release.txt Driver File Contents (Broadcom_LAN_Chipset_v7.6.4.2_Windows_32.zip)

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          Broadcom NetXtreme II FCoE Offload Driver

          Copyright (c) 2007 - 2013 Broadcom Corporation
                       All rights reserved.


Version 7.6.3.0 (January 25, 2013)
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- Cont00067494 - ABTSes seen on running IO with failover


Version 7.6.2.0 (January 24, 2013)
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- Cont00067462 - FCoE Assert:X64_0xD1_bxfcoe!AdapterAllocateExchangeId+165


Version 7.6.1.0 (October 8, 2012)
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- Cont00065851 - Hibernate resume test failed on OEM design with fcoe enabled


Version 7.6.0.0 (October 2, 2012)
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- Support 57840


Version 7.4.6.0 (August 31, 2012)
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- Cont00065400 - FCoE Boot from SAN: HiFi: Win2012: Hibernation Resume overnight stress failed due to miniport and target PRLI failure


Version 7.4.5.0 (August 1, 2012)
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- BSOD bxfcoe!FlushPendingDrvCommands+33
- Update device IDs
- Compile with WDK 9200


Version 7.4.4.0 (July 12, 2012)
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- Cont00064598 - FCOE Certs: BSOD “Kernal Security Check Failure” with processor group simulation enabled


Version 7.4.3.0 (June 26, 2012)
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- Cont00064211 - NPIV: Failed to create virtual port from BACS
- Work around possible duplicate fc_id condition that occurs in certain OEM platforms


Version 7.4.2.0 (June 12, 2012)
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- Cont00063864 - Initiator repeatedly logs in when fabric discovery fails on another VLAN


Version 7.4.1.0 (June 4, 2012)
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- Cont00063498 - WHCK- FCOE: BSOD "FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x9F_VRF_4_bxfcoe_IMAGE_evbda.sys" when running CHAOS Test


Version 7.4.0.0 (April 30, 2012)
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- Compiled with Win8 WDK


Version 7.2.50.0 (April 3, 2012)
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- Cont00061457 - Log error when if driver fails to start due to low resources


Version 7.2.5.0 (February 22, 2012)
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- Cont00061677 - Bugcheck on disabling driver with large number of NPIV ports present
- Cont00061681 - Add capability4 in miniport for ncsi fcoe get capabilities command


Version 7.2.4.0 (February 15, 2012)
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- Cont00061223 - Need to add/udpate friendly names in bxfcoe/bxois for AFEX adapters
- Cont00061460 - Driver does not retry Read command after first data pkt is dropped
- Log event if driver init fails due to low resources
- Update statistics


Version 7.2.3.0 (January 14, 2012)
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- Cont00060416	Boot from SAN: Sometimes S4 hibernate fails and system shows BSOD
- Kick submission of non-rw SCSI requests
- Add NCSI statistics


Version 7.2.2.0 (December 16, 2011)
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- Don't accept zero fabric WWN
- Don't process FLOGI ACC WWN that doesn't match FIP DISC WWN
- Kick fabric if SCR, GPN_FT fail
- Detect fabric WWN changes, esp. when no CVL was thrown
- Add lots more event logging
- Supports FFA
- Enable OCBB


Version 7.2.1.0 (December 6, 2011)
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- Cont00060008 - IO error seen on writing 512b sized packets
- Cont00060011 - Boot from SAN: Not able to install OS on any system using E2 andE3, Windows gives error code 0x80300024


Version 7.2.0.0 (November 10, 2011)
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- Single connection performance enhancement


Version 7.0.19.0 (November 10, 2011)
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- Cont00059668 - BSOD seen on zoning target with 255 NPIV ports
- Cont00059618 - NPIV port marks target offline after a time interval inconsistent with port down timer


Version 7.0.18.0 (October 26, 2011)
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- Cont00059463 - FCOE CERTS: 57712- Common Scenario Stress with DiskIO - Driver asserts while entering into hibernation


Version 7.0.17.0 (October 20, 2011)
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- Cont00059351 - Driver does not retry FCP CMD on receiving LS_RJT to REC


