Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.0_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.2.0_IMAGE [Aug 28, 2017]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.2.0 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.2.0
Update Name:ESS_ADV_BASEIMAGE-5.2.0-power-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_ADV_BASEIMAGE-5.2.0-power-Linux
Publication Date:29 August 2017
Last modified date:29 August 2017
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400003487
Important: The most current version of the readme file can always be found online.
Below is a list of components, platforms, and file names that apply to this Readme file.
| Product/Component Name: | Platform: | Fix: |
| IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) | Linux 64-bit,pSeries RHEL | ESS_ADV_BASEIMAGE-5.2.0-power-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.2.0_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
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Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.2.0 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
Version 5.2.0 for ppc64 Architecture
Package Description - Advanced Edition
IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Advanced Edition ver
5.2.0 for ppc64 architecture is composed of various
components tested together for compatibility and correctness.
Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3-4,
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.2.0 for ppc64
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.3 PTF4
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3 PTF4
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
- Change from previous versions of ESS
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- kernel release 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7.ppc64
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.1-1.0.2.3
- Change from ESS 5.1.x
- Change from 4.x and earlier versions
- No change of network adapter (IB and Ethernet) support
from ESS 5.0
d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper
- Same as ESS 5.1
e) Install Toolkit
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
See Quick Deployment Guide mentioned
in section 5.0 for further details.
f) Updated firmware rpm
- Changes from all previous versions of ESS
- Support for updated system, SAS RAID Internal
Adapter and drive FW.
2.0 Information if upgrading from versions 3.5.5 and earlier,
4.0.x and 4.5
You must upgrade to ESS 4.5.2 or a later level to mitigate an
issue which may damage an IBM Spectrum Scale RAID Recovery Group
and associated Network Shared Disks where certain concurrent
hardware faults along with back levels of firmware and the
Linux kernel, may cause many physical disks to appear to be
simultaneously unavailable. This in turn may lead an IBM Spectrum
Scale RAID Recovery Group to become damaged, and the server to
halt, leading to unavailability of the file system using the
Network Shared Disks (NSDs) in that Recovery Group or possible
data loss.
3.0 Known Issues
List of known issues can be found in Elastic Storage Server:
Quick Deployment Guide available in IBM Knowledge Center.
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYSP8/sts_welcome.html
4.0 Following are the release level of various components of
ESS ver 5.2.0
4.1 Manifest
gss_install 5.2.0-20170827T204528Z_ppc64_advanced
gpfs.adv 4.2.3-4 md5:ffe240a9536328aeab357ebe857f39b3
gpfs.base 4.2.3-4 md5:127f4aa4fa327844cabb6fc5d5b87204
gpfs.callhome 4.2.3-4.000.el7 md5:7d18764e181711006e3a52c75e32980f
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 4.2.3-4.000 md5:dd4a5f620243384a4eb86f05561c6aa7
gpfs.crypto 4.2.3-4 md5:d837af6645025cc8fec385ae3388dfe7
gpfs.docs 4.2.3-4 md5:f9fff38f88490ffff20beb579afce8ad
gpfs.ext 4.2.3-4 md5:c6d71a4f9283fb6b1d4e3e1c16aa8a18
gpfs.gnr 4.2.3-4 md5:3261897716e91cf92a298156d04672d9
gpfs.gnr.base 1.0.0-0 md5:593bafef881dba2740166878ead39e5c
gpfs.gpl 4.2.3-4 md5:02ed0b5743eef15fde854213c5b42400
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-75 md5:40ebff5b4b92373abe1ecc604bf5b3f5
gpfs.gss.firmware 4.2.0-8 md5:6ceea037fbd5fa6e9d660a0964016858
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 4.2.3-4.el7 md5:80a51aa2a5f1abb9e7450bf537fdd5df
gpfs.java 4.2.3-4 md5:cdaf536b25f8551fb8c57d2fbc4aed6d
gpfs.license.adv 4.2.3-4 md5:4200539fa523b375ac0ad510aba001d1
gpfs.msg.en_US 4.2.3-4 md5:74706b16471aa99dc00ba974d805714a
esagent.pLinux 4.2.0-9 md5:3adb89f4a4edf5f8cfc2ffad0536dc83
gpfs.gss.tools 5.2.0-1.0.195.g33e7c01.el7 md5:4b35952d69988aa58a427f54ec58823f
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.2.0-1.0.195.g33e7c01.el7 md5:7c9f75c917e170af358d1083e673f8d3
mofed 4.1-1.0.2.3 md5:cfa20abe52aa3647091ed0a002a7aa8b
perl-xCAT 4:2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:ac43a236052cfdfcfbb86f76da1c4e62
xCAT 2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:a50df8436b541539568f060bc951ef1c
xCAT-buildkit 4:2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:c4d77a898611a5871fa384cdec08a331
xCAT-client 4:2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:220dd9bacc581a4c62f6bd35d96dcba6
xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 1:2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:8dbc117cde9efb6ff0fbec5d1424e1d3
xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 1:2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:761deedfc4744f647933101c1647e335
xCAT-probe 4:2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:af8d72acac23a56e129e5a1b8b04ae70
xCAT-server 4:2.13.5-snap201706291141 md5:41aea3112be6a4a9fbd66474f96286de
conserver-xcat 8.2.1-1 md5:b16c2b3b74d402865f63c427b244fff8
elilo-xcat 3.14-4 md5:820e44cc9c1d5f6c58c38ffc6e6f0c4c
grub2-xcat 2.02-0.16.el7.snap201506090204 md5:5bf0a98214ce4968cb78204490e0880b
