HP B-series Fabric OS 6.3.2e Release Notes (5697-1816, March 2012) - includes all 6.3.2x versions

• When rebooting a DC SAN director or DC04 SAN director with DC SAN 10/24 FCoE blade,
Qlogic CNA and LSAN zoning, the switch becomes unresponsive for a period of time. This
is due to the CNA sending excessive MS queries to the switch.
• A DC SAN 10/24 FCoE blade installed in the highest numbered slot of a DC SAN director
or DC04 SAN director does not send out FIP unsolicited advertisements. Therefore, it does
not support FCoE functionality when installed in this slot.
Virtual Fabrics
• On VF-capable platforms, the VF feature (initially supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0a) must be
enabled in order to utilize the related capabilities, including logical switches and logical
fabrics. Any switch shipped from the factory with 6.3.1a or later installed that is capable of
supporting VF will have it enabled by default.
• When creating logical fabrics that include switches that are not VF-capable, it is possible to
have two logical switches with different FIDs in the same fabric. Be sure to verify that the FIDs
match for all switches in the same logical fabric.
• In order to support non-disruptive Hot Code Load on an HP 8/40 SAN Switch with VF enabled,
the total zoning DB size for the entire chassis should not exceed 1 MB.
• A switch with VF enabled cannot participate in a fabric that uses IP filter or password database
distribution or administrative domains. You must disable the VF feature before deploying it in
a fabric that uses these features.
• VF is not supported on the 1606 Extension SAN switch.
• VF-dedicated ISLs are supported on the DC SAN Director Switch Multiprotocol Extension Blade.
XISLs are not supported.
• On an HP 8/40 SAN switch with Virtual Fabrics enabled, ports may be re-initialized causing
frame drops during a hot code load (HCL) if the switch has a zoning database that is 1MB
or larger in size. To prevent this from occurring, ensure the zoning database is less than 1MB
when activating new firmware.
Licensing behavior
When operating a switch with Fabric OS 6.3.x, some licenses may be displayed as Unknown.
This is due to changes in licensing requirements for some features that no longer require a license
key and may still be installed on a switch.
Adaptive Networking/flow-based QoS prioritization
• When using QoS in a fabric with 4-Gb ports or switches, Fabric OS 6.0 or later must be
installed on all products in order to pass QoS information. E_Ports from the DC SAN Backbone
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