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Bundle Release Information:
Targeted Server Family (Machine Type): System x3550 M5 (5463)
Targeted Operating System: RHEL6.8
YUM Repository Build Date: 2019_04_23

YUM Repository Release Version: 19A

Device:
Emulex VFA5 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter Part Number: 00D1996
Feature Code: AT7T
PCIe Sub Vendor ID: 0x10DF
PCIe Sub Device ID: 0xE810


Release History:
Release: 18B
Continued Support in 19A - Latest Release Change History Documents
Firmware Firmware Name Version
Emulex OCe14xxx UCNA Firmware Update for Linux - 12.0.1141.7 - Release 18B 18b-oc14-12.0.1141.7-1
Drivers Driver Name Discreate Package Download Version
brcm-brcmfcoe
  kernel driver
kmod-brcm-brcmfcoe- 12.0.1141.6-1.rhel6u8.x86_64.rpm 12.0.1141.6
brcmfcoe-vector-map
  enablement code
brcmfcoe-vector-map- 1-1.rhel6u8.x86_64.rpm 1
be2iscsi
  kernel driver
kmod-be2iscsi-12.0.1141.10- 1.rhel6u8.x86_64.rpm 12.0.1141.10
be2net
  kernel driver
kmod-be2net-12.0.1141.7- 1.rhel6u8.x86_64.rpm 12.0.1141.7

Release: 17B
Firmware Firmware Name Version
Emulex OCe14xxx UCNA Firmware Update for Linux - 11.4.1186.3 - Release 17B 17b-oc14-11.4.1186.3-1
Drivers Driver Name Discreate Package Download Version
brcm-brcmfcoe
  kernel driver
kmod-brcm-brcmfcoe- 11.4.1186.5-1.rhel6u8.x86_64.rpm 11.4.1186.5
brcmfcoe-vector-map
  enablement code
brcmfcoe-vector-map- 1-1.rhel6u8.x86_64.rpm 1
brcm-be2iscsi
  kernel driver
kmod-brcm-be2iscsi- 11.4.1182.0-1.rhel6u8.x86_64.rpm 11.4.1182.0
brcm-be2net
  kernel driver
kmod-brcm-be2net- 11.4.1186.0-1.rhel6u8.x86_64.rpm 11.4.1186.0


Release 18B Change History Documents

Emulex OCe14xxx UCNA Firmware Update for Linux - 12.0.1141.7 - Release 18B



===============================================================================
                     Emulex OCe14xxx UCNA Firmware Package
===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 12.0.1141.7
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Purley System Support
 - RHEL7 Update 3 Support
 - SLES12 SP2 Support
 - Windows 2016 Support
 - VMware ESXi 6.5 Support

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================
Firmware Version: 11.4.1186.3
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - [Lenovo 95350] Discovery Notify request not being sent after Discovered flag is cleared (202745)
 - Reported by VMW: [NPAR] No Traffic between partition nics sharing a same PF (205278) 
 - NC-SI requiremennt V1.01 support (203733)
 - Skyhawk firmware: excessive number of timeouts overflowing NAND (203927)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - SLES 12 SP3 Support
 - RHEL 7.4 Support

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 11.2.1193.39
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 * Virtual Addresses (MAC/WWWN) must be set to factory defaults when load defaults are applied
 * DMTF (upcoming DMTF standard for PLDM firmware download)
 * Xclarity can't select Gold (00AG570) add on Card to update FW on Apply/Activate page 
 * PLDM_FW_DOWNLOAD: Lenovo IMM code parsing incorrect header format
* PLDM_FW_DOWNLOAD: Lenovo upd header is not updated for all device ids supported for this feature
 * ReqID 7981: Lenovo IO CORE Monitoring Requirement involving 2 NC SI command and 2 pairs of statistics

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Windows 2016 Support
 - VMware ESXi 6.5 Support

Known Issues:
- Beginning with software release 11.2, Emulex LightPulse adapters and 
   OneConnect adapters have independent software kits. The "Broadcom Software 
   Kit Migration Guide" document provides special instructions and 
   considerations for using the driver kits for LightPulse and OneConnect 
   adapters.  https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12378907

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 11.1.152.22
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Seeing links stay up when the passthru module is powered off (187974)
 - Windows 2012 (Hyper-V, windows 2012 teaming) failed to map to teaming
   interface correctly. (190282)
 - Initiator virtual WWPN and WWNN are blank in UCM configuration menu if no
   Virtual WWNs are pushed to HBA (186986)
 - FCoE UEFI does not force reboot on changing the boot parameters (191857)
 - UEFI inventory data is returning the permanent address for the network
   address instead of the virtualized value (193552)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Implement "Factory Default" feature in OCe14 firmware (183875)
 - Flex System CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced
 - Flex System CN4054S 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced
 - Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW

Known Issues:
 - Downgrading to 10.6.x.y from 11.x.y.z when the Secure Firmware jumper is
   present requires a special build of 10.6.228 firmware. Contact Lenovo
   Customer support to obtain this firmware.  Another alternative is to
   remove the Secure Firmware jumper and then flash firmware from 11.x.y.z to
   10.6.x.y.

 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 11.0.270.27
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - NVGRE will stop working on a PF when other PF that does not use NVGRE is
   initialized later (164542)
 - DCC link notification missing on Emulex NIC firmware on ESXi 5.x (168844)
 - Ping Failed when configured in UFP NIC mode and Personality (183100)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Support for Secure FW download feature
 - Avago branded transceivers no longer throw errors when plugged to Emulex
   NICs and CNAs (186957)

Known Issues:
 - Downgrading to 10.6.x.y from 11.x.y.z when the Secure Firmware jumper is
   present requires a special build of 10.6.228 firmware. Contact Lenovo
   Customer support to obtain this firmware.  Another alternative is to
   remove the Secure Firmware jumper and then flash firmware from 11.x.y.z to
   10.6.x.y.

