HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.0 Release Notes (AA-RWEYD-TE, July 2007)
Important notes
Table 2 provides information relevant to the release of Fabric OS 5.3.0.
Table 2 Important release information
Topic Description
MSA 1000 and MSA
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For the FC4–48, if an MSA 1000 or MSA 1500 is directly connected to ports
32–47 of the blade, it will log in as a G-port. This has been seen on both
active-active (v7.00.B700) and active-passive (v4.24.B272) MSA fi rmware. Ports
0 through 31 of this card log in correctly as F-ports.
To prevent this from occurring when running Fabric OS 5.2.0b, simply move
the MSA connections to lower ports.
PKI certification IfyouhavepurchasedandarerunningtheSecureFabricOSoption,go
to the following web site for information on obtaining a PKI certificate:
http://www.hp.com/ storage/go/secureos.
FICON support
With rele
ase 5.2.0 and later, 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 confi guration.
NOTE:
TheFC4–48portbladeisnotsupportedtoconnecttoSystemzenvironments
viaFICONchannelsorviaFCPzLinuxonSystemz.ToattachtheDirector
to the System z environment, use an FC4–16 or FC4–32 Fibre Channel
port blade.
Diagn
ostics backport test
Backport tests may be run only in the following configurations:
• ApureSANDirector2/128(onlyCP2andFC-16blades)
• A SAN Director 2/128 with no FC4–16 blades installed, using Option 5.
Do not
run backport tests in any configuration other than the two listed above;
use t
he minicycle test instead.
Diagnostics spinsilk test
The following configurations will pass the spinsilk test:
• ApureSANDirector2/128(onlyCP2andFC-16blades)
• 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 C P4 or FC4–16 blades)
• A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 1 (a pure 4/256 SAN Director refers
to a Director with CP4 and FC4–16 blades only).
HP StorageWorks 400
MP Router
Fansoperateatthecorrectspeed;thatis,atmaximumonbootup.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
• B
efore moving the slider UP on a Control Processor blade that is being
activated, observe that the amber LED is not ON for the active CP for at least
5 seconds and that all LED s are off on the new inserted 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, it
can experience high CPU utilization and may panic if it becomes a principal
switch. SAN d esign best practice recommends deploying a high port-count
switch as both core and principal switch to reduce fabric stress and provide
ease of management.
HP StorageW orks Fabric OS 5.3.0 release notes
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