OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 109905-05 Keywords: mpathd in.mpathd multipathing IPMP multipathing offlining IP Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 108529-13 SunOS 5.8_x86: /etc/default/mpathd and /sbin/in.mpathd patch Date: Oct/17/2001 Solaris Release: 8_x86 SunOS Release: 5.8_x86 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 109904 Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: /etc/default/mpathd and /sbin/in.mpathd patch NOTE: Refer to Special Install Instructions section for IMPORTANT specific information on this patch. Relevant Architectures: i386 BugId's fixed with this patch: 4291034 4299644 4308728 4311938 4314132 4328423 4338258 4338530 4347223 4369240 4386544 4434131 Changes incorporated in this version: 4434131 Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 109061-02 110183-01 111538-01 Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: Obsoleted by: 108529-13 Files included with this patch: /etc/default/mpathd /sbin/in.mpathd /usr/sbin/if_mpadm Problem Description: This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in feature point patch 111538-01. (from 109905-04) 4386544 S8U3 Generic Patches Accumulating PP Requirements (from 109905-03) 4369240 CORE dump w/null pointer w/in.mpathd target list mismatch w/ IPv4/IPv6 (from 109905-02) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in point patch 110183-01. 4311938 Network Multipathing should be integrated into Solaris 8. 4299644 debug kernel panics; race between ip_close and ip_wsrv threads 4291034 arp: bad trap in ip while deleting logical interface during arp 4308728 ifconfig results in spurious message on the console 4314132 in.mpathd should probe existing targets over any new interface added 4328423 link remaining in failed state for long duration causes unrecoverable condition 4338258 IPMP on tokenring does not operate properly when FAILURE_DETECTION_TIME = 100ms 4338530 invalid value for FAILURE_DETECTION_TIME sets default to 0 4347223 Network Multipathing should provide offlining capability. (from 109905-01) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in point patch 109061-02. 4311938 Network Multipathing should be integrated into Solaris8. 4299644 debug kernel panics; race between ip_close and ip_wsrv threads 4291034 arp: bad trap in ip while deleting logical interface during arp 4308728 ifconfig results in spurious message on the console 4314132 in.mpathd should probe existing targets over any new interface added 4328423 link remaining in failed state for long duration causes unrecoverable condition 4338258 IPMP on tokenring does not operate properly when FAILURE_DETECTION_TIME = 100ms 4338530 invalid value for FAILURE_DETECTION_TIME sets default to 0 (from 109061-02) 4314132 in.mpathd should probe existing targets over any new interface added 4328423 link remaining in failed state for long duration causes unrecoverable condition (from 109061-01) 4311938 Network Multipathing should be integrated into Solaris 8 4299644 debug kernel panics; race between ip_close and ip_wsrv threads 4291034 arp: bad trap in ip while deleting logical interface during arp 4308728 ifconfig results in spurious message on the console (from 110183-01) 4347223 Network Multipathing should provide offlining capability. (from 111538-01) 4434131 IP Network Interfaces should be auto-configured after DR post-attach Patch Installation Instructions: -------------------------------- For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch. For Solaris 7-8 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris. Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be described below as special instructions. The following example installs a patch to a standalone machine: example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02 The following example removes a patch from a standalone system: example# patchrm 104945-02 For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages. Special Install Instructions: NOTE 1: To get the complete IP Multipathing support, one needs to install the following patches: 109280-05 (or newer) /kernel/drv/ip and ip adb macros patch 109899-01 (or newer) /kernel/drv/arp patch 109743-02 (or newer) /kernel/drv/icmp patch 109901-01 (or newer) /etc/init.d/network and /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh patch 109473-03 (or newer) /kernel/drv/tcp patch 109741-02 (or newer) /kernel/drv/udp patch 109903-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/inet/in.ndpd patch 109905-01 (or newer) /etc/default/mpathd and /sbin/in.mpathd patch 109907-01 (or newer) /sbin/ifconfig and /usr/sbin/ifconfig patch NOTE 2: To get Network Multipathing offlining capability, one needs to install the following patches: 109280-07 (or newer) /kernel/drv/ip patch 109741-03 (or newer) /kernel/drv/udp patch 109903-02 (or newer) /usr/lib/inet/in.ndpd patch 109905-02 (or newer) /sbin/in.mpathd patch 109907-03 (or newer) /sbin/ifconfig patch 110396-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/inet/mipagent patch NOTE 3: To get the complete feature for RCM suspend/resume, one needs to install the following patches: 108529-11 (or newer) Kernel Update patch 109905-05 (or newer) /sbin/in.mpathd patch 109280-16 (or newer) /kernel/drv/ip patch 111803-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/rcm/modules/\ SUNW_cluster_rcm.so patch 110855-03 (or newer) /usr/lib/rcm/modules/\ SUNW_ip_rcm.so patch README -- Last modified date: Tuesday, February 12, 2002