administration utilities for a CLARiiON Disk Array Subsystem (DASS) on a SCSI channel.
The purpose of these notes is as follows:
To describe the hardware and software compatibility requirements of ptx/RAID V2.0.5. See Section 2.1.
To identify problems from previous ptx/RAID versions that are fixed in this version. See Section 2.3.
To describe the procedure for updating LIC (FLARE) code to version 9.56.03, as necessary, on CLARiiON DASS units installed in NUMA-Q systems. See Section 2.2.
To record any known problems or limitations of the ptx/RAID V2.0.5 software. See Section 2.6.
The NUMA-Q® Installation Guide for CLARiiON® Disk Arrays is a service manual that describes the installation and servicing of CLARiiON DASS, DAE and DPE disk arrays in NUMA-Q and S5000 systems.
The NUMA-Q® Administration Guide for CLARiiON® Disk Arrays provides instructions for configuring, operating, and monitoring the CLARiiON DASS, DAE, and DPE disk arrays in NUMA-Q ans S5000 systems. It also contains listings and interpretations of error codes and messages from all CLARiiON disk arrays.
The DYNIX/ptx® V4.4.8 and Layered Products Software Installation Release Notes provide instructions for installing new software on NUMA-Q systems.
The ptx®/SVM Administration Guide describes the use of ptx/SVM to manage disks and disk arrays from the NUMA-Q® host.