Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 August 17, 2012 Document History Document Title Summary of Changes Publication Date Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.
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Contents Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Resolution of Important Defects ............................................................................................................................. 5 FOS v7.0.2 Features ................................................................................................................................................ 5 FOS v7.0.
Forward Error Correction (FEC) ............................................................................................................................. 29 FICON ...................................................................................................................................................................... 29 FL_Port (Loop) Support..........................................................................................................................................
Overview Fabric OS (FOS) v7.0.2 is a maintenance release based on FOS v7.0.1x. All hardware platforms and features supported in FOS v7.0.1x are also supported in FOS v7.0.2. Resolution of Important Defects • 404780 High count of CRC w/Good EOF errors across multiple card types • 403996 Enhancement needed to link credit loss recovery on 8G platforms FOS v7.0.2 Features FOS v7.0.2 is a maintenance release that contains fixes for defects including those from FOS v7.0.1a and FOS v7.0.1b patch releases.
FOS v7.0.1 Feature Descriptions New Hardware Support • Brocade 6505 entry level 16G FC switch • FC8-32E and FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades for DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 Enhanced Optical ICL Topology Support for DCX 8510 FOS v7.0.
both the adapter and the switch. For additional information please consult the Brocade Adapter Release Notes for firmware version 3.1 or later, and the Brocade Adapter Administrator’s Guide. Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.
Optionally Licensed Software Fabric OS v7.0.2 includes all basic switch and fabric support software, as well as optionally licensed software that is enabled via license keys. Optionally licensed features supported in FOS v7.0.2 include: Brocade Demand—Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports via Brocade Ports on Demand license key upgrade. (Applies to select models of switches).
can be installed to enable full encryption processing power on the BES or on all FS8-18 blades installed in a DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 chassis. DataFort Compatibility — This license is required on the Brocade Encryption Switch or DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 85108/DCX 8510-4 with FS8-18 blade(s) to read and decrypt NetApp DataFort-encrypted disk and tape LUNs.
Note that this license requirement does not depend upon the total number of DCX 8510 chassis that exist in a fabric, but only on how many chassis are interconnected via ICLs. This license is only recognized/displayed when operating with FOS v7.0.1 and later. Temporary License Support The following licenses are available in FOS v7.0.
• • • • • • • • IEEE 802.1w IEEE 802.3ad IEEE 802.3ae IEEE 802.1Q IEEE 802.1p IEEE 802.1v IEEE 802.1AB IEEE 802.
• Brocade 7800 — On the pull-out tab on the front left side of the chassis underneath the serial console and Ethernet connection and on the bottom of the switch in a well on the left side underneath (looking from front) • Brocade 8000 — On the switch ID pullout tab located inside the chassis on the port side on the left and also on the bottom of the chassis • Brocade DCX, DCX 8510-8 — Bottom right of the port side • Brocade DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4 — Back, upper left under the power supply 3.
FOS Migration Considerations This section contains important details to consider before migrating to or from this FOS release. TSBs - Critical Issues to Consider Prior to Installing This FOS Release Technical Support Bulletins (TSBs) are produced to provide detailed information about high priority defects or issues present in FOS releases. The following sections specify all current TSBs that have been identified as being a risk to or resolved with this specific version of Fabric OS.
FOS Upgrade and Downgrade Special Considerations The DCX/DCX-4S units running any FOS v6.4.x can be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v7.0.2. This upgrade is non-disruptive to FC traffic only. When loading FOS v7.0.2 to a DCX chassis with FCOE10-24 blades with Brocade Network Advisor v11.1.1/11.1.1a, there is no warning flagging FCoE traffic disruption. The DCX/DCX-4S units running FOS v6.4.1_fcoe1 can be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v7.0.2.
Important Notes This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release. Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility Brocade® Network Advisor provides the industry’s first unified network management solution for data, storage, and converged networks.
SMI Compatibility • It is important to note that host SMI-S agents cannot be used to manage switches running FOS v7.0.2 • If users want to manage a switch running FOS v7.0.2 using SMI-S interface, they must use Brocade Network Advisor’s integrated SMI agent. Fabric OS Compatibility The following table lists the earliest versions of Brocade software supported in this release, that is, the earliest supported software versions that interoperate.
