IBM High IOPS Driver v2.2.3 and Utilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - IBM System x and BladeCenter

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Change history

IBM High IOPS Driver and Utilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Supported Adapters:

• IBM 160 GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option part number 46M0877, (FRU) 46M0886
  
• IBM 320 GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option part number 46M0898, (FRU) 46M0899
  
• IBM 320 GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option part number 46M0878, (FRU) 46M0887
  
• IBM 160 GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option part number 46M0877, (FRU) 81Y4523
  
• IBM 320 GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option part number 46M0878, (FRU) 81Y4521
  
• IBM 320 GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCIe Adapter, Option part number 46M0898, (FRU) 81Y4525
  
• 320 GB High IOPS SLC Adapter for IBM System x, Option part number 81Y4535, (FRU) 81Y4536
  
• 640 GB High IOPS MLC Adapter for IBM System x, Option part number 81Y4531, (FRU) 81Y4532
  
• 640 GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x, Option part number 81Y4519, (FRU) 68Y7382
  
• 640 GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x, Option part number 81Y4519, (FRU) 81Y4518
  
• 640 GB High IOPS SLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x, Option part number 81Y4539, (FRU) 81Y4540
  
• 1.28 TB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x, Option part number 81Y4527, (FRU) 81Y4528

Version 2.3.10-107053

Severity:

• Supported Adapters: 50 - Low Probability of Occurrence/Special Case Operating System Support:
  
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
  
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP4, 11, 11 SP1, 11 SP2
  
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server 64-Bit (with SP2 or higher)
  
• Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 64-Bit, R1 (with SP2 or higher)
  
• Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 64-Bit, R2
  
• VMware Operating Systems, ESX 4.0 Update 4, ESX 4.1 Update 2, ESXi 4.1 Update 2, and ESXi 5.0
  

Enhancements:

• New utility, fio-sure-erase, see the user guide for Linux or Windows for more details.
  
• Support for PCIe gen3 wih the fio-pci-check utility.
  
• High IOPS Manager changed from a Java based graphical interface (in 2.2.3) to a web based application that runs inside a browser (in 2.3.10).
  
• Updated look and feel for High IOPS Manager
  
• Added endurance fuel gage features to the graphical user interface.
  

Fixes

• Corrected red/amber LED behavior during system startup (RETAIN Tip H205172)
  
• Corrected fio-snmp-agentx that could use up to 100% of the CPU.
  
• Corrected TRIM feature that was not working properly on RHEL 6.
  
• Corrected the BLKGETSIZE ioctal calls failed when called from 32-bit userspace.
  
• Corrected a NUMA resource issue with Windows operating systems.

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