These notes are intended for IBM® NUMA-Q® Customer Support providers and other personnel trained in the administration of IBM NUMA-Q computer systems that include CLARiiON® disk arrays. The subject of these release notes is ptx®/RAID V2.2.0, a layered product on DYNIX/ptx® V4.6.x 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 V2.2.0. See Section 2.1.
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 V2.2.0 software. See Section 2.5.
The NUMA-Q® Installation Guide for CLARiiON® Disk Arrays is a NUMA-Q service manual that describes the installation and servicing of CLARiiON DASS, DAE and DPE disk arrays in NUMA-Q 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 systems. It also contains listings and interpretations of error codes and messages from all CLARiiON disk arrays.
The DYNIX/ptx® V4.6 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 running DYNIX/ptx.