Supported Products and FOS Interoperability Secure Fabric OS (on any model) Not Supported Mi10k, M6140, ED-6064, ES-3232, ES-4300, ES-4400, ES-4500, ES4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode) 1 Direct E_Port connections are not supported – must use FCR. M-EOS v9.9.5 or later McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC director Not Supported MultiMulti-Protocol Router Interoperability nteroperability Brocade 7420 Not supported Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade V6.2.
If there are switches running FOS versions lower than the above listed patch levels in the same fabric as a switch with FOS v7.0 or later, then cfgsave and cfgenable operations initiated from these switches will fail if the zoning database is greater than 128KB. In such scenarios zoning operations such as cfgsave/cfgenable can still be performed successfully if initiated from a switch running FOS v7.0 or later. Blade Support Fabric OS v7.0.
Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX 8510-8 and DCX 85104 noted in the table below. DCX 85108510-8/DCX 8/DCX 85108510-4 Blade Blade Support Matrix FC16-32, FC16-48 16G FC blades Supported starting with FOS v7.0 FC8-64 64 port 8Gbit port blade With any mix and up to 8/4 of each. No restrictions around intermix.
Power Supply Requirements for Blades in DCX/DCXDCX/DCX-4S Blades Type of Blade FC10-6, FC816, FC8-32, FC 8-48, FC864 Port Blade FR4-18i FS8-18, FX8-24, FCOE10-24 DCX/DCXDCX/DCX-4S DCX/DCXDCX/DCX-4S @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) 2 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies Intelligent Blade Not Supported 2 Power Supplies Intelligent Blade Not Supported DCX: 2 or 4 Power Supplies Comments Distribute the Power Supplies evenly to 2 different AC connections f
Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 85108510-8 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the 85108510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual) Manual) Configured Number of Ports Blades Type of Blade DCX 85108510-8 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX 85108510-8 @200--240 VAC @200 (Redundant configurations) Comments Any combination of 8Gb or 16Gb ports with QSFP ICLs FC8-64, FC16-32, FC8-32
Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 85108510-8 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the 85108510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual) Manual) Configured Number of Ports Blades 336 8Gb ports + QSFP ICLs FC8-48E 384 16Gb ports + QSFP ICLs Type of Blade DCX 85108510-8 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX 85108510-8 @200--240 VAC @200 (Redundant configurations) Comments Port Blade
Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 85108510-4 (For specific calculation calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the 85108510-4 Backbone Hardware Hardware Reference Manual) Configured Blades Number of Ports Type of Blade DCX 85108510-4 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX 85108510-4 @200--240 VAC @200 (Redundant configurations) Comments 96 ports max with QSFP ICLs FC16-32, FC8-32E Port Blade 2 Po
o Look for the Tech Note on Access Gateway Device-Based Mapping in VMware ESX Server. Brocade HBA/Adapter Compatibility • Brocade HBA/Adapter should be using driver version 2.3.0.2 or later when attached to 16G ports on Brocade switches. D-Port • D-port tests must be run with FEC disabled. Sometimes, a D-Port test may get stuck in “IN PROGRESS” state, when FEC is enabled for a port. The D-Port stuck in “IN PROGRESS” state can be recovered by toggling the port (port disable/enable). • FOS v7.0.
• If the migration to FOS v7.0 or later does not occur from 6.4.1a, 6.4.1b, or 6.4.2, the following will result • BES will reboot if auto reboot is enabled otherwise it needs to be rebooted manually for recovery2010/11/08-04:54:35:485488, [FSS-1009], 4424/886, CHASSIS, ERROR, MACE, FSS Error: fcsw0-vs: MISMATCH: component., svc.c, line: 2462, comp:FSSK_TH, ltime:2010/11/08-04:54:35:485484 • Adding of 3PAR Session/Enclosure LUNs to CTCs is now supported.
