HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Professional V10.1.
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Version 10.1.4 Effective date July 2009 Description HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) is HP's next-generation fabric management application and the successor to its legacy fabric management application, HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM). DCFM 10.1.
Supported switches and firmware Table 1 lists versions of firmware and associated switches supported by this DCFM release. This does not imply that all firmware versions listed in the left column are still supported by HP, but rather that those are the firmware streams on which the corresponding switches are, or were, supported. It also does not imply that all the listed firmware streams are supported on each of the corresponding switches.
Table 1 Supported switches and firmware Switch firmware Switch/Director FOS 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, and 6.2.
Supported operating systems DCFM 10.1.x is supported on the operating systems listed in Table 2. Table 2 Supported operating systems Operating system Versions Windows • XP Professional SP2, SP3, (x86 32-bit) • 2003 Server SP2 (x86 32-bit) • Vista Business Edition (x86 32-bit) • 2008 Server (x86 32-bit) Linux • Red Hat AS 4.
Incorrect error message displayed when FCIP license is missing If a switch without a FCIP license is selected when creating a FCIP tunnel, the following error message is displayed: The switch does not have any free tunnels. This error message is displayed instead of: The switch does not have a FCIP license.
Tunnel ports shown instead of GigE ports In the topology view, tunnel ports are shown instead of Gigabit Ethernet ports. Deleting Logical Switches with GigE ports causes errors When deleting a Logical Switch that has Gigabit Ethernet ports without first moving the GigE ports to the default Logical Switch, an error message may be displayed and the delete fails.
Removing switches If you plan to segment and remove more than two switches from a fabric and you have historical performance collection enabled, HP recommends that you accept changes after each switch segmentation from the client. DCFM clients To free up server resources and as best practice, HP recommends that you shut down clients that are not actively used. In some scenarios, if duplicate entries are displayed in the Product List, restart the client.
NOTE: Be sure to install the DCFM application on a dedicated machine that is not running any other server applications, such as another database server. Documentation updates There are no documentation updates with this release. DCFM 10.1.0 fixes Table 3 lists defects closed in the DCFM 10.1.0 release. Table 3 DCFM 10.1.0 closed defects Closed defect summary Solution Help dialog is not launched for Technical Support Data Collection dialog. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Sometimes unable to create Storage arrays or HBA servers. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When the customer does a storage port mapping, the Storage arrays or HBA servers created in the topology or in the mapping dialogs are not displayed. Only the master log entry reads New server/Storage array added. Launch script/binaries that appear to not be executed. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0. Symptom—It would appear that scripts/binaries are not being executed.
Closed defect summary Solution IFLs are not being displayed for a backbone fabric. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—IFLs are not being displayed in topology. For the link between a switch and a device, the selected connection properties section (in the connection properties table) is being removed. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution When an Access Gateway is connected to two fabrics discovered in DCFM, only one of the fabrics displays the Access Gateway connection. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—The customer will not be able to see the Access Gateway connection details on all the fabrics that are connected to it. Help page is not completed in MK backup and Restore Dialogs. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 User cannot collect the Support information using the Windows Batch File in the bin folder.
Closed defect summary Solution Port selection button does not get enabled for inactive FCIP tunnel in performance port picker Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Suppose a tunnel is present which was active some time back and later becomes inactive then the user will not be able generate graph for inactive tunnel as the port selector is disabled for inactive FCIP tunnels in the performance port picker. Zoning report showing zone name twice when zone is part of active zone config.
Closed defect summary Solution Zoning Report not showing {D, P} alias members under Alias section. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When user generates report with {D,P} alias members, the report shows {D,P} section for each {D,P} alias member instead of members for each alias in the Alias section Zoning Report from Zoning dialog showing same zone members multiple times. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution If the GbE port is persistently disabled and the user tries to configure FCIP over that GbE port, the port is not coming up as persistently enabled after the confirm step. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround— Enable the disabled GbE port in the CLI. Symptom—Customer can see through CLI that the persistent disabled GbE port is still not coming up as persistently enabled. The tunnel will not come up between the switches where the user tries to configure the tunnel.
Closed defect summary Solution "No" and "Cancel" buttons have no functionality in confirmation message when moving across panels from IP Configuration after changing the Server IP. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround—Click Cancel before closing Options dialog. Symptom—Some changes are saved after clicking "No" or "Cancel" while moving to a new panel in the Options dialog from IP Configuration without saving changes. A full uninstall reports success after it fails when a DCFM is launched.
Closed defect summary Solution Device Connectivity: Only LSAN check is done for certain ports added through “Add detached”. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—The result dialog shows the LSAN check only—-no other checks are performed. There is no warning message displayed when trying to close an unsaved PDCM configuration. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When a user has one or more unsaved configurations, and he clicks 'Close', the PDCM dialog closes without warning that the uncommitted changes will be lost.
Closed defect summary Solution Getting login failure for a remote client through a firewall that has the required ports open as per FS. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Getting login failure for a remote client through a firewall that has the following ports open as per FS: 80, 24600-24606, 24607-24613 (enabled or disabled) 1527 (enabled or disabled), 2638 (enabled or disabled), and 20 (enabled or disabled) Master log online help documents wrong location for log events.
