IBM System Storage™ DS3000 storage subsystem controller firmware version 
06.30.01.00 for the IBM BladeCenter™ Boot Disk System only.

This firmware version is required to support the IBM DS3000 BladeCenter™ 
Boot Disk System. The IBM DS3000 Storage Manager host software version 
2.70.x5.05 or higher is required to manage DS3000 storage subsystems
with controller firmware versions 06.17.31.xx, 06.50.02.xx or 06.30.00.xx
installed.

ATTENTION: THIS CONTROLLER FIRMWARE IS FOR THE IBM BLADECENTER™ BOOT
DISK SYSTEM ONLY. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS CONTROLLER FIRMWARE ON ANY OTHER
IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS. 

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(C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1999, 2007. All 
rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication, 
or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the 
general information in section 6.0 "Trademarks and Notices" in this document.

Refer to the IBM System Storage™ Support Web Site or CD for the IBM DS3000 
Storage Manager version 2 Installation and Support Guides for firmware and 
NVSRAM download instructions.

For other related publications (refer to Related Publications in the 
installation and support guide) and the latest information and updated 
readme file.

Last Update:   10/02/2007
 
Products Supported: 

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   |  Product   |  Machine Type |     Model      |   Product ID         |
   |------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------
   |  Boot Disk |     1726      | 22B, HC2       |1726-22B              |
   |  System    |               |                |                      |
   |            |               |                |                      |
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 CAUTION: 
   1. To determine whether the specific code version is applicable for 
      the boot disk system, you must use the product ID, machine type, and 
      model information. These items are printed on a label that is on the 
      rear of the boot disk system. Do not rely solely on the Machine Type and 
      Model (MTM) information to determine whether the specific code 
      (controller firmware, host software ...) version is applicable to 
      subsystem or not. 
   2. The Boot Disk System require a different version of controller firmware
      than the DS3200 storage subsystem. DO NOT load the Boot Disk System
      controller fimrware into the DS3200 controller or the DS3200 controller
      firmware into the Boot Disk System controller.
                               

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CONTENTS
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1.0  Overview
2.0  Installation and Setup Instructions
3.0  Configuration Information
4.0  Unattended Mode
5.0  Web Sites and Support Phone Number
6.0  Trademarks and Notices
7.0  Disclaimer


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1.0   Overview
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   The IBM System Storage™ DS3000 storage subsystem controller firmware 
   version 06.30.01.00 release includes the DS3000 storage subsystem 
   controller firmware and NVSRAM files for the following IBM machine 
   types - 1726 (22B). This firmware version is required to support the
   IBM DS3000 BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems. The IBM DS3000 Storage 
   Manager host software version 2.70.x5.05 or higher is required to 
   manage the DS3000 storage subsystems with controller firmware versions
   06.17.31.xx, 06.50.02.xx or 06.30.00.xx installed.
   
   ATTENTION: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS CONTROLLER FIRMWARE ON ANY OTHER IBM
   SYSTEM STORAGE DS STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS.

   The IBM System Storage DS3000 Storage Manager version 2 Installation 
   and Support Guide for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Linux, Novell 
   Netware, and VMWare ESX Server are available on IBM's Support Web Site
   as a down-loadable Portable Document Format (PDF) file. 

   The BladeCenter™ Boot Disk System Copy Services Premium Features 
   - FlashCopy, VolumeCopy and FlashCopy/VolumeCopy - are separately
   purchased options.
 
   The BladeCenter™ Boot Disk System is shipped with storage partition Premium 
   Feature that supports up to 28 host attachments to the Disk Boot System. 

   Refer to the IBM Support Web Site for the latest Firmware and NVSRAM 
   files and DS3000 Storage Manager host software for the IBM DS3000 
   Storage Subsystems.
   
   http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/

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1.1  Limitations
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NOTE: For limitations in certain operating system environment, refer to the 
readme file that is included in the DS3000 Storage Manager host software 
package for that operating system environment.


Limitations with versions 06.30.01.00 release.

1. IBM SATA hard disk drives are currently not supported by the BladeCenter™
   Boot Disk Systems.

2. This version of controller firmware does not support the DS3200 storage
   subsystems (M/T 1726 models 21x, 22x, HC2).

3. When simultaneously booting up 28 hosts of a mix Linux and Windows 
   operating systems, some of the Linux hosts might stuck at the 
   boot/Grub portion of operating system boot process. The work-around 
   is to manually restart these hosts. Please check the IBM Disk Book
   System periodically for the availability of the fix to this limitation.      

   
  


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1.2  Enhancements
-----------------

   The DS3000 storage subsystem controller firmware version 06.30.01.00
   used in conjunction with DS3000 Storage Manager 2.70.x5.05 provides 
   support for; 

    - BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems (M/T 1726 Model 22B). The Boot Disk
      System currently does not support the attachment of DS3000 EXP3000
      Storage Expansion Enclosures. 

   
   The corresponding change history file has more information on controller 
   firmware new features and updates.

