HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1f release notes (5697-0243, January 2010)

DescriptionIssue
XPath OS 7.4.0 is not compatible with the Fabric OS implementation of the
Fibre Channel Management Server platform services. If platform services are
enabled on a Fabric OS fabric and a merge is attempted with an XPath OS
7.4.0 fabric, the E_Port links between the fabrics will link and segment at
intervals; in effect, the fabrics will not merge.
The command msPlMgmtDeactivate should be executed on all Fabric OS
switches prior to any merge attempts with XPath OS.
Fibre Channel Management
Server platform services com-
patibility
Fabric OS open E_Port is not supported on XPath OS.
Fabric OS open E_Port is not
supported
In a single MP Router, you can configure a port to be FC, FCR, GbE iSCSI,
or GbE FCIP. Traffic switching is supported only between the following types
of ports:
• FC & FCR
• FC & GbE FCIP
• FC & GbE iSCSI
• FCR & FCIP
Traffic switching between other types of port combinations is not supported.
This applies to port combinations on the same platform and across independent
platforms. For example, traffic from an iSCSI initiator connected to a MP Router
cannot be switched by an EX_Port on the same or independent router.
Traffic switching
Table 10 Fabric Manager
DescriptionIssue
If an EX_Port is disabled due to a Fabric ID conflict, the reason (Fabric ID
conflict) is not displayed in the Type column of the Ports Table within Fabric
Manager.
Disabled EX_Port
The Front and Xlate Domains are listed in the Selected Fabric tree of the FCS
tab within the Secure Policy Editor in Fabric Manager. These domains should
not be listed. If these domains are selected and added to the FCS list, an error
message is received.
Front and Xlate Domains
XPath OS migration procedures
The XPath OS migration procedures are described in the HP StorageWorks XPath OS Administrator
Guide. See this guide for explicit instructions on upgrading or downgrading your XPath OS.
Table 11 lists the XPath OS file and its associated recovery kernel file for each firmware version.
Table 11 XPath OS file and recovery version
Recovery Kernel (rk) FileXPath OS File
xpath_rk_1.4.1xpath_os_v7.3.0
xpath_rk_1.5.2xpath_os_v7.4.0
xpath_rk_1.5.2xpath_os_v7.4.1
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