VSP

MICROCODE VERSION 70-03-37-00/00-M11O

RELEASED 06/01/2012

New supported features and functions for Version 70-03-37-00/00-M110

1. Mainframe & Open System
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2. Mainframe System
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3. Open System
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The change of contents for Version 70-03-37-00/00-M110

1 Performance degradation or maintenance operation failure
Phenomena The following phenomena may occur when CHK1B occurs frequently
after Shadow Image/CoW pair is created, or Volume Migration occurs.
- Host I/O performance for LDEV for which MPB, where CHK1B
occurs frequently, has ownership is significantly degraded, and the
system goes down in the worst case.
- MPB replacement fails.
- Asynchronous processing for LDEV for which MPB, where CHK1B
occurs frequently, has ownership does not progress. Shadow Image,
CoW, and Volume Migration: While the processing is in progress,
CHK1B occurs, and the processing is interrupted. Initial copy of
TC/UR etc., asynchronous processing, such as LDEV format: Due to
CHK1B, the processing does not progress much.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) High
Conditions of Occurrence The failure occurs when all the following conditions A to D are met.
A. Microcode version is 70-03-32-00/00 or later
B. Shadow Image pair creation or Volume migration operation of
Volume Migration or
Copy-on-Write Snapshot pair creation
C. Different MPBs have LDEV ownership of P-VOL and S-VOL in B
D. The QAM control is running on P-VOL in B
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-32-00/00 and higher
Fixed Product/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-37-00/00
Category Shadow Image, Volume Migration V2, Copy-on-Write Snapshot
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2 Data inconsistency, CHK2 failure, TC/UR pair suspension
Phenomena When a True Copy (TC) pair is used with the TC Round Trip
Reduction function, the following phenomena may occur in the RCU
side.

1) Data inconsistency occurs on device with host I/O running

2) CHK2 failure (LA error) occurs on device with host I/O running
3) When a host I/O is running on the TC P-VOL, the pair is suspended
4) When a host I/O is running on the Universal Replicator(UR) P-
VOL, the pair is suspended
5) An I/O error occurs (Check Condition is reported to the host) on the
device on which a host I/O is running
6) Time-out of a remote copy I/O (RIO) issued from the TC Initiator
occurs, and/or Time-out of a host I/O occurs.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) High
Conditions of Occurrence Phenomena 1) to 4) may occur when all the following conditions A to
H are met.
Phenomena 5) and 6) may occur when all the following conditions A
to G are met.
A. RAID700
B. 70-02-31-00/00 and later, 70-02-54-00/00 and later
C. TC environment (OPEN or Mainframe)
D. In the configuration described in C., the TC Round Trip Reduction
function is enabled (HMO51=ON) in the TC RCU side
E. Open host is connected to the storage system in D.
F. The same MP Blade (MPB) has the LDEV ownership of TC S-VOL
with the TC Round Trip Reduction function and the LDEV ownership
of LU connected to the host in E.
G. A write command is issued from the connected host in E.
H. A write command whose data transfer length is 257KB
(1KB=1024Byte) or larger is issued.

Phenomenon 6) may also occur when all the following conditions A to

G are met.
A. RAID700
B. 70-02-31-00/00 and later, 70-02-54-00/00 and later
C. TC environment (OPEN or Mainframe)
D. In the configuration described in C., the TC Round Trip Reduction
function is enabled (HMO51=ON) in the TC RCU side
E. TC RCU-Target with HMO51=OFF is included in the storage
system described in D
F. The same MPB has the LDEV ownership of TC S-VOL with the TC
Round Trip Reduction function and the LDEV ownership of TC S-
VOL with HMO51=OFF
G. RIO is issued to RCU-Target with HMO51=OFF in E
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: 70-02-31-00/00 and later, 70-02-54-00/00 and later
Fixed Product/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-37-00/00
Category True Copy, True Copy for Mainframe
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3 Failures of operation at UR I site in cascade configuration
Phenomena At UR intermediate site in cascade configuration with 3 UR sites, the
following phenomena (1) to (6) might occur.