• With Windows and Veritas Volume Manager/Veritas Dynamic Multipathing, when LUN sizes less than 400MB are presented to BES for encryption, a host panic may occur and this configuration is not supported in the FOS v6.3.1 or later release. • Hot Code Load from FOS v6.4.1a to FOS v7.0 or later is supported. Cryptographic operations and I/O will be disrupted but other layer 2 FC traffic will not be disrupted.
o InBand Management o Multigigabit Circuit o Shared GE among Logical Switches o Auto-mode compression option o VE as XISL o 10GigE lossless failover o Modified QoS percentages o 10GigE ARL o IP Configuration where multiple GigEs have same subnet values o For a tunnel configuration on 1GE ports that has more than 4 circuits o Teradata emulation enabled o Circuits configured explicitly to be listeners or an initiators FCoE/DCB/CEE (Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24) • When upgrading a Brocad
• Before upgrading to FOS v6.4.1_fcoe/v6.4.1_fcoe1/v7.0.0 or later, if the CEE map “default” value already exists, the same “default” value is preserved after upgrading to FOS v6.4.1_fcoe/v6.4.1_fcoe1/v7.0.0 or later. However, if the CEE map “default” is not configured before upgrading to FOS v6.4.1_fcoe/v6.4.1_fcoe1/v7.0.0 or later, then after upgrading to FOS v6.4.1_fcoe/v6.4.1_fcoe1/v7.0.
• The Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24 can handle 169 small FCoE frames in bursts. If you are using the Brocade 8000 or FCOE10-24, and you delete a large number of v-ports with HCM, some of the v-ports may not appear to be deleted.
• A maximum of 112 ports may be used for connectivity to loop devices in a single Logical Switch within a chassis in 10-bit dynamic area mode on DCX. • Loop devices continue to be supported when attached to ports on the FC8-16, FC8-32 with no new restrictions. ICLs on DCX/DCX-4S • If a DCX with an 8-link ICL license is connected to a DCX with a 16-link license, the DCX with the 16link license will report enc_out errors. The errors are harmless, but will continue to increment.
switch. Extra caution should be used to verify the FIDs match for all switches in the same Logical Fabric. • A switch with Virtual Fabrics enabled may not participate in a fabric that is using Password Database distribution or Administrative Domains. The Virtual Fabrics feature must be disabled prior to deploying in a fabric using these features. Zoning • The maximum zone database size supported in FOS v7.
• HA failover on DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510 platforms while running FOS v7.0 or later firmware • Firmware upgrade from v7.0 to a later release on Brocade 300, 5100, VA-40FC, 5300, 6510 • Firmware upgrade from FOSv7.0.1 to a later release on Brocade 6505 • The QSFP information in the sfpshow output will indicate the ID field as all zeros. This is as designed.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defects Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of May 15, 2012 in Fabric OS v7.0.1b.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000358972 Technical Severity: High Summary: Port is negotiating to 16G even though optic is only capable of 8G Symptom: Customer will see multiple problems with I/O. Workaround: bounce the problem port with this kind of mismatch speed setting. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: 16G Platform Services Probability: Medium Function: FOS Kernel HA Reported In Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000368909 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: AG is not registering descriptor and creating /var/log/ag_desc.txt Symptom: Switch experiences excessive CF usage due to generation of /var/log/ag_desc.txt. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: Management Services Reported In Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000374751 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Security vulnerability check for CVE-2011-3192 fails on switches running on FOS prior to v7.0.2 Symptom: When the vulnerability is explored, it may trigger increase in memory and CPU usage and lead to a Denial of Service condition with Httpd server. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Medium Probability: Function: Web Management Reported In Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000379996 Technical Severity: High Summary: Configdownload fails with segmentation fault. Symptom: If a configdownload is done to a chassis having motd set with a config file having no motd set, confidownload operation will fail due to ‘segmentation fault’ Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Security Probability: Low Function: Other Reported In Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000381361 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: After hareboot on B5460, internal ports go offline/online with warm recovery Symptom: FOS version of 6.4.2 and before, traffic will be disrupted during HCL on B5460. This issue cannot be resolved without a FPGA upgrade. FOSv6.4.3 contains upgrade of FPGA code. For the fix to be effective, please schedule window on upgrade: 1. Upgrade to FOS v6.4.3 2. Run fpga_update after upgrade 3.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000382643 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: CP panicked during core blade reseat Symptom: During core blade replacement, a race condition caused a removed blade object being access by routing module. Customer observed unintended Hafailover. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Medium Probability: Function: Fabric Services Reported In Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000384078 Technical Severity: High Summary: FCIP tunnel performance drop in FOS v7.x Symptom: Small performance drop in FCIP tunnel from FOS v6.4.x to FOS v7.x when running small IO throughput. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FCIP Medium Probability: Function: FCIP Performance Reported In Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000384682 Technical Severity: High Summary: Downgrade from FOS v7.0.x to v6.4.x leads to F port connectivity loss.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000386528 Technical Severity: High Summary: Switch panic upon detecting SRAM parity error on 7500 and FR4-18i Symptom: Parity error in ASIC is very rare and may be observed after a long up time. This specific parity error in 7500/FR4-18i SRAM cannot be recovered by software refresh, thus the attempted refresh generated switch panic. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: ASIC Driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000387371 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Replication application getting errors after upgrading from FOSv6.4.1_fcoe to FOSv7.0.x with FCIP emulation Symptom: Customer will get failures in Teradata replication Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software High Probability: Function: FCIP Reported In Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000389202 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: After changing F-port buffers via WebTools 0n 7800 cannot set buffers back to 8 (Default) Symptom: After set F-port buffer credits to 16 using WebTools > port admin (advanced mode) > F-port BB credit, was unable to set it back to 8 and get the following error message:"Error when performing specified action for port 1 - F-Port BB credits with value less than 9 is not allowed.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000390650 Technical Severity: Critical Summary: Device does not register FC4 type and path unable to failover Symptom: Device is not failing over to its alternate port if that alternate port happens to be on the upper part of the FC8-64 port blade such as port indexes 868 to 884 Workaround: Use port indexes 239-254 Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: Fabric Services Reported In Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000393131 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: BR5300 goes to faulty after portloopback tetsing Symptom: Customer performed portloopbacktest repeatedly on FOS v7.0.1 and v7.0.1a in a loop script, this repeated test was "PASSED" a few times and then switch changed to faulty status. This affects BR5300 only. Workaround: avoid running portloopbacktest in loop. Risk of Fix: Medium Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: Diagnostics FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000395750 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Update various man pages. Symptom: Added more information on: 1. perfaddeemonitor -force parameter 2. perfttmon/perfaddeemonitor -force, -delete -all option 3. Dport over DWDM link 4. islshow 5. fdmishow Risk of Fix: Medium Feature: Man Pages Function: Edit/Correct Probability: Low Reported In Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000397135 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: change Port Fencing raslog severity Symptom: Change Port Fencing raslog message FW- 1202 FW-1501 from Warning to Error. No functional impact. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: Infrastructure Low Probability: Function: Other Reported In Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000399130 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Switch ports report CRC with Good EOF Errors. Symptom: Large number of CRC with good EOF errors on DCX system when an FC8-64 is installed in slot 1,3,9 Risk of Fix: Low Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Low Probability: Function: C2 ASIC driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000400194 Technical Severity: High Summary: Selected switch configuration accessible without authenticating Symptom: Able to query switch via HTTP for information without authenticating with a username/password Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: High Function: Security Reported In Release: FOS6.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000403223 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: perfttmon --show [number of flows] does not show expected results. Symptom: When user enters the number of flows value which is equal to 32 in platforms where the maximum flows allowed is 32 , then the output of perfttmon --show does not match with the expected results. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Low Probability: Function: Fabric Services Reported In Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000406655 Technical Severity: High Summary: Switch experiences panic during firmwaredownload and CPs loose HA sync Symptom: While managing switch via SMI-A and when SMI-A sends management server request "MS_GPORT_NG command" during code upgrade, switch panics Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Medium Probability: Function: Management Services Reported In Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000410075 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: CRC with Good EOF errors detected on DCX Symptom: Observe CRC with Good EOF errors on 5/139 link when FC8-32 card installed in slot 3 and on 5/100 link when FX8-24 card installed in slots 4. These errors could impact traffic. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Low Probability: Function: C2 ASIC driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1b Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1b This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of May 15, 2012 in Fabric OS v7.0.1b.