Version 7.0.16.0 (October 3, 2011)
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- SCSI Compliance Fuzz


Version 7.0.15.0 (September 28, 2011)
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- Cont00058880 - Initiator does not login into Brocade fabric intermittently


Version 7.0.14.0 (September 22, 2011)
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- Cont00058111 - BSOD on rebooting host


Version 7.0.13.0 (September 8, 2011)
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- Cont00058295 - IO errors seen on running failover test with RSCN stress


Version 7.0.12.0 (September 6, 2011)
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- Cont00058063 - After path recovery, initiator aborts IOs responded to with a check condition
- Cont00058295 - IO errors seen on running failover test with RSCN stress
- Cont00058305 - bxfcoe 7.0.11: Initiator does not rate limit GPN_FTs


Version 7.0.11.0 (August 24, 2011)
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- Cont00056711 - Device is not connected reported to application read operation (FCoE)
- Cont00057214 - hang while running Ultimate Stress with error recovery
- Cont00057993 - system hangs with continuous 'Reset to device XXX issued' event log entries


Version 7.0.10.0 (August 11, 2011)
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- Unified crashdump filename


Version 7.0.9.0 (August 9, 2011)
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- Cont00057653 - Initiator tries PLOGI after removing target from zone avoid graceful logouts during error recovery or link down
- Compiled for Windows 2008 target


Version 7.0.8.0 (July 19, 2011)
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- Cont00057116 - on enabling driver initiator does not log in if fcoe interface has 'not available for login' bit set
- Cont00057127 - Disabling and enabling the FCoE fucntion resulted in BSOD. The NPAR is ON.
- Cont00057126 - Disabling LLDP Transmit while the converged FCoE + iSCSI  I/O were running, results in BSOD.


Version 7.0.7.0 (July 11, 2011)
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- Cont00054663 - Error Recovery Punisher2:X64_0x0_evbda!um_er_indicate_event+2c7 while running Ultimate CNIC w/ FCOE
- Cont00056619 - FCoE: Link toggling while running converged I/O resulted in BSOD.
- Cont00056787 - BSOD bxfcoe!AbortExchangeCallback+12a on destroying FCOE sessions


Version 7.0.6.0 (July 1, 2011)
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- Cont00056253 - pkt drops and subsequently BSOD seen on running 100% read-only IO
- Cont00056691 - System becomes unstable after creating 1024 FCOE sessions on one port using NPIV
- Cont00055887 - MLTT reports 'device not connected' IO error on Win2k8SP2/Native MPIO for ~20 iterations of eth shut-no-shut (second fix)
- Fix Garbage characters shown in system log
- Support Flex Fabric


Version 7.0.5.0 (June 15, 2011)
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- Cont00056253 - pkt drops and subsequently BSOD seen on running 100% read-only IO


Version 7.0.4.0 (June 12, 2011)
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- Support one byte aligned IO data buffers
- Add SGE caching for WRITE tasks
- Single connection performance enhancement
- Cont00055887 - test reports 'device not connected' IO error on Win2k8SP2/Native MPIO for ~20 iterations of eth shut-no-shut


Version 7.0.3.0 (May 21, 2011)
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- Merge fixes from 6.4.20.0


Version 7.0.2.0 (May 1, 2011)
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- Merge fixes from 6.4.18.0
- More Prefast cleanup


Version 7.0.1.0 (April 8, 2011)
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- Merge fixes from 6.4.17.0


Version 7.0.0.0 (March 23, 2011)
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- Add 578XX support
- Prefast cleanup


Version 6.4.20.0 (May 19, 2011)
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- Cont00055675 - FCoE: Yellow bang on FCoE devices attached to port that is doing load/unload


Version 6.4.19.0 (May 13, 2011)
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- Set alignment mask to 4 bytes
- Cont00055573 - FCoE I/O Error Returned to Application Incorrectly


Version 6.4.18.0 (April 20, 2011)
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- Cont00054657 - System unstable after rapid link flap test with NPIV ports.
- Limit fixed VID to [0-4094]