   Please refer to the New Features section of the IBM DS3000 Storage 
   Manager version 9 Installation and Support Guide for the appropriate 
   host server operating system environment for additional information 
   about the IBM DS3000 Storage Manager version 9 enhancements.

   
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1.3  Prerequisites
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     The DS3000 controller firmware and NVSRAM file that are packaged 
     with this README file can ONLY be loaded in the following DS3000
     storage subsystems:
     
     - BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems (M/T 1726 Model 22B) without 
       EXP3000 drive expansion enclosures attached. 
 
         
     The IBM DS3000 Storage Manager host software version 2.70.x5.05 is 
     required to manage DS3000 storage subsystems with controller firmware 
     version 06.30.00.00 installed.

     *** IMPORTANT: DO NOT DOWNLOAD this controller firmware on any other
     DS3000 storage subsystems. There is not any checking for this 
     restriction inside the DS3000 storage manager client program. In 
     addition, the procedure to recover the DS3000 storage subsystem that
     was inadvertently loaded with this firmware file will require downtime
     to the DS3000 storage subsystem. Also see next section - Dependencies. 

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1.4  Dependencies
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   ATTENTION:
          
   1. The only DS3000 storage subsystem that is supported by the 
      06.30.00.00 controller firmware version is the IBM BladeCenter™ Boot
      Disk Systems (M/T 1726 Model 22B). 

   2. Always check the README files (especially the Dependencies section) 
      that are packaged together with the firmware files for any required 
      minimum firmware level requirements and the firmware download 
      sequence for the BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems controller and the
      hard drive firmware.
       
   3. Controller firmware 06.30.00.xx or greater is required to support 
      EXP3000 storage expansion enclosures.
      

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1.5 Level Recommendation for the update
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     1. Storage Controller Firmware versions:
        a. BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems: FW_BootDS_06300000

           
        Note: The same firmware file can be used for upgrading the 
        controller firmware through the Storage Manager GUI or through 
        the controller command line interface. 
                                            
     2. Storage Controller NVSRAM versions: 
        BladeCenter™ Boot Disk System - Dual Controller: N1726D320R230V03 

       
      Note: The DS3000 storage subsystems that are shipped from the factory
            may show the NVSRAM version with a different first character 
            prefix other than the "N" prefixed as stated. As long as 
            the rest of the version information after the first 
            character are the same, both the manufacturing NVSRAM 
            version and the "N" prefixed NVSRAM version are the same. 
            You do not need to update your DS3000 storage subsystem with 
            the  "N" prefixed NVSRAM version as stated above. For 
            example, for a DS3400, the N1726D340R917V15 and 
            M1726D340R917V15 (or C1726D340R917V15 or D1726D340R917V15, 
            etc...) versions are the same because both versions share 
            the same "1726D340R917V15" string. The M1726D340R917V15 (or 
            C1726D340R917V15 or D1726D340R917V15, etc...) version was 
            loaded to the DS3400 storage subsystem at the factory. The 
            N1726D340R917V15 version is the one that was posted to the 
            DS3000 support web site for download.             
                                          
   Refer to the following IBM System Storage™ Disk Storage Systems 
   Technical Support web site for the latest released code levels.
  
   http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/
   
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3.0   Installation and Setup Instructions
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ATTENTION: If you have not already done so, please check the Dependencies 
section for ANY MINIMUM FIRMWARE REQUIREMENTS for the DS3000 storage 
server controllers, the drive expansion enclosure ESMs and the hard drives 
in the DS3000 configurations before upgrading the controller firmware. 
Make any firmware updates as required BEFORE proceeding to upgrade the 
DS3000 controller with the firmware and NVSRAM files packaged with this 
README file. FAILURE to observer the minimum firmware requirement might 
cause your DS3000 storage subsystem to be OUT-OF-SERVICE.

NOTE:  During the download of firmware, the system major event log
may record critical events that are associated with controller modules
being reset to apply the firmware update.

NOTE:  While the DS3000 storage subsystem supports concurrent download
of controller firmware while running I/O, it is a best practice to schedule
the firmware download during a maintenance window when minimal I/O is running
on the storage subsystem.
   
	
3.1  Important: You must install the firmware update prior to downloading  
                the NVSRAM update.                
               
     To download firmware, do the following: 
   
     a.  Open the Subsystem Management window. 
     b.  Click Support tab => Download Firmware => Download Controller
         Firmware.
         
         Follow the online instructions.

     To download NVSRAM, do the following: 
   
     a.  Open the Subsystem Management window. 
     b.  Click Support tab => Download Firmware => Download Controller 
         NVSRAM.
           
         Follow the online instructions.
       
3.2  After the controller firmware and NVSRAM is updated, consider
     checking the IBM System Storage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support 
     web site for the latest released hard drive firmware. 
     
     To download hard disk drive firmware, do the following: 
   
     a.  Schedule down time because the drive firmware upgrades require that 
         there are no HOST IOs to be sent to the DS3000 controllers.
     b.  Open the Subsystem Management window. 
     c.  Click Support tab => Download Firmware => Download Drive Firmware. 
         
