Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.3.7.3_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.7.3_IMAGE [Nov 12, 2021]
- This is the latest supported ESS5.3.7.3 installation image.
Readme file for:ESS Readme header
Product/Component Release:5.3.7.3
Update Name:ESS_DAE_BASEIMAGE-5.3.7.3-power-Linux
Fix ID:ESS_DAE_BASEIMAGE-5.3.7.3-power-Linux
Publication Date:12 November 2021
Last modified date:12 November 2021
Online version of the readme file:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400005408
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_DAE_BASEIMAGE-5.3.7.3-power-Linux |
General Issues
Installing ESS5.3.7.3_IMAGE
Complete the following steps:
Notices
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Package information
This tar image contains the latest ESS 5.3.7.3 FixPack Image.
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README
changelog
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
Version 5.3.7.3 for ppc64 Architecture
Package Description - Data Access Edition
IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) Data Access Edition ver
5.3.7.3 for ppc64 architecture is composed of various
components tested together for compatibility and correctness.
Key components are RHEL, IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.5 PTF 10
and Power System Firmware.
1.0 Summary of changes in ESS ver 5.3.7.3 for ppc64
a) ESS core
- IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.5 PTF 10
- IBM Spectrum Scale RAID V5.0.5 PTF 10
- Change from all previous versions of ESS
b) Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
- Change from previous versions of ESS
- See sections 4.4 for further details
- kernel release 3.10.0-1160.45.1.el7.ppc64
c) Support of MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.9-3.1.5.3
- Same from ESS 5.3.7.2
d) Support for 10GE Ethernet Adapter (Shiner-T) Copper
- Same as ESS 5.3.7.2
e) Updated firmware rpm
- Changes from all previous versions of ESS
- Support for updated system, SAS RAID Internal
Adapter and drive FW.
f) 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)
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 5.3.7.3
4.1 Manifest
gss_install-5.3.7.3_ppc64_dataaccess_20211110T164938Z
gpfs.gnr.support-essbase 0:1.0.0-3 md5:39e9d53e58e5b1c23714d1420a8737a0
gpfs.adv 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:3461104acc26fcf02c34ed2b29e664c2
gpfs.crypto 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:c38c49cef5cef0499b37866e21544f51
gpfs.msg.en_US 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:eb0dd778d41a39136636dd7b983b1905
gpfs.gpl 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:64cf7d4b2182f5211898123857b89715
gpfs.gnr.support-ess3000 0:1.0.0-3 md5:ea3b4c26ef7d55c3df86de791bc32610
gpfs.gss.pmsensors 0:5.0.5-10.el7 md5:631e4094c18ebbcd30f3bf33ad2b20cf
gpfs.docs 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:820d7f99634dcffc9208bbd1c2ba41e6
gpfs.gskit 0:8.0.55-12 md5:ab0fdb4d7c5d7b20612ed048374d0b6d
