1. Version

2. 4Gb BIOS

This section describes the changes, fixes, known issues, and release details that apply to the 4Gb BIOS.

2.1 Changes

The following changes have been made to the 4Gb BIOS between versions 1.18 and 1.24.

Hardware Support

• Added code to support QLE2xx.

OS Support

N/A

Software Components

• Added code to load NEC switch port 1 and 2 pci config register offset 68h with port 0 config register offset 54h value.
• Added support for exit CLP string. Changed CLP string to support new format:
  PermanentAddresses was changed to PermanentAddress.
• Removed Extended Error Logging option from CTRL-Q.
• Removed code to use Memory Map I/O for PCI express.

Industry Standards Compliance

N/A

2.2 Bug Fixes

The following fixes have been made to the 4Gb BIOS between versions 1.18 and 1.24.

• Fixed bug where task attributes in IOCB type 7 were not always being initialized.
• Fixed bug in CTRL-Q utility configuring LUNs using Report Luns data when LUN list has more lun entries after lun 255.
• Fixed bug in CTRL-Q cursor positioning for some user input displays.
• Fixed bug in not setting rc_hba when different HBA types installed in system.

2.3 Known Issues

None

2.4 Additional Information

None

3. 4Gb EFI

This section describes the changes, fixes, known issues, and release details that apply to Fibre Channel EFI driver and utilities.

3.1 Changes

The following changes have been made to the EFI between versions 1.05 and 1.08.

Driver:

• Enabled driver to update the Serial Link Control parameters.
• Added SSIDs for new HBAs.
• Added CLP support, which implements the following CLP commands:
  • Setting the Behavioral Data (WWNN and WWPN).
  • Setting the High-Speed Parameters (HSS). Command does nothing and returns success.
  • Return to default.
  • Port Enable/Disable (AKA e-keying port disable).
• Added support for device IDs (6422/6432).
• Added the Multi-Start feature. The driver start routine can now be called multiple times. Each call can specify a different Remaining Device Path.
• Added a World Login Driver Configuration switch. When enabled, this switch forces the driver to discover all targets/LUNs.
• Added support for CLP "exit" command.
• Changed banner strings for HP HBAs.
• Added SSIDs for the following HBAs: AB378B, AB379B.

EfiUtil:

• Added the following message for write operations:
  You must reboot the system for changes to take effect
• Added support for device IDs (6422/6432).
• Added support for unload batch mode command in EfiUtil. This command unloads the existing driver from the HBA. This command forces EfiUtil to use the latest aux driver available in the current directory.
• Added support to run DrvDiag (diagnostics) within EfiUtil, just like DrvCfg.
• Added support to print decoded detailed description of SFP data for Transceiver field.

Documentation:

• Updated readme.txt.
• Updated EfiUtil.pdf.
• Updated Eficfg.pdf.

3.2 Bug Fixes

The following fixes have been made to the EFI between versions 1.05 and 1.08.

Driver:

• Fixed a bug that causes the VPD Protocol to return misaligned data for standard Qlogic HBAs. Standard Qlogic HBAs do not have all of the VPD fields required by the VPD Protocol Spec (v4). The driver now returns NA for the missing fields. This fixes the alignment issues.
• Fixed a bug that caused the driver to not attach to 54xx devices.
• In Driver Configuration, Edit database function now has improved error checking for WWNs.
• The driver now prints the correct WWNN for Standard QLogic HBAs. The WWNN is displayed on the Driver Configuration Info screen.
• Fixed a bug that caused an EFI fatal error when the Driver Configuration Info screen was displayed. The fatal error only happened with 2432-based HBAs.
• Added D3 hot fix for 2432-based HBAs.
• Removed HBA S/N from the Driver Config Info screen.
• Driver Configuration Show Translation screen now works correctly.
• Fixed PCI bus speed bug in FC Obj Attrib Protocol.
• Changed CLP keyword: PermanentAddresses is now PermanentAddress.
• Added support for the Alternate Boot Device feature.
• In Driver Configuration, Database Entry 0 now has a 16-bit LUN field.
• In Driver Configuration, the HardId field only accepts the following values: 0-7Dh.

