Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.3f Release Notes v1.0

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Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v6.4.1a - GA December 14, 2010
This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of
December 14, 2010 in Fabric OS v6.4.1a.
Defect ID: DEFECT000322036
Technical Severity: Critical
Summary: Brocade 7800 Tape read pipelining not working due to SILI and variable length settings
Symptom: Read throughput does not improve after enabling read tape pipelining
Feature: FCIP
Function: Emulation
Probability: Medium
Found in Release: FOS6.4.0
Service Request ID: 452977
Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.1 a
Defect ID: DEFECT000301127
Technical Severity: High
Summary: After an i2c reset, switch FC ports report "Mod_Val" state rather than "Online"
Symptom: Switchshow displays port state as "Mod_Val" rather than "Online" after switch reboot test,
and ISL fails to form. This change applies to all platforms except embedded switches,
Brocade 300, 5100 and BR-VA40FC.
Feature: System Controls/EM
Function: PCI/I2C
Probability: Low
Found in Release: FOS6.4.0
Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.1_fcoe, FOS6.3.2 b, FOS6.4.1 a
Defect ID: DEFECT000301128
Technical Severity: High
Summary: Management Server (MS) main thread is blocking on SNMP notification calls, preventing
other pending Extended Link Service commands in the MS message queue from
completing within the timeout interval.
Symptom: After a power on reset of a mainframe server, some CHPIDs are in an Invalid Attachment
state in the FICON setup.
Feature: FICON
Function: MS-FICON
Probability: Low
Found in Release: FOS6.4.0
Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.1 a
Defect ID: DEFECT000302929
Technical Severity: High
Summary: Proxy PID in ACC payload to a TAPE REC command is not translated. This causes tape
backups to fail intermittently
Symptom: When there are multiple FCRs connected to the same edge fabric, server aborts tape
operation(s) and tape backup fails. Tape backup has to be restarted.
Feature: Legacy FCR (7500/FR4-18i)
Function: FCR Daemon
Probability: Low
Found in Release: FOS6.2.1
Service Request ID: 436037
Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.1_fcoe, FOS6.3.2 b, FOS6.4.1 a