Fujitsu M10 PCI Expansion Unit Firmware Version Matrix Information

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Solution 1924671.1 : Fujitsu M10 PCI Expansion Unit Firmware Version Matrix Information

Applies to:

Fujitsu M10 PCI Expansion Unit - Version All Versions and later
All Platforms

Goal

The intent of this document is to provide the reader with the available versions of the Fujitsu M10 PCI Expansion Unit Firmware Image software and provides links to the patches that contain the images.

After downloading the appropriate patch for your system, download the firmware image onto your XSCF using either the Browser User Interface (BUI) or the getflashimage command. After successfully downloading the image onto the XSCF, run the ioxadm -c update <PCIBOX> -s <version> command to install the new firmware onto the IOBoard and Link cards. For more details, please refer to getflashimage, ioxadm documentation.

Please refer to the available PCI Expansion Unit Service Manual located at: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E38160_01/index.html

For information on the M10 XCP firmware see Fujitsu M10 XCP Firmware Matrix.

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Solution

Steps to Follow
The M10 PCI Expansion Unit firmware image is the software image that is downloaded and installed on the IOBoard and Link cards.

The following matrix identifies which firmware images are available and links to obtain them:

Firmware Release	Date Available	Download Location	Notes
PCIBOX 1310	Apr 2017	Patch 25904527	Support Added: Dual 40 Gb Ethernet Adapter Bug Fixes: The POWER LED may be turned on at an empty PCIe slot of the PCI expansion unit A link card error may be falsely detected when a physical partition is started
PCIBOX 1220	Nov 2016	Patch 25114271	Bug fix for PSU faults not being detected. See Chapter 7 of the XCP Product Notes
PCIBOX 1210	Apr 2016	Patch 23094001	Support for 1.6TB Flash Accelerator F160 NVMe Card w/ LP Bracket
PCI Box 1200	Apr 2015	Patch 20844365	Bug Fix for PSU's being incorrectly disabled. See Chapter 7 of the XCP Product Notes
PCI Box 1180	Jan 2015	Patch 20311310	Various bug fixes. See Chapter 7 of the XCP Product Notes
PCI Box 1170	Sep 2014	Patch 19604623	Fixed Issues: When a large number of logs related to PCI expansion unit are collected by XSCF within ten minutes, a TWI access error may be incorrectly recorded. AC Fail messages are recorded with "Alarm" status when they should be "Informational". LINKBD part number "CA20365-B60X 007AD/7061035" Invalid "PCI access" errors and "PCI Express lane is degraded" errors.
PCI Box 1150	Jan 2014	Patch 18005919	Fixed Issue: When the Direct I/O function for the PCI expansion unit is used, OS might panic while booting. If you power on a PPAR that has a PCI expansion unit connected by the optical cable in a low temperature environment, the error log "LINKCBL failed" at the PCI expansion unit might be registered. The system is not affected other than the error log is updated.
PCI Box 1130	Nov 2013	Patch 17858381

For obsoleted firmware versions see https://stbeehive.oracle.com/content/dav/st/SPARC-Fujitsu-M10/Documents/XCP

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