Version 6.4.17.0 (April 8, 2011)
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- Cont00054176 - After removing a team member from the LACP team and adding it back, the FC targets are not detected until the EVBD is restarted.
- Cont00054449 - BSOD after rapid link flap test
- Cont00054452 - No FIP frames seen after system resumes from hibernation
- Avoid paging in the hibernation path


Version 6.4.16.0 (March 29, 2011)
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- Fix byte count statistics
- Fix friendly names
- Cont00054221 - FCOE stat 'FLOGICount' is incorrect
- Cont00052179 - FCTape: Dropping FCP CMD triggers an ABTS


Version 6.4.15.0 (March 16, 2011)
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- Cache READ_CAPACITY_16 for management
- Add new vendor VID-PID


Version 6.4.14.0 (March 1, 2011)
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- Cont00053479 - very long time to bring all paths online after shut-noshut with I/O on 256 LUNS in multiipath config.
- Cont00053480 - Very long time to bring all paths back online during long cable pull from array ports with IO running.
- Cont00053505 - FCoE: With MFW 6.4.7, the FCoE driver is not configuring the corect FCoE MAC address


Version 6.4.13.0 (March 1, 2011)
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- Support EVBD version 6.4.27


Version 6.4.12.0 (February 28, 2011)
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- Cont00053155 - bxfcoe 6.4.10: Initiator retries REC if a response is not received for an the exchange that has completed
- Cont00053343 - bxfcoe 6.4.11: NPIV ports send PLOGIs to other NPIV ports on ame initiator port on deletion
- Cont00053260 - System BSOD when installing win2k8 on EMC VMAX LUN


Version 6.4.11.0 (February 19, 2011)
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- Cont00052179 - Dropping FCP CMD triggers an ABTS - return SRB_STATUS_BUSY for retry
- Cont00052795 - Initiator issues a SRR for a FCP_XFER_RDY on dropping the FCP_RSP packet - use RO=0 for FCP_RESP SRR
- Cont00053154 - REC seq initiative polling frequency too high
- Cont00053178 - No targets displayed for NPIV ports in BACS
- Cont00053156 - NPIV port create script does not return a failure when port login fails
- Force 4 byte granularity for SSC devices
- Add Crashdump support


Version 6.4.10.0 (February 14, 2011)
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- Cont00052977 - Driver reports invalid remote nport data to fcinfo after fabric migration
- Cont00052650 - BACS is showing two initiator ports and no LUNs under FCoE device
- Cont00052345 - LinkKeepAliveInterval, FCF WWNN, FCF WWPN information are not correct for FCoE NPIV port
- Cont00052888 - Initiator populates exchange  originator S_ID field in RRQ ELS with target's FCID
- Cont00052892 - Initiator responds with a malformed ELS to a REC from target after dropping FCP_RSP to the rewind cmd
- Cont00052872 - Driver issues SRR with R_CTL IU=FCDATA on dropping FCP_RSP for a command with no data expected (DATA_IN=0)
- Cont00052869 - Driver issues RECs for exchanges that are complete
- Cont00052923 - Driver asserts when a REC is outstanding and the target side cable is pulled
- Validate RRQ request from remote side.
- For SRR, if all data is transmitted, request FC_R_CTL_FC4_DEVICE_DATA_COMMAND_STATUS instead of data.
- Add SGE caching for WRITE tasks


Version 6.4.9.0 (February 2, 2011)
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- Cont00052265 - Dropping second FCP XFER RDY causes an SRR to be sent out with a RO=0
- Cont00052260 - Driver rejects unsolicited REC ELS with an incorrect reason code
- Cont00052257 - Driver does not abort the original exchange on dropping a SRR response
- Cont00052256 - FCTape: Original FCP exchange not aborted after 2 REC ELSes dropped
- Cont00052179 - FCTape: Dropping FCP CMD triggers an ABTS
- Cont00052321 - BACS: Changing Symbolic Name from the Client does not show up in the switch
- Cont00052443 - LUN resets seen on rebooting the target controller in a multipath EMC config with the generic DSM
- Allow zero fabric name in FIP DA


