Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.2.8_IMAGE [Oct 11, 2019]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.2.8 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.2.8
Update Name:ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.2.8-ppc64LE-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.2.8-ppc64LE-Linux
Publication Date:14 October 2019
Last modified date:14 October 2019
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400004678
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IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) | Linux PPC64LE RHEL | ESS_STD_BASEIMAGE-5.2.8-ppc64LE-Linux |
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.2.8 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server Version 5.2.8 for ppc64le Architecture Package Description - Standard Edition IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Standard Edition ver 5.2.8 for ppc64le architecture is composed of various components tested together for compatibility and correctness. Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3-18 and Power System Firmware. 1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.2.8 for ppc64le a) ESS core - IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.3-18 - IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V4.2.3-18 - 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 3.10.0-957.27.4.el7.ppc64le c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-3.1.9.1 - No change of network adapter (IB and Ethernet) support from ESS 5.2.7 d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper - Same as ESS 5.2.7 e) Install Toolkit - Change from all previous versions of ESS See Quick Deployment Guide mentioned in section 5.2.8 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. g) Support of IBM Elastic Storage Server 5147 and 5148 - 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) 2.0 Upgrade is supported from 5.0.x or higher. Contact IBM Service for upgrade from an earlier 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 5.2.8 4.1 Manifest gss_install 5.2.8-20191009T203941Z_ppc64le_standard gpfs.base 4.2.3-18 md5:548d1d5cc82dbfc9ed7daef40eef0cf1 gpfs.callhome 4.2.3-18.el7 md5:6047e4a1b3e70b689df23a456efbed5f gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 4.2.3-18 md5:2fbb8688f975100555e2220fdc76f754 gpfs.docs 4.2.3-18 md5:5f1a8ad7f3264137787b866c6f4f0140 gpfs.ext 4.2.3-18 md5:151befbec52ed27708a85648b90e2002 gpfs.gnr 4.2.3-18 md5:471acacc574c4c78c49f1a9d63537aa9 gpfs.gnr.support-ibm2u24 1.0.0-2 md5:7be58aac657adf812fe020fcbb57ac20 gpfs.gnr.support-ibm5u84 1.0.0-7 md5:7a42d463cce82a5dd2535b1a4162bf72 gpfs.gpl 4.2.3-18 md5:3183718a0cbe467cfd785b0d0360c3d6 gpfs.gskit 8.0.50-86 md5:f6b930c6c79fbcbc316fda0f115ae457 gpfs.gss.firmware 5.0.0-11 md5:78695195b54e0a4fefb09bcfc66ff355 gpfs.gss.pmsensors 4.2.3-18.el7 md5:913627ffdd5da99605ce38eb5ac57d11 gpfs.java 4.2.3-18 md5:a77d666e9c93897c82c495602e2295e7 gpfs.license.ds 4.2.3-18 md5:76abc44e74afe5091645f9523851e3a3 gpfs.msg.en_US 4.2.3-18 md5:69b91328449dc34f6528c0e9e6588e73 esagent.pLinux 4.5.1-1 md5:4655b245823c8b951d003693a89869d2 gpfs.gss.tools 5.2.8-1.0.12.ga00b099.el7 md5:95bccea6646835157dbb1dcd0e2dbee7 gpfs.gss.xcat 5.2.8-1.0.12.ga00b099.el7 md5:36d4eb1ad53190112229a4923b09f275 mofed 4.6-3.1.9.1 md5:545e99ca640d5d0ba2af915cfe38fe9c perl-xCAT 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 md5:925961890af18c5cbb9a5a705166695f xCAT 2.14.6-snap201903290319 md5:04e56f59d6b6c283227c6af84c419cfc xCAT-buildkit 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 md5:af7ee081afc782a7ed9f0f93b150320b xCAT-client 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 md5:5fc2a4f09ebae6088f725db53b21db44 xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 1:2.14.6-snap201903290319 md5:993fbea291ab7e3d31177a20e67315d0 xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 1:2.14.6-snap201903290319 md5:6c1662870fd0963d53e621202ba7f4ea xCAT-probe 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 md5:42143d3daa546f98b18b6e0e97defa9b xCAT-server 4:2.14.6-snap201903290319 md5:15532ffa1c4e58eb58166135e431adb3 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 4.2.3-18.el7 md5:f34c46d2773bfc080737657898ea361f gpfs.gui 4.2.3-18 md5:48786df905522598ac743f8dc480acb0 01SV860_180_165 1.1-1 md5:b15979a8519c395bca8ba8247a993015 4.2 ESS ver 5.2.8 is shipped with OFED level MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-3.1.9.1 (OFED-4.6-3.1.9.1) It is installed and upgraded as part of the ESS ver 5.2.8 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 5.2.3 - FW860.42 (SV860_138) ESS ver 5.2.4 - FW860.42 (SV860_138) ESS ver 5.2.5 - FW860.51 (SV860_165) ESS ver 5.2.6 - FW860.60 (SV860_180) ESS ver 5.2.7 - FW860.60 (SV860_180) ESS ver 5.2.8 - 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 5.2.3 - FW860.42 (SV860_138) ESS ver 5.2.4 - FW860.42 (SV860_138) ESS ver 5.2.5 - FW860.51 (SV860_165) ESS ver 5.2.6 - FW860.60 (SV860_180) ESS ver 5.2.7 - FW860.60 (SV860_180) ESS ver 5.2.8 - 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 5.2.3 - 17518300 ESS ver 5.2.4 - 17518300 ESS ver 5.2.5 - 19511000 ESS ver 5.2.6 - 19511400 ESS ver 5.2.7 - 19511400 ESS ver 5.2.8 - 19512200 4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations ESS 5.2.8 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 with Security Advisory RHSA-2019:2397 RHSA-2019:2356 and RHSA-2019-2302. kernel release: 3.10.0-957.27.4.el7.ppc64le Once errata kernel is applied it should show kernel release: 3.10.0-957.27.4.el7.ppc64le systemd release: 219-67.el7_7.1.ppc64le Once errata systemd is applied it should show systemd release: 219-67.el7_7.1.ppc64le networkmanager release: 1.18.0-5.el7.ppc64le Once errata network manager is applied it should show network manager release: 1.18.0-5.el7.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 5.2.8 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 - IBM Spectrum Scale RAID: Administration - Elastic Storage Server: Problem Determination Guide - IBM Spectrum Scale RAID FAQ
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