Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.4_IMAGE [Jun 14, 2019]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.3.4 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.3.4
Update Name:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.3.4-ppc64LE-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.3.4-ppc64LE-Linux
Publication Date:13 June 2019
Last modified date:13 June 2019
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400004513
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-5.3.4-ppc64LE-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.3.4_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
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Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.3.4 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
Version 5.3.4 for ppc64le Architecture
Package Description - Datamanagement Edition
IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Datamanagement Edition ver
5.3.4 for ppc64le architecture is composed of various
components tested together for compatibility and correctness.
Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.3-1 efix 1
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.3.4 for ppc64le
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.3-1 efix 1
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.3-1 efix 1
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
- Change from previous versions of ESS
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- kernel release 3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.ppc64le
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-1.0.1.2
- Changes from ESS 5.3.3
d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper
- Same as ESS 5.3.3
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 106 (5147-106)
- 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 new ESS MES configurations
- GL1C -> GL2C
- GL2C -> GL4C
- GL4C -> GL5C
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 5.3.4
4.1 Manifest
gss_install 5.3.4-20190612T015835Z_ppc64le_datamanagement
gpfs.adv 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:13f45274e42e759de92cf6aef99680e564c2d0ace9107d76ed3c9102666f9a7d
gpfs.base 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:d22df3a937003c0a3137638de9ad0a92a182b5daeac92caf2be90902d35bf08b
gpfs.callhome 5.0.3-1.el7 sha256:e43bf600c3e2dbf89d3457ecd15ab4a5dc543613f5fc72923f58d79a68b622fe
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 5.0.3-1 sha256:62078307b545d86d99d92191784ba4b86b23cc342c936bf0bb032f65b8f0c7d0
gpfs.compression 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:4471666fe15c01c976bfcef07345ccf5d1a2e515d433e3b42ea5453443412490
gpfs.crypto 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:540ab3f0583b07a738d268ef05816507d0f501c57aaafa2b1ac1362c657e985b
gpfs.docs 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:a6e30978dbd903924ac85a59b75e96b671a42947a2df5a617b6aaee2a2763f5a
gpfs.gnr 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:68e48f3b4421e1bbff02ee9495c898ab1e0969b8c2e68a35d8dfcc8bb4e8bf90
gpfs.gnr.support-4u106p8 1.0.0-2 sha256:5f71d00c26936a7fc1aa0d5e64b37bef576f00e61d039039576ca7d477526694
gpfs.gnr.support-ibm2u24 1.0.0-2 sha256:96eadd6cf33215df84de9eda887f7c26b3b65ad2283da1c746db54c0fab1c193
gpfs.gnr.support-ibm5u84 1.0.0-7 sha256:3354e776156db37bd31caf8e1118036278e23546bd1100610ca02227416f17eb
gpfs.gnr.support-ibmhybrid 1.0.0-3 sha256:ab35bce12a969d3c1ec5aa2a286108d60fe8d15d22ff905e966043472449c2ca
gpfs.gpl 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:9c45e7a0f8ed227dcbacbd60e3e9cb64c2f89cf3764491c46e40785cc01654e1
gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-86 sha256:6ebcbeda012bed10740172745e223d289800af54e0035a1937784c031bde296d
gpfs.gss.firmware 5.0.0-9 sha256:6bea651818235a2946f92d50725fa637d4a56f12f0c384bd7b42187a7ac4fd07
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 5.0.3-1.el7 sha256:6c46c2677951626726ec7ad2e855665565f24d648703058d4cd27dbf0eb33cda
gpfs.java 5.0.3-1 sha256:433a663140ee40407b307495aeac83a8681a43b99d12ff76774e3bafa4487d62
gpfs.kafka 5.0.3-1 sha256:1fa9e5255b43f85a7c47dccc4028f4f5da3a732d740db6642706bda54b170447
gpfs.librdkafka 5.0.3-1 sha256:62a653523c4c52fff7aef4bec6f804e203faddebb5bb1a617db56a532198aa25
gpfs.license.dmd 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:dbfb7738905dca7bbc96a5c8f71810b0301ce779872ee9c8d69454345a695881
gpfs.msg.en_US 5.0.3-1.1 sha256:1ea8f45cd31c5ca033b6470f630817b55c02ef1dbe48b0106563e576ad16fe06
esagent.pLinux 4.5.1-0 sha256:942ecffd7efb6fee868f005fab6c7b7ab7bd66161eecca9c101d112858717409
gpfs.gss.tools 5.3.4-1.0.282.gcf14e4a.el7 sha256:6564748d525ba1541ed8dcad7ae45f43fa0195d7552c442eb215c0402613e66b