gpfs.ess.firmware 0:6.0.0-9 md5:f9e1ecd2a97f0d99eae7b0ba130b5e11
gpfs.gnr.base 0:1.0.0-0 md5:52ba4323a62cc3a3a52eaa792ee66da7
gpfs.compression 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:d00742108fbf2eb859f28e2ee6f23ab3
gpfs.base 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:9ab49fc81f71dc173d57e4f899e0dbb4
gpfs.gnr 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:815cfd525992e32e0720c03b41e31437
gpfs.callhome-ecc-client 0:5.0.5-10 md5:46359ff51babbf6ec3a3b5e1ac9b992a
gpfs.license.dmd 0:5.0.5-10.1 md5:91708a8e1510549054d4d096e340b975
gpfs.java 0:5.0.5-10 md5:5248d720825f18279af720b1fe5ba79e
gpfs.gnr.support-ess3200 0:1.0.0-1 md5:724d7a7fc0864554545476bff61e37bd
gpfs.gnr.support-ess5000 0:1.0.0-3 md5:c849a5e90e9c0134aad8f196901c3d8e
01SV860_231_165 0:1.1-1 md5:ea1b95dcc5bf81d86ec1ab2f4cdfad71
pci.1014034A.51 0:19512b00-1 md5:7fff04a05d20bfbb30128e8f4a27c7a0
gpfs.gui 0:5.0.5-10 md5:63749115424e92f121b5502f66b49be7
gpfs.gss.pmcollector 0:5.0.5-10.el7 md5:6cd434bfd9d0edcb370c50934472ca5a
libselinux 0:2.5-14.1.el7 md5:4f9d8738fd76a949d6aa1df827e692a0
libcom_err-devel 0:1.42.9-16.el7 md5:7f5228b730fe50556133b1b9d554cd81
keyutils-libs 0:1.5.8-3.el7 md5:baa0980ce2a6682cd1a905ca3bc74857
zlib 0:1.2.7-18.el7 md5:ffdd76d09061e87e330bbcbb5e04bc46
bzip2-libs 0:1.0.6-13.el7 md5:20ad1a9c7d3281e048f3b4a9586166f2
readline 0:6.2-11.el7 md5:e496b3029f85a245c7110f75aa353d85
python3-wheel 0:0.31.1-4.el7 md5:1ae76b4841e4755ebd7e2e13f60c60b6
python3 0:3.6.8-10.el7 md5:f709cd91acc604d06fd17f39a7fd1cee
libtirpc 0:0.2.4-0.16.el7 md5:f2fe25b9d8c7d467f8053dd587b7bcf5
libsepol 0:2.5-10.el7 md5:039389052e2623e4880ee276b8f775f0
libcom_err 0:1.42.9-16.el7 md5:72db949c00ce4bff46845d3b23d2a19f
python3-rpm-macros 0:3-32.el7 md5:f772f74266b1fe87e4c36e3c55cc0737
gdbm 0:1.10-8.el7 md5:4f26740c351b7e9d5bc15e14c3154afe
openssl 1:1.0.2k-19.el7 md5:85d83d19c033a1e5d44da74f5c6b88da
python3-rpm-generators 0:6-2.el7 md5:d115879eae64ffb634579d12e0c8a65f
nss-softokn-freebl 0:3.44.0-5.el7 md5:c332e8d3333fbb3a34c4753f427e5465
glibc-devel 0:2.17-292.el7 md5:eb6e6f8aeceec36400efb5d0654f76ef
krb5-devel 0:1.15.1-37.el7_6 md5:e685db09bf2aa92abac2453c909c0e78
e2fsprogs-libs 0:1.42.9-16.el7 md5:611536cf661565cc090e3342388802f7
python3-libs 0:3.6.8-10.el7 md5:954dd1322f5be2fa7664f2d6fb7bd6bd
glibc-common 0:2.17-292.el7 md5:f90ed2b19d4146ea2047f5225bf2404a
nspr 0:4.21.0-1.el7 md5:ffb737830e3a6be4c2e2723c4f2bcd1e
libss 0:1.42.9-16.el7 md5:6b3fa639f07036f905c884c67c172ff2
cpp 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:58042270004c491255477657d6a924a3
libstdc++-devel 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:d2739065ea23db954c8d2b417983dba7
openssl-libs 1:1.0.2k-19.el7 md5:cb11878cb0e89ea6cf94b9e929efcad6
glibc 0:2.17-292.el7 md5:f23bc95f7f0fe65a061f71914dcbe1fa
libkadm5 0:1.15.1-37.el7_6 md5:f85c96f3b1de1f086c2940ef0efcddfa
gcc-gfortran 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:99ce0543ec121f58b4e49aa983475eed
nss-softokn-freebl 0:3.44.0-5.el7 md5:2745c9048b6f1801ae4bdbd6cd14e5b3