Version 6.4.8.0 (January 10, 2011)
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- FC-TAPE fixes:  Use correct RX_ID for REC and FC-4 type
- Add recovery flows on 57712 and later devices
- Cont00051932 - Multipath host side failover for greater than port down timeout fails
- Cont00052075 - Initiator does not send REC ELS if target does not explicitly profess REC support in PRLI 
- Changed link removal / port removal timeouts to 30 seconds


Version 6.4.7.0 (December 4, 2010)
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- Cont00051267 - System asserts on running IO against 10G target with FCP_CONF enabled and E_D_TOV set to 1 second
- Cont00051137 - Debugview reports "E_D_TOV_TIMER_EXPIRATION" messages for a target that reports E_D_TOV=0 in a PLOGI LS_ACC


Version 6.4.6.0 (November 21, 2010)
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- Cont00051187 - System bluescreened on disabling 57712 devices in device manager
- Fix BSOD when running WLK 1.6
- HSI updated to FW 6.4.13


Version 6.4.5.0 (November 11, 2010)
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- Cont00050908 - FLOGI fails when NPV path is failed over
- Cont00050955 - Initiator fails to log into target when PRLI is retried multiple times
- Cont00050956 - Initiator ignores CVL on executing a shut-no-shut on the VFC interface in an NPV fabric with 2 external interfaces
- Cont00050997 - Windows Storport	Windows BSOD during cable pull tests


Version 6.4.4.0 (November 5, 2010)
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- Cont00050627 - BACS GUI: The NPIV port does not display the targets/LUN asigned to it. The VLAN information is incorrect.
- Cont00050670 - initiator rejects ABTS with SEQ_CNT=1 with a P_RJT "Invalid SEQ_CNT error"
- Cont00050705 - Initiator sends out discovery solicitations on receiving FIP VLAN notifications with multiple VLANs
- Added BRCM BACS statistics
- Merge fixes from OFC 6.0.18.0-6.0.21.0 to head


Version 6.4.3.0 (October 18, 2010)
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- Cont00050267 - ABTS with RXID=FFFF sent out for an out-of-sequence received FCP_DATA frame with SEQ_CNT > 0
- Cont00050282 - NPIV port created 2 times after FC-MAP change
- Cont00050356 - Host uses same OXID for RRQ as of the Exchange being aborted
- Cont00050379 - No RRQ is seen after a Read CMD is dropped
- Purposely fail driver init (yellow bang) if FCoE license is not valid
- Enable FC-TAPE support by default


Version 6.4.2.0 (October 4, 2010)
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- Cont00049664 - bxfcoe 6.0.17: Unsuccessful FDISC retries continue after  CVL is received
- Cont00050177 - bxfcoe 6.4.1: Sending a LUN reset causes a "assertion failed" message to be displayed in the debugger
- Integrate fixes from branch version 6.0.18.0
- Add fabric object recycling
- Add support for single fabric mode
- Add crashdump NIC0/NIC1 registers
- Enable FW session caching


Version 6.4.1.0 (September 2, 2010)
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- Cont00049367 - NPIV port creation stops after max FCP offload limit is reached
- Cont00049629 - Initiator does not wait an R_A_TOV timeout after performing a fabric relogin
- HSI updated to FW 6.4.3


Version 6.4.0.0 (August 17, 2010)
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- Update RECV_MASK to support EVBD 6.4.0
- HSI updated to FW 6.4.2
- Add FCoE Coinstaller


Version 6.0.22.0 (November 11, 2010)
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- Add support for fabric events, new for Nexus 5.0(2)N1(1)


Version 6.0.21.0 (November 4, 2010)
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- Reconnect with target if LOGO arrives during PRLI


Version 6.0.20.0 (November 3, 2010)
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- Handle unsolicited ELS preceding CVL, new for Nexus 5.0(2)N1(1)
- Backport ABTS/P_RJT fix


Version 6.0.19.0 (November 2, 2010)
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- Cont00050774 - No retry following VLAN Notification with no VLAN descriptors (breaks Nexus 5.0 f/w)
- Cause oustanding SCSI tasks to be retried after connection recovery


