Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS6.1.1.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS6.1.1.2_IMAGE [Sept 10, 2021]
- This is the latest supported ESS6.1.1.2 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:6.1.1.2
Update Name:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-6.1.1.2-ppc64LE-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-6.1.1.2-ppc64LE-Linux
Publication Date:10 September 2021
Last modified date:10 September 2021
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400005400
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-6.1.1.2-ppc64LE-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS6.1.1.2_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
None.
Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 6.1.1.2 FixPack Image.
Update (tar file) contents:
README
changelog
Elastic Storage System (ESS) 6112 - ver ess5000_6.1.1.2_0831-04_dme_ppc64le
This package provides a podman container with necessary key components
such as RHEL 8.2, Spectrum Scale RAID, MOFED, various component firmware for
Elastic Storage System 3200 (ess3200), Elastic Storage System 5000 (ess5k),
Elastic Storage System Legacy (ess5x), and the Elastic Storage System 3000 (ess3k).
ESS 6112 offers the following editions:
ESS 6112 for ESS 5k
- Data Access Edition
- Data Management Edition
ESS 6112 for ESS 3k
- Data Access Edition
- Data Management Edition
1. Contents of the zipped tar.
- ess5000_6.1.1.2_0831-04_dme_ppc64le.tar
- essmgr
- essmgr.yml
- podman_.tgz
- Release_note.ess5000_6.1.1.2_0831-04_dme_ppc64le.txt
- ess5000_6.1.1.2_0831-04_dme_ppc64le_binaries.iso
- RHEL8.2 extras iso (includes x64 and ppc64le)
- essmkyml
- RHEL8.2 slim iso (x64 or ppc64le)
- classes directory
ess5000_6.1.1.2_0831-04_dme_ppc64le.tar is a saved container image pre-installed, configured
and ready to run with following:
- UBI8
- Ansible
It also contains repositories that can be used to install and upgrade ESS 5000
IO Servers.
- RHEL 8.2
- Mellanox OFED iso
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID (5.1.1.3 efix2)
- Tools and ess scripts
essmkyml is a python wrapper script that facilitate creating the network and
running the container.
Software Stack (ESS5K):
- Operating System: Redhat 8.2 ppc64LE
- Spectrum Scale: 5113 efix2
- P9 Firmware: FW950.11 (VL950_075)
- OFED version: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.9-3.1.5.3
- Kernel: 4.18.0-193.60.2.el8_2.ppc64le
- IPR level: 19512B00
- Host adapter driver: 34.00.00.00
- Systemd level: 239-31.el8_2.4.el8.ppc64le
- Network manager level: 1.22.8-8.el8_2.ppc64le
- Ansible level: 2.9.22-1
- Podman level: 1.6.4-11
- Boot Drive Firmware: 9F16
Software Stack (ESS3K):
- Operating System: Redhat 8.2 x86_64
- Spectrum Scale: 5113 efix2
- Boot Drive Firmware: 1361
- Boot Drive Firmware (Micron): ML32
- Canister Firmware: 2.02.000_0B0G_1.73_FB300052_0C32.official
- OFED version: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.9-3.1.5.0
- Kernel: 4.18.0-193.60.2.el8_2.x86_64
- Systemd level: 239-31.el8_2.4.x86_64
- Network manager level: 1.22.8-8.el8_2.x86_64
- Ansible level: 2.9.22-1
- Podman level: 1.6.4-11
Software Stack (ESS5x):
- Operating System: Redhat 7.9 ppc64LE
- Spectrum Scale: 5113 efix2
- P9 Firmware: FW860.A0 (SV860_231_165)
- OFED version: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.9-3.1.5.3
- Kernel: 3.10.0-1160.36.2.el7.ppc64le
- IPR level: 19512B00
- Host adapter driver: 34.00.00.00
- Systemd level: 219-78.el7_9.3.ppc64le
- Network manager level: 1.18.8-2.el7_9.ppc64le
- Ansible level: 2.9.22-1
- Podman level: 1.6.4-11
- Boot Drive Firmware: E5C6
Software Stack (ESS3200):
- Operating System: Redhat 8.2 x86_64
- Spectrum Scale: 5113 efix2
- Boot Drive Firmware: 954300P0
- Canister Firmware: RWH1-12.16.00_12.47_0140_0140_0343_0343_0343_0326
- OFED version: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.9-3.1.5.0
- Kernel: 4.18.0-147.60.2.el8_2.x86_64
- Systemd level: 239-31.el8_2.4.x86_64
- Network manager level: 1.22.8-8.el8_2.x86_64
- Ansible level: 2.9.22-1
- Podman level: 1.6.4-11
- Hal level: ibm-ess-hal-1.0.0.0-1.17.x86_64
2. Manifest
#manifest_version:0.1.1
component,id,group,sub,version,buildtime,sum
sw,archive,install,ess_install,ess5000_6.1.1.2_0831-04_dme,1630386065
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.adv,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341589,sha256:2b4e22897ea157e6581ce0983008fa550033c7f01a21f8aa139dfd2ef8723d2f