 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.6.228.38
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Disable MCTP over PCIe for OCe1410xB based adapters. Solves hang with
   server BIOS that supports xClarity firmware download. (189936)
 - Cannot PXE boot server when under heavy IO load (188624)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - This software/firmware is only supported with Lenovo Branded System BIOS

Known Issues:
 - When running FCoE/NIC converged traffic, FCoE traffic will fail if the NIC
   traffic was running at line rate (around 9.5 GB/s). (161329)

 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.6.228.36
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - FCoE initiator & target UCM settings are not shown in IMM web GUI (183090)
 - Logical link goes down for fn3 & fn4 when personality is changed from custom
   mode to single storage personality even with configured LPVID & BW (184375)
 - PLDM PDR for Numeric Sensors should have a u16 for SensorID (184848)
 - Removed PLDM state sensor if the board's PHY type is not SFP (185032)
 - WHQL NDK Logo test failure with OC14000B (182594)
 - Fixed a condition where the logical link shows down in the Linux OS in UFP
   NIC mode and personality (183100)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - None

Known Issues:
 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.6.228.13
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Removed QOS settings of MIN b/w to zero for link down case and retained
   outer vlan tag setting to zero. (183100)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - None

Known Issues:
 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.6.228.13
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Improved link negotiation with 1G switches

Incremental Interoperability:
 - This software/firmware is only supported with Lenovo Branded System BIOS
 - UFP mode and concurrent personality are now supported (175594, 176654)
 - Flex System CN4052 R 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
 - Lenovo 00AG572 VFA5 2x10GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter
 - Lenovo 00AG582 VFA5 2x10GbE SFP+ PCIe FCoE/iSCSI Adapter
 - Lenovo 00AG562 VFA5 ML2 2x10GbE SFP+ Adapter
 - xClarity firmware download on specific server platforms (requires minimum
   IMM version-please consult Lenovo on the co-requisite)
   (limited to CN4052 R,00AG562,00AG572,00AG582)

Known Issues:
 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.4.303.14
Supported On: System x Rack

Problems Fixed:
 - Improved handling of ASU/UCM deployed configurations.

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Lenovo branded versions of formerly IBM branded products
 - Lenovo xHMC support for inventory management
 - Mixed and Concurrent Mode storage (refer to documentation at Emulex.com for
   more information on this functionality).
 - 16 total pf's per ASIC in UMC (vNIC2) Mode. Was previously limited to 8 pf's
   per ASIC.

Known Issues:
 - UFP mode and concurrent personality are not supported at this time. This
   will be resolved in the next release (175594, 176654)

 - Server hangs at "Scan for Fibre Devices", when port disable/enable performed
   on the Brocade Converged 10 Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.
   Do not force the link down after POST has completed and then attempt a
   discovery of the SAN.  If you do a reboot is needed.(159125)

 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

 - IFM Boot target is consumed on a particular port even though the target is
   not accessible to that port. IFM/BOFM boot target configuration is not
   supported. This limitation has existed for several code releases and we are
   now documenting it here.(159226)

 - After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
   configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
   to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes.  Be sure to
   select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
   legacy rack servers.

 - Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
   auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
   Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
   some legacy rack servers.

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.3.137.0
Supported On: Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - MAC/PHY loopback test intermittent failures
 - If BIOS enables "Above 4G decoding", Emulex iSCSI driver is not loaded
 - Error message appears when saving changes to minimum BW on run time FCoE
   configuration
 - Eighth NIC function doesn't come up in UMC mode when configured in PXESelect

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Lenovo branded versions of formerly IBM branded products

Known Issues:
 - Server hangs at "Scan for Fibre Devices", when port disable/enable performed
   on the Brocade Converged 10 Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.
   Do not force the link down after POST has completed and then attempt a
   discovery of the SAN.  If you do a reboot is needed.(159125)

 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

 - IFM Boot target is consumed on a particular port even though the target is
   not accessible to that port. IFM/BOFM boot target configuration is not
   supported. This limitation has existed for several code releases and we are
   now documenting it here.(159226)

 - The server may hang at "Connecting Boot Devices and Adapters" if both FCoE
   ports have boot targets configured when using a 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru
   Module for IBM BladeCenter. The server will not hang if only a single port
   is configured with a boot target.(157137)

 - In FCoE configurations with BE3 in UFP mode on System x3690 X5 servers, a
   UEFI rescan is required to boot to the OS. This renders UFP not supportable
   in UFP/FCoE configurations(158669)

 - After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
   configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
   to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes.  Be sure to
   select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
   legacy rack and blade servers.

 - Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
   auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
   Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
   some legacy rack and blade servers.

 - When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
   may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
   establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
   also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
   Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.3.83.7

Supported On: Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Ethtool shows “speed=unknown” sometimes for slave interface. (vNIC & UFP)
 - SVID values are not present under PXE select utility in vNIC1 mode
 - UMC Mode/Personality change using IBM ASU tool does not reflect in OCM

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Grantley based ITE
 - IBM Flex System CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
 - IBM Flex System CN4058S 8-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

Known Issues:
 - Server hangs at "Scan for Fibre Devices", when port disable/enable performed
   on the Brocade Converged 10 Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.
   Do not force the link down after POST has completed and then attempt a
   discovery of the SAN.  If you do a reboot is needed.(159125)

 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

 - IFM Boot target is consumed on a particular port even though the target is
   not accessible to that port. IFM/BOFM boot target configuration is not
   supported. This limitation has existed for several code releases and we are
   now documenting it here.(159226)

 - The server may hang at "Connecting Boot Devices and Adapters" if both FCoE
   ports have boot targets configured when using a 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru
   Module for IBM BladeCenter. The server will not hang if only a single port
   is configured with a boot target.(157137)

 - In FCoE configurations with BE3 in UFP mode on System x3690 X5 servers, a
   UEFI rescan is required to boot to the OS. This renders UFP not supportable
   in UFP/FCoE configurations(158669)

 - After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
   configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
   to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes.  Be sure to
   select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
   legacy rack and blade servers.

 - Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
   auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
   Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
   some legacy rack and blade servers.