EfiUtil:

• Fixed efi_verify failure with 1Mb flash on secondary port.
• Fixed EfiUtil error while updating image on HBA with Device ID 0x5432 (PCIe).
• Fixed risc_fw_verify related problem in EfiUtil.
• Corrected constant for Copper Pigtail field in SFP implementation.
• Corrected EfiUtil behavior for 54xx device ID support.
• Changed Help command message. Long help messages will be displayed irrespective expert mode or normal mode.
• Fixed a bug that caused EfiUtil to load a network driver when certain FC/Ethernet combo HBAs were installed.

3.3 Known Issues

The EFI driver, version 1.08, has the following known issues:

• If 4.0.8 firmware is in the HBA, you must unload the old driver before the flash update starts. To do this, use the unload command with the EfiUtil flash update commands.
• This driver only works with firmware version 4.0.10 and above.

3.4 Additional Information

EfiUtil and the EFI driver are a matched set. Always make sure that EfiUtil and the EFI driver are from the same release package.

4. 4Gb FCode

This section describes the changes, fixes, known issues, and release details that apply to the 4Gb FCode.

4.1 Changes

The following changes and fixes have been made to the 4Gb FCode between versions 1.17 and 1.24.
Hardware Support

• Added support for QLE220, SSDID=x132(Sun) & SSDID=x13E(Qlgc).

OS Support

N/A

Software Components

• Changed luns=256 (max # of LUNs per target) to match the driver.
• Changed execute-command to check status returned by login-device; will fail if bad.
• Changed selftest to use init-chip, which waits for fw-ready, instead of a delay.
• Changed behavior for executing external-LB test from selftest to occur only if it is in a FL-port or NL-port topology.
• Created ext-loopback-test command, which allows user to manually run an external loopback.
• Changed ldfcode in flash-pgm to allow flashing of 1Mb multi-boot images.
• Added ~ * sec. delay before executing show-nport-devices in show-children.
• Added more debugging features.
• Moved tools directory up one level to prevent retrieving a copy in every version.
• Increased max-fab-devs to 2048.
• Changed initial value of topology to x0f.
• Added show-settings word to list the HBA settings and made version word external.
• Changed names of prom output files to isp2400.sun.fc and isp2400.ibm.fc.
• Added firmware initialization stub loader at probe time and in the close method. This applies only to PCIe HBAs (Dev-ID not equal to 2422).
• Changed the makefile: Changed the tokenizer directory to tools and a stored local copy of cpp and makearray in tools.
• Changed info-count from an instance value to simple value. This limits the version banner to appear only once during the boot process.
• Prohibited connection-mode change if DevID=54xx. Print: Model # will Auto-negotiate.
• Prohibited data-rate change if DevID=54xx. Print: Model # will Auto-negotiate.
• Added get-model-prop word. For printing model # if data-rate change is rejected.
• Decreased the memory size tested in mem-test to half its size on all HBAs with
  Device ID = 54xx, such as the QLE220. The word reduce-func? was created.
• Created a word for reading config space regs, vid@, did@, ssvid@, & ssdid@.
• Added restriction of qla-mode change on all SUNW type HBAs.
• Removed extra version string displayed during selftest.
• Added display of non-zero FCP/SCSI status during debug mode.
• Changed max-luns=16K for qlc-mode to limit LUN field range to 8-bits in qla-mode.

Industry Standards Compliance

N/A

4.2 Bug Fixes

The following fixes have been made to the 4Gb FCode between versions 1.17 and 1.24.

• Fixed report-luns buffer: added 8 bytes for number of LUNs field and fixed report-luns-cmd.
• Fixed isp2400-probe bug on PCIe HBAs. HBA regs were not mapped when load-stub-fw
  was executed. Also, moved isp2400-probe execution to the end of ifp.fth.
• Fixed list-wwns word so set-boot-wwn will work for N-port topology.
• Fixed selftest again so connection-mode always = Auto during the test.
• Fixed get-ID-list word to work for N-port topology on the ISP2400.
• Fixed selftest to work independently of NVRAM connection-mode setting.
• Fixed processing of get-ID-for-fc4type GID_FT buffer to check for null buffer.
• Fixed problem found on Sun T2000 PCIe where pci-compat-str did not handle dev-ID=5432.
• Removed class-code-string * word. It was producing a bad string pciclass,0400.
• Fixed read-block-ext to only use read-capacity command, not try mode-sense first.
• Fixed initialization of port-update-occurred flag during wait for isp-fw-ready?

4.3 Known Issues

None

4.4 Additional Information

None

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7. Contacting Support

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