HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.5f Release Notes (AA-RW1WH-TE, December 2007)

Problem determination
Fabric OS 5.0.5f
features the fcPing command, which provides the ability to check Fibre Channel
connectivity between any two nodes in a fabric.
Fabric OS 5.0.5a fi xes
Table 2 listsimprovementsincludedinFabricOS5.0.5a.
Table 2 Fabric OS 5.0.5a closed defects
Closed Defects
Host cannot see a specificdeviceon2Gbplatforms:SANSwitch2/32,CoreSwitch2/64,SANDirector
2/128.
The workaround if not upgrading to this latest 5.0.5a release is to remove and reinsert the cable, or run
portDisable/portEnable.
In rare cases, the zoning daemon (zoned) caused the switch to panic during HAfailover.
An abrupt power failure on a por t blade on a 4/256 SAN Director caused the CPs to sometimes fail. In
the event of an abrupt power failure, the fix a llows a s mall d elay for the power failure to be reflected in
the power status register.
Revised the error message that displays when portCfgGPort is issued for embedded switches.
Fabric OS 5.0.5b fi xes
Table 3 listsimprovementsincludedinFabricOS5.0.5b.
Table 3 Fabri
cOS5.0.5bcloseddefects
Closed Defec
ts
Inserting unsupported FC4-48 blade into a pre-Fabric OS 5.2 chassis causes FAULTY(1) error that will not clear
with blade removal. HAsync is dropped, and an active C P reboot is required to recover. If not upgrading to
this Fabric OS 5.0.5b release the workaround is to schedule a convenient time to reboot the active CP.
HBA occasionally may not log into a 4Gb switch during auto topology discovery. If not upgrading to this
Fabric OS 5.0.5b release the workaround is to use portCfgGPort to lock the switch in G port mode. To
reestablish the link on the affected port, issue portDisable and portEnable.
Switch pan
ics with Failure Detection (FDET) when a Linux host is connected, affecting the SAN Switch 2/32,
SAN Director 2/128, SAN Switch 2/8V and SAN Switch 2/16V platforms.
A phantom device on an L-port disappears after HAfailover/hareboot, and a private device is no longer in
the name server database, affecting the SAN Switch 2/32, Core Switch 2/64, SAN Director 2/128, SAN
Switch 2/8V and SAN Switch 2/16V platforms. If not upgrading to this Fabric OS 5.0.5b release the
workaround is to issue the portdisable and portenable commands.
Specific HBA behavior causes a memory leak and the switch runs out of memory and reboots.
Switch p
anics with time service daemon (tsd) core dump.
Zoning change fails with message: unabortable internal zoning transaction.
Zoning change fails with message: unabortable internal zoning transaction.
The Web T
ools GUI hangs upon invoking fabricwide polling when there is no IP connection between the Web
Tools p roxy switch and the other switches in the fabric.
Without displaying an error message, a hardware ASIC failure causes performance degradation on a
4/256 SAN Director, or a switch fault on other 4Gb switches. If not upgrading to this Fabric OS 5.0.5b
release the workaround is to replace the faulted blade.
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