AMS/WMS

MICROCODE VERSION 0733/A

RELEASED 03/06/2006

Newly supported features and functions for Version 0733/A

NONE

Improvements for Version 0733/A

1) Cache Partition Manager (CPM) enhancement

Item Description
Contents A) Segment size of cache partition is supported 64KB/256KB/512/KB
B) Stripe size of LU is supported 256KB/512KB

2) Change of maintenance port IP address automatically option support

Item Description
Contents If this option is set when the IP address of the user port is changed by a reboot, IP address of the
maintenance port is changed automatically as follows (same as DF600).
– CTL0: 10.0.0.16 or 192.168.0.16
– CTL1: 10.0.0.17 or 192.168.0.17

3) Change of maintenance port IP address automatically option support

Item Description
Contents Sequential Write performance of DF700H has been improved.

The change of contents for Version 0733/A

1) Command check response with Shadow Image S-VOL switch

Item Description
Contents The following commands response is check condition while Shadow Image pair switches to S-
VOL for double drive failure of P-VOL. Problem may occur with all conditions met.
A) While Shadow Image pair switches to S-VOL for double drive failure of P-VOL
B) The following commands are received
- TEST UNIT READY
- REZERO UNIT
- REASSIGN BLOCKS
- SEEK(6)
- SEEK(10)
- VERIFY
- SYNCHRONIZE CACHE
.
2) Controller failure ISCSI heat run
Item Description

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 Contents Controller failure may occur with “Micro program error [ISD] or “Micro program error [ISM]
message during ISCSI heat run. Due to the microcode bug in the abort sequence of ISCSI
command, controller failure may occur with improper error detection.

3) Controller failure DF700S/XS (AMS200 or WMS100) of 2port I/F option after pulling cable
Item Description
Contents Due to the microcode bug in the abort sequence of data transfer after pulling out the path cable,
controller failure may occur with improper reference of internal control table.
Problem may occur when all the following conditions are met.
A) DF700S(AMS200) or DF700XS(WMS100)
B) 2 port I/F option is used
C) FC cable is pulled out

4) Controller failure for double drive failure with DF700-NAS

Item Description
Contents Controller failure may occur with “Micro program error [NSM] message after double drive
failure on DF700-NAS. Due to a microcode bug in the sequence of NAS I/O recovery after
double drive failure, controller may have a failure with the logical error on the resource
management for command execution.
Problem may occur when all the following conditions are met.
A) NAS configuration all models with NNC
B) Microcode 0726/A or later
C) Double drive failure occurs

5) Booting failure after executing offline code update from microcode 071x/X to 0720/A or later
Item Description
Contents Due to a microcode bug on in the system area check on the 071x/x, check code on the system
area becomes an improper value, and the controller may fail by the check code error after offline
microcode update to 0720/A.
Problem may occur when all the following conditions are met.
A) DF700M(AMS500) or DF700S(AMS200)
B) In 071x/x, SNM setting, or pair setting from CCI etc…
C) Executing offline microcode update (with Web) from microcode 071x/x to 0720/A or later
without PS OFF/ON

6) Performance deterioration for Sync Image function on the DF700-NAS

Item Description
Contents Due to a microcode bug in the cache control sequence, data transfer request may not be
executed on the de-staging job and performance may deteriorate.
Problem may occur when all the following conditions are met.
A) Microcode version 0730/A or later
B) Receiving sequential write and random write concurrently

7) Improper ENC failure and Improper Unit # on the failure message after HDU replacement .
Item Description
Contents Improper ENC failure and improper Unit # on the failure message occur after HDU replacement
which has some fibre channel port failure. Due to microcode bug on the sequence of HDU
recovery, microcode found the backend fibre channel failure improperly after HDU replacement.

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