Version 6.0.18.0 (October 1, 2010)
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- Cont00050124 - PowerPath displays duplicate paths with the newly added paths being marked "Dead", after Brocade AG FCF reboot.
- Cont00050119 - During Cisco switch reboot, "ghost" paths are created under PowerPath
- Cont00049629 - Initiator does not wait an R_A_TOV timeout after performing a fabric relogin


Version 6.0.17.0 (August 10, 2010)
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- Cont00049292 - bxfcoe 6.0.16: FLOGI retried too fast on receiving an LS_RJT


Version 6.0.16.0 (August 3, 2010)
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- Cont00049166 - bxfcoe 6.0.15: initiator fails to log into fabric after 8 iterations of shut-no-shut cisco operation


Version 6.0.15.0 (August 1, 2010)
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- Cont00048857 - When running IO with Brocade switch, the host detects FCF advertisement timed out every 20~50s and relogins to fabric
- Cont00049108 - bxfcoe 6.0.14: on dropping the FCP RSP packet to a LUN reset, a bus reset is issued instead of a target reset


Version 6.0.14.0 (July 25, 2010)
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- Cont00048992 - PRLI retried for LS_ACC response codes that should not entail a retry
- Cont00049034 - initiator fails to log in from fabric to another with identical VLAN IDs
- Cont00049035 - failed to disable FCOE driver after NPIV port creation did not fully succeed
- Correct ULP timeout calculation for long lived tasks
- Extract boot target info from IBFT


Version 6.0.13.0 (July 20, 2010)
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- Cont00048955 - FCP DATA packet size does not equal the target MTU


Version 6.0.12.0 (July 19, 2010)
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- Cont00048765 - initiator does not retry FLOGI with source fcid of all 0s on rx reject with reason code 'invalid n port id‘
- Cont00048839 - initiator rejects PRLI when both host ports enabled and transmit PLOGI simultaneously
- Cont00048840 - RXID field incorrect when PLOGI is retried for LS_RJT-command in progress


Version 6.0.11.0 (July 11, 2010)
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- Cont00048747 - multiple FDISCs sent out for creating same npiv port when cable pulled and reinserted
- Cont00048765 - initiator does not retry FLOGI with source fcid of all 0s on rx reject with reason code 'invalid n port id'
- Cont00048802 - ABTS sent out and PRLO received from HP EVA target when enode and NPIV ports are placed in a new vsan
- WMI SCSI pasthrough size needed now based on CDB
- Fixed session state machine rollback from certain states
- Will not retry PRLI if EIP not set and not a target
- Add system time (in microseconds) to pretty print


Version 6.0.10.1 (July 7, 2010)
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- Fixed typo in allocation mechanism of memory used for DMA


Version 6.0.10.0 (July 6, 2010)
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- Cont00047774 - SUT can not login to Brocade switch port after changing VLAN in Brocade switch and followed by changing back to original state
- Cont00048556 - On receiving FIP CVL, initiator retries FDISC before attempting to FLOGI
- Cont00048563 - npiv port not created in new vsan when initiator port vsan membership is changed
- Cont00048594 - creating 1 npiv port followed by a shut on the fcf interface causes an evbd assert
- Cont00048694 - NPIV port is not deleted when unsolicited discovery advertisements are dropped
- Improved allocation mechanism of memory used for DMA


Version 6.0.9.0 (June 22, 2010)
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- Cont00048475 - Retry PLOGI/PRLI on receiving a PRLI LS_ACC with establish image bit=0 from initiator
- Cont00047561 - fcinfo does not report adapter details when CRC erros are inserted every 200th FCOE packet
- Cont00048275 - fcinfo reports incomplete lun mapping information
- Reworked simple exchange retry logic


Version 6.0.8.1 (June 19, 2010)
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- Cont00048351 - Associating VSAN to a new VLAN causes an extra FKA to be sent out (in addition to the every 8s one) on same VLAN
- Cont00048360 - Changing VSAN of the initiator's vfc interface 2 times causes the vfc interface to go down
- Unsolicited PRLI responses will set EIP as needed


