Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.3_IMAGE [Apr 12, 2019]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.3.3 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.3.3
Update Name:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.3.3-ppc64LE-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.3.3-ppc64LE-Linux
Publication Date:12 April 2019
Last modified date:12 April 2019
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400004393
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 PPC64LE RHEL | ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.3.3-ppc64LE-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.3.3_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
None.
Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.3.3 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
Version 5.3.3 for ppc64le Architecture
Package Description - Datamanagement Edition
IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Datamanagement Edition ver
5.3.3 for ppc64le architecture is composed of various
components tested together for compatibility and correctness.
Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.2-3.0.1
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.3.3 for ppc64le
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.2-3.0.1
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.2-3.0.1
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
- Change from previous versions of ESS
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- kernel release 3.10.0-862.27.1.el7.ppc64le
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.5-2.2.0.1
- Changes from ESS 5.3.2.1
d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper
- Same as ESS 5.3.2.1
e) Support for CES node deployment (ppc64le only)
- Support for deploying 5148-22L ESS Protocol Nodes
- Upgrading ESS Protocol nodes now supported
- Consult the Quick Deployment Guide for further information
f) Updated firmware rpm
- Changes from all previous versions of ESS
- Support for updated system, SAS RAID Internal
Adapter and drive FW.
g) Support of IBM Elastic Storage Server 5147 and 5148 (ppc64le only)
- IBM Elastic Storage Server expansion model 084 (5147-084)
- IBM Elastic Storage Server expansion model 024 (5147-024)
- IBM Elastic Storage Server Management Server (5148-21L)
- IBM Elastic Storage Server Data Server (5148-22L)
- IBM Elastic Storage Server Protocol Node Two Socket (5148-22L)
h) Support for MES upgrade (PPC64LE models only)
- GLxC models not supported
- Hybrid models not supported
I) Support for IBM Elastic Storage Server expansion model 106 (5147-106)
J) Support for new ESS configurations
- GL5S
- GL5C
- GL8C
- GH22
- 14TB drives
2.0 Upgrade is supported from 5.1.1 or higher. Contact IBM Service for upgrade
from an earlier version.
- Offline upgrades can be done directly from any previous version
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 5.3.3
4.1 Manifest
gss_install 5.3.3-20190404T190414Z_ppc64le_datamanagement
gpfs.adv 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:577c320761ae557d89956389f5c5d22e
gpfs.base 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:71c94e09bcfbe076c81403f162c58ecc
gpfs.callhome 5.0.2-3.el7 md5:56e4c54cfd48ead5e28a99cd6d3c0f84
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 5.0.2-3 md5:37a360bf2c840aed0ee8175ff519e48b
gpfs.compression 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:e38e53b8328f24e03325a93b94ab748b
gpfs.crypto 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:df7478a8f1987502f5b6cfb3abab691d
gpfs.docs 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:3eabd5b8943843106aba2416c3807cc3
gpfs.gnr 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:efd09abcf56ba459561a80894d07f2b9
gpfs.gnr.support-4u106p8 1.0.0-1 md5:22a3f19b17245808c95ead06dd1282da
gpfs.gnr.support-ibm2u24 1.0.0-2 md5:7be58aac657adf812fe020fcbb57ac20
gpfs.gnr.support-ibm5u84 1.0.0-7 md5:7a42d463cce82a5dd2535b1a4162bf72
gpfs.gnr.support-ibmhybrid 1.0.0-3 md5:17378f0e8c5efa3f2a017122b1e21922
gpfs.gpl 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:dc6782ffdb0250ba4b7e0958131e2d4a
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-86 md5:176f088527b8a366eddc1b8417a5d2db
gpfs.gss.firmware 5.0.0-8 md5:54f538b7adbf2788c12fc16c4b15f951
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 5.0.2-3.el7 md5:2ca3fbce4f2be1f0d9f0ad37da080e7e
gpfs.java 5.0.2-3.6 md5:f42da1cede09c6fad507f80e0d0e08cd
gpfs.kafka 5.0.2-3 md5:5f52c269ae4b21d0edd7cc3e20afb996
gpfs.librdkafka 5.0.2-3 md5:ad612de2a8593e7716379b5df20f5aed
gpfs.license.dmd 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:d4e0b75431694d2c676e776853b2b24f
gpfs.msg.en_US 5.0.2-3.0.1 md5:81712c4d00639961616d2af49e6927a8
esagent.pLinux 4.5.0-0 md5:8b69dd12b31a08ad59269ac415c359a0
gpfs.gss.tools 5.3.3-1.0.129.gbe2ec1d.el7 md5:10ec18138649e0e8f6c22769a9c488c7
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.3.3-1.0.129.gbe2ec1d.el7 md5:390ba56d540bf41a0248c81e14452279
lsvpd 1.7.8-5.el7 md5:5807da4689e3ccd076284b2d2cb8de61
mofed 4.5-2.2.0.1 md5:016d3bcab484f24a54a1a6eba9c0ddc8
perl-xCAT 4:2.14.5-snap201812062220 md5:3dda88e4ba7be38f59df4ea831754171