ipmitool-xcat 1.8.18-0 md5:1ec0b18a2d753d7da989c6540df0725e
net-snmp-perl 1:5.7.2-20.el7 md5:f56f4becdc07078eff8fec6fc11963d1
perl-Crypt-CBC 2.33-2.el7 md5:47708f29c78536594d04216dc294ccc1
perl-Crypt-Rijndael 1.09-2.el7 md5:78db47ac37e9aa95cfe68ff96be39f32
perl-Expect 1.21-1 md5:d361407120d10082b61b73d8a46c900c
perl-HTML-Form 6.03-6.el7 md5:86eee2ed8f7418053272e007edd61359
perl-HTTP-Async 0.30-2 md5:7d9a87bd8e181a2fa85c108cfbe0983d
perl-IO-Stty 0.03-1 md5:e89b7cc768fa31b34d892ec4f5381b42
perl-IO-Tty 1.10-10.el7 md5:609377fd852f4ff7582e4b6d7cb8c266
perl-Net-HTTPS-NB 0.14-2 md5:dc14fb627abb83f71dd7f3e88a168152
perl-Net-Telnet 3.03-19.el7 md5:8174350e30f127292ad5f720a737be00
perl-SOAP-Lite 0.710.08-1 md5:2c09cf35829a955f6b7c49f980342179
syslinux-xcat 3.86-2 md5:bba2c71eac077b4a40f8813041a6fdcf
xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64 2:2.13.2-snap201702150049 md5:39af923ac06f3512362467985c95416a
xCAT-genesis-base-x86_64 2:2.13.2-snap201702200120 md5:47aa8b5b1d7fe95e9197442ec54a7f5b
xnba-undi 1.0.3-131028 md5:0f407213b3e23aaf4b2c99221231512e
gpfs.gss.pmcollector 4.2.3-4.el7 md5:630efb1bc6014b9fd7afaa3c2848f2cc
gpfs.gui 4.2.3-4 md5:c449d95898562f4bb4ba7959b45fd062
01SV860_109_056 1.1-1 md5:2a3efceda19b546da008215e0e5b139a
4.2 ESS ver 5.2.0 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.1-1.0.2.3 (OFED-4.1-1.0.2.3)
It is installed and upgraded as part of the ESS ver 5.2.0 solution.
It is highly recommended not to install or update OFED outside the
ESS solution.
4.3 ESS IO Server Node System Firmware and IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID
Internal Adapter Firmware
IBM Power System S822L (8247-22L) is used as the IO Server Node and
IBM Power System S822L (8247-21L) is used as ESS Management
Server (EMS) node. Following are the level of the system firmware
and RAID internal adapter firmware.
Item Firmware
IBM Power System S822L ESS ver 2.5.x - FW810.20 (SV810_898)
ESS ver 3.0.x - FW810.30 (SV810_124)
ESS ver 3.5 - FW810.30 (SV810_124)
ESS ver 3.5.x - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.1 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.2 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.3 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.0.4 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.0.5 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.0 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.1 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.2 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.6.0 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 5.0.0 - FW860.10 (SV860_056)
ESS ver 5.0.1 - FW860.10 (SV860_056)
ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
ESS ver 5.1.1 - FW860.30 (SV860_103)
ESS ver 5.2.0 - FW860.31 (SV860_109)
IBM Power System S821L ESS ver 2.5.x - FW810.20 (SV810_898)
ESS ver 3.0.x - FW810.30 (SV810_124)
ESS ver 3.5 - FW810.30 (SV810_124)
ESS ver 3.5.x - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.1 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.2 - FW830.11 (SV830_075)
ESS ver 4.0.3 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.0.4 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.0.5 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.0 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.1 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.5.2 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 4.6.0 - FW840.20 (SV840_104)
ESS ver 5.0.0 - FW860.10 (SV860_056)
ESS ver 5.0.1 - FW860.10 (SV860_056)
ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
ESS ver 5.1.1 - FW860.30 (SV860_103)
ESS ver 5.2.0 - FW860.31 (SV860_109)
IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS ESS ver 2.5.x - 12511400
RAID Internal Adapter ESS ver 3.0.x - 12511700
ESS ver 3.5 - 12511700
ESS ver 3.5.1 - 12511700
ESS ver 4.0 - 13512900
ESS ver 4.0.1 - 13512900
ESS ver 4.0.2 - 13512900
ESS ver 4.0.3 - 14511900
ESS ver 4.0.4 - 14511900
ESS ver 4.0.5 - 14511900
ESS ver 4.5.0 - 14511C00
ESS ver 4.5.1 - 14511C00
ESS ver 4.5.2 - 15511300
ESS ver 4.6.0 - 15511300
ESS ver 5.0.0 - 15511300
ESS ver 5.0.1 - 15511300
ESS ver 5.1.0 - 15511800
ESS ver 5.1.1 - 15511800
ESS ver 5.2.0 - 16519500
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.2.0 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.3 with Security Advisory RHSA-2017:2437.
kernel release: 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7.ppc64
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7.ppc64
User can update RHEL as needed to address fixes and security
updates. It is highly recommended to limit errata updates
applied to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system used
in the ESS solution to security errata or errata updates requested
by service. For more information visit Red Hat's solution article
on applying only security updates:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/10021
4.5 Package location when shipped from factory
ESS 5.2.0 package when shipped from factory is located in /home/deploy
directory of the ESS Management Server (EMS) node. Review /home/deploy
directory of the EMS node for other support packages required for this
release.
5.0 Deployment and Administration Guide
Deployment and Administration Guides are available in
IBM Knowledge Center.
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYSP8/sts_welcome.html
- Elastic Storage Server: Quick Deployment Guide
- Deploying the Elastic Storage Server
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID: Administration
- Elastic Storage Server: Problem Determination Guide
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID FAQ
Changelog for ESS5.2.0_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.0_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.2.0_IMAGE [Aug 28, 2017]
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