Version 6.0.8.0 (June 3, 2010)
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- Return proper length for GetFcpTargetMapping
- Cont00047553 - Symbolic Node Name registration to switch name server ends with <UNKNOWN>
- Cont00047757 - Host fails to relogin to fabric after fc-map change and restore
- Cont00047931 - Initiator fails to rediscover targets after changing FC-MAP in Cisco switch


Version 6.0.7.0 (May 26, 2010)
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- Cont00047768 - very long time to bring all paths online after shut-noshut with I/O on 256 LUNS in multipath config.
- Cont00047769 - few luns go offline when NO SHUT is performed within the port down timeout period after SHUT, with I/O running on 256 LUNS in multipath config.
- Cont00047454 - NPIV ports send FIP Keepalives even though 'D' bit in unsolicited disc advertisements set to 1
- Cont00047772 - io-error on some luns after target controller reset with I/O on 256 LUNS in multipath config
- Cont00047640 - Moving Host port from one switch port to another caused assert failure
- Cont00047644 - Pulling all ISL cables caused assert failed
- WMI fabric events
- Management updates
- TMF will use timeout equal to Storport’s


Version 6.0.6.0 (May 7, 2010)
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- Cont00046385 - Inititator does not inititate second level recovery on dropping LS_ACC to ABTS-LS
- Cont00047550 - Initiator fails to login to Brocade switch after swapping port in the same switch with another initiator- Cont00047384 - Error return issuing SCSI Bus Reset on initiator
- Cont00047548 - Cable pull caused a BSOD
- Cont00047551 - After disabling/enabling 57712 adapter, FCoE driver comes up with yellow bang
- Cont00047576 - Corrupting the CRC of FCoE frames caused the system crash
- Cont00047578 - TxFrames/RxFrames stats reported by fcinfo off by 10-20 frames


Version 6.0.5.1 (May 4, 2010)
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- Disable FCTape service parameters by default


Version 6.0.5.0 (May 3, 2010)
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- Fix the GetFCoEPortAttributes method
- Fix WMI outbuffer sizes for ScsiInquiry, ReportLuns, and ReadCapacity methods
- Updates to fcoewmi.mof, added BRCM_FCoEHBADriverStatistics class and ReadCapacity16 method
- Add MTU to BRCM_FCoEHBAAttributes, and fix the way fabrics are enumerated
- Cont00046728- Zoning with Sanblaze port causes BSOD for Windows 2003 MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (9c)
- Cont00047384 - Error return issuing SCSI Bus Reset on initiator
- Add FC-TAPE
- Don't map FCP sessions that can't be offloaded
- L2_CLIENT_INTERFACE_VERSION 6
- BCM578xx Support


Version 6.0.4.0 (March 24, 2010)
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- Cont00046659 - FCoE - Windows Storport FCoE Initiator does not try sending discovery solicitations more than 12 times
- Cont00046728 - Zoning with Sanblaze port causes BSOD for Windows 2003
- Cont00046729 - Bsod when driver sees a FLOGI LS_ACC with Common service N /F port bit set to 0 
- Cont00046678 - System BSOD while zoning in HP-MSL2024 tape library or SANBlaze box with FCP CONF flag set.
- Cont00046693 - Sending unsolicited SCR from Sanblaze port crashes Windows 2008 R2
- Disable FCTape


Version 6.0.3.0 (March 17, 2010)
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- Regression fix.  Port cable pull did not resulting in target device removal
- FCoE WMI Management fixes / updates


Version 6.0.2.0 (March 7, 2010)
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- Cont00046376 - Disabling FCoE on Host interface caused BSOD
- Cont00046273 - BSOD seen while starting IO from IO Meter to AX-4 LUNS
- Cont00046397 - disassociate fcoe vlan with vsan causes NMI reboot of SUT
- REC used with Tape devices only
- W2K3 completion optimization
- More debug added to session state machine


