Lenovo YUM Repository
Release and Change History
Bundle Release Information: |
Targeted Server Family (Machine Type): System x3650 M5 (8871) |
Targeted Operating System: SLES12SP5 |
YUM Repository Build Date: 2020_03_18 |
Device: |
Emulex VFA5.2 2x10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter |
![]() Device Product Guide |
Part Number: 00AG570 Feature Code: A3YY |
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PCIe Sub Vendor ID: 0x10DF PCIe Sub Device ID: 0xE81C |
Release History: |
Release Change History Documents |
=============================================================================== Emulex OCe14xxx UCNA Firmware Package =============================================================================== Firmware Version: 12.0.1289.0 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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