 - When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
   may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
   establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
   also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
   Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.
===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.2.377.20 and 10.2.377.23

Supported On: System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - PXESelect showing incorrect MAC address, bandwidth & SVID values. This bug
   is a cosmetic issue and only impacts PXESelect. The values which are not
   displayed correctly in PXESelect can be viewed in UEFI, OCM, and on the
   switch.(151140)
 - "Configurations have changed" message seen in UEFI setup screen when no
   changes were made. This pop-up can be ignored and will be fixed in a future
   code release.(159086)
 - FCoE VLAN ID is being displayed incorrectly as hexadecimal in UEFI menu.
   This is a cosmetic issue only.  The correct VLAN is properly assigned, so
   there is no functional impact. The actual VLAN ID can be observed elsewhere.
   (159561)
 - UE seen while booting the system after a CoreDump
 - When NIC traffic has run on all the 8 vNICs of an ASIC, the vnics of first
   port are not honoring the assigned BW
 - SRIOV performance & Fairness for 16VMs is low on Linux and VMware
 - ML2 VFA5 device name is show "N/A" under IMM web and CLI of
   server management>Adapters
 - BW changes not getting updated with vNIC1 mode
 - Enable 100M/10M speed in set speed for SGMII interface
 - UCM/vNIC2, Ports/PCI functions supporting FCoE need to be differentiated to
   make it easier for the user
 - UCM/vNIC2 ability to program VirtWWN/WWPN independent of BFS Enable
 - iSCSI boot not working on higher order PCI functions (PF8 11)on 4 port
   controllers on ARI enabled systems
 - Can't install Windows2012 onto the iSCSI LUN whose LUN ID is not 0
 - Fixed several issues related to IBM Agentless inventory management
 - Under heavy bi-di traffic with XE102/XE104 network disconnects can occur
   during failover/switch side link bounce

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Grantley Rack Servers

Known Issues:
 - Server hangs at "Scan for Fibre Devices", when port disable/enable performed
   on the Brocade Converged 10 Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.
   Do not force the link down after POST has completed and then attempt a
   discovery of the SAN.  If you do a reboot is needed.(159125)

 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

 - IFM Boot target is consumed on a particular port even though the target is
   not accessible to that port. IFM/BOFM boot target configuration is not
   supported. This limitation has existed for several code releases and we are
   now documenting it here.(159226)

 - The server may hang at "Connecting Boot Devices and Adapters" if both FCoE
   ports have boot targets configured when using a 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru
   Module for IBM BladeCenter. The server will not hang if only a single port
   is configured with a boot target.(157137)

 - In FCoE configurations with BE3 in UFP mode on System x3690 X5 servers, a
   UEFI rescan is required to boot to the OS. This renders UFP not supportable
   in UFP/FCoE configurations(158669)

 - After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
   configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
   to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes.  Be sure to
   select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
   legacy rack and blade servers.

 - Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
   auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
   Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
   some legacy rack and blade servers.

 - When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
   may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
   establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
   also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
   Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.2.261.41
Supported On: IBM System x

Problems Fixed:
 - Hit BSOD during VMQ overnight traffic test with cpu affinity change
 - IBM VFA5 Adapter causing software panic on IBM G8246 Switch in UFP mode
 - LPVIDs are not getting saved in vNIC2 mode if we change mode from vNIC1
   mode to vNIC2
 - In MC VINC1, VNIC2, UFP modes, user should see only 4 functions per port
   for 2 port card

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW for IBM System x
 - Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter for IBM System x
 - Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ Integrated Adapter for IBM System x

Known Issues:
 - Server hangs at "Scan for Fibre Devices", when port disable/enable performed
   on the Brocade Converged 10 Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.
   Do not force the link down after POST has completed and then attempt a
   discovery of the SAN.  If you do a reboot is needed.(159125)

 - To disable BFS after BOFM or IFM have been enabled, it must be done by
   setting BFS manually in the EFIBoot config utility or sending a BOFM default
   command to the port. This is working as expected and we are documenting it
   here.(159505)

 - Intermittently, 255 vPorts can not be created successfully in Windows with
   the error "ERROR: <127>: Not enough HBA or fabric resources. VPort not
   created!".  There is no known workaround other than to reduce the number
   of configured vPorts.(155807)

 - Target login will fail if you dynamically reconfigure the SAN after POST has
   executed. If you do, then reboot the system.(159121)

 - PXESelect showing incorrect MAC address, bandwidth & SVID values. This bug
   is a cosmetic issue and only impacts PXESelect. The values which are not
   displayed correctly in PXESelect can be viewed in UEFI, OCM, and on the
   switch.(151140)

 - IFM Boot target is consumed on a particular port even though the target is
   not accessible to that port. IFM/BOFM boot target configuration is not
   supported. This limitation has existed for several code releases and we are
   now documenting it here.(159226)

 - "Configurations have changed" message seen in UEFI setup screen when no
   changes were made. This pop-up can be ignored and will be fixed in a future
   code release.(159086)

 - The server may hang at "Connecting Boot Devices and Adapters" if both FCoE
   ports have boot targets configured when using a 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru
   Module for IBM BladeCenter. The server will not hang if only a single port
   is configured with a boot target.(157137)

 - FCoE VLAN ID is being displayed incorrectly as hexadecimal in UEFI menu.
   This is a cosmetic issue only.  The correct VLAN is properly assigned, so
   there is no functional impact. The actual VLAN ID can be observed elsewhere.
   (159561)

 - In FCoE configurations with BE3 in UFP mode on System x3690 X5 servers, a
   UEFI rescan is required to boot to the OS. This renders UFP not supportable
   in UFP/FCoE configurations(158669)

 - After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
   configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
   to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes.  Be sure to
   select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
   legacy rack and blade servers.

 - Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
   auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
   Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
   some legacy rack and blade servers.