         Follow the online instructions. 
         
         Note: with controller firmware version 06.30.00.00 or later, multiple 
         drives from up to four different drive types can be updated at the 
         same time. 
      

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3.2  Helpful Hints 
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1. IBM DS3300 storage subsystem is shipped with storage partition Premium Feature
   that support up to 28 host attachments. Please conect IBM representatives
   or resellers for the availability of support up to 56 host attachments in 
   the future. 
         
2. The DS3000 Storage Manager (SM) host software version 2.70 client script 
   window looks for the files with the file type of  ".script" as the possible
   script command files. 


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4.0 Configuration Information
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4.1 Configuration Settings
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1. By default the IBM DS3000 Storage Manager 2.50 software does not 
   automatically map logical drives if storage partitioning feature is
   enabled. This means that the logical drives are not automatically 
   presented to host systems. 
                                          
   Refer to the IBM DS3000 Storage Manager documentation or online help 
   to learn more about creating storage partitions and changing host types.

2. When you are configuring DS3000 storage subsystems as boot devices, contact 
   IBM support for supported configurations and instructions for configuring 
   LUNs in the IBM storage subsystems as boot devices. 

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4.2 Unsupported configurations
------------------------------

   The configurations that are currently not being supported with controller 
   firmware version 06.30.00.00 in conjunction with DS3000 Storage Manager 
   version 2.70 are listed below:


   1. IBM SATA hard disk drives are currently not supported by the 
      BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems.
   
   2. BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems does not support EXP3000 storage
      expansion enclosure attachments.

   3. This version of controller firmware does not support the DS3200 
      storage subsystems (M/T 1726 models 21x, 22x, HC2).
      
   4. BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems does not support its logical drives
      being used as data LUNs. Its logical drives must be used as the 
      IBM Blade Server operating system disk only. The signature of the
      IOs to the BladeCenter™ Boot Disk Systems logical drives will be
      similar to the IO signature of a server operating system disk instead
      of the IO signature of a server data disks.  

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5.0   Unattended Mode
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        N/A

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6.0   WEB Sites and Support Phone Number
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   6.1  IBM System Storage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site:
        http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/

   6.2  IBM System Storage™ Marketing Web Site:
        http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk

   6.3  If you have any questions about this update, or problem
        applying the update go to the following HelpCenter World
        Telephone Numbers URL:
        http://www.ibm.com/planetwide

  IMPORTANT: 
  You should download the latest version of the DS3000 Storage Manager 
  host software, the DS3000 storage subsystem controller firmware, the EXP3000
  drive expansion enclosure ESM firmware and the drive firmware at the 
  time of the initial installation and when product updates become 
  available. To be notified of important product updates, you must first 
  register at the IBM Support and Download Web site: 
  
  http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/
  
  Perform the following steps to register at the IBM Support and Download 
  Web site: 
  
  1. Click on My Support in the Additional Support box in the right side 
     of the DS3000 Support web page.
  2. The Sign In window displays. Either enter your IBM ID and Password 
     in the sign in area to sign in and proceed to step 6 or, if you are 
     not currently registered with the site, click Register Now. 
  3. The My IBM Registration window Step 1 of 2 opens. Enter the 
     appropriate information and click Continue to get to the second My 
     IBM Registration window. 
  4. In the My IBM Registration window Step 2 of 2, enter the appropriate 
     information and click Submit to register. 
  5. The My IBM Registration windows opens with the following message, 
     “Thank you for registering with ibm.com. Continue to explore ibm.com 
     as a registered user.” Click Edit Profile in the My IBM box on the 
     right side of the window. 
  6. The My Support window opens. Click Add Products to add products to 
     your profile. 
  7. Use the pull-down menus to choose the appropriate DS3000 storage 
     server and expansion enclosures that you want to add to your profile.
     To add the product to your profile, select the appropriate box or 
     boxes next to the product names and click Add Product. 
  8. Once the product or products are added to your profile, click 
     Subscribe to Email folder tab 
  9. Select Storage in the pull down menu. Select Please send these 
     documents by weekly email and select Downloads and drivers and 
     Flashes to receive important information about product updates. 
     Click Updates. 
 10. Click Sign Out to log out of My Support.
 
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7.0   Trademarks and Notices
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        7.1  The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation
             in the United States or other countries or both:

                 IBM
                 
                 DS3000
                 
                 FAStT
                 
                 System Storage™ 

                 the e-business logo

		             System x

                 xSeries
                 
                 pSeries

                 HelpCenter

                 Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft
                 Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
                
                 Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or
                 registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United
                 states, other countries, or both.

                 UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United 
                 States and other countries.

                 Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

                 Other company, product, and service names may be 
                 trademarks or service marks of others.

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8.0   Disclaimer
----------------

        8.1  THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
             ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS
             OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
             WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
             MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS
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             LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.


        8.2  Note to U.S. Government Users -- Documentation related to
             restricted rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure is
             subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule
             Contract with IBM Corporation.