Version 6.0.1.0 (February 22, 2010)
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- Completion optimizations
- Cont00044935 - Host returns no error count information in LS_ACC response to RLS request
- Cont00045218 - IO error during RSCN stress
- Cont00045599 - Host does not retry a failed PRLI req.  with Image pair bit 0 and  Response code 2 and 3
- Cont00045607 - BSOD While stopping MLTT test with 256 Symmetrix LUNs
- Cont00045852 - 10G FCoE: Initiator waits 2x R_A_TOV to send RRQ ELS


Version 6.0.0.0 (January 28, 2010)
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- Add new bus driver interface
- Add BCM57712 support
- Cont00045171 - On dropping three discovery advertisements, there is no solicitation request, no FIP KA, no VLAN disc or Fabric disc done by initiator.
- Cont00045417 - FCF issued FIP LOGO - Host logs out all the NPIV sessions eventhough the FCF requested to logout only one of the NPIV sessions
- Cont00045432 - NPIV- Host drops the Clear Virtual Link frame directed to one of established NPIV sessions
- Cont00045539 - PLOGI LS_ACC frame error - EOF errors are not detected
- Cont00045483 - 10G fcoe initiator: port unresponsive after disabling and enbaling the vfc interface


Version 5.3.11.0 (January 17, 2010)
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- Cont00045025 - 128K Writes,32 Qdepth against Seagate FC drives yields hung IOs due to perpetual retry
- Cont00045335 - NPIV- LUN reporting does NOT scale with VN_port instances when all the VN_Ports are part of the same FC zone
- Cont00045308 - Host accepts FDISC LS_ACC frame with already used FPMA in MAC address desc. OR FPMA with inconsistent FC-MAP value
- Cont00045305 - Failed FDISC requests are not retried
- Cont00045321 - NPIV - Un-successful SCR request is not retried


Version 5.3.10.0 (January 10, 2010)
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- Cont00045142 - The host should respond to unsolicited PRLI from a bad S_ID with LS_RJT with reason code of "Unable to perform
  command request" instead of "logic error"
- Cont00045180 - Not issuing P_RJT in response to an incoming PLOGI with SOFi2 (0x2D)
- Cont00045172 - W2K8 BSOD - FIP LOGO LS_ACC with OX_ID error results in OS Blue screen
- Cont00045157 - Host sending FIP LOGO LS_ACC with wrong OX_ID and wrong FIP Subcode value (and also wrong F_CTL (wrong exchange
  context bit)
- Fix: apply R_A_TOV value profided in FLOGI ACC


Version 5.3.9.0 (December 20, 2009)
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- Cont00044157 - Host does not retry a PLOGI request after receiving a LS_RJT for it
- Cont00044258 - Host responds with LS_RJT to a PLOGI req. from a target port with "Unable to perform command request" code
- Cont00044683 - Iometer 32kb/16kb I/O size single queue depth tests on higher number of luns indicates packet errors
                 (E_D_TOV timer expiration and LUN reset msgs).Driver asserts with system hang
- Cont00044706 - Host responds LS_ACC to unsolicited RNFT with wrong byte offsets
- Cont00044709 - The host should not respond to unsolicited ELS FAN,CSU,and ESTC
- Cont00044731 - Host does not match VLAN Id of Solicited Disc. adv with the Solicited Disc. request
- Cont00044733 - Host deosn't respond to unsolicited PRLO request
- Cont00044943 - Host disappears from the fabric after losing two consecutive discovery advertisements(All-Enode-MACs) from switch
- Cont00044963 - On Dropping FCP read data (first, last and middle), there is no ABTS sent, hence no RRQ also.
- Updated HSI for EVBD 5.3.13.0 or later


Version 0.5.3.8 (November 19, 2009)
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- Fixes for cleanup command processing during connection failure
- Clear task valid flag prior to submission


Version 0.5.3.7 (November 12, 2009)
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- Regression fix: Middle path flows were not sent with payload
- Fix RSCN debounce
- Fix Bus Change debounce
- Do not wait R_A_TOV if clean address bit not set on initial FLOGI ACC


Version 0.5.3.6 (November 03, 2009)
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- Regression fix: Queues were not cleared on connection reestablishment


