CAM 6.5.0 has been released and can be downloaded from here.
What's New in this Release
- Firmware for Sun Storage 6140, 6540, 6580, 6780 and FLX380 Arrays
- Firmware for the upcoming flash array product.
- Support for the upcoming replacement for the Sun StorageTek 6140.
- Support for OpenSolaris 2009.06
nice very thnaks
Posted by film izle on September 15, 2009 at 08:43 PM PDT #
Any way to see what's in the fw fixes?
Or more importantly if the fw allows zfs to play better with the StorageTek arrays.
http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide#How_to_Tune_Cache_Sync_Handling_Per_Storage_Device
Thanks
Posted by Eric on September 16, 2009 at 04:44 PM PDT #
Page 33 of the 6.5 release notes (http://dlc.sun.com/pdf/821-0126-10/821-0126-10.pdf) lists the notable updates/fixes to the firmware included in this release. Most of these changes are specific to supporting the upcoming replacement for the 6140. One significant new feature is support for 8GB FC.
As far as playing better with ZFS, I'll review the link you included and try to comment. Note that from a CAM perspective, we are mostly focused on the management path and not the data path of the device.
Posted by Owen Hall on September 16, 2009 at 05:33 PM PDT #
Does this version support the VMware initiator type for the 2540?
Thanks
Posted by JR on September 18, 2009 at 03:31 AM PDT #
Although the CAM 6.5.0 release included firmware that supports this initiator type the CAM UI was not updated to expose this. CR 6884031 has been filed about this issue.
Posted by Owen Hall on September 21, 2009 at 09:18 AM PDT #
A workaround to the VMware initiator hosttype issue is to use the Linux hosttype and change the AVT setting.
Posted by Owen Hall on September 21, 2009 at 09:50 AM PDT #
Thanks for the update on the VMware situation Owen.
A couple of questions if I may:
Do you know if CR 6884031 will be fixed in the next release? If so, when is that scheduled for release?
I currently set the host type for my VMware ESX servers to Linux. What needs to be done to change the AVT type? Is this an operation that can be done while the array is "live" (i.e., when the mapped LUNs are in use) or do I need to schedule downtime?
Many thanks for your help.
Posted by JR on September 22, 2009 at 12:45 AM PDT #
6884031 should be fixed in the next release. I'm still trying to get an answer to your other questions.
Posted by Owen Hall on September 24, 2009 at 09:05 AM PDT #
Thanks for your reply Owen. Will look forward to the next release...
Do you have any timescales for the next release?
Thanks.
Posted by JR on October 09, 2009 at 12:53 AM PDT #