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000386010 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Device does re-FLOGI with a different WWN cause stale entry in Flogin DataBase Symptom: switch reports duplicate WWN and panic. Feature: Field Escalation Function: Panic / OOM Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 700637,722117 Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000391190 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: snmpd failed to restart Symptom: SNMP no longer functioning on switch. SNMP crashed and generated a core file twice then failed to restart. Feature: Field Escalation Function: SNMP Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000396826 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Performance down on compressed FCIP tunnel in v7.0.1a vs. 6.4.2a Symptom: Slightly lower throughput between the releases due to delay in sending from TCP Initiator side of the connection. The delay between FC receive and TCP send can be as much as 1.4 ms when the TCP packet is less than 1/2 of the TCP MSS. Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP I/O Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000399130 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Customer has experienced a large number of C2-5825 CRC with Good EOF Errors with FC864 in slot 1 of DCX Symptom: Customer is experiencing a large number of CRC with good EOF errors on DCX system when an FC8-64 is installed in slot 1. Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Function: C2 ASIC driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1b Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1a – GA March 15, 2012 This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of March 15, 2012 in Fabric OS v7.0.1a. Defect ID: DEFECT000358972 Technical Severity: High Summary: Port is negotiating to 16G even though optic is only capable of 8G Symptom: Customer will see multiple problems with I/O.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1a Defect ID: DEFECT000386528 Technical Severity: High Summary: Switch panic upon detect SRAM parity error on 7500 and FR4-18i Symptom: Parity error in ASIC is very rare and may be observed after a long up time. This specific parity error in 7500/FR4-18i SRAM cannot be recovered by software refresh, thus the attempted refresh generated switch panic.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1a Defect ID: DEFECT000369660 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Enhanced SERDES tuning to address CRC with good EOF Symptom: CRC with good EOF reported with following platform, blade, port combination.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1a Defect ID: DEFECT000385320 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FICON Selective resets during sort tape job with large channel programs when running through FICON to ESCON converter and FCIP FICON Tape Pipelining. Symptom: Customer sees the tape application fail with MIH error. Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP I/O Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1b Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 This section lists defects with High or Medium Technical Severity open in Fabric OS v7.0.1 as of December 15, 2011. While these defects are still formally “open,” they are unlikely to impede Brocade customers in their deployment of Fabric OS v7.0.1 and have been deferred to a later release. None of these defects have the requisite combination of probability and severity to cause significant concern to Brocade customers.
Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000342944 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: WebTools dialog does not include FID in the error message resulting from Config Download failure on DCX with multiple logical switches. Symptom: If configdownload fails for a particular fid while being performed through WebTools , the displayed error message does not include the logical switch FID. Feature: FOS-Infrastructure Function: Config Download Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000369286 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Inconsistency in handling of unsupported port speed configuration after replacing an FC16xx blade with an FC8-xxE blade. Symptom: After replacing an FC16-xx blade with an FC8-xxE blade, ports previously configured to fixed 10G speed will be reset to auto speed negotiation while ports previously configured to fixed 16G will be persistently disabled.
Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000375412 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Sending Test Email from Web Tools does not work if DNS has not been properly configured. Symptom: Sending Test Email from Web Tools does not work. Workaround: DNS configuration needs to be in place and accurate for e-mail functionality to work correctly. Feature: WebMgmt Function: Switch Admin Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000381334 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Mode 1 portloopbacktest fails on FC16 blades in either slot 7 or 8 of 8510-4 Symptom: User sees failure message when running portloopbacktest BLADE ID 0x60 in slot 7 reset, mode:5 condor3_fpl_lli_ns_status[3518]: slot 7 chip 0 asic port 24 has LOS peerSlot -1 (null) asicChip 0 asicPort 0 FAILED to set speed 16 G BLADE ID 0x60 in slot 7 reset, mode:5 SKIPPED!.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1 GA December 15, 2011 This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of December 15, 2011 in Fabric OS v7.0.1. Defect ID: DEFECT000326023 Technical Severity: High Summary: HA-Failover of switch seen when running IP over FC with multi-frame sequences. Symptom: With IPFC configuration, run IPFC Broadcast frames with multi frames in sequence, observe switch fails over or hareboot after some run time.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000345301 Technical Severity: High Summary: In FCR configurations with Speed Tags, if LSAN Binding is added, binding is not being properly enforced. Symptom: If LSAN Binding is added to an FCR configuration with Speed Tags already defined, binding may not be properly enforced and devices may not get properly imported/exported.