gpfs.gss.xcat 5.3.4-1.0.282.gcf14e4a.el7 sha256:3b0650cc9dd51b8d4b1e47eb5ea1dbd6e89b2248f42ed5393d80bb3dd4c7d13f
mofed 4.6-1.0.1.2 sha256:f3099b0fb98b6d6c00b3e972ff9007d8d44abfb63283e4b256cedb880c6baa0a
perl-xCAT 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:3f8f14b09e9f6d31fd332b2c5d5cdeb70f51c3baf3b5b78ea9f8f04cce0b1835
xCAT 2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:a611738d7df62e88382a3e6a33ff34f9ea4c7755284d3368a63ad32451b13cde
xCAT-buildkit 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:a98f515a3f8c128da7bbcbf87c0a244fdb9b90a9a13aadc8977e2b1f438b7f81
xCAT-client 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:242924b8ea61a90b90626ada0fed294d57f14bebae5ee5344721bd4ffe91e479
xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 1:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:b9c76a7e8d883b50a68a9a2dfdf9675ae625532185348a836ccf2831c22e8329
xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 1:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:d1c62c975f4544c86c1d8ca2a56cb47d9a4a0b73ad946fa2a0815b69b5663f9c
xCAT-probe 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:f94d9ab949544628de94af22f07cda112a83c29bb06709561ff5ab7f75ef2bae
xCAT-server 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 sha256:c9ea0e5d3d2c9f51d37f99359f42542602c7fba7389700843e3cba42d1e6d9b4
conserver-xcat 8.2.1-1 sha256:a9e33c4698200b077770a75920ac675e10ce8440c288ff85876c1956a5b7fc70
elilo-xcat 3.14-4 sha256:ca4a116c3f358cb0d6f5ba4b88c9520d22b51d1cdf83842031617ec5dd0de2a0
goconserver 0.3.2-snap201811080416 sha256:2fc39aa1731e552989f5745a9ac885d4a1c8922d176be4403203d984a7647942
grub2-xcat 2.02-0.16.el7.snap201506090204 sha256:7cbfebaca9da96d61bf6b4d6b74ea1f00c51bbbeb2abee6d7285c4b4ff002dd1
ipmitool-xcat 1.8.18-0 sha256:5e47287e1c2e9e0f33765b860bd0b650e14db4a71c363f089fdee6a72dc5c582
net-snmp-perl 1:5.7.2-20.ael7b sha256:ff3e3fb304883ebe048b19c4a0d9a7e6bcef6fd6a2acd541cdde25f152c10fab
perl-Crypt-CBC 2.33-2.el7 sha256:7668dcbed525b12f468c39d3bbb6e33e5a1d28a8e93167f7b848860073cdf9b5
perl-Crypt-Rijndael 1.09-2.ael7a sha256:fdacc6897cec0ad34f8b92c8853bd2c89fe75a62c3c5bcfd9f49256a20f920a5
perl-Expect 1.21-1 sha256:24e019d047d9661f9f03e3766f5d0787a28f822cfa2c5b7a2314aa6421de08b0
perl-HTML-Form 6.03-6.el7 sha256:c17f315b4b3c922ef093e536622a14314fe16861d0e70952e99c1dab2681fbaa
perl-HTTP-Async 0.30-2 sha256:0583df3c3b386f4ac22eb1f4bf7051fcf03e658b88caa71e845c11cae2bc1ec8
perl-IO-Stty 0.03-1 sha256:512728569d43f8cd2814492431e7904e47fa533dc2b68a12b66a3adf72632d3d
perl-IO-Tty 1.07-1 sha256:fa7dc7e82fc5db07c5d44d304c4e4070129e25b73ab0851fda0dc769a1a23a4b
perl-Net-HTTPS-NB 0.14-2 sha256:f70c38ccb6b0106c529fdfc756a6304e09c71d7b797c9a92d0499d4cc3fd7686
perl-Net-Telnet 3.03-19.el7 sha256:9ff39b0422a7b1c255b433b3f102311a530d91725dac3379e66c1dc15419bbcc
syslinux-xcat 3.86-2 sha256:1673188326c5f4e1b564127e40bff2a5aa4923df5cf3566e5dd3217bc2c64505
xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64 2:2.14.5-snap201811160710 sha256:94f8de27311592c43c9407fa3f0000c37b452223f3cc92a86ffa16a0ae4cbe2a
xCAT-genesis-base-x86_64 2:2.14.5-snap201811190037 sha256:ecd6decb41ef2038841c5166e61de6d6ba4826900cdf3f03dc3a2bc0f87e860f
xnba-undi 1.0.3-131028 sha256:793eeb7ae0fe05842d21380c6b2ebb98f6729efc9adf4f3c5846ad1d8d94ea6d
gpfs.gss.pmcollector 5.0.3-1.el7 sha256:6caeffc2a0f66c8dbd50d703e6dab842702adc9704a715d0c7d77d58aa033be8
gpfs.gui 5.0.3-1 sha256:5dee1618ea7cf31b55cf8fa4955b9ee280856308a9fe9a70ca94c30b09dbca25
01SV860_180_165 1.1-1 sha256:7e035252cdff73226330371e6b3bcf8ceae20f001c4a839aff400dbe30548020
4.2 ESS ver 5.3.4 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-1.0.1.2 and it is installed and upgraded as
part of the ESS ver 5.3.4 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)
ESS ver 5.3.4 - 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)
ESS ver 5.3.4 - 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
ESS ver 5.3.4 - 19512200
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.3.4 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.6 with Security Advisory RHSA-2019:1168(kernel),
RHSA-2019:0820(systemd) and RHSA-2019:0519(network manager).
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.ppc64le
Once errata systemd is applied it should show
systemd release: 219-62.el7_6.6.ppc64le
Once errata network manager is applied it should show
network manager release: 1.12.0-10.el7_6.ppc64le
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 5.3.4 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 ESS5.3.4_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.4_IMAGE [Jun 14, 2019]
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