 - When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
   may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
   establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
   also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
   Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 10.0.803.2202
Supported On: IBM System x

 - Initial Release

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================





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© 2018-2019 Lenovo. All rights reserved

Emulex FCoE (brcmfcoe) Device Driver for RHEL6 - 12.0.1141.6 - Release 18B



===============================================================================
                      Emulex FCoE Device Driver for Linux
===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 12.0.1141.6
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Purley System Support
 - RHEL7 Update 3 Support
 - SLES12 SP2 Support

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 11.4.1186.5
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - RHEL7.4 Alpha Server with lpfc FCoE HBA does not boot w/NVMe lpfc patches (Regression for FCoE) (203422)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL7 Update 4 Support
 - SLES12 SP3 Support

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 11.2.1112.0
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 * Support for increasing MAX_REMOTE_NODE for HLM mode.
 * EAdd support for Auto Transfer Ready in OCS_FC_SCST driver for SCST backend. 


Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL7 Update 3 Support
 - SLES12 SP2 Support

Known Issues:
- Beginning with software release 11.2, Emulex LightPulse adapters and 
   OneConnect adapters have independent software kits. The "Broadcom Software 
   Kit Migration Guide" document provides special instructions and 
   considerations for using the driver kits for LightPulse and OneConnect 
   adapters.  https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12378907

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 11.1.152.22
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - FCoE instability/lost link problems on NX548 switch failover tests (182149)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - FC SRIOV with LPe31000 and LPe32000

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 11.0.240.0
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Support for Gen 6 Fibre Channel HBAs
 - Improved logging and debug capabilities

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.6.228.31
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - SLES 12.1
 - RHEL 7.2

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.6.205.0
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 -

Incremental Interoperability:
 -

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.4.299.0
Supported On: System x Rack

Problems Fixed:
 - LPe16000 driver crash during performance testing

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Lenovo branded versions of formerly IBM branded products

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.3.135.0
Supported On: Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Error recovery of a "hung" IO to a device is cancelling ALL IOs,
   not just the culprit one only
 - A NULL pointer dereference kernel panic occurs in lpfc_target_reset_handler()

Incremental Interoperability:
 - SLES 12
 - RHEL 6.6, 7.1
 - Lenovo branded versions of formerly IBM branded products

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.3.71.0
Supported On: Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Error recovery of a "hung" IO to a device is cancelling ALL IOs,
   not just the culprit one only

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Grantley based ITE

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.2.375.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - ELS txcmplq list corruption cause crash during error injection
 - Cleaned up several issues around ExpressLane feature
 - Need a HAL workaround for upgrading 10.0 XE102/XE104 f/w to 10.2
 - I/O hang on RHEL6.5 for small block (4K) random i/o on POWER8

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Grantley Rack Servers

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.2.261.0
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - lpfc message number 0127 is not reporting the correct information
 - Replace CRC16 used in T10-PI related driver code

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Crosslink & Express Lane on LPe16k based solutions

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.0.800.0
Supported On: IBM System x

Problems Fixed:
 - Low bi-di throughput seen on 1g ports of HS-23 LOM
 - Multiple performance improvements
 - Bonding driver takes approx 20 seconds to be ready

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL 5.10
 - RHEL 6.5
 - XE-102 and XE-104 ASIC (OCx14xxx)
 - Support for set and get channels ethtool operation

Known Issues:
 - SR-IOV is supported with the following Linux distributions:
      * RHEL 6.4 and above 64-bit with KVM
      * SLES11 SP3 and above 64-bit with KVM

   NOTE: Guest operating system support is dependent on the Emulex driver
   version installed in the guest.

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 8.3.7.27
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Execution of internal loopback causes a crash
 - Issue which can cause multipath failover to not work properly

Incremental Interoperability:
 - IBM Flex System FC5052 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter
 - IBM Flex System FC5054 4-port 16Gb FC Adapter
 - IBM Tape unit interoperability - see SSIC for more information
 - SLES 11.3 on IBM System x and BladeCenter

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 8.3.7.18
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - FLOGI sent with Class 2 in-order bit set when Class 2 is set as unsupported
   class of service
 - OXID Reused before RA_TOV without RRQ to recover
 - Intermittently storage paths will not recover after switch reboot

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL 5.9
 - RHEL 6.4

Known Issues:
 - No known issues

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 8.3.6.4
Supported On: IBM Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Fixed debug helper routine failed to dump CQ and EQ entries in non-MSI-X mode
 - FLOGI sent with Class 2 in-order bit set when Class 2 is set as unsupported
   class of service
 - Fixed boot from san failure when SLI4 FC device presented on the same PCI bus
 - Fix ABTS recovery to be FC spec compliant
 - Fixed not reporting logical link speed to SCSI midlayer when QoS not enabled
 - Fix performance problem in pt2pt mode
 - Fixed SCSI host create showing wrong link speed on SLI3 HBA ports
 - Update text for misconfigured port messages
 - Fix discovery bug when swapping cables

Interoperability since previous release:
 - RHEL6.3 GA Kernel

Known Issues:
 - No known issues

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 8.3.5.86
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - Kernel panics with FCoE on HS23 in SLES 11.2 x86_64. Also requires a SLES11.2
   kernel update
 - FLOGI sent with Class 2 in-order bit set when Class 2 is set as unsupported
   class of service

Interoperability since previous release:
 - RHEL6.3 GA Kernel

Known Issues:
 - No known issues

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 8.3.5.74.1p
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - Fixed kernel panic after scsi_eh escalation by checking the proper return
   status

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 8.3.5.74
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Fixed system crash due to not providing SCSI error-handling host reset
   handler
 - Debug helper utility routines for dumping various SLI4 queues
 - Fix unsol abts xri lookup
 - Fixed issues with LPe16000 to LPe16000 discovery
 - Fix driver crash during back-to-back ramp events
 - Reregister VPI for SLI3 after cable moved to new Saturn port
 - Fix log message 2597 displayed when no error is detected
 - Fixed FCP LOG for easier Finisar trace correlation
 - Fix kernel panic when going into to sleep state
 - Fix error message displayed even when not an error
 - Fix Read Link status data
 - Fix unable to create vports on FCoE SLI4 adapter
 - Fix initiator sending flogi after acking flogi from target
 - Fix the case where an array controller does not apply FCP priority rules
 - Added support for handling SLI4-port XRI resource-provisioning profile
   change
 - Change default DA_ID support from disabled to enabled
 - Fix bug with driver unload leaving a scsi host for a vport around
 - Update copyright date for files modified in 2012
 - Fix compilation errors on some kernels due to debugfs variable definitions
 - Used PCI configure space read to flush PCI function reset register write
 - Fixed system panic when extents enabled with large number of small blocks
 - Fixed system panic during EEH recovery
 - Fix resource leak when acc fails for received plogi
 - Fix SLI4 driver module load and unload test in a loop crashes the system
 - Fix missing CVL event causing round-robin FCF failover process to stop
 - Fix deadlock during adapter offline request
 - Fix same RPI registered multiple times after HBA reset