libgfortran 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:80b933501a7a59c6aafc37145a31842e
libstdc++ 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:82ebbff828492f6bb1f5dab109706994
openssl-libs 1:1.0.2k-19.el7 md5:ce94756610d51aabd769475599cb1a26
pcre 0:8.32-17.el7 md5:9ea85ba50d0a2ab04d91046e286d9d40
libgcc 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:9dda027cddbea6b69c3a1e1afd08b57e
libgomp 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:6bd074e069385c87cc59bd6387cccbcf
libcom_err 0:1.42.9-16.el7 md5:3b935f9f2c232c6c0be2e9d9a88d6ceb
python3-libs 0:3.6.8-10.el7 md5:ba910550523a901b11c25d3e837a0a7d
libstdc++ 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:3cdcc726a4ea754ee6ed550d8d4c146c
krb5-libs 0:1.15.1-37.el7_6 md5:0f66e1f4a029fe704626ae618efc199b
zlib-devel 0:1.2.7-18.el7 md5:af5c8d74b48c32afe244de9f20011b12
libverto 0:0.2.5-4.el7 md5:009023a4544ff3a5d63289d9a2d56786
sqlite 0:3.7.17-8.el7 md5:bde78ed6f3153dfa09bad1e7e8aa2bbe
gcc 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:246d1165e2a7842c0eddfe289710b20f
zlib-devel 0:1.2.7-18.el7 md5:6e37b691bf0141612f546f5127537a19
libffi 0:3.0.13-18.el7 md5:6e7757c8b9099430962858a969a0135e
libtirpc 0:0.2.4-0.16.el7 md5:7c16d51757656191be4552eadf7db9f3
xz-libs 0:5.2.2-1.el7 md5:eff084853020144f2e1f6628ead2247b
glibc-headers 0:2.17-292.el7 md5:384f26d828c45e98a1090dbbf3c95f40
readline 0:6.2-11.el7 md5:c9a18cc3cf4ca1751fffd810256c69a0
expat 0:2.1.0-10.el7_3 md5:ba1b207f437374a149cfc52b30c01c44
python3-setuptools 0:39.2.0-10.el7 md5:8a48c8126520db1840e099f37b10e394
nss-util 0:3.44.0-3.el7 md5:b02b408b6286ea4972a6c68d4f93c516
zlib 0:1.2.7-18.el7 md5:6db9400aeac33b781704b8f663a8e323
gcc-c++ 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:0f0d710260078e1e4973022b18287552
libgcc 0:4.8.5-39.el7 md5:0538fd1bd6c2657418a1dbccafdb624d
ncurses-libs 0:5.9-14.20130511.el7_4 md5:ecf7f10c3a92ccad350b649e4de075ea
glibc 0:2.17-292.el7 md5:d33c83561def2d1e9734f2cff4801854
e2fsprogs 0:1.42.9-16.el7 md5:a14d40786fa23bb2b484c598a584128a
python3-pip 0:9.0.3-5.el7 md5:185851be9c3bedc7bc52d9ade8de1418
openssl-devel 1:1.0.2k-19.el7 md5:677f09971b6d1acfbb159528c9add254
krb5-libs 0:1.15.1-37.el7_6 md5:63a5585076f5b91e901a4eb8600645c4
gpfs.gss.tools 0:5.3.7.3-release md5:d9d35eb1e2bcd0f2ecc316ae673f3164
esagent.pLinux 0:4.5.5-1 md5:14559e76301d0559b4ba2166921eb7d0
gpfs.gss.xcat 0:5.3.7.3-release md5:08face31cd554eb58f4a72f419ceba91
xCAT 0:2.16.1-snap202011041655 md5:09fec4fa028ecab8ff9eb9c2e1095883
xCAT-server 4:2.16.1-snap202011041655 md5:f7c45680d1bcf86b241191561c446f77
xCAT-buildkit 4:2.16.1-snap202011041655 md5:e40673cd29ca98bbef222c6330f9d634
xCAT-genesis-scripts-x86_64 1:2.16.1-snap202011041655 md5:0f1fd5912d47e0ebae88e52c15857d04
perl-xCAT 4:2.16.1-snap202011041655 md5:72d19d0008d1e40ebcac876648c9e626
xCAT-probe 4:2.16.1-snap202011041655 md5:a0033495c564da845907b7c41d82f13c
xCAT-client 4:2.16.1-snap202011041655 md5:5e8fc967f9efcc5194abe6966907a7d8
xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 1:2.16.1-snap202011041655 md5:52c455e4bd47415a5cece26605c57681
ipmitool-xcat 0:1.8.18-0 md5:1ec0b18a2d753d7da989c6540df0725e
perl-IO-Tty 0:1.10-10.el7 md5:609377fd852f4ff7582e4b6d7cb8c266
syslinux-xcat 0:3.86-2 md5:bba2c71eac077b4a40f8813041a6fdcf
xnba-undi 0:1.0.3-131028 md5:0f407213b3e23aaf4b2c99221231512e
perl-JSON 0:2.50-1.el6.rfx md5:f59fe2909f832c0a24a15e27b1ccd10d
perl-Net-HTTPS-NB 0:0.14-2 md5:dc14fb627abb83f71dd7f3e88a168152
xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64 2:2.14.5-snap201811160710 md5:d2ce4e36cb27f8358a606de32ef97dc4
perl-HTTP-Async 0:0.30-2 md5:7d9a87bd8e181a2fa85c108cfbe0983d
net-snmp-perl 1:5.7.2-20.el7 md5:f56f4becdc07078eff8fec6fc11963d1
perl-Crypt-Rijndael 0:1.09-2.el7 md5:78db47ac37e9aa95cfe68ff96be39f32
elilo-xcat 0:3.14-5 md5:e6edf99ea30c3f7a943cf6ab0097cd9c
goconserver 0:0.3.3-snap202011051622 md5:6bfb20d550e52dac3261a0590b869317
perl-IO-Stty 0:0.03-1 md5:e89b7cc768fa31b34d892ec4f5381b42
cpio 0:2.11-20 md5:5ff4785b7e1899ecfe2d683136023968
perl-HTML-Form 0:6.03-6.el7 md5:86eee2ed8f7418053272e007edd61359
perl-XML-Simple 0:2.18-1 md5:86b72ea775bdf0820824c4ee80f9bbf4
grub2-xcat 0:2.02-0.76.el7.1.snap201905160255 md5:944a10a11e55915bd1ac1caf73aa94fe
xCAT-genesis-base-x86_64 2:2.14.5-snap201811190037 md5:881754a853a5be903ac6df7f5ed40b25
perl-Crypt-CBC 0:2.33-2.el7 md5:47708f29c78536594d04216dc294ccc1
perl-Net-Telnet 0:3.03-19.el7 md5:8174350e30f127292ad5f720a737be00
perl-Expect 0:1.21-1 md5:d361407120d10082b61b73d8a46c900c
4.2 ESS ver 5.3.7.3 is shipped with OFED level
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.9-3.1.5.3 and it is installed and upgraded as
part of the ESS ver 5.3.7.3 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 5.3.7 - FW860.90 (SV860_226)
ESS ver 5.3.7.1 - FW860.90 (SV860_226)
ESS ver 5.3.7.2 - FW860.A0 (SV860_231_165)
ESS ver 5.3.7.3 - FW860.A0 (SV860_231_165)
IBM Power System S821L ESS ver 5.3.7 - FW860.90 (SV860_226)
ESS ver 5.3.7.1 - FW860.90 (SV860_226)
ESS ver 5.3.7.2 - FW860.A0 (SV860_231_165)
ESS ver 5.3.7.3 - FW860.A0 (SV860_231_165)
IBM PCIe x8 Cache SAS ESS ver 5.3.7 - 19512B00
RAID Internal Adapter ESS ver 5.3.7.1 - 19512B00
ESS ver 5.3.7.2 - 19512B00
ESS ver 5.3.7.3 - 19512B00
4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Level and update considerations
ESS 5.3.7.3 release is tested with Red Hat Enterprise Linux v7.9
Once errata kernel is applied it should show
kernel release: 3.10.0-1160.45.1.el7.ppc64
Once errata systemd is applied it should show
systemd release: 219-78.el7_9.3.ppc64
Once errata network manager is applied it should show
network manager release: 1.18.8-2.el7_9.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 5.3.7.3 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 ESS5.3.7.3_IMAGE
Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for ESS5.3.7.3_IMAGE applies for all supported platforms.
Problems fixed in ESS5.3.7.3_IMAGE [Nov 12, 2021]
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