Closed defect summary Solution Server Users dialog title displays version 10.0 instead of 10.0.0. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Help for Discovery refers to 256-port Director Name. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When user sees Online Help or User Manual for Setting up discovery, they see 256-port Director Name. It should be Intrepid 10K. Figures 10, 11, and 12 are not showing in DCFM Enterprise User Manual. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—User cannot see Figures 10, 11, and 12 in the DCFM Enterprise User Manual.
Closed defect summary Solution References to IOD Delay dialog are found in several places in online help. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—References to IOD Delay configuration dialog are found in several places in the online help even though this dialog does not exist in the application. Help for Event Notification needs to be modified (both in the online help and PDF document). Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution The functionality of 'Update' in the License dialog is mentioned incorrectly in the online help and PDF document. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—In the online help as well as in the PDF document, the functionality of 'Update' in the License dialog is mentioned incorrectly. Some of the events mentioned in the Call Home event tables section needs to be modified in the PDF documentation. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 nl Symptom—User has wrong information regarding Call Home events.
Closed defect summary Solution User should not be able to Modify Tape LUNs setting after addition. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—After modifying tape LUN settings, unexpected error messages are displayed. PRO: Inappropriate text message for PRO under Tools > IE or Firefox. Symptom—Customer sees an up-sell message instead of Firefox opening on Pro. Internet Explorer issue addressed. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround—No workaround for the Professional edition.
Closed defect summary Solution None of the help pages of the different “Logs” tables mention the type of events that will be shown in each of them. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Online help and documentation in Options Dialog need to be modified. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Online help and documentation for Client Export Port, FTP, and IP Configuration categories of the Options dialog needs to be modified. Online help for Switches, Trunks, Device Node, and Device ports show the same details.
Closed defect summary Solution Clicking on “Help” from the “Event Details” dialog launches the help page of the “Event Policies Dialog Box”. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—The customer will not be able to view the help page of the "Event Details" dialog. The “Viewing Port Types” section under “Topology Layout” in the DCFM_Enterprise PDF document and online help of DCFM, needs to be modified. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Traps are not received if host name of the DCFM server is configured in the switch as trap recipient. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—User will not receive any events from the switch. Workaround—Use IP address instead of host name for registering DCFM server as trap recipient. Master log is filling so quickly with log messages it is difficult to see errors. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Not getting manageability of M-EOS switches (M6140 and Mi10K). Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Setup Tools configuration is not migrated from EFCM to DCFM. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Setup Tools configuration is not migrated from EFCM to DCFM 10.0.2. DCFM message “TI zones will be activated when saving zone DB”. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—After saving the zoning db, a DCFM message appears saying that the TI zones will be activated. TI Zones are not becoming active after clicking Activate. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution The previously installed services are not listed when migrating or installing DCFM 10.0.2. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—The user is unaware of the services removed during migration. New Server IP is not listed in the Server IP Configuration and Preferred Address drop-down menu. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 nl Symptom—The changed system IP is not reflected in the Switch Server and Server IP Configuration drop-down menu. No auto.inf file created. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution No warning message is shown after clicking Next in the Copy Data and Settings screen of the DCFM Configuration wizard even if an unsupported or invalid directory is chosen as source for the migration. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—No warning message is shown when the user clicks Next in the Copy Data and Settings screen of DCFM Configuration wizard. This occurs even if an unsupported or invalid directory is chosen as the source for the migration.
Closed defect summary Solution Registering some other host as a trap recipient for a switch discovered using SNMPv3, replaces the corresponding trap entry in the switch for that particular SNMP user. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 nl Workaround—Reregister DCFM server IP as a trap recipient either through CLI or the SNMP trap dialog. Symptom—DCFM will not receive traps if the DCFM server IP is replaced in the switch as a trap recipient.
Closed defect summary Solution The discovery status 'Discovered : Invalid firmware : Seed switch' is ambiguous. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 The discovery of fabrics containing McDATA switches shows many are unknown. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Some McDATA switches are in an unknown state although they are connected to the seed switch. User is unable to manager McDATA switches when they are rediscovered or when connected by an EX port, forcing several restarts to the server. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Element Manager help dialog is not launching for the clear link incident alerts dialog for a McDATA 4400 switch. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround—Refer to help from the help menu. Symptom—The help page is not opening for Clear Link incident alert log dialog in a McDATA 4400 switch. When the user does not stop DCFM Database services and clicks Restore in SMC, no informational message is displayed to stop the services in DCFM Professional Edition. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution The Port Optics dialog does not display information for nondefault logical switches. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.3 DCFM incorrectly allows assigning port numbers higher than 32 on a 48-port blade to a logical switch if the 256 area limit is set with a portbased area assignment. It also allows setting the 256 area limit if the logical switch already has ports higher than 31. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution After the DCFM client accepted changes, the client was not updated and the discovery dialog was empty because the database connection was not closed. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.4 The CLI displays the NPIV device type for the attached node correctly as NPIV target, but the DCFM Product List displays the NPIV device type as NPIV initiator. The DCFM displays the encryption select target dialog host selection screen rather than select target dialog. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution The Create Meta-SAN View menu option is not available when right-clicking a backbone fabric. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.4 Workaround prior to this upgrade: The functionality is available in the Create View dialog.
