IBM High IOPS Driver and Utilities v2.3.10 for VMware

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention
  

Change history

Supported Adapters:

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