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 8.3.5.66
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Fix SLI4 driver module load and unload test in a loop crashes the system
 - Fix missing CVL event causing round-robin FCF failover process to stop
 - Fix deadlock during adapter offline request
 - Fix same RPI registered multiple times after HBA reset
 - Fix driver handling of XRI Aborted CQE response
 - Fixed port and system failure in handling SLI4 FC port function reset
 - Fix bug with driver not sending a LOGO with vport delete
 - Make BA_ACC work on a fully qualified exchange
 - Fix for SLI4 Port delivery for BLS ABORT ACC
 - Fix KERNEL allocation while lock held
 - Incorrect usage of bghm for BlockGuard errors
 - Fix warning on i386 system
 - Fix ndlp nodelist not empty wait timeout during driver unloading
 - Fix mailbox and vpi memory leaks
 - Support character device to take a reference on the driver
 - Fix for FDISC failures after firmware reset or link bounce
 - Support debugfs for injecting T10 DIF errors
 - Fix SLI4 BlockGuard behavior when protection data is generated by HBA
 - Fix for driver using duplicate RPIs after 16Gb/s adapter port reset
 - Fix discovery problem when in pt2pt
 - Fixed failure in handling large CQ/EQ identifiers in an IOV environment
 - Fix Locking code raises IRQ twice
 - Fix driver not returning when bad ndlp found in abts error event handling
 - Support more driver logs in area of SLI4 port error attention and reset
   recovery
 - Fix bug with driver returning the wrong ndlp
 - Sync up with actual upstream lpfc driver code
 - Support SLI4 16Gb FC Adapter support for T10 DIF / BlockGuard
 - Merge from upstream: scsi: Fix up files implicitly depending on module.h
   inclusion
 - Fix driver behavior when receiving an ADISC
 - Fixed unbounded firmware revision string from port caused the system panic
 - Fix bug with driver processing dump command type 4 using 16Gb FC Adapter
 - Fix driver does not reset port when reset is needed during fw_dump
 - Fix ELS FDISC failing with local reject / invalid RPI
 - Changed SLI4 FC port internal loopback from outer serdes to inner internal
 - Fix REG_RPI fails on SLI4 HBA putting NPort into NPR state
 - Fix bug with driver processing an els command using 16Gb FC Adapter
 - Fix NMI seen due to CQE starvation
 - Fixed SLI4 FC port obtained link type and number dependent on link connection
 - Fixed SLI4 FC port internal loopback without SFP and external
   link/loopback plug
 - Fix driver incorrectly building fcpCdb during scsi command prep
 - Fixed FCP EQ memory check prevent initialize to single interrupt vector case
 - Fixed SLI4 16Gbit FC port internal and external diagnostic loopback tests
 - Fixed system panic during  EEH recovery on SLI4 FC port
 - Fix FLOGI fails with invalid RPI (0x04) after connecting to a arbitrated loop
 - Fix ELS SCR failing with local reject / invalid RPI
 - Fix SLI4 port failures after firmware reset or dump
 - Fix port reset log messages indicate error when no error is seen
 - Fixed an issue where HBQ buffers are uninitialized in the base driver
 - Fixed missing shost lock protection on setting/clearing bit in vport->fc_flag
 - Fixed missing hbalock protection on setting/clearing bit in phba->link_flag
 - Fixed illegal state transition during driver unload
 - Fixed system crash on SLI4 FC port looopback diagnostic test with large
   buffers
 - Fixed a potential error path that might try to free DMA memory not allocated
 - Fixed SLI4 FC port Internal and External loopback diagnostic tests
 - Fix a crash while deleting 256 vports
 - Fix vport never finished discovery if switch runs out of resources
 - Fix kernel build warnings
 - Fix kernel panic when putting board in offline state twice
 - Fix memory leak when running hba resets to SLI-4 board
 - Fix driver message 3092 and 3116 to KERN_WARNING
 - Fix PCI read failure looks like a over temperature event
 - Fixed driver event reporting to mgmt on error attention due to forced dump
 - Fix not displaying firmware rev for BE UCNA boards
 - Fixed ABTS failure logic not rediscovering targets
 - Fix bug with driver not byte swapping extended mailbox data
 - Fix premature ndlp cleanup after second target LOGO
 - Fix Link pull causes I/O failures
 - Support loop for sli4 fc pass-through
 - No longer read fcoe parameters if board is not fcoe
 - Fix bug with driver passing a wrong count value
 - Support restore state and error log when sysfs board_mode attribute access
   failed
 - Fixed a typo in two of the log messages just introduced
 - Support for SLI4_CONFIG non-embedded COMN_GET_CNTL_ADDL_ATTR pass-through
 - Support for SLI4 FC port persistent linkdown through config region 23
 - Fix for ABTS.  Do not free original IOCB whenever ABTS fails
 - Fixed Linux driver inconsistency in reporting FC host port-state through OCM
 - Return an error if the mbox sysfs is called
 - Fix firmware upgrade attempt on unsupported adapter
 - Fix incomplete message number 2889
 - Fix system crash when ASIC fails to initialize
 - Fix virtual fabrics bit set in FLOGI incorrectly
 - Fix bug with driver not returning extended mailbox data
 - Fix unsupported link speed accepted by SLI4 port
 - Incremented minor management version to reflect additional "protocol"
   sysfs attribute
 - Modify WQ handling to use entry_repost
 - Moved link type definitions to apply to all driver streams
 - Support a sysfs attribute "protocol" to report SLI4 port link protocol type
 - Support SLI4 INTF_TYPE and SLI_FAMILY as sub-field to the fwrev sysfs
   attribute
 - Support structure to support T10 DIF in SLI4
 - Fix performance slowed due to too many register accesses
 - Fixed a warning when converting from simple_strtoul to strict_strtoul
 - Support Initial code to inject T10 DIF errors
 - Fixed a possible driver crash when cfg_fcp_eq_count is zero
 - Fixed non-embedded COMMON_GET_CNTL_ATTR mbox command failed with status 0x4
 - Fixed null pointer dereference after clearing FCP policy rules
 - Changed the way of SLI4 device detecting physical port name
 - Fixed FCP policy exchange management rule parsing
 - Support check to lpfc_decode_firmware_rev to handle releases that have an 'X'
 - Fixed RPI leaks in ELS protocol handling
 - Fix kernel crash during boot with SLI4 card installed
 - Fixed NPIV FDISC failure on SLI4 if-type 2 ports
 - Fixed driver failed to follow IP reset procedure in SLI4 error attention
   handler
 - Fix sysfs lists fabric name for port that has been disconnected from fabric
 - Support FCP policy exchange management
 - Changed the timeout to 300 seconds for SLI_CONFIG (0x9B) mailbox command
 - Fixed fcp underrun reporting
 - Fixed a driver handling IP reset issue when PCI read return error
 - Fixed casting problem in calculating tx_words statistics
 - Support proper error code return for libdfc calling API to make proper
   decisions
 - Fix sli4 mailbox status code. Management software has dependencies
 - Fix compiler warning due to uninitialized local variable
 - Fix bus reset handler fails with bad failure code
 - Made proper error code return for libdfc calling API to make proper decisions
 - Made error log include PCI BAR bitmap from kernel when enable PCI device
   failed
 - Fixed sysfs API mismatch for building against SLES11 SP2 beta kernel
 - Fixed scsi midlayer queuecommand API mismatch for SLES11 SP2 beta kernel
 - Fixed ctlreg write bug not checking key string and limiting bytes to write
 - Fix default adapter name for the OCe15100
 - Fixed incomplete scsi messages displayed
 - Fix cable pull failure on interface type 2 SLI-4 adapters
 - Fix enable_bg config parameter for SLI4
 - Fixed not able to perform firmware reset through sysfs board_mode attribute
 - Fixed not recovering SLI port in handling error attention with RN bit set
 - Fixed two crash cases when unsolicted ELS ECHO_CMD is received
 - Fix direct connect does not come up for SLI4 FC ports
 - Fixed long wait when firmware reset to a SLI port without required privilege
 - Fix request firmware support for little endian systems
 - Fix driver firmware to match new firmware image format
 - Fixed SLI4 device firmware reset with SR-IOV virtual functions
 - Fix SLI4 CT handling for sequences > 4K
 - Fixed handling of unsolicited frames for vports
 - Fixed handling of CVL for vports
 - Fixed crash when aborting els IOs
 - Fix up CT and oxid/rxid for unsol rcv frames
 - Fixed mailbox double free panic
 - Support fcf priority record selection for fcf failover
 - Fixed compiler warning for putting large amount of memory on stack
 - Fixed driver build not building in debugfs even if kernel
   CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y is set
 - Fix issue where the FC/FCoE Async Receive CQE did not scale for 16G FC
   adapters
 - FLOGI payload has Multiple N_port_ID set when lpfc_enable_npiv clear
 - Removed unused argument passed to the lpfc_bsg_diag_mode_enter routine
 - Fixed new ASIC device-mgmt BSG pass-through failed multi-buffer fw download
 - Support sysfs logging when writeable parameters are changed
 - Used PCI config space capability for sysfs get PF supported SR-IOV number of
   VFs
 - Support wait for SLI port status register for readyness following firmware
   reset
 - iDiag added SLI4 device PCI BAR memory mapped reigster access methods
 - Consolidated duplicating macro definitions
 - Fixed failure to enable PCIe AER prevent driver initialize and attach to
   device
 - Modified log messages for T10-PI processing
 - iDiag fixed mailbox capture and dump overlapping bitmap macro definition