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.base,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341435,sha256:6dfbf33f472ef5f19d0841a88c8b2fde6b6e407aff6ee5e5782ae4c5df163c63
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.compression,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341595,sha256:257268ac761008840a389f98b2c4bd42984ea0c9348e735076f2f27b392c194f
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.crypto,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341575,sha256:fd9d30c0271b6756a30e979f5b7696e3ccaff40aaf77dfe02a2f593632fff201
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.docs,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341573,sha256:ac577ec5ba18953e2ddbbc744d8c5de0d0b1e2bf756f606a4d5b7cee4391d1f7
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.ess.firmware,0:6.0.0-12,1630090653,sha256:d5de00f440f15bd34a6972dc32050ccc23a013c6992e736ac6a848ac38288f48
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gnr,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341584,sha256:be0f757c873aef554e32d9fa1159096a43bdcfa728d7525e04fda165bec7753d
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gnr.base,0:1.0.0-0,1629234772,sha256:b61b85f7f65446f554987f8371966a54da933f1ee5ad01e3da3258aa0506ae9c
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gnr.support-ess3000,0:1.0.0-3,1621969991,sha256:ef576c916c4c6e9e9a39f898a1184e57dc9b3f29285a7f354f16359a48895c87
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gnr.support-ess3200,0:1.0.0-1,1624026849,sha256:153b8e4ce9cb8909263c279d8a6a2ad84633a9084bbdad3f6cb1b8bc400e5110
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gnr.support-ess5000,0:1.0.0-3,1624038597,sha256:61ce54789f0c630ff7069a951c613805add80d474da53400c90379a2ce6fac1a
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gnr.support-essbase,0:1.0.0-3,1621970279,sha256:827a990f18695e2d3ffc35bf8491ca12041f9640d3a024ac623c82e572d810f4
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gpl,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341665,sha256:6a218182259458953d3abe1f0f2ae42181bbbbb81968d37121af0e1cbe8294a8
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gskit,0:8.0.55-19,1630341576,sha256:06f06a7131f213dbdb90a7f28f1ab21fa9d347cc6e052e731ab7efe46c15ae07
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.gss.pmsensors,0:5.1.1-3.el8,1629231842,sha256:39e313f38e4a2a6c67539432a1783632f7f78e5bf7a3b708ee9510ec4eee77e1
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.java,0:5.1.1-3.1,1630357644,sha256:fef574bea5c63972bb74a5d1cc7964752abf77876390cc633d96cd344361ce99
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.kafka,0:5.1.1-3,1629232818,sha256:21f32349f6c946e768d5aef6be128b6817a0fb10cc5dfa050ca552bf1120cf64
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.librdkafka,0:5.1.1-3.el8,1629231762,sha256:541d9c484ed1d981a4c86d0d46e4b142cc2eff75178238b61d2ffbcce1d51237
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.license.dmd,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341593,sha256:5103e42b5b255d3c792a7a08284df4253cb4c758e37d61c61a0b3edaff7f05f5
sw,rpm,gpfs,gpfs.msg.en_US,0:5.1.1-3.2,1630341574,sha256:d91dfd21061ed6daa3142ae056607ae35a84449b3925edc6c05a1a34e583d1bd
sw,rpm,ess,esagent.pLinux,0:4.5.5-1,1607425710,sha256:d1304d5a52db4348231ec5f20c3da0eba4600b9ea01e00634436394759686865
sw,rpm,ess,gpfs.ess.deploy,0:6.1.1.2-release,1630386018,sha256:b9b9a80753e9a99289d1acadf794765f15643405ffb77f020b546ae9c13e7b04
sw,rpm,ess,gpfs.ess.tools,0:6.1.1.2-release,1630386018,sha256:d20b122d347036ca73ae6dfc37a1aea156b26cce6ac220a3f4c04cf3e75ad748
sw,rpm,ess,gpfs.ess.xcat,0:6.1.1.2-release,1630386018,sha256:cf44666a12a6230c02b544056634346f411576cf829d5b38292d6f6325fe93fd
sw,rpm,gui,gpfs.gss.pmcollector,0:5.1.1-3.el8,1629231840,sha256:766b645ddcdcc249eefeade46d003f9f2b8b64507f0e2a24b80e0f03bcd24051
sw,rpm,gui,gpfs.gui,0:5.1.1-3.1,1630357324,sha256:d30471f02b406c787c7856f540e1a7ae51d4d2627c0f6e07be36ee7cbe5932e5
sw,iso,ofed,gui,0:4.9-3.1.5.3,,sha256:49513f6bf823255b0425376072013c726c4f1e0fc3889af4af2caf7bbe74c95e
Changelog for ESS6.1.1.2_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS6.1.1.2_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS6.1.1.2_IMAGE [Sept 10, 2021]
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