Version 0.5.3.5 (November 2nd, 2009)
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- Cont00044258 - Host responds with LS_RJT to a PLOGI req. from a target port with "Unable to perform command request" code
- Cont00044298 - Host reject unsolicited PLOGI from remote initiator
- Cont00044300 - Host reject PRLI from remote initiator after PLOGI accepted
- Cont00044338 - Host continues to process PLOGI LS_ACC frame with wrong SOF
- Cont00044225 - Host does not drop a malformed PRLO frame with less than the required byte count for logout parameters
- Cont00044157 - Host does not retry a PLOGI request after receiving a LS_RJT for it
- Cont00044158 - Host does not drop a malformed LS_RJT frame with wrong EOF value, issues ABTS for it
- Cont00044198 - Host does not retry failed PRLI requests
- Cont00044244 - N_Port originated LOGO with S_ID not matching with Node Identifier in LOGO payload
- If a cleanup was queued for an exchange, and we've somehow got a normal completion, keep in mind that the exchange is already removed from the list.
- Fix ASSERT for a cleaned up ABTS task
- Clear drivercmd from exchange during recovery qualifier. (regression)
- Updated HSI for EVBD 5.3.7.0 or later


Version 0.5.3.4 (Oct 12, 2009)
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- Cont00043959 - Skip vendor-specific requests
- Parse FIP Clear Virtual Link request fully, rather than dropping all fabrics
- Wrong system log IDs on FLOGI reject
- Support more than 64 CPUs in Win2008R2 x64 build (only if built in Windows 7 environment)
- Cont00044051 - clear S_ID when retrying FLOGI
- Cont00044050 fix: RSCN debounce logic was broken
- Updated HSI for EVBD 5.3.6.0 or later


Version 0.5.3.3 (Oct 06, 2009)
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- No VLAN tagged FCoE support (used only for non FIP fabrics)


Version 0.5.3.2 (Oct 06, 2009)
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- Hash table workaround


Version 0.5.3.1 (Oct 04, 2009)
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- New HSI
- BCM57712 Support


Version 0.5.3.0 (Sept 15, 2009)
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- Cont00043558 FLOGI attempt with 'A' bit clreared to 0
- Cont00043624 Interval between Discovery solicitation frames
- Cont00043627 FCF/Link/Target discovery sequence - Intermittent behavior with VLAN discovery frames
- Cont00043629 No VLAN re-discovery after 'n' failed Solicited Discovery attempts
- Cont00043630 Inconsistent time interval between host issued FLOGI request frames
- Cont00043632 Failed FLOGI attepmts - No VLAN re-discovery OR FLOGI  after '4' failed FLOGI attempts
- Cont00043670 FLOGI is retried only twice (and very quickly, with-in ten's of milliseconds) upon getting LS_RJT response
- Cont00043672 Host does not use FCoE VLAN ID provided in the VLAN descriptor of VLAN Discovery Reply
- Cont00043674 Host does not retry a failed VLAN discovery attempt


Version 0.3.4.0 (Sept 07, 2009)
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- Cont00041918 Boot w/ 500 SANBlaze targets, targets marked offline, not registered in devmgmt
- Cont00043453 FLOGI request with non-zero value in MAC address descriptor ( FPMA only mode )
- Cont00043459 Yellow bang on Disabing and reenabling the FCoE Adapter driver
- Cont00043494 Sequence of commands during initial discovery process (Name Server and Domain Server Interaction)


Version 0.3.3.0 (Aug 30, 2009)
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- Initial NPIV support 256 ports
- Fix Fabric discovery race during driver start
- RNID can now be issued to any port


Version 0.3.2.0 (Aug 16, 2009)
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- Fix pkt desc leak in rx path
- Update FKA period with each FIP Adv
- Rediscover fabric after FIP Clear Virt Link


Version 0.3.1.0 (Aug 03, 2009)
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- Split connection disable / destroy.  Requires EVBD 5.3.0 or later
- Disable DCBX client
- Discovery uses GPN_FT
- Add FCoE driver event logging


Version 0.3.0.0 (June 08, 2009)
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- Internal release
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