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 8.3.5.35
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

 - Initial Release

===============================================================================





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© 2018-2019 Lenovo. All rights reserved

Emulex iSCSI (be2iscsi) Device Driver for RHEL6 - 12.0.1141.10 - Release 18B



===============================================================================
                     Emulex iSCSI Device Driver for Linux
===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 12.0.1141.10
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Purley System Support
 - RHEL7 Update 3 Support
 - SLES12 SP2 Support

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 11.4.1182.0
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Iscsiadm displays same iqn name for both the ports(even though different iqn configured in OCM) (204469)
 - Installer script(elx_iscsi_install.sh) failed while installing ISCSI driver (205145)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL7 Update 4 Support
 - SLES12 SP3 Support

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 11.2.1193.12-2
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 * SGL Chaining not working with iSCSI initiator mode 

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL7 Update 3 Support
 - SLES12 SP2 Support

Known Issues:
- Beginning with software release 11.2, Emulex LightPulse adapters and 
   OneConnect adapters have independent software kits. The "Broadcom Software 
   Kit Migration Guide" document provides special instructions and 
   considerations for using the driver kits for LightPulse and OneConnect 
   adapters.  https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12378907

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 11.1.135.0
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Unable to configure iSCSI iface network parameters on RHEL 7.2 (iSCSI
   network settings ordering issue) (191012)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Update copyright information (191208)

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 11.0.270.32
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Avago branded transceivers no longer throw errors when plugged to Emulex
   NICs and CNAs (186957)

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.6.228.31
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Not able to collect OneCapture Logs on RHEL 7.1 OS (183840)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - SLES 12.1
 - RHEL 7.2

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.6.228.11
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 -

Incremental Interoperability:
 -

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.4.299.0
Supported On: System x Rack

Problems Fixed:
 - ocs_iscsi_scst: Missing default CHAP name/secret
 - Fix DMA memory leak in driver

