IBM Data Engine for NoSQL Software Libaries and Adapter Microcode   

IBM PCIe3 CAPI Flash Accelerator Adapter (FC EJ16; CCIN 2CE5)
 Adapter Microcode and Software Libraries
 version 4.1-2369-a7aaed6 (4.1.160512D1)

DATE: April 25, 2017



Table of Contents

1.0 General Information

1.1 Microcode Change History

2.0 Linux Operating System

2.1 RedHat

2.2 Ubuntu

2.3 SLES

3.0 Software Update

 

1.0 General Information 

This provides software support and adapter updates for the EJ16 PCIe3 CAPI 
Flash Accelerator Adapter.

 

1.1 Microcode Change History 

Release date

Code level

Adapter Microcode (AFU Version)

Change Description

April 2017

4.1-2369-a7aaed6

4.1.160512D1

Impact: Function

Severity: ATT

- User space software updates on Ubuntu and RHEL 

- Arkdb performance enhancements 

December 2016

4.0-2228-04c7743

160512D1

- User space software updates on Ubuntu and RHEL 

June 2016

2.1-1951-d654a81

160512D1

- Stability and bug fixes for adapter microcode

- Improved user space application error handling

- Ubuntu 16.04 support

October 2015

2.0-1777-1a1ce61

150930D1

- Enable persistent storage modes (physical LUN addressing)

- Enable multipathing

- Support for multiple LUNs

- Improve error handling

- Enable cxlflash kernel module support

- Requires 4096 byte formatted LUNs

June 2015

1.0-1048-d0feb68 

141208D7

- Debian installations are non-interactive to facilitate headless deployment

- Enable systemd support

- Improve loopback diagnostic functionality

- Improve error handling when simultaneous link failures occur on both fibre 
channel ports

January 2015

1.0-1032-a6fe159

141208D1

- Bug fix for arkdb error handling on memory allocation failures

- No adapter microcode change from previous

December 2014

1.0-1028-f5e3b0b

141208D1

Initial Release

 

2.0  Linux Operating System

 

2.1 RedHat 7.3

 This package consists of a tarball of rpm packages and a configuration and 
installation script. 

·       cflash_configure - Installation and configuration validation tool for 
both adapter microcode and user space software

·       cxlflash.rpm - Support applications for the IBM Data Engine for NoSQL 
User Libraries

·       cxlflashimage.rpm - Adapter microcode

·      Linux kernel 3.10.0-514.el7.ppc64le or newer is required, as this 
kernel includes the cxlflash driver for feature code EJ16. This package is 
incompatible with earlier kernel versions.

 

2.2 Ubuntu 16.04.1

This package consists of a tarball of debian packages and a configuration and 
installation script:

·       cflash_configure - Installation and configuration validation tool for 
both adapter microcode and user space software

·       cxlflash.deb - Support applications for the IBM Data Engine for NoSQL 
User Libraries

·       cxlflashimage.deb - Adapter microcode

·      Linux kernel 4.4.0-36.55 or newer is required, as this kernel includes 
the cxlflash driver for feature code EJ16. This package is incompatible with 
earlier kernel versions.

 

2.3 SLES

 This package is incompatible with SLES.

 

3.0  Software Update

Prerequisites:

·       The IBM Advanced Toolchain for PowerLinux 10.0 is required. For 
additional information, refer to theAdvanced Toolchain
(https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/W51a7ffcf4dfd_4b40_9d82_446ebc23c550/page/IBM%20Advance%20Toolchain%20for%20PowerLinux%20Documentation)
 documentation.

·      Platform Firmware FW860.10 or OP820.10

 

Determine if this package is applicable:

1.  Check the adapter microcode level using ?cflash_version.? If 
/opt/ibm/capikv/bin/cflash_version is not installed, install this package. If 
cflash_version states that a newer version is required, install this package.
user@system:~$ sudo /opt/ibm/capikv/bin/cflash_version 

   INFO:      cxlflash:      4.1-2369-a7aaed6

   INFO:      0004:01:00.0   101404cf 160512D1

2.  If the contents of /opt/ibm/capikv/bin/version.txt is different from 
?2369-a7aaed6? or if this file is missing, install this update.

 

Packages must be installed as a set. New accelerator images will not take 
effect until a reload of the adapter occurs (see below) or the operating system 
is rebooted.

 

1.  Untar the package
mkdir /tmp/pkg
 cp EJ16-4.1-2369-a7aaed6.tgz /tmp/pkg
 cd /tmp/pkg
 tar -xzvf EJ16-4.1-2369-a7aaed6.tgz

2.  Run ?cflash_configure? to begin the install, reload, and validation 
process. Accept the license agreement, if applicable.
user@system:/tmp/pkg$ ./cflash_configure

   ...

   INSTALL success

 

   INFO:      cxlflash:      4.1-2369-a7aaed6

   INFO:      0040:01:00.0   101404cf 160512D1

 

   INFO: Installed Versions....OK

3.  Check for error messages or a non-zero return code. If a failure has 
occurred during installation, retry the installation or contact IBM Support 
with a copy of the output from installation.