(1) LDEV maintenance with a journal VOL specified (removal

(including PDEV removal)/blockage/recovery/format (including quick
format)) was not guarded but was wrongly executed, resulting in
failure suspend.
(2) LU path setting with a journal VOL specified was not guarded but
LU path could be defined, resulting in failure suspend.
(3) Command device registration with a journal VOL specified was not
guarded but the command device could be registered, resulting in
failure suspend.
(4) LUSE VOL registration with a journal VOL specified was not
guarded but the LUSE VOL could be registered, resulting in failure
suspend.
(5) System tuning (such as Serial Number, DKC Emulation, SSID) was
not guarded, but was enabled, resulting in failure suspend.
(6) Due to an invalid check at resource check when a pair operation per
mirror was performed for a journal group from Storage Navigator, a
UR pair operation was disabled.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Medium
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when all the following conditions are met.
(1) Universal Replicator
(2) Cascade configuration with 3 UR sites
(3) One of the following operations is performed at UR I-site from
SVP or CCI.
* They cannot be performed from the main window of Storage
Navigator (guarded on window)
(a) LDEV maintenance with a journal VOL specified. (Removal
(including PDEV removal)/blockage/recovery/format (including quick
format))
(b) LU path definition with a journal VOL specified. (ADD LUN)
(c) Command device registration with a journal VOL specified.
(d) LUSE VOL registration with a journal VOL specified.
(e) System Tuning (Serial Number, DKC Emulation, SSID)
(f) Resource check at pair operation per mirror
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-32-00/00 and higher
Fixed Product/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-37-00/00
Category Universal Replicator
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4 Cache blockage caused by PIN slot
Phenomena When PIN occurred in a data slot, the cache was blocked.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Medium
Conditions of Occurrence The problem occurs when all the following conditions are met.
(1) Mainframe connection.
(2) PIN occurs in a data slot.
(3) Host does not retry for an error report from DKC due to (2).
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: 70-02-70-00/00 and higher
Fixed Product/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-37-00/00
Category Mainframe
Changed Part DKCMAIN

5 TC/TCz pair suspend and resync failure

Phenomena After SSB=B685 and C9C4 were output, a TC/TCz pair was
suspended and a resync operation failed.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Medium
Conditions of Occurrence The problem occurs when all the following conditions are met.
(1) There is a TC/TCz or UR/URz path.
(2) There is a TC/TCz or UR/URz pair.
(3) After MPB addition or replacement, pair creation or pair resync.
(4) SSB=B685 is output in the initiator port.
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: All
Fixed Product/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-37-00/00
Category True Copy, True Copy for Mainframe
Changed Part DKCMAIN

6 Failure suspend after ABEND of SI pair split

Phenomena After SI pair split ended abnormally, failure suspend occurred with
SSB=2140 and 2230 output.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Medium
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when all the following conditions are met.
(1) Open connection.
(2) An SCSI reset is received during data transfer.
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: All
Fixed Product/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-37-00/00
Category Open
Changed Part DKCMAIN

7 Failure of volume migration of LDEV for QAM during I/O

Phenomena With volume migration executed to LDEV for QAM during I/O
processing, SSB=212B was output and LDEV could not be migrated.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Medium
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when all the following conditions are met.
(1) A host connection in which QAM is specified.
(2) I/O multiplicity per LU is 3 or more.
(3) Volume migration is performed during I/O.
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: All
Fixed Product/Version DKCMAIN: 70-03-37-00/00
Category Open
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8 Unable to login to Storage Navigator/SVP
Phenomena Login to Storage Navigator or SVP by using an external authentication
server was disabled.
SVP message: SVP4250W
Storage Navigator message: 20020-107051W
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Medium
Conditions of Occurrence The problem occurs when communicating to an external authentication
server under the following Condition 1 or 2.
Condition1
(1) LDAPS or StartTLS is specified as a protocol to connect to an
external authentication server.
(2) The SID (security identifier) set to the external authentication
server is a specific ID (those include 0xF when converted to a hex
number).

Condition2
(1) LDAPS or StartTLS is specified as a protocol to connect to an
external authentication server.
(2) After an invalid external authentication server certificate is set, a
correct certificate is specified.
Affected Products/Version SVP: 70-02-53/00 and higher
Fixed Product/Version SVP: 70-03-38/00
Category Open or Mainframe
Changed Part SVP

9 Update of HDD micro-program

Phenomena HDD micro-program Rev. 00-00-AD has potential of Not Ready which
rarely happens.
When there is an access from a system in the timing when
Unloading/Loading synchronized with every HDD in an ECC Group, a
response may delay due to Unloading/Loading.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Low
Conditions of Occurrence This phenomenon occurs on DKR5C-J with HDD micro-program Rev.
00-00-AD.
Affected Products/Version DKR5C-J: 00-00-AD
Fixed Product/Version DKR5C-J: 00-00-AH
Category HDD
Changed Part HDD

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