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Lenovo branded versions of formerly IBM branded products

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.3.139.0
Supported On: Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - SLES 12
 - RHEL 6.6, 7.1
 - Lenovo branded versions of formerly IBM branded products

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.3.74.0
Supported On: Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - OCl14102 LOM UEFI RHEL7 MPIO not working

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Grantley based ITE

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.2.365.0
Supported On: System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - be2iscsi rpm is failing with dependencies error
 - Unable to iSCSI SAN install RHEL/SLES/WIN2012R2 with UFP
 - Server is getting rebooted when we run IPv4+IPv6 bi-di NIC traffic
   simultaneously on UMC enabled interfaces

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Grantley Rack Servers

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.2.261.1
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Write error while running traffic
 - System crashed after running converged IO with driver load unload in a
 - Possible backlog of eq might happen if _process_cq keep processing for a
   long time: causes fw UE
 - Driver memory leak resulting in "DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space" errors in
   dmesg file output

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Adaptive interrupt coalescing
 - TCP window size / window scaling during offload

Known Issues:
 - None.

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.0.803.21
Supported On: IBM System x

Problems Fixed:
 - Unable to OEMSEAddTarget or OEMSEDiscoverTaget successfully and get entries
   in mili2d.log
 - Emulex drivers are not working on RHEL5 and RHEL6 errata kernel updates
 - IO Read/Write almost halts with 'DMA: Out of SW IOMMU space' messages while
   running iSCSI Multipath I/O

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL 5.10
 - RHEL 6.5
 - XE-102 and XE-104 ASIC  (OCx14xxx)

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.6.267.4
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - RH5.9 kernel panic after rebooting the OS

Incremental Interoperability:
 - None

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.6.148.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL 5.9
 - RHEL 6.4
 - SLES 11.3

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.4.175.0
Supported On: IBM Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Cleaned up a cosmetic problem with warning messages during driver compile
   from source
 - System crashes when we run simultaneous IO to 6 vNIC�s with iSCSI IO
 - Linux kdump kernel crashes during shutdown after capturing dump, if be1iscsi
   driver running

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL6.3 GA Kernel

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.2.398.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - Cleaned up a cosmetic problem with warning messages during driver compile
   from source

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL6.3 GA Kernel

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.1.422.5
Supported On: IBM Flex

 - Initial release for IBM Flex

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.1.402.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - LUN is not getting detected for OEM CNA in SLES 11 SP2 64 bit OS
 - ioctl semaphore deadlock when running load/unload loop with target
 - SLES 11 SP2 GMC: Enable support for Lnx iSCSI Driver
 - RHEL 5.8 GA: Enable support for Lnx iSCSI Driver

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version 4.1.334.39
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - Emulex: Warning messages seen while building Emulex drivers on RHEL
   platform
 - Unable to load be1iscsi driver during iSCSI boot OS install
 - Modprobe be1iscsi hangs when system with max targets login
 - be1iscsi unload hangs the system
 - fw rebooted on 1st mbox cmd after driver load > unload > load
 - Failed to initialize iscsi driver
 - need to define DMA_32BIT_MASK / DMA_64BIT_MASK in Linux kernel 3.x.x

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 2.103.397.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

 - Initial Release

===============================================================================





Lenovo Data Center Group Linux OS Support Home Page
linux.lenovo.com

© 2018-2019 Lenovo. All rights reserved

Emulex NIC (be2net) Device Driver for RHEL6 - 12.0.1141.7 - Release 18B



===============================================================================
                      Emulex NIC Device Driver for Linux
===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 12.0.1141.7
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Purley System Support
 - RHEL7 Update 3 Support
 - SLES12 SP2 Support

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 11.4.1186.0
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Emulex be2net inbox driver delays the failover in bond after getting unrecoverable error in adapter (204427)
 - LPNIC driver installation failed through lpnic_install.sh installation script file (204826)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL7 Update 4 Support
 - SLES12 SP3 Support

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 11.2.1193.31
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 * Support asymmetric RX/TX queues
 * Enhance be2net to support PASSTHRU mode of SET_HSW_CONFIG cmd on BE3

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL7 Update 3 Support
 - SLES12 SP2 Support

Known Issues:
- Beginning with software release 11.2, Emulex LightPulse adapters and 
   OneConnect adapters have independent software kits. The "Broadcom Software 
   Kit Migration Guide" document provides special instructions and 
   considerations for using the driver kits for LightPulse and OneConnect 
   adapters.  https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12378907

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 11.1.152.18
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Perf enhancement - Added support to switch off/on CPU power and P states to
   perf_tune_benet.sh script (184130)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - None

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 11.0.232.0
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - SRIOV 4port: Dmesg shows Max VF's count as zero for PF's except PF0 (187192)
 - Fixed several issues related to SRIOV

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Support for Secure FW download feature

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.6.228.32
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Not able to collect OneCapture Logs on RHEL 7.1 OS (183840)
 - Fixed race condition where repeated link toggle in promiscuous mode causes
   firmware to lock up (183575)
 - Fixed a memory leak in case of async firmware commands (184729)

Incremental Interoperability:
 - SLES 12.1
 - RHEL 6.7 & 7.2
 - Support for Secure FW download feature

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.6.228.9
Supported On: Lenovo System x Rack and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 -

Incremental Interoperability:
 -

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.4.301.0
Supported On: System x Rack

Problems Fixed:
 - Variety of performance improvements on small packet and UDP traffic

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Add support in perf_tune_benet.sh to change the processor C-state
   dynamically
 - Lenovo branded versions of formerly IBM branded products

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.3.142.0
Supported On: Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - SLES 12
 - RHEL 6.6, 7.1
 - Lenovo branded versions of formerly IBM branded products

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.3.11.0
Supported On: Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - None

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Grantley based ITE

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.2.363.0
Supported On: System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - Multiple performance improvements in virtualized environments (SR-IOV,UMC)
 - Resetting Transparent Vlan to Default Vlan is not working
 - Cleanup ethtool set settings code
 - ARI on IBM x3650M4: All functions are not displayed in Linux

