Readme and Release notes for release 1.1.0.5 Integrated Switch Network Manager (ISNM) 1.1.0.5 ISNM-1.1.0.5-power-Linux-RHEL6 Readme

Readme file for:ISNM-1.1.0.5-power-Linux-RHEL6
Product/Component Release:1.1.0.5
Update Name:ISNM-1.1.0.5-power-Linux-RHEL6
Fix ID:ISNM-1.1.0.5-power-Linux-RHEL6
Publication Date:6 November 2012
Last modified date:6 November 2012

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Contents

Download location
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Known issues
Known limitations

Installation information

Additional information
Copyright and trademark information

Download location

Below is a list of components, platforms, and file names that apply to this Readme file.

Fix Download for Linux

Product/Component Name:	Platform:	Fix:
Integrated Switch Network Manager (ISNM)	Linux 64-bit,pSeries RHEL 6	ISNM-1.1.0.5-power-Linux-RHEL6

Prerequisites and co-requisites

ISNM works in conjunction with other cluster components. This release of ISNM works in conjunction with POWER7 System Firmware AS730_118 or later. For information on installing and configuring pre-requisite and co-requisite software, please see the HPC Central wiki:

IBM HPC Clustering with Power 775 - Service Packs

Known issues

None

Known limitations

None

Installation information

ISNM works in conjunction with other cluster components. For information on installing and configuring pre-requisite and co-requisite software, please see the HPC Central wiki:

IBM HPC Clustering with Power 775 - Service Packs

Additional information

Description

The ISNM software is used to manage p775 network hardware.
This release of ISNM works in conjunction with POWER7 System Firmware AS730_118 or later.

Package contents

ISNM for Linux images:

ISNM-1.1.0.5-power-Linux-RHEL6.rpm

Changelog

Problems fixed and features added in Integrated Switch Network Manager (ISNM) 1.1.0.5 [November 5, 2012]

Modified the "chnwm -q" command to report accurate state information when run in a high availability environment.
Added two additional utilities to assist in analysis of routing issues.
Fixed an issue with bad location ids being reported after a service processor failover.
Fixed a locking problem that can lead to a deadlock in the recovery thread.

Problems fixed and features added in Integrated Switch Network Manager (ISNM) 1.1.0.4 [June 29, 2012]

Changed the location id format in the EVT_SUM.log to match the format in the CNM logs and command output.
Added the output of the "lsnwloc", "lsnwlinkinfo", "lsnwcomponents" and "lsnwtopo" commands to cnm.snap.
Fixed an issue with bad location ids being displayed by the "lsnwloc" command.
Made improvements to the optical module dump function of the "nwlinkdiag" command.
Fixed a core dump/memory leak related to multicast management.
Fixed a core dump/memory leak related to global counter management.
Made additional memory management improvements.

Problems fixed and features added in Integrated Switch Network Manager (ISNM) 1.1.0.3 [April 10, 2012]

Added an example network health check script to /var/opt/isnm/cnm/samples/hfi_health.
Improved filtering of network events caused by CECs powering off.
Added support for cross-coupled topologies.
Improved link status reporting for CECs that are powered off.
Added improved link diagnostics to the "nwlinkdiag" command.
CNM now validates that the correct multicast timer settings are applied upon restart.
The command "chnwm -q" modified to no longer return "cat: 0652-050 Cannot open /var/opt/isnm/cnm/log/nmcmd.log.XXXXXX."
Improved multicast tree maximum depth checking.
The command "chnwsvrconfig -f " fixed to only change the configuration information for CECs in the specified frame.
The command "lsnwdownhw -L" modified to report links that are in the "DOWN_DISABLED_ERR" state.
Improved service processor exploration during CNM startup.

*Integrated Switch Network Manager Corrective Fix listing*
Fix Level	AIX APAR numbers
ISNM 1.1.0.5	IV25628
ISNM 1.1.0.4	IV19612 IV19796 IV20171
ISNM 1.1.0.3	IV14106 IV15528 IV16684

Copyright and trademark information

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