xCAT 2.14.5-snap201812062220 md5:64ae01d123c2a27320dfbc43e8a15759
xCAT-buildkit 4:2.14.5-snap201812062220 md5:712f895c25b0c5b36e7401618571ea86
xCAT-client 4:2.14.5-snap201812062220 md5:79d30bfca2a70901a9c0a9b876f9aa10
xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 1:2.14.5-snap201812062220 md5:11689dac0121b184e268f1be9a7f72a2
xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 1:2.14.5-snap201812062220 md5:873a3af4850e278e2b82a33874a034fe
xCAT-probe 4:2.14.5-snap201812062220 md5:aea2ed0c54f6433fa05cffedf5f3030e
xCAT-server 4:2.14.5-snap201812062220 md5:09bdecbad120871db33a1c445b938f66
conserver-xcat 8.2.1-1 md5:619d08a8bd195db3eadd36115de643d3
elilo-xcat 3.14-4 md5:820e44cc9c1d5f6c58c38ffc6e6f0c4c
goconserver 0.3.2-snap201811080416 md5:21f73978334ca4fc682210d8e385a25c
grub2-xcat 2.02-0.16.el7.snap201506090204 md5:5bf0a98214ce4968cb78204490e0880b
ipmitool-xcat 1.8.18-0 md5:de9221a182211ed4c399e7fb3f1343cf
net-snmp-perl 1:5.7.2-20.ael7b md5:26572b232d1893db2f1622dee2b6ed11
perl-Crypt-CBC 2.33-2.el7 md5:47708f29c78536594d04216dc294ccc1
perl-Crypt-Rijndael 1.09-2.ael7a md5:209e3f1a49d90d496d900a18ddb7de9a
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 1.07-1 md5:6f76a27b13d626692fe7dcf0824d22fa
perl-Net-HTTPS-NB 0.14-2 md5:dc14fb627abb83f71dd7f3e88a168152
perl-Net-Telnet 3.03-19.el7 md5:8174350e30f127292ad5f720a737be00
syslinux-xcat 3.86-2 md5:bba2c71eac077b4a40f8813041a6fdcf
xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64 2:2.14.5-snap201811160710 md5:d2ce4e36cb27f8358a606de32ef97dc4
xCAT-genesis-base-x86_64 2:2.14.5-snap201811190037 md5:881754a853a5be903ac6df7f5ed40b25
xnba-undi 1.0.3-131028 md5:0f407213b3e23aaf4b2c99221231512e
gpfs.gss.pmcollector 5.0.2-3.el7 md5:e5342e42530b9022b090ff15e181e6ce
gpfs.gui 5.0.2-3.6 md5:d0da3376a29700a2901a9ff6397903c3
01SV860_180_165 1.1-1 md5:b15979a8519c395bca8ba8247a993015
4.2 ESS ver 5.3.3 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.5-2.2.0.1 and it is installed and upgraded as
part of the ESS ver 5.3.3 solution.
It is highly recommended not to install or update OFED outside the
ESS solution.
4.3 ESS Server Node System Firmware and IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID
Internal Adapter Firmware
IBM Elastic Storage Server Data Server (5148-22L) is used as the
IO Server Node and IBM Elastic Storage Server Management Server
(5148-21L) is used as ESS Management Server (EMS) node.
Following are the level of the system firmware and RAID internal
adapter firmware.
Item Firmware
IBM Elastic Storage Server ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
Data Server 5148-22L ESS ver 5.1.1 - FW860.30 (SV860_103)
ESS ver 5.2.0 - FW860.31 (SV860_109)
ESS ver 5.2.1 - FW860.40 (SV860_118)
ESS ver 5.2.2.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.0 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.0.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.1.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.2 - FW860.51 (SV860_165)
ESS ver 5.3.2.1 - FW860.51 (SV860_165)
ESS ver 5.3.3 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
IBM Elastic Storage Server ESS ver 5.1.0 - FW860.21 (SV860_096)
Management Server 5148-21L ESS ver 5.1.1 - FW860.30 (SV860_103)
ESS ver 5.2.0 - FW860.31 (SV860_109)
ESS ver 5.2.1 - FW860.40 (SV860_118)
ESS ver 5.2.2.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.0 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.0.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.1.1 - FW860.42 (SV860_138)
ESS ver 5.3.2 - FW860.51 (SV860_165)
ESS ver 5.3.2.1 - FW860.51 (SV860_165)
ESS ver 5.3.3 - FW860.60 (SV860_180)
IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS ESS ver 5.1.0 - 15511800
RAID Internal Adapter ESS ver 5.1.1 - 15511800
ESS ver 5.2.0 - 16519500
ESS ver 5.2.1 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.2.2.1 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.3.0 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.3.0.1 - 17518300
ESS ver 5.3.1 - 18518200
ESS ver 5.3.1.1 - 18518200
ESS ver 5.3.2 - 19511000
ESS ver 5.3.2.1 - 19511000
ESS ver 5.3.3 - 19511400
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.3.3 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.5 with Security Advisory RHSA-2019:0202(kernel),
RHSA-2019:0204(systemd) and RHSA-2018:3665(network manager).
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-862.27.1.el7.ppc64
Once errata systemd is applied it should show
systemd release: 219-57.el7_5.5.ppc64
Once errata network manager is applied it should show
network manager release: 1.12.0-8.el7_6.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 5.3.3 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
- Elastic Storage Server: Protocols Deployment Guide
- Elastic Storage Server: Command reference
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID: Administration
- Elastic Storage Server: Problem Determination Guide
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID FAQ
Changelog for ESS5.3.3_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.3_IMAGE [Apr 12, 2019]
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