HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 2007)

PKI certification
If you have purch
ased and are running the Secure Fabric OS option, go to the following web site for
information on
obtaining a PKI certificate: h
ttp://www.hp.com/storage/go/secureos.
Important notes
Table 2 provides information relevant to the release of Fabric OS 5.2.1b.
Ta bl e 2 Im portant release information
Topic Description
FICON support
With this release, the Switch Connection Control high integrity requirement
for cascading FICON is available in the standard base Fabric OS. End users
can now deploy new cascade FICON Directors without purchasing a separate
Secure Fabric OS license.
To add a new FICON Director into existing cascaded configurations that are
already running Secured Fabric OS, HP recommends that users continue to
deploy Secure Fabric OS on the new FICON Director instead of migrating to
FOS ACL configuration.
NOTE:
The FC4–48 p
ortbladeisnotsupportedtoconnecttoSystemz
environments via FICON channels or via FCP zLinux on S ystem z. T o
attach the Director to the System z environment, use an FC4–16 or
FC4–32 Fib
re Channel port blade.
Diagnostics backport test
Backport tests may be run only in the following configurations:
• A pure SAN Director 2/128 (only CP2 and FC-16 blades)
• A SAN Director 2/ 128 with no FC4–16 blades installed, using Option 5.
Diagnostics spinsilk test
The following configurations will pass the spinsilk test:
• A pure SAN Director 2/128 (only CP2 and FC-16 blades)
• A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 5
• A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 5 (with FC4–16 blades)
The following configurations will fail the spinsilk test; use the minicycle test
instead:
• A mixed SAN Director 2/128 (with either CP4 or FC4–16 blades)
• A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 1 (a pure 4/256 SAN Director refers
to a Di rector with CP4 and FC4–16 blades only).
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Fans operate at the correct speed; that is, at maximum on bootup. However,
this initial speed may trigger an error message that indicates that the speed is
too high (Above threshold). Disregard this message.
4/256 SAN Director
• Customers upgrading SAN Director 2/128 units from Fabric OS 5.0.5
to 5.2.0 while in chassisconfig option 3 or 4, will not get sufficient
notification in the session error message or firmwaredownloadstatus
command about how to correct the problem.
• Before moving the slider UP on a Control Processor blade that is being
activated, obser ve that the amber LED is not ON for the active CP for at
least 5 seconds and that all LEDs are off on the new inser ted CP.
• In a core-edge design, when a fully-populated 384–port 4/256 SAN
Director (populated with eight FC4–48 blades) is an edge switch in a large
SAN,itcanexperiencehighCPUutilizationandmaypanicifitbecomesa
principal switch. SAN design best practice recommends deploying a high
port-count switch as both core and principal switch to reduce fabric stress
and provide ease of management.
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