HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012)

◦ Changing the mode after Fabric OS 6.1.2x has been installed
If you change the mode after installing Fabric OS 6.1.2x or later, with the exception as
noted above for 6.2.0a and 6.2.0b, the portCfgFillWord command changes the
configuration parameter in accordance with the selected mode, and automatically
disables/enables the port for which the command was invoked. Subsequent Link
Initializations will default to the new mode setting).
◦ Other scenarios
The portCfgFillWord command has no effect on 1-Gb, 2-Gb, or 4-Gb devices, but
the mode is persistent. If a device attempts to negotiate or is fixed at 8 Gb, the configured
mode will take effect. The persistent configuration is on a port-by-port basis; that is, if an
8-Gb device is connected to a 2-Gb or 4-Gb SFP, and that SFP is replaced with an 8-Gb
SFP, then the current behavior of the mode is activated.
◦ The following table provides a portcfgfillword summary:
8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem
c-Class
All 8-Gb switches except 8-Gb SAN
Switch for HP BladeSystem c-ClassFabric OS version
All ports set to IDLE.All ports set to IDLE.Any Fabric OS earlier
than 6.1.2
No ARB(FF) capability.No ARB(FF) capability.
Note: Fabric OS 6.1.2x is not supported
on this switch.
All ports (internal and external) default
to ARB(FF) mode and cannot be
changed.
ARB(FF) set by default on all ports and
cannot be changed.
Fabric OS 6.2.0x
earlier than 6.2.0c
Added the ability to change
portcfgfillword to IDLE or ARB(FF)
mode
Added the ability to change
portcfgfillword to IDLE or ARB(FF)
mode
Fabric OS 6.1.2x and
6.2.0c and later
Note: HP does not
support Fabric OS
6.1.2c or 6.2.0c.
Note: Fabric OS 6.1.2x is not supported
on this switch.
Regardless of the Fabric OS version that
was previously installed, all ports default
Fabric OS 6.1.2x and
6.2.0d through 6.2.x
– If Fabric OS 6.2.0d was
factory-installed, all internal ports
to IDLE [mode 0]. However if they were
remain at ARB(FF) [mode 1], and
changed to ARB(FF) [mode 1] manually,
they remain in ARB(FF) mode.
external ports remain in IDLE [mode
0].
Can be changed by the user.
– If Fabric OS earlier than 6.2.0d was
factory-installed, all internal and
external ports remain at IDLE [mode
0]. However, if they were changed to
ARB(FF) [mode 1] manually, then they
remain in ARB(FF) mode.
Can be changed by the user.
0 — IDLE for Link Init, IDLE for fill wordMode:
1 — ARB(FF) for Link Init, ARB(FF) for fill word (NOTE: not supported with XP storage
arrays)
• Updated command message:
When executing the lscfg --create command with the following syntax:
switch_128:FID128:admin> lscfg --create 1 About to create switch
with fid=1. Please wait... Logical Switch with FID (1) has been
successfully created.
You should expect to see the following revised message:
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