Release Notes

Closed defects with code change in Fabric OS v7.2.0
Fabric OS v7.2.0a Release Notes v1.0 Page 70 of 93
Defect ID:
DEFECT000437078
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
Incompatible FDMI attribute between different FOS releases caused kernel panic
Symptom:
In a mixed FOS fabric with FOS v6.4.x and FOS v7.1, switch running v7.1.0 could panic when there
are FDMI queries.
Workaround:
Do not use pre-v7.0 switches as BNA seed switch.
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
FC Services
Function:
FDMI
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Defect ID:
DEFECT000437186
Technical Severity:
Medium
Summary:
EX-port disable on trunk Master port leads to parameters being erroneously copied to the neighbor
pwwn. copied from the old master port to the neighbor pwwn
Symptom:
"fcredgeshow" extract the neighbor port number from the neighbor pwwn will display wrong neighbor
PWWN and port number.
Workaround:
Need to disable and enable the invalid port
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
High
Feature:
8G FCR
Function:
FCR Daemon
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Defect ID:
DEFECT000437463
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
3rd party device failing writes to tape drives when appending
Symptom:
IO Errors when tape jobs are started against a newly installed tape Drive:
An I/O error occurred while accessing drive xxx (/dev/hmt_xxx) for RDBLKID operation, errno =
78, rc = 1.
Workaround:
Disable open systems tape pipelining or limit tunnel vtn to 1
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Medium
Feature:
FCIP
Function:
Emulation
Reported In Release:
FOS7.0.0
Service Request ID:
1108847
Defect ID:
DEFECT000437464
Technical Severity:
Medium
Summary:
supportsave -R performed with VF enabled by admin acocunt, it shows RBAC permission denied
Symptom:
supportsave -R performed with VF enabled by admin acocunt, it shows RBAC permission denied;
however, FFDC files are properly removed.
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
High
Feature:
FOS Software
Function:
Fabric Services
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Service Request ID:
1129834
Defect ID:
DEFECT000437467
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
During LSAN activation, some event sequences can cause GE_PT query to fail
Symptom:
Hosts do not discover targets after LSAN zone activation.
Workaround:
Bounce any of the host ports and all targets are discovered by host.
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
FC Services
Function:
Zoning
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Defect ID:
DEFECT000437875
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
Kernel Panic while attempting to correct ASIC memory Parity error.
Symptom:
Kernel Panic resulted in network outage on Brocade 8000
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
FOS Software
Function:
ASIC Driver
Reported In Release:
FOS6.3.2
Service Request ID:
1128822