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000350457 Technical Severity: High Summary: Access Gateway N-port stuck in G-port after firmware upgrade with QoS enabled on attached Fabric switch Symptom: AG N_Port could be stuck in G_Port after firmware upgrade. Workaround: If this issue is encountered, disable QoS on the Fabric switch for the impacted link Feature: Field Escalation Function: Access Gateway Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000353445 Technical Severity: High Summary: Out of band bulk requests (SMI) can cause Name Server to panic in frame redirection environments. Symptom: Multiple name server panics observed in conjunction with applications which performs GXX_ID (such as GCS_ID) queries via out of band.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000359518 Technical Severity: High Summary: Cannot remove configured Admin Domain if defzone is configured as "allaccess" Symptom: Customer unable to remove admin domains when defzone --allaccess is set (which is an invalid configuration, involving an unlikely "loophole" to configure.) Workaround: remove zone files from switch and reboot Feature: Field Escalation Function: Fabric Services Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.2.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000364945 Technical Severity: High Summary: Unable create 4th tunnel with crossport circuits in chassis with multiple FX8-24 blades. Symptom: Unable create more than three tunnels with crossport circuit configuration in a chassis with multiple FX8-24 blades. Feature: FCIP Function: Other Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000369610 Technical Severity: High Summary: Emulated FICON Tape Read Channel Program can grow too large, resulting in FICON Protocol timeouts and aborts Symptom: FICON Abort during tape read emulation Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP I/O Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000369703 Technical Severity: High Summary: Host could not Link up on 8G FC port when the port is configured at a fixed speed of 4G or 8G.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000317392 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: systemverification failing on 7800. Symptom: systemverfication test fails Feature: Diagnostics Function: Other Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Where Else Fixed: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000339701 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Even after removing the device from the LSAN zoning, nsinfo.html for switch is not updated with removed devices. Symptom: nsinfo.html may not be updated with devices that have been removed from an LSAN zone. Feature: 8G FCR Function: FCR Daemon Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000346554 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: When devices send LOGO and then FLOGI, without a port toggle, the route is not set up, causing PLOGIs to peer device to be dropped. Symptom: Devices unable to communicate with peer devices after logout/login sequence. Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000350157 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: pdmd memory increase seen on the standby CP of a DCX 8510-8 with max LS creation and fully populated EX-Ports after a long period of time with I/O running Symptom: pdmd memory usage may increase on the standby CP of 8510-8 with max LS creation and fully populated EX-Ports after a long period of I/O running.. Feature: License Function: License Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000358533 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Cold recovery observed when devices are not LSAN zoned but are exchanging ELS frames. Symptom: Cold recovery after a CP Failover or during Firmware Download. This is observed under rare conditions, in FCR fabrics. Devices that are not LSAN zoned somehow know the PROXY ID of the other device and send ELS frames.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000362362 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FC16-32 blade fails POST (FAULTY-51) Symptom: After power cycling an 8510, FC16-32 port blade is set to Faulty-51. Workaround: Power cycle the blade or the chassis Feature: Diagnostics Function: Post Diags Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000367452 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Using "switchcfgpersistentdisable/enable" can result is subsequent issues with zoning distribution. Symptom: Zone DB distribution fails to reach all domains in the fabric. Feature: Field Escalation Function: Management Embedded Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.
Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000371485 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Switch Ethernet port sends frame with invalid MAC address on Brocade 300E, 5100, 6510 and 7800 Symptom: Switch Ethernet port sometimes sends frames with invalid Ethernet MAC address. There is no functional impact due to TCP/IP retransmit frame successfully; However, if there is security software monitor each frame, it will trigger alarms upon detect invalid MAC address.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0c – GA November 18, 2011 This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of November 18, 2011 in Fabric OS v7.0.0c Defect ID: DEFECT000354348 Technical Severity: High Summary: Not receiving the RAS log Cx-5021 message for front port partial credit loss on an EX-Port Symptom: Customer will be unaware if EX_Ports are leaking credit.