Brocade Fabric OS v7.2.1a Release Notes v1.0

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Defect ID:
DEFECT000482076
Technical Severity:
High
Probability:
Medium
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Management
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0_blv
Technology Area:
Licensing
Closed In Release(s):
FOS7.2.1(Fixed)
Symptom:
While downloading firmware to 16G embedded switches using BNA 12.1.1, after a successful update
of the first switch, an EGM license missing error is reported when attempting firmwaredownload on
the second 16G embedded switch.
Condition:
Occurs if firmwaredownload is executed on a group of 16G embedded switch using BNA version
12.1.1.
Workaround:
From BNA, use individual switch operations instead of a group. Upgrade switches individually to
a FOS release with a fix for this issue, then subsequent group operation will work.
Defect ID:
DEFECT000482227
Technical Severity:
High
Probability:
Low
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Management
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Technology Area:
CLI
Closed In Release(s):
FOS7.2.1(Fixed)
Symptom:
'portdecom' command on a port displays "Error: Request failed due to the local port not being in a
ready state" message
Condition:
Occurs when 'portdecom' command runs on a trunk slave port that is connected to port index zero (0)
on one end of the link and it is disabled already.
Workaround:
Do not issue 'portdecom" command on a disabled port
Recovery:
The trunk slave needs to be brought back online and then disabled by either 1) unplugging/plugging
back in the cable for the slave port, or 2) using the 'portdisable' command on the slave port.
Note: the following defects have been previously published and are formatted with the previous defect table
structure.
Defect ID:
DEFECT000361971
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
i2c port reset on Brocade 8G SFPs
Symptom:
F-Port was logged out of switch due to laser fault during to media access.
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
System Controls/EM
Function:
PCI/I2C
Reported In Release:
FOS7.0.0
Defect ID:
DEFECT000423640
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
Upgrade the flash card driver to a newer version.
Symptom:
On rare occasions excessive writing to an old flash card may cause it to no longer be accessible
during switch bootup.
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
Embedded Platform Services
Function:
Other
Reported In Release:
FOS6.4.3_dcb
Service Request ID:
,1162762
Defect ID:
DEFECT000433200
Technical Severity:
Medium
Summary:
Switch cannot be managed from WebTools or BNA though management via CLI works.
Symptom:
Under rare condition management process (HTTPD) gets stuck and switch reports as unreachable via
BNA and Webtools.
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
FOS Software
Function:
Management Embedded
Reported In Release:
FOS7.0.2
Service Request ID:
1116227,1157961,1190