HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.3.
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Version Fabric Manager 5.3.0a Description Fabric Manager is a powerful application that manages multiple B-Series switches and fabrics in real time. In particular, Fabric Manager provides the essential functions for configuring, monitoring, dynamically provisioning, and managing B-Series Fibre Channel switch fabrics.
New products This release includes the following new hardware platforms: • HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch • Switches running in Access Gateway mode Go to http://www.hp.com for the latest supported products. Supported B-Series switches This section describes product models supported by Fabric Manager 5.3.0a. Table 1 lists the Brocade switches and the corresponding HP switches supporting Fabric Manager 5.3.0a.
Table 1 B-Series switches supporting Fabric Manager 5.3.
Fabric operating systems Table 2 lists the recommended Fabric OS versions for this release. Fabric Manager 5.3.0a is compatible with Fabric OS 5.3.x and the previous two feature releases of Fabric OS: • Fabric OS 5.1.x • Fabric OS 5.2.x NOTE: Go to http://www.hp.com for the latest supported version of Fabric OS. Table 2 Recommended Fabric OS versions for HP StorageWorks models Switch Fabric Operating System Multi-protocol (MP) Router XPath OS 7.4.1e 2Gb San Switch Fabric OS 2.6.
Enhancements This section summarizes Fabric Manager 5.3.0a enhancements. New operating system support No new operating system support was added with Fabric Manager 5.3.0a. NOTE: For a list of supported operating systems for each switch, see http:// h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html. New features introduced in Fabric Manager 5.3.0a Fabric Manager 5.3.
• IPv6 support―Support for IPv6 based addressing in all relevant areas of the GUI, and IPv6 support for Fabric Manager client server and server switch communication. • Reports―In addition to the performance reports (discussed above), two new reports – Fabric Summary report and Physical Inventory report – are added, along with an option to export them to PDF & HTML formats. • Secure Communication―Reduced number of open firewall ports for communication between the Fabric Manager client and server.
The Fabric Manager Installation Wizard automatically launches. If for any reason the Fabric Manager Installation Wizard does not launch, navigate to the Windows folder on the CD and run Install.exe. 2. Follow the instructions to complete the installation. Installing Fabric Manager on Solaris (server) 1. Insert the Fabric Manager CD, disk 3, into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Navigate to the Solaris folder. 3. Execute Install.bin. Installing Fabric Manager on Linux (server) 1.
• • • • • Although multiple paths do not affect functionality, they could result in other applications being unable to add additional path names because some operating systems have a limit on how long the system PATH can be. If you experience this issue, manually edit the system PATH to include only one Fabric Manager Client directory. You must choose the SAN size during installation of Fabric Manager 5.3.0a. See the Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide for additional information.
FC Router configuration wizard prefill values Before moving to the next page of any Fabric Manager wizard, always verify that the information on the screen is correct. Some information may be prefilled with values other than those desired. In some configurations, the FC Router configuration wizard prefills an incorrect FID value. Deleted switch appears in Fabric View In rare cases, a switch that has been removed from a fabric may still appear online in Fabric Manager.
HBA firmware download • When using Fabric Manager to download firmware to the HBA, in some cases invalid firmware files are downloaded. This causes the operation to report that it has finished successfully; however, the firmware is corrupted when rebooted. This is not a switch issue. The HBA loads any files, even if they are not meant to be loaded. • Firmware download does not work for certain earlier and unsupported versions of HBA firmware, driver, and HBAnyware versions.
Workaround: Delete switches with the “missing” status and refresh the fabric. You need to take a new baseline for Change Management to avoid notifications regarding ISL changes in the fabric after the missing switch is removed from Fabric Manager. XPath OS Meta SANs In an XPath OS meta SAN environment with 1500 LSAN zones or more, Fabric Manager might fail to retrieve LSAN information.
Fabric Manager 5.3.0 fixes Table 3 lists Fabric Manager 5.3.0 closed issues. Table 3 Fabric Manager 5.3.0 closed issues Closed defect summary Solution Unable to discover unstable fabric in Fabric Manager when fabric actively configuring. Fabric Manager 5.3.0 includes a new FCS implementation that prevents unstable fabrics in the SAN from affecting other fabrics. Fabric Manager uninstaller does not always uninstall the product completely (some files are not removed) . Resolved per this Fabric Manager 5.
Table 4 Fabric Manager 5.3.0a closed issues Closed defect summary Solution Device information is sometimes not updated in the application. Resolved per this Fabric Manager 5.3.0a release. The Fabric Manager client supports the following eight languages for localized Windows operating systems: • English • Japanese • German • French • Italian • Korean • Portuguese • Chinese The Fabric Manager client fails to launch if one of the above eight languages is not selected. Resolved per this Fabric Manager 5.3.