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0c Defect ID: DEFECT000365069 Technical Severity: High Summary: ICL Ports on 8510 directors show "Mod_Val" on 1 out of 4 ports on a QSFP. Symptom: Event log indicates bad QSFP requiring reseat or replacement. Workaround: Reseating QSFP may correct the issue. Feature: 16G Hardware Function: 16G QSFP Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0c Defect ID: DEFECT000369430 Technical Severity: High Summary: Host Discovery issue from edge to edge with VE in BB fabric if EX_Ports are on port 0-3 of an FX8-24 blade in slot 7 of a DCX-4S. Symptom: Hosts will not be able to discover targets across the backbone fabric. Feature: Striker/Spike Platform Services Function: Routing Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b – GA August 24, 2011 This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of August 24, 2011 in Fabric OS v7.0.0b.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000352764 Technical Severity: High Summary: Remote data replication application fails with multiple paths (multiple port pairs between arrays) when FastWrite is enabled on the FCIP tunnel. Symptom: With FastWrite enabled on an FCIP tunnel, and two data replication port pairs, the application commands to move data between the arrays will fail. With only a single port pair or with FastWrite disabled, everything works fine.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000356351 Technical Severity: High Summary: Frame drops are observed after changing the FCR backbone domain ID. Symptom: Hosts lost access to storage after changing FCR backbone domain ID on a DCX/DCX-4S Backbone with FC8-64 and FC8-48 blades. Frame drops happen on the FC8-64/FC8-48 backend ports. Feature: Field Escalation Function: FC Layer 2 Routing Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000357943 Technical Severity: High Summary: Trackchanges is not generating TRK-1003 for SSH logout. Symptom: With a Trackchanges setting of 1,1, the track changes feature is not generating the TRCK1003 message when a SSH session is logged out. Feature: FOS Security Function: Authentication Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000349465 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: TopTalker Monitor fails if user changes the monitor from Egress to Ingress Symptom: User will be unable to create Top Talkers in Ingress mode Feature: Mgmt Embedded - HTTP Function: Other Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000351796 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Duplicate E_Port SCN from Port... error messages seen after an HAFailover.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000354560 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Failed tape jobs encountered with tape pipelining enabled when utilizing a FICON to ESCON converter Symptom: Tape jobs intermittently fail with tape pipelining enabled when utilizing a FICON to ESCON converter. Workaround: Disable tape pipelining Feature: Field Escalation Function: FCIP Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000356559 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Need more detailed error message for blocking firmware upgrade from FOS 6.4.0c to FOS 7.0 due to a deprecated feature. Symptom: Firmware upgrade from v6.4 to v7.0 is blocked, and user does not get sufficient information from the error message. Feature: FABRIC WATCH Function: Other Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000359160 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Not able to enable NPIV on FCoE ports. Symptom: If NPIV had been disabled on FCoE ports prior to upgrading to v7.0, NPIV cannot be enabled on those FCoE ports. Feature: Field Escalation Function: FCoE Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000361822 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FastWrite is clearing the F_CTL priority bit resulting in CS_CTL values not being maintained/used Symptom: Configured CS_CTL values are no longer valid on write data frames (F_CTL priority bit disabled) once frames are carried over FCIP links with FastWrite enabled. Feature: FCIP Function: Emulation Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0a – GA June 2, 2011 This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of June 2, 2011 in Fabric OS v7.0.0a. Defect ID: DEFECT000321855 Technical Severity: High Summary: CRC and/or CDR-5021 errors seen on DCX, DCX-4S, or 5100 switch platforms Symptom: CRC or other errors as described below: 1. Port 7/0 detected CRC error with good EOF when FC8-16 is placed in DCX-4s Slot7.
Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Beta Defect ID: DEFECT000349012 Technical Severity: High Summary: FICON: Active config is out of synch with FOS indicating a port is blocked after HA failover Symptom: Active configuration indicates port is not blocked. FOS indicates port is blocked. Feature: FICON Function: Ficud Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.
Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Beta Defect ID: DEFECT000350463 Technical Severity: High Summary: Unable to configure ports as extended distance using CLI on 6510 10G ports without extended fabric license Symptom: The intention is that you should be able to configure any non-default Extended Fabric mode on a licensed 10G FC port without requiring the Extended Fabric license – non-10G ports still require the Extended Fabric license for this operation.
Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Beta Defect ID: DEFECT000342412 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: TPERF session may not be able to be restarted until all user disabled GE ports on the test tunnel are re-enabled. Symptom: If a user disables GE ports on a TPERF test tunnel while a TPERF session is in progress and the TPERF session is terminated, TPERF may not be able to be restarted until the disabled GE ports are re-enabled.
Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Beta Defect ID: DEFECT000349010 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Component (ms) dropping HA data update during logical switch delete and moving of ports Symptom: FICON Database out of Sync between CP's HA failure Feature: FICON Function: MS-FICON Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.
