Enhancement Advisory sg3_utils enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2008:0468-2
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-05-21
Last updated on: 2008-05-21
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated sg3_utils packages that include the latest upstream version
are now available.

The sg3_utils packages are a collection of Linux utilities for devices that
use the SCSI command set. Included are utilities to copy data, check
INQUIRY data and VPD pages, check mode and log pages, spin up and down
disks, and various other functions.

This update rebases the sg3_utils package from version 1.20 to 1.25. Some
of the changes include:

* Numerous new tools:
- sg_stpg: Set Target Port Groups
- sg_safte: Query SAF-TE processor (SES like)
- sg_sat_set_features: Send ATA SET FEATURES command
- sg_raw: Send arbitrary SCSI commands
- sg_read_buffer: Send a READ BUFFER command
- sg_write_buffer: Send a WRITE BUFFER command
- sg_vpd: Decode VPD pages
- sg_rdac: Modify RDAC Redundant Controller Page

* Countless bugfixes

* Added new options and parameters to various utilities

For detailed information about the changes please refer to the ChangeLog
which can be found in /usr/share/doc/sg3_utils-1.25/ChangeLog

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain these
enhancements.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     bc412c556a0306370d3b0fee6a74651a
 
x86_64:
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     bc412c556a0306370d3b0fee6a74651a
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.x86_64.rpm     272fdfe71f74b01075de066107c8893f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.src.rpm     0786df95c0e8955a088642b82c4ed330
 
IA-32:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     ae1e075f4739455ac8c4df91a96a4c94
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     bc412c556a0306370d3b0fee6a74651a
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     4bb865b431a7a08a361dd2f8f3287703
 
IA-64:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.ia64.rpm     b3e1491efb6694f85738770f7d915d6e
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.ia64.rpm     4e5ad3e5a39af7d631091bcf0a408e02
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.ia64.rpm     754ea0b4b1e3358973332b4e04b35152
 
PPC:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.ppc.rpm     32c23fd1cdf322211d2603ea0418ac46
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.ppc.rpm     431fa8d2aa846e45c357263ac4022054
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.ppc64.rpm     40cfdb87d2a75f59ccd84c3b65617ed7
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.ppc.rpm     dbd12c4187c0752bfa28b1a1509788e1
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.ppc64.rpm     0f77968c68281a749dff679106a57d56
 
s390x:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.s390x.rpm     acc2d57d5e5f617a207efc27a46fdfc5
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.s390.rpm     49cf950e3d7ca0d23a4ad875afeea880
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.s390x.rpm     171cc7d99470d2845dce2888a830143a
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.s390.rpm     6ac823abbb395f58a9b8742ecb87046e
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.s390x.rpm     b92b920853554849f9cc90fa82d36493
 
x86_64:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.x86_64.rpm     7e3ab637c4769c4c6bc1dc9103b65130
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     bc412c556a0306370d3b0fee6a74651a
sg3_utils-devel-1.25-1.el5.x86_64.rpm     272fdfe71f74b01075de066107c8893f
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     4bb865b431a7a08a361dd2f8f3287703
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.x86_64.rpm     8ceb2fbd9e3ce1859ef2362a779dfa1e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.src.rpm     0786df95c0e8955a088642b82c4ed330
 
IA-32:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     ae1e075f4739455ac8c4df91a96a4c94
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     4bb865b431a7a08a361dd2f8f3287703
 
x86_64:
sg3_utils-1.25-1.el5.x86_64.rpm     7e3ab637c4769c4c6bc1dc9103b65130
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.i386.rpm     4bb865b431a7a08a361dd2f8f3287703
sg3_utils-libs-1.25-1.el5.x86_64.rpm     8ceb2fbd9e3ce1859ef2362a779dfa1e
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

235159 - update version of sg3_utils


Keywords

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