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

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Defect ID: DEFECT000301260
Technical Severity: High
Summary: Host/Target unable to establish routes across VEX-VE Link
Symptom: Due to timing issue, hosts will not be able to access targets for any operational purposes
when the NUMBER of FCIP Circuit configuration on one side of the FCIP Tunnel does not
match the other side.
Feature: FCIP
Function: FCIP I/O
Probability: Low
Found in Release: FOS6.4.0
Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.1
Defect ID: DEFECT000301590
Technical Severity: High
Summary: Duplicate proxy ID condition on an E_Port ISL after a firmware download causes invalid
translation in FCIP FCR and dropped FCP responses to Initiator
Symptom: Host and Target unable to establish connectivity across VEX link on Brocade 7800 and FX8-
24 after a firmware download.
Workaround: Disable/enable (toggle) switch target ports.
Feature: Legacy FCIP (7500/FR4-18i)
Function: FCIP I/O
Probability: Low
Found in Release: FOS6.4.0
Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.1
Defect ID: DEFECT000301952
Technical Severity: High
Summary: When multiple PLOGIns to well known addresses are received very fast back to back before
routes are established there is no ACCept sent back by management server.
Symptom: Host gets a link level ACK for it's initial PLOGI in to the switch management server, but does
not receive the ACCept from the management server, causing the host to time out it's login
and issue an ABTS after it is brought on line. Typically seen with hosts that issue fast logins
such as in mainframe FICON environments.
Feature: Field Escalation
Function: FICON
Probability: Low
Found in Release: FOS6.3.1
Service Request ID: 435255
Where Else Fixed: FOS6.3.2, FOS6.4.1
Defect ID: DEFECT000304839
Technical Severity: High
Summary: F_Port comes online as a G_Port on Brocade 200E and 4G embedded platforms, causing
the host not to log in.
Symptom: During a host reboot, the host may not come up when connected to Brocade 200E and 4G
embedded platforms.
Feature: Field Escalation
Function: ASIC Driver
Probability: Medium
Found in Release: FOS6.2.2
Service Request ID: 436525
Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.1, FOS6.2.2 d, FOS6.3.2 a