Incremental Interoperability:
 - Grantley Rack Servers

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.2.261.0
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Provide link state control for VFs
 - ethtool shows port as fibre though copper cable is connected.
 - Multi channel config should be determined via port resource descriptor
 - Showing WoL supported in ethtool for BE3 where it is not supported
 - be2net driver crash when umc enabled
 - ip link show command shows vlan for vfs although vlan creation is failed on
   the vfs
 - Emulex be2net driver does not support IOMMU pass through mode

Incremental Interoperability:
 - PCI ARI support

Known Issues:
 - None

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 10.0.800.0
Supported On: IBM System x

Problems Fixed:
 - Low bi-di throughput seen on 1g ports of HS-23 LOM
 - Multiple performance improvements
 - Bonding driver takes approx 20 seconds to be ready

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL 5.10
 - RHEL 6.5
 - XE-102 and XE-104 ASIC (OCx14xxx)
 - Support for set and get channels ethtool operation

Known Issues:
 - SR-IOV is supported with the following Linux distributions:
      * RHEL 6.4 and above 64-bit with KVM
      * SLES11 SP3 and above 64-bit with KVM

   NOTE: Guest operating system support is dependent on the Emulex driver
   version installed in the guest.

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.6.267.4
Supported On: IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Under certain conditions, performance issues may be seen with multi-channel
   in RHEL6.4 KVM configurations
 - Under certain conditions, performance issues may be seen with multi-channel
   in RHEL6.4 SR-IOV configurations
 - SR-IOV configuration section of the Linux NIC Driver Documentation has been
   modified to improve clarity

Incremental Interoperability:
 - S3 Resume on IBM Flex
 - SLES 11.3 on IBM System x and BladeCenter

Known Issues:
 - SR-IOV is supported with the following Linux distributions:
      * RHEL 6.3 and 6.4 64-bit with KVM
      * SLES11 SP2 and SP3 64-bit with KVM

   NOTE: Guest operating system support is dependent on the Emulex driver
   version installed in the guest.

 - Use of SR-IOV with the XEN hypervisor is not supported at this time.

 - Use of SR-IOV with the KVM hypervisor requires the use of macvlan network
   interfaces.

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.6.148.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - Ethernet performance issues in a variety of workloads
 - VFs are not displayed after driver re-load when is VFs attached to VM
 - vLAN tagging in Switch Agnostic vNIC mode

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL 5.9
 - RHEL 6.4
 - Network performance varies with workload. An ethernet driver tuning script
  and instructions is now included with the be2net driver.
 - Switch Independent Mode within hypervisor OS's

Known Issues:
 - Multi-channel is not supported in RHEL5.x XEN. This is a kernel limitation
 - Under certain conditions, performance issues may be seen with multi-channel
   in RHEL6.4 KVM configurations
 - Under certain conditions, performance issues may be seen with multi-channel
   in RHEL6.4 SR-IOV configurations
 - SR-IOV is not supported with RHEL5.x XEN

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.4.180.0
Supported On: IBM Flex

Device Driver Version: 4.2.389.0
Supported On IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - Unloading the driver hangs the system after running IPv6 traffic
 - Link status messages cleaned up when in Switch Agnostic mode
 - Miscellaneous network performance issues to improve throughput
 - Miscellaneous problems related to SRIOV to improve usability
 - Ethtool wol command displays wol enabled even when disabled
 - Ethtool speed reported as 10000Mb/s for disabled devices in Switch Agnostic
  mode

Incremental Interoperability:
 - RHEL6.3 GA Kernel
 - Increase default B/W for SRIOV vf's to 10Gb from 100Mb

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.1.440.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Device Driver Version: 4.1.422.5
Supported On: IBM Flex

Problems Fixed:
 - Ethtool information missing with newest version of be2net

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.1.413.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - WOL changes for Linux NIC driver as mentioned in Bug# 24543
 - SR IOV   UE when attempt to do multiple (3 times) driver load/unload
 - Speed is 10000Mb/s for Disabled devices in UMC Mode
 - Incorrect Duplex value is shown for unconnected port of NC552m in Rhel6.1
   32bit
 - SLES 11 SP2 GMC: Enable support for Lnx NIC Driver
 - SRIOV: When VGT is configured for a VF, ip link show doesn't display it
   for the VF configured.
 - RHEL 5.8 GA: Enable support for Lnx NIC Driver
 - ip link command with vlan = 4095 has toggling effect
 - ip link command with vlan =0 should remove guest VGT privilege

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 4.1.334.39
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

Problems Fixed:
 - SR-IOV: Can't load be2net driver in a VM after the VM has been rebooted
 - SR-IOV: Unload PF driver with VF driver loaded causes system instability
 - SR-IOV: VF MAC always gets Emulex OUI
 - SR-IOV: Partition the limited per port VLAN entries across VFs and PFs
 - Non Member VLAN packets not received in interface promiscuous mode in BE3
 - Avoid CQ full condition in HW
 - be2net: use RX_FILTER cmd to program multicast addresses
 - account for skb allocation failures in ethtool stats
 - Support 60 second delay to Linux NIC driver to allow FAT dump completion
   on recovery from EEH
 - Link status is up [ethtool and OCM] when the bandwidth is assign 0 for
   UMC configuration
 - Remove msix module parameter
 - Use V1 version of COMMON_NTWK_LINK_STATUS_QUERY for Lancer.
 - Emulex: Ethtool failing to update FW
 - Emulex: Panic in be2net driver in SLES11-SP2-B7 on adapter
 - TCP ACKs from different connections are getting received in single queue
 - Multicast filtering feature not working on PPC
 - Exit of mcast promiscous mode not working
 - VLAN promiscous mode cannot be set on Lancer
 - Can't communicate after changing MAC address via VLAN interface
 - Improper memory accounting in received packets
 - WOL changes for Linux NIC driver as mentioned in bug
 - Transparent VLAN tagging feature not working in SR-IOV

===============================================================================

Device Driver Version: 2.103.397.0
Supported On: IBM System